Mechanical Engineering in the Capital Region Berlin-Brandenburg

Mechanical Engineering
in the Capital Region Berlin-Brandenburg

Final assembly of highly efficient boilers of up to 2 MW at
Viessmann Berlin
Jonas & Redmann produces machines for the medical technology industry
Companies (selection)
Active Space Technologies
ADMOS Gleitlager
Ahlberg Metalltechnik
Alfred Eichelberger Ventilatorenfabrik
AMBEG
ATeB Automatisierungstechnik
B. Grauel
Baumer Hübner
Bekum Maschinenfabriken
BerlinerLuft.
BORSIG Process Heat Exchanger
Boschen & Oetting
Brose Fahrzeugteile
BSH Hausgeräte
Cantas Fördertechnik
Christian Dunkel Werkzeugbau
CSE Maschinenbau und Automatisierung
Dr. Thiedig
Emerson Climate Technologies
es-te Folding Systems
F.U.R. Wickeltechnologie
F&M Maschinenbau
FALTEC Falt- und Sondermaschinen
FKS Maschinenbau
Flemming & Pehrsson
FMW-Diehl
Forba Form-, Vorrichtungs- und
Werkzeugbau
Francotyp-Postalia
FST Industrie
GEA Refrigeration Germany
Gebrüder Geisler
GeconaTEC
GERB Schwingungsisolierungen
Gmeinder Getriebe
Gottschalk & Michaelis
Grasse Zur Ingenieurgesellschaft
Gühring Maschinenbau Berlin
H. Euen
H.-H. Focke
Hako-Werke
HAWE InLine Hydraulik
HD Verzahn- & Drehtechnik
India Dreusicke
InSystems Automation
itec Automation & Laser
IWAM Instandhaltungsservice
Jonas & Redmann
Karl Rabofsky
Kieback&Peter
Klaus Ellinger
Klero Roboterautomation
Knorr-Bremse
KORSCH
KST Kraftwerks- und -Spezialteile
LAR Process Analysers
Lechmann Engineering
MAN Diesel & Turbo
Innovative and high-performing
Engineering and plant construction moves
the world, and is unbelievably multifaceted:
Without machine tools, there would be no cars,
no airplanes, no cellphones. Bridges are only
able to carry the load of thousands of vehicles
every day due to high-precision measurement
and test engineering. And the cutting edge
technology of engineering makes it possible
to recover important raw materials and energy
from a daily 3.5 million tons of waste worldwide.
Even these few examples show how innovative
and high-performing German engineering
is. Both modern, established enterprises and
young, aspiring companies – including several
real »hidden champions« – represent the diversity
of the industry in Berlin, characterized
as it is by predominantly small and mediumsized
firms.
Alongside end producers, innumerable supply
companies with close relationships to information
and communications technology, measurement
and control technology, and medical
technology are typical for the capital region.
Tradition and future
Werner von Siemens or August Borsig: The
names of major corporate personalities are
closely associated with the industrial history
Andreas Gonschior
CEO
HAWE InLine Hydraulik GmbH
»Berlin: For our parent company
in China, the city is a prestigious
location with many good contacts
– for our young engineers a
sought-after environment full of
innovation and inspiration – for
HAWE InLine a long tradition in
mechanical engineering with which
we feel connected.«
»The ever increasing number of
students in mechanical engineering
and transport systems at the TU
Berlin testifies to the attraction and
quality of engineering education in
Berlin. In addition to the teaching
of engineering skills, the focus is
on the development of interdisciplinary
and transdisciplinary knowledge for the research
and development of future technological ideas and
solutions. With its diversified approaches to thinking
and living, Berlin is the ideal catalyst for this.«
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Henning J. Meyer
Dean
Technische Universität Berlin
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Transport
Systems
of Berlin. Even today mechanical engineering
is still firmly rooted in the federal capital and,
following a significant structural transformation
in the 1990s, continues to be linked to the
successes of the past. As one of the core sectors,
it also contributes to the steady growth in the
number of companies, employees and the turnover
in the Berlin industry.
In 2016, Berlin-based mechanical engineering
companies generated an annual turnover of
around 2.1 billion euros. This makes mechanical
engineering one of the industries with the
biggest trade volume in Berlin. Products from
Berlin are highly regarded internationally too.
In 2016 Berlin’s mechanical engineering companies
recorded the highest export quota in
Eastern Germany, with more than 67 percent.
Mechanical engineering provides
future technologies
Mechanical engineering is a major innovation
driver for new growth markets and thematic
fields such as energy efficiency, environmental
and climate protection, as well as water and

• Around 150 companies in the field of
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with more than 21,000 employees
• Annual turnover of around 4.6 billion euros (2.1 in mechanical
engineering)
• Export quota: 65 percent (67 in mechanical engineering)
• Core areas: Gas turbine and turbo machinery, lifting equipment
and conveyors, pumps and compressors, measurement and control
technology, as well as medical technology
Gear manufacturing at H.-H. Focke
• Around 15,000 students in the disciplines of mechanical engineering
and process technology
Source: Statistisches Bundesamt
energy supply. Mechanical and plant engineers
provide the decisive impulse for sustain able
future technologies.
There is hardly another sector in which research
and development are so pronounced. In
a nationwide comparison, Berlin companies
have even seen an above-average rise in their
innovation activities over the last years.
A recent study by the Technologiestiftung Berlin
shows that the revenue generated from new
products in Berlin is well above the nationwide
average. This highlights that Berlin is an attractive
location for pioneering ideas, in particular
with regard to the opportunity for interdisciplinary
collaboration.
Thereby the companies benefit from the tradition-steeped
training for engineers as well as
the powerful academic and research landscape.
The TU Berlin and the Fraunhofer Institute
for Production Systems and Design Technology
in particular are strong R&D partners
for business. Mechanical engineering also focuses
on the innovativeness and creativity of
the young, dynamic startup scene.
In addition to startups, the development and
»MTS Systems GmbH was founded
in 1972 as subsidiary of a US global
provider of test and simulations
systems, with Berlin consciously
chosen as the location. Then as
now, there is no industrial base
in Germany more diverse, more
international and more efficient.
Through the unique proximity to science and a vibrant
cultural and creative scene, we find the optimum
conditions for innovation and growth.«
Marcus Piepenschneider
Managing Director Germany
MTS Systems GmbH
»The Berlin-based manufacturing
industry is currently experiencing
a pleasing upturn. This provides
numerous possibilities for contact
with institutes of higher education
alongside very promising opportunities
for collaboration with startups.
These, too, inspire particularly
favorable circumstances for cross-innovation and
topics such as big data. In order to achieve market success
and growth in these areas, the established mechanical
engineering markets will require perseverance.«
Mathis Kuchejda
President
SCHMIDT + HAENSCH GmbH & Co.
technology centers of large companies are
also relocating increasingly to the region in
order to benefit from an interdisciplinary,
dynamic and international environment.
Highly qualified skilled workers
and management
Berlin attracts people from all over the world.
They want to live, study, and work here. In
the Berlin-Brandenburg region alone, around
15,000 students are currently studying mechanical
engineering and process technology.
The federal capital is one of the most popular
university locations worldwide for foreign
students and scientists. The city also attracts
highly qualified skilled workers, from all-rounders
to specialists.
Growth orientation, the enormous potential
for innovation, as well as highly trained, multilingual
staff and management: These are the
crucial prerequisites for a successful business
in Berlin.
MELAG Medizintechnik
MENZEL Elektromotoren
Mikron Berlin
MSA Deutschland
MTS Systems
MWA Nova
NANOVAL
NICO Maschinen & Anlagen Konstruktion
NILES Werkzeugmaschinen
OTA Anlagenbau
OTIS
pi4_robotics
PROCAM Steuerungstechnik
R & P Maschinenbaumechanik
REKOBA Relais- und Fernmeldetechnik
RoboSys
SCHIESS Tech
Schindler Deutschland
SCHMIDT + HAENSCH
Schmitt & Sohn Aufzüge
Siemens
Silica Verfahrenstechnik
SKF Lubrication Systems Germany
SKS Sondermaschinen- und
Fördertechnik vertrieb
Spirka Schnellflechter
SWS Software und Werkzeugmaschinen
Schmidt
Thyssen Aufzüge Deutschland
TMA Anlagentechnik
Toni Technik Baustoffprüfsysteme
Tornado Antriebstechnik
Uhde Inventa Fischer
UKF Universal-Kugellager-Fabrik
VBE Berlin-Mechanik Sondermaschinenbau
und Fördertechnik
Viessmann Werke Berlin
Vogt Maschinenbau
Wazau Mess- + Prüfsysteme
wh Münzprüfer
WITELS-ALBERT
Science I Research and Development
bbw University of Applied Sciences
Beuth University of Applied Sciences
Berlin
Brandenburg University of Applied
Sciences
Brandenburg University of Technology
Cottbus – Senftenberg
Fraunhofer Institute for Production
Systems and Design Technology IPK
Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and
Microintegration IZM
Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft
(HTW) Berlin – University of Applied
Sciences
Technical University of Applied Sciences
Wildau
Technische Universität Berlin

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Photos: Cover: KAPP NILES, Inside: Viessmann, Jonas & Redmann, H.-H. Focke GmbH & Co. KG
Design: Büro Watkinson, Berlin, Production: Laserline, Berlin © March 2017
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Maschinen- und Anlagenbau,
Mechanical Engineering Industry
Association), regional subsidiary
Eastern Germany
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