A Knowledge Network for the Future

University-connected, interdisciplinary networks and entrepreneurship are a success factor for technology regions. The gate Garching Technology and Entrepreneur Center builds on a broad science and engineering network. It serves to facilitate and promote contact between the high-technology industries and students excited by research.

Gate's focus defines the structure of the knowledge network:

Mechatronics
Software, informations and communications technology
High-technology entrepreneur initiatives
Technische Universität München (Technical University Munich, or TU Munich)

Through the construction of the only European research center of GE General Electric directly next to the gate Garching Technology and Entrepreneur Center, gate has gained a further strong neighbor. The High-Tech Entrepreneur Initiative from Microsoft Deutschland GmbH (Microsoft Germany) enables companies in gate access to know-how, networks, and special programs and products.

Mechatronics

Mechatronic systems are characterized by the highest possible degree of intergration of mechanics, electronics, and informatics (information and computer technology) on a functional carrier. The Bayerische Kompetenznetzwerk für Mechatronik (BKM) (in English: Bavarian Competence Network for Mechatronics) supports the development and implementation of innovative products and components such as novel concepts for construction and joining techniques or microsystem technologies.

Companies at gate find bundled know-how at the BKM, a consortium of six Bavarian research and development centers closely connected to industry:

Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Betriebswissenschaften (iwb) der TU München an den Standorten München und Augsburg
(English: Institute for Machine Tools and Management Sciences (iwb) at the Technical University Munich at locations Munich and Augsburg)
DLR-Institut für Robotik und Mechatronik in Oberhofen
(English: DLR-Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics in Oberhofen)
Institut für Elektronische Systeme ELSYS der Georg-Simon-Ohm-Fachhochschule Nürnberg
(English: Institute for Electronic Systems ELSYS of the Georg Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences Nuermberg)
Lehrstuhl für Fertigungsautomatisierung und Produktionssystematik FAPS der Universität Erlangen
(English: Chair for Production Automation and Production Systematics FAPS of the University of Erlangen)
Fraunhofer Institut für integrierte Schaltungen IIS-B in Erlangen
(English: Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Switching IIS-B in Erlangen)
Fraunhofer Institut für Zuverlässigkeit und Mikrointegration IZM in Oberpfaffenhofen
(English: Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM in Oberpfaffenhofen)

Software, Information and Communications Technologies

The successful support model of the Software-Campus is being continued at gate. As the physical center of the Software-Offensive Bayern, the Software Campus joins software start-ups, company-driven research groups, and continuing education and service offerings.

"unternimm was." - The High-Tech Entrepreneur Initiative

Together with partners from industry, politics and science, Microsoft has set the goal of contributing toward the improvement of general conditions so that Germany's best minds can set new benchmarks in future technologies. Especially the high-tech industry sector is seen as a motor for establishing businesses from creative product ideas and therefore creating new jobs.

In the context of the new Germany-wide initiative "unternimm was.", entrepreneurs and young businesspeople in the high-tech industry are sponsored. They receive access to marketing and sales expertise, to partner and customer networks, and to special training programs, and are provided with technologies.

The access to the entrepreneur portal is protected by a password. All companies/tenants at gate can request the access data.

By the way, "unternimm was" can be translated roughly as "start something up" or "venture something."

Go to the entrepreneur portal

Faculties of the TU Munich

Five faculties at the TU Munich are closely connected with gate through collaborative projects and make their knowledge and their facilities available to tenants:

GE Technology Center in Garching

In June 2004, GE General Electric opened its new European Global Research Center in Garching, directly adjacent to gate. More than 150 scientists and engineers work at the over 10,000 square meter center. They have the aim of developing technologies which support the growth of GE both today and tomorrow. The research focuses on these areas:

Alternative energies – particularly based on hydrogen, biomass, and fuel cells
Electrical systems for renewable energy sources such as sun, wind, and water
Special sensors
Advanced graphic-generating processes for medicine such as ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and molecular resonance.