LRT Sachsen Thüringen - Kompetenzzentrum Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik Sachsen/Thüringen e.V.

Cluster description

Role
Description of your aviation region

Saxony’s aerospace employs 7,000+, €1.4bn revenue, focusing on aircraft/space components and R&D.

Year of creation

2001

Region

Saxony & Thuringia, Germany

Facts & Figures of regional aerospace
Number of companies

250 in the regions Sx and Th 50 companies as direct members of LRT

Number of research institutes

43

Number of employees of all aerospace actors

12,000

Cluster Management
Organizational form

Registered association

Financing

Member fees

Main Actors
Main industry actors
  • Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH
  • General Atomics Europe GmbH
  • N3 Engine Overhaul
  • Diehl Aviation
  • COTESA GmbH
  • Jena-Optronik GmbH
  • IABG
  • Applus IMA Materialforschung und Anwendungstechnik GmbH
Main research institutes
  • Fraunhofer
  • Helmholtz
  • Leibniz
  • Technical University Dresden
  • Technical University Chemnitz 

Cluster Competence and Strategy

Product worlds
  • Lightweight construction
  • Composite Production
  • Material research & testing
  • Component Production
  • Electronics
  • Sensor Technologies
  • Freighter Conversion 
Cluster management services for members
  • Location marketing
  • Representation of interests
  • Contacts & market access & business potential
  • Industry workshops
  • Joint stand on trade fairs
  • B2B meeting
  • Regularly Information
  • Communication platform 

Contact Information Cluster Management

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