Success Stories from the Stuttgart Region

Success stories from the Stuttgart Region

See for yourself: Here you find stories about great companies, compelling business ideas, and outstanding research achievements, but also about the many reasons why the Stuttgart Region is such a wonderful place to live in.

Monopoly over a plant

Speick Naturkosmetik from Leinfelden-Echterdingen enjoys lasting success

Speick soap (Photo: Speick)
26.02.2015 |  Since the Speick plant was placed under protection in 1936, Walter Rau GmbH from Leinfelden-Echterdingen is the only company in the world permitted to use the plant for commercial purposes. For 87 years now, the company has been using it to produce an absolute classic in the world of natural cosmetics: Speick soap with its memorable orange colour. What was once a soap manufacturer has now become a producer of natural cosmetics with a range that also includes creams, shampoos, shower gels and deodorants. All of the products are based on a plant that grows above the tree line at an altitude of 1,800 metres in the Austrian state of Carinthia. In the Nock Mountains Biosphere Reserve, alpine farming families with harvesting licenses are permitted to harvest the valerian plant. The dried plants are subjected to in-depth laboratory analysis in the company headquarters in the Stuttgart Region ... more
Into space - with micro drive systems from Faulhaber (Photo: Faulhaber)

The universe and beyond

18.02.2015 |  Fritz Faulhaber GmbH from Schönaich is a specialist for micro drive systems • November 2014 marked the first time in the history of space travel to witness a successful landing on a comet. Since then at the latest, the micro drive systems from Faulhaber in Schönaich are known even outside of ... more
E-Bike Helmet (Photo: Cratoni)

Well protected by the specialist in helmets

04.02.2015 |  Cratoni Helmets from Rudersberg is a premium brand with global operations • When motorcycle dealer Günter Krauter founded the Cratoni brand in 1985, the wearing of helmets for any other sport was still relatively uncommon. 30 years later, it is clear that the entrepreneur had a good feel for ... more
A camera with wings from Germap (Photo: Germap)

A camera with wings

20.11.2014 |  Welzheim-based company Germap produces aerial images with unmanned aircraft • Unmanned aircraft are all the rage. They are more commonly known as "drones", a term that actually comes from the military and that Werner Mayr, Managing Director of the geodata company Germap from Welzheim in ... more
Browsing in the Paperwolf shop is like a very special trip to the zoo (Photo: Paperwolf)

Wolves from paper

18.09.2014 |  Stuttgart-based animator Wolfram Kampffmeyer creates DIY paper sculptures under the label "Paperwolf" • Sometimes, hobbies turn into business ideas. That's what happened to Wolfram Kampffmeyer, who works as a freelance animator in the animated film industry and now also designs 3D paper models and sends them to customers ... more
New joint cartilage: easy and practical (Photo: Amedrix)

Knees of gelatine

26.08.2014 |  Esslingen-based company Amedrix GmbH replaces joint cartilage with the help of a collagen injection • In Germany alone, five million people suffer from degenerative joint disease. The older we get, the more strain we put on our hips, knees and shoulders. Risky sports increase the risk of joint diseases, while an ... more
High Line New York (Picture: Zinco GmbH)

The longest green roof in the world

28.07.2014 |  Nürtingen-based company Zinco provides a breath of fresh air for cities • Above the streets of Manhattan, tourists stroll alongside New York joggers on a path flanked by abundant vegetation. There is an unobstructed view of the Hudson River to the east, while to the west you can watch the ... more
Simpleshow's classic explainer video works like a black-and-white cut-out (Picture: Simpleshow)

The explanation experts

16.05.2014 |  Stuttgart-based company Simpleshow GmbH uses short videos to explain complicated products or entire corporate philosophies • It's pretty difficult to keep it simple. This is true of the whole field of communications and at the same time poses one of its major challenges. Particularly in our everyday professional lives, the density of ... more
The meteorological products of G. Lufft Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH from the Stuttgart Region are known the world over (photo credit: Lufft)

Hail in the vineyard, cloud burst in the stadium

18.03.2014 |  The meteorological products of G. Lufft Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH from the Stuttgart Region are known the world over • Lufft GmbH from Fellbach in the Stuttgart Region has been developing and producing professional components and systems for climate and environmental measuring technology for almost 150 years. All over the world, they ... more
The newly founded 4e solutions GmbH from Filderstadt is winning awards non-stop for its storage boxes made from renewable raw materials

Bioplastic for organic food

02.09.2013 |  The newly founded 4e solutions GmbH from Filderstadt is winning awards non-stop for its storage boxes made from renewable raw materials • Under the brand name “ajaa!”, Fabian Rupp and Raphael Stäbler, the young entrepreneurs and founders of 4e solutions GmbH from Filderstadt in the Stuttgart Region, are producing and selling storage boxes made from ... more
The Stuttgart-based company Innocyte GmbH is automating the production of biological cells.

Like on a production line

23.07.2013 |  The Stuttgart-based company Innocyte GmbH is automating the production of biological cells • There are around 40,000 laboratories worldwide that produce cells for biological and medical research, for example to develop medicines, to replace animal testing or to manufacture artificial tissue. All of these ... more