Sectors
Our key sectors: aluminum, automotive, textile, measuring and control technology, and life sciences
Some of the region’s key sectors include the aluminum processing and manufacturing industry as well as the textile industry.
The aluminum industry has evolved into an unequalled competence cluster.
This southwestern region of the country is also home to the big, traditional names in Germany’s textile industry. 
Not only that, but the region is also a center for automotive suppliers: From airbag material to lights to entire body components, companies in this region supply all the big names in automobiles all around the world.
In the wake of those manufacturing companies, the region has also attracted producers of measuring and control technology as well as engineering companies which develop and produce precisely those specialized machines required by the various industries. All of this special engineering expertise which has been acquired over the decades is now highly-respected on every continent.
The region is not only home to these traditional industries, but also to Europe's leading life sciences cluster, as well: Here in the BioValley you can find a unique concentration of biotechnology, medical, pharmaceutical and chemical companies boasting a wide range of different specialties.
