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HAMBURG – THE PLACE FOR
AVIATION: COMPETENCE
NETWORK IN THE NORTH
HWF Hamburg Business Development Corporation acts as a service partner and
main contact for any company wanting to expand, restructure or relocate in the
Greater Hamburg Region
HWF sees its role as a pilot who guides business contributed to the North German aviation will be shared out between the five key strategic
interests through the jungle of public authorities industry’s world-class reputation. areas: research and development, qualified skilled
and institutions. Under the roof of HWF the city’s workers, centre of competence for cabins, service
industry initiative “Hamburg – The Place for Centre of competence for cabins and marketing, and international cooperation.
Aviation” undertakes public relation work for Hamburg has earned international recognition in The programme covers the period 2005 to 2010
Hamburg and acts as a specialised national and the aviation community as a centre of special and aims to stimulate the creation of up to 4,000
international network. competence for aircraft cabins and cabin new jobs in Hamburg and its surroundings.
The Aircraft Interiors Expo 2008 underscored systems. Airbus Deutschland and Lufthansa Intensive research and development is being
for the seventh time in a row Hamburg’s top Technik co-operate closely with SMEs to develop pursued in Hamburg as a place for aviation,
position as an aviation industry location. The modern cabin interiors and sophisticated when it comes to new products, procedures and
metropolitan region, in fact, is the world leader in technologies. There is also a close working services. The key innovation contributors include
aircraft interiors. One of the undisputed relationship between the industry and research Airbus and Lufthansa Technik, the universities,
highlights of the leading international trade show institutions in Hamburg. The city’s universities, the Technology Centre Hamburg-Finkenwerder
for aircraft interiors is the conferral of the Crystal moreover, offer various degree courses focussing and more than 300 SME supplier companies.
Cabin Awards. It is the world’s only award for on the topic of cabin systems. Support is available from the Support
outstanding aircraft cabin products and Programme Aviation Technology Hamburg which
concepts, and was created last year by the Joint Hamburg takes the initiative – joint has been in existence since 2001 and is now
Initiative, Hamburg – The Place for Aviation. commitment being continued in the form of a special
The Hamburg metropolitan region ranks In July 2001 the aviation companies in Hamburg, investment programme. Support is granted by
alongside Seattle and Toulouse as one of the the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and a the Hamburg Aviation Research Programme
world’s leading centres for civil aviation. Airbus number of associations and institutions joined launched in 2001, which will be continued until
Deutschland, Lufthansa Technik and Hamburg forces to establish an initiative for the industry 2010 providing 26.9 million Euros of funds.
Airport are the biggest employers of skilled which they named “Hamburg – The place for The aviation industry is one of the key growth
workers, but if one includes the roughly 300 aviation.” The result is a multi-layer network with branches. In order to ensure that a skilled
small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) that one common aim: to boost Hamburg’s national workforce is available, the Qualification Initiative
supply aviation parts and engineering services, and international standing as one of the world’s Aviation Industry under the leadership of the
the total number of jobs in the industry rises to leading centres of civil aviation and to State Ministry for Economic and Labour Affairs
over 36,000. communicate the excellent prospects for both works together with the companies to develop
And, good for the region in the north, all the companies and workforce in North Germany. qualification programmes tailor-made to the
signs point to further growth. Hamburg’s aviation Mutual relations among members of the initiative demands of the aviation industry.
industry plays a major role in the development are characterised by co-operation and the pursuit Skilled workers with intercultural competence
and construction of the A380, the new Airbus of overlapping interests and aims. are a crucial competition advantage. Hamburg
flagship and largest passenger aircraft in the has therefore established co-operation with the
world. Hamburg has developed a range of Some of the activities French aerospace regions Midi-Pyrénées and
programmes especially designed to promote and In the scope of the special investment Aquitaine to set up a Franco-German network
assist aviation companies. The range of available programme, the Free and Hanseatic City of between companies in the aerospace industry,
industrial apprenticeships and university places in Hamburg is providing 37.5 million Euros for schools and universities, together with
the field of aviation is continually expanding and further expansion of Hamburg as a place for organisations involved in initial and advanced
every effort is made to nurture young talent. This aviation. The investment is bundled in the vocational training. Co-operations of the various
commitment has its own reward, having “Aviation cluster Hamburg/North Germany” and actors with other aviation clusters from Europe or
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