Core competences

The Kaiserslautern region: Technology location, think tank, and a model for Germany’s future

Several thousand people, some of them specialists

sought after throughout the world, are employed

in the hightech

sector. Whether logistics for the

clothing of armed forces worldwide, hightech materials for the automotive industry or the system that weighs minute goods accurately on a conveyor belt in lightning speed – these are among the many technologies developed in Kaiserslautern.

Other examples are the software used by television and radio stations to archive millions of audio and visual documents, or the kind used by banks throughout the world for the trading and management of securities

Thus gradually develop industries that are presented by numerous local companies and successfully exist and grow in well-functioning networks. The industry focus in Kaiserslautern consists of the following areas:

  • Automotive supply industry
  • Chemical industry
  • IT/Media
  • Logistics
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Commercial vehicles


An overviewof the local companiescan be found inthe company databaseof the Economic DevelopmentKaiserslautern.