Cluster Target Groups

The activities of the cluster aim at the development of the commercial vehicle industry in the region and beyond. This goal makes it necessary to focus on companies and institutions which are or would like to become active in the areas of commercial vehicles and commercial vehicle technology. Three main target groups for the CVC result from these boundary conditions.

Companies

Companies in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Wurttemberg, Hesse, Bavaria, Saarland, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia regions or companies who are active in those regions with expertise or ambitions in the commercial vehicle industry fall into this category. These include companies which would like to maintain business relations to the commercial vehicle industry or would like to obtain them in future and have expertise in this area. These are mainly various OEM’s, whereby this is not limited to lorries but includes all other types of commercial vehicles such as agricultural and construction vehicles for example as well as suppliers, manufacturers and service providers.

Scientific Institutions and Qualification

Apart from the larger universities in the wider area, institutions with technological-scientific background and institutions offering qualifications in the technological-scientific sector may enrich the cluster.

Institutions

Promoters of economic development, trade associations, chambers of commerce and other kinds of associations within or from the region with direct or indirect connections to the commercial vehicle industry are included in this category. Political institutions from the local and regional areas may also bring useful contributions to the cluster.