Automotive and Suppliers
The Automotive & Suppliers Cluster may be one of the youngest in Leipzig – yet it’s also been one of the most influential ever since Porsche’s decision in 1999 to build an assembly plant for the Cayenne in Leipzig. This was followed just two years later by BMW choosing Leipzig for its new production plant for 3 Series compact executive cars. In the meantime, more and more OEMs have followed suit. The presence of Porsche and BMW, two of the world’s premium car brands, has done wonders for Leipzig’s reputation on the global market.
Good reasons for Leipzig
- Two major integrated car plants owned by world-famous carmakers
- Expertise in the e-mobility sector thanks to BMW and Porsche
- Integrated into global production networks
- Just-in-time and just-in-sequence connection of medium-sized suppliers
- Redundant connection of factory sites to the trans-European motorway network
- Developed plots available near the car plants for additional suppliers Coordinated network activities
development of employees from 2005 till 2022
Businesses and single-location businesses with registered employees subject to social security two years prior to the year under review and single-location businesses with no employees but with taxable revenue from products and services two years prior to the year under review in Sections B–N and P–S of WZ 2008.
Source: Statistical Office of the city of Leipzig. Calculations by Leipzig Office for Economic Development
News
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- Successor to the MINI Countryman to go into production
- 20 years of Porsche production in Leipzig
- Second production line for battery modules goes into operation at the BMW Group Plant Leipzig
- 3 millionth BMW made in Leipzig | Battery module production begins
- Porsche: Assembly plant upgraded for electric motors | Rapid-charging park opens
- Construction work begins on the fifth expansion of Porsche’s car plant (bodywork for the next-generation of the Macan)
- Akka, the European engineering and technology consulting group, opens a Digital Centre of Excellence in Leipzig
- BMW to expand its plant again by 2020
- BMW’s production programme in Leipzig comprises the 1 Series five-door hatchback, the 2 Series Coupé and Cabriolet, the 2 Series Active Tourer and the BMW M2 as well as the BMW i3 and i8.
- Porsche opens new, ultramodern training centre