Always one step ahead of the trend

New ideas come from individuals, new technologies come from teams: Create. Future. Together.

Hessen offers the ideal environment to grow your innovative ideas into a successful business. This dynamic high-tech location thrives on the combination of science and research, entrepreneurial ideas, and the willingness to invest.

Successful innovation management also streamlines the development of new ideas within international networks. Our region boasts over 3,800 companies, scientific institutes, and economic development agencies. A network of 45 knowledge clusters is set up to support, inform and promote our local businesses.

Areas with strong innovation potential

Resource efficiency and environmental technologies
Mobility and logistics
Production
Digitalisation
Finance
Material technologies
Life Sciences and bioeconomy

Are you aware of Hessen’s gateway to the cosmos?

The “European Space Operations Center” (ESOC) provides not just Germany but all of Europe with access to space. And it has done so for over half acentury. In 2017, the ESA satellite control center turned 50. Its main site is in Darmstadt.