Karlsruhe: Welcome
IT and technology
In Karlsruhe in 1957 Professor Karl Steinbuch coined the term "Informatik" - IT in short - which has since become a brand label for the entire region. Today, around 11,500 social insurance-contributing employees in Karlsruhe work in this sector. The region has become one of the leading IT locations in Europe and is part of the leading federal IT cluster. The growing market for services in this sector offers businesses good perspectives for future growth.
Karlsruhe TechnologieRegion (technology region) (TRK)
The TRK is an association of ten cities, four districts and the Regionalverband Mittlerer Oberrhein (Regional Planning Association Middle Upper Rhine) pursuing joint interests and activities. Its goal is to increase international and national awareness of the region's benefits. For more than 25 years, the fifteen current associates have shaped the success and attractiveness of the economic, research and culture region in the central upper Rhine area.
IT research
The Karlsruhe IT region is one of the leading sites for innovation and is Europe's third-largest IT cluster. The Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) is one of the top international IT research institutions and legitimately comparable to the MIT in Boston, Massachusetts. Karlsruhe is home to the first and largest IT university department in Germany.
Broad bandwidth
Additionally, 1und1 United Internet AG runs Europe's largest data centre WEB.DE in Karlsruhe. CAS Software AG is Germany's leading CRM specialist for medium-sized businesses. All that is joined by well-established and successful IT companies with different focus activities which have their headquarters here and contribute to a creative and future-oriented atmosphere.
IT trade fairs
LEARNTEC, the leading international trade fair and conference for professional education, learning and IT also has its home in Karlsruhe. Other leaders are IT Trans which offers public transport solutions, and net economy, the trend conference, which takes place in cooperation with the E12-Gipfel (an eBusiness conference).