Since 2012, the MAI Carbon Leading-Edge Cluster has demonstrated how networking drives innovation

Good ideas need strong networks. For 20 years, the Bavarian Cluster Initiative has been bringing together companies, research institutions, and policymakers—across industry and disciplinary boundaries. Today, 17 clusters facilitate knowledge exchange, technology transfer, and the joint development of future-oriented topics.

MAI Carbon has been part of this network since 2012 and has successfully demonstrated how encounters lead to collaborations and how technological expertise gives rise to concrete applications for the composites industry.

In 2027, MAI Carbon will celebrate its 15th anniversary. This is a great opportunity to look back on the many MAIletones achieved and, at the same time, to look ahead to new ideas, projects, and partnerships within the strong Bavarian cluster network.

For us, cluster work means bringing people, ideas, and technologies together. MAI Carbon thrives on exactly that: We create spaces for exchange, collaboration, and knowledge transfer, and help bring lightweight construction technologies to market faster.

Staff members (from left to right) Lydia Raab, Sven Blanck, Verena Draeger, and Dr. Tjark von Reden at the state reception marking the 20th anniversary of the Bavarian Cluster Initiative
Scenes from the state reception marking the 20th anniversary of the Bavarian Cluster Initiative (Photo: StMWi/A. Heddergott)
Bavaria’s Minister of Economic Affairs, Hubert Aiwanger, at the state reception marking “20 Years of the Bavarian Cluster Initiative” (Photo: StMWi/A. Heddergott)
Scenes from the state reception marking the 20th anniversary of the Bavarian Cluster Initiative (Photo: StMWi/A. Heddergott)