Erlange AG
The Erlangen AG is a public-private-partnership between the City of Erlangen, the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg and the regional business sector. Its duty is to combine the technological and marketing skills of Erlangen in order to become a sustained technological and scientific location on an international level. The Erlangen AG offers an efficient location management, target group specific location marketing and an effective, targeted service. The Erlangen AG guarantees effective value-added processes on site and offers optimum conditions for establishing a thriving company embedded in the European Metropolitan Area of Nuremberg.
Erlangen is a high class research and development location. Driven by the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg and public and private research institutes like the Fraunhofer IIS, the Max-Planck-Research Group "Optics, Information and Photonics", the Bavarian Laser Centre, etc. Erlangen offers an innovative surrounding for innovative, research intensive SMEs as well as global players (i.e. Siemens AG, Areva). Erlangen has strong research competencies in the fields of medical devices, engineering, automation, energy technology, ICT and new materials.
In Erlangen two incubators are situated. The IZMP is specialised on medical devices and pharma. The IZMP offers 5000 m² of rental space (laboratories and office space) for spin-offs and start-ups from this field. The IGZ is specialised on engineering and ICT.
In Erlangen many offers for education and training exist. The Friedrich- Alexander- University offers a broad variety of courses for improving the skills of entrepreneurs. The LGA, situated in Nuremberg offers many courses for technical education, especially for regulatory affairs and certification. Certain companies (i.e. Siemens) offer training courses to certain topics of interest. Of course there is also a broad offer of education and training for soft skills available. Life Long Learning is exercised in Erlangen.
The Erlangen AG is the responsible entity for supporting business start-ups. It acts as a one-stop-shop. In an unbureaucratic way the Erlangen AG helps enterprises to start/grow/settle in Erlangen.
It supports:
- the choice of location
- the administartive aspects and approval procedure
- making contacts to administration, service providers, enterprises etc.
- the development of networks
- the clarification of financing and funding possibilities
- the search for co-operation partners
- personal affairs.
In its daily business the Erlangen AG closely cooperates with S-Refit in the field of financing start-ups, with the Netzwerk Nordbayern in business plan awards and the research and technology transfer unit at the university by guiding spin-offs, just to name a few.
Erlangen is Germanys leading competence centre in the field of medical technology. A broad network manages and developes this high-class cluster. The Medical Valley Bayern e.V., the Forum MedTech Pharma e.V., the Kompetenzinitiative Medizin Pharma Gesundheit and the Erlangen AG together with the IZMP steady develop the Erlangen region to remain one of Europes` top medical technology clusters.
The Erlangen AG runs the incubator IZMP. The start-ups in the IZMP receive intensive support from the Erlangen AG in their expansion and growth management and free consultations by a Campus Coach.
In the Convention Centre Nuremberg many international fairs and conferences like Medizin Innovative 2008, TechnoPharm, IENA, Start and Embedded World take place each year. Additionally numerous conferences at the university (thematic conferences), the IZMP (topic: market entrance), the Chamber of Commerce (foreign markets), TÜV Süd (regulatory affairs), Siemens, etc are executed in Erlangen.
MOST IMPORTANT SERVICES
The Erlangen AG has installed an office space according to the Global Growth Network essential regulations for companies from abroad.
The Erlangen AG offers start-ups in the IZMP the support from a campus coach. This campus coach advices the start-ups for free in their growth management.
The Erlangen AG offers start-ups and SMEs the service of IDS (International Distribution and Sales) Unit. They are supported for free in their internationalisation strategy and guided to foreign markets in the field of distribution and marketing. A consultant will open up ways and contacts in the foreign markets.
The Erlangen AG/IZMP offers assistance in participating at fairs, congresses and opens up possibilities for thematic presentations over common booths, organisations of joint events or delegation visits.
The Erlangen AG arranges contacts to possible cooperation partners at Erlangen and accompanies the SMEs in the first steps.
The Erlangen AG acts as one-stop-shop and helps in an unbureaucratic way in all upcoming problems (i.e. legal matters, financing, real estate, etc). Therefore the Erlangen AG has build up a broad network to rely on for offering efficient support.
LINKS TO MOST IMPORTANT WEBSITES
Website of the City of Erlangen
www.erlangen.com
Economic Development Organisation
www.erlangen-ag.com
Chamber of Commerce
www.ihk-nuernberg.de
Incubators
http://www.izmp-erlangen.de/en/index.html
Start-Ups/Business Plan
http://www.netzwerk-nordbayern.de/home.php
Financing fund focussing on supporting technology and innovation
http://www.s-refit.de/website/en/index.php
Research- and technology transfer
http://www.wtt.uni-erlangen.de/index1.htm
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
http://www.uni-erlangen.org/
Siemens AG
http://w1.siemens.com/en/index.htm
Fraunhofer IIS
http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/EN/index.jsp
Medical Valley Bayern e.V.
http://www.medical-valley-bayern.de/
Forum MedTech Pharma e.V.
http://www.medtech-pharma.de/deutsch/home.aspx
Bavarian Laser Centre
http://www.blz.org/index.php?id=94&L=1
Max-Planck-Research-Group for Optics, Information and Photonics
http://kerr.physik.uni-erlangen.de/mpf/php/
LGA
http://lga.de/lga/index_en.shtml
Innovationsberatungsstelle Nordbayern
http://lga.de/lga/de/ib/index_technologiefoerderung.shtml