Symbiosis of innovative businesses and tomorrow’s cutting-edge research
A place to grow.
As one of Germany’s fastest-growing business locations, the Leipzig Region has a wide variety of Sectors with a rich, ever-increasing treasure trove of attractive companies.
Science and business in the Leipzig Region
Particularly in strongly innovation-driven sectors such as IT, the life sciences or energy and environmental technology, forward-looking companies receive active support from science through complementary top-level research on site. Three Max Planck Institutes, two Fraunhofer Institutes, two Helmholtz Centres, five Leibniz Institutes, three ZUSE Institutes and the German Biomass Research Centre, and numerous other universities, non-university and state institutions, are among the driving forces and future partners of the local business landscape. These internationally respected research institutions not only support local companies in the development of new applications and products of tomorrow but also serve time and again as incubators for further growth.