Adlershof in Figures

April 2013

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 445 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
• Biotechnology and Environment
• Renewable Energies and Photovoltaics

In close proximity to science and technology are shops, hotels, restaurants and a park of 66 hectares. Altogether, Adlershof is the workplace of approx. 15,000 people and  8,438 students.

Area: 1,038 acres
Staff: 14,942
Companies: 954
Scientific Institutes: 17


SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK
Companies: 445 - New additions 2012: 48
Employees:  5,286
Turnover 2012: 667.6 million EUR (subsidies: 4.6 %)

Non-university scientific Institutions: 11
Employees:  1,760
Basic funding: 124.2 million Euro / Third-party-funding: 52.6 million EUR

Institutes of Humboldt-University of Berlin: 6
(Institute for Computer Science, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Geography and Psychology)
Employees: 1,056
Students: 8,438
Basic financing: 43 million EUR / Third-party-funding: 26 million EUR

MEDIA CITY
Companies: 146
Employees: 1,763 (including freelancers)
Revenues: 181.1 million EUR

TRADE AND SERVICE
Companies: 363
Employees:  4,969
Revenues: 583.3 million EUR (absent 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