Berlin Adlershof - Facts and Figures

March 2011

Berlin Adlershof is one of the most successful high-tech locations in Germany. Embedded in an overall urban development concept, this integrated Science, Business and Media location has been growing on an area of 4.2 km² since 1991. At the core of the concept is a Science and Technology Park with 425 companies, eleven non-university research institutes and six scientific institutes of the Humboldt University in Berlin. The companies and the non-university scientific institutes focus on:

• Photonics and Optics
• Microsystems and Materials
• IT- and Media
• Bio Technology and Environment
• Photovoltaics

In close proximity to science and technology are shops, hotels, restaurants and a park of 66 hectares. Altogether, Adlershof is the workplace of 14,100 people and 7,800 students.

Area:     1,038 acres
Staff:      14,148
Companies:     866
Scientific Institutes:   17
Investments (1991 - 2010):  approx. 1.8 billion EUR
Revenues of businesses and budgets of science facilities: 2.1 billion EUR (including subsidies and third-party funds)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK
Companies:    425 - New additions 2010:  46
Employees:    4,908
Turnover 2010:   580.2 million EUR (subsidies: 6.4 %)

Non-university scientific Institutions: 11
Employees:  1,701
Basic funding:  119.5 million Euro / Third-party-funding: 53.4 million EUR

Institutes of Humboldt-University of Berlin: 6
(Institute for Computer Science, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Geography and Psychology)
Employees:   925
Students:   7,874
Basic financing: 39 million EUR / Third-party-funding: 20,5 million EUR

MEDIA CITY
Companies:   139
Employees:   1,734 (including freelancers)
Revenues 2010:  176.7 million EUR

TRADE AND SERVICE
Companies:   302
Employees:   5,000
Revenues 2010: 1,163 billion EUR (incl. Solon SE)

Contact

Dr. Peter Strunk
Executive Manager Public Relations
WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH
Rudower Chaussee 17, D-12489 Berlin

Phone: ++49 (0)30 6392-2225
Fax: ++49 (0)30 6392-2199
Email: strunk(at)wista.de