This year\u2019s Bloom\u00adberg Inno\u00adva\u00adtion Index cer\u00adti\u00adfies Ger\u00admany\u2019s high inno\u00adva\u00adtive strength in three areas:<\/p>\n
The last point in par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar con\u00adfirms that mecha\u00adni\u00adcal engi\u00adnee\u00adring con\u00adti\u00adnues to play a pio\u00adnee\u00adring role in Ger\u00admany. We inves\u00adted too in new tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies and pro\u00adces\u00adses in 2019 in order to satisfy the requi\u00adre\u00adments of our cus\u00adto\u00admers. We will exhi\u00adbit these as usual at the main trade shows oft he indus\u00adtry. More infor\u00adma\u00adtion can be found here: www.niles-simmons.de\/2020\/<\/a><\/p>\n The com\u00adplete article about the index can be found here<\/strong><\/p>\n Ger\u00admany does not exactly have a repu\u00adta\u00adtion for being among the world lea\u00adders in digi\u00adti\u00adsa\u00adtion and inno\u00adva\u00adtion. This year\u2019s result of the \u00bbBloom\u00adberg Inno\u00adva\u00adtion Index\u00ab is the\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfore all the more sur\u00adpri\u00adsing: Every year, the busi\u00adness news agency lists in a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive ana\u00adly\u00adsis those count\u00adries that distin\u00adgu\u00adish them\u00adsel\u00adves through their par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar inno\u00adva\u00adtive strength<\/p>\n The result for the year 2019: For the first time since 2013, Ger\u00admany replaces the six-time lea\u00adder South Korea as the most inno\u00adva\u00adtive nation in the world. In third place is Sin\u00adga\u00adpore, fol\u00adlo\u00adwed by Switz\u00ader\u00adland, Swe\u00adden, Israel, Fin\u00adland and Den\u00admark. The USA falls back to ninth place, one posi\u00adtion ahead of France.<\/p>\n The index takes into account, among other things, expen\u00addit\u00adure on rese\u00adarch and deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment: here, the bil\u00adli\u00adons spent by Ger\u00adman auto\u00admo\u00adbile manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders Volks\u00adwa\u00adgen, BMW and Daim\u00adler, which invest a high amount in the future fields of elec\u00adtro\u00admo\u00adbi\u00adlity and auto\u00adno\u00admous dri\u00adving, have a par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlarly posi\u00adtive effect on the gene\u00adral ranking.<\/p>\n Other cri\u00adte\u00adria for the Bloom\u00adberg Inno\u00adva\u00adtion Index are mecha\u00adni\u00adcal engi\u00adnee\u00adring capa\u00adci\u00adties, which is a clas\u00adsic key aspect of Ger\u00adman indus\u00adtry, and the num\u00adber of high-tech. In gene\u00adral, the top posi\u00adtion in the ran\u00adking con\u00adfirms that Ger\u00admany is an excel\u00adlent start\u00ading posi\u00adtion to fur\u00adther the eco\u00adno\u00admic per\u00adfor\u00admance through nnovation.<\/p>\n In three cate\u00adgo\u00adries \u2013 num\u00adber of patent appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, high-tech clus\u00adters and highly deve\u00adlo\u00adped mecha\u00adni\u00adcal engi\u00adnee\u00adring \u2013 Ger\u00admany is among the lea\u00adders. Last year\u2019s win\u00adner South Korea fell back to 29th in this cate\u00adgory, mainly in terms of productivity.<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/span>The Ger\u00adman mecha\u00adni\u00adcal engi\u00adnee\u00adring indus\u00adtry is still extre\u00admely com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtive and has a good basis for fur\u00adther inno\u00adva\u00adtion,\u00ab says Cars\u00adten Brze\u00adski, Chief Eco\u00adno\u00admist at ING. \u00bbGer\u00admany\u2019s per\u00adfor\u00admance in the ana\u00adly\u00adzed cate\u00adgo\u00adries is still very strong and much bet\u00adter as the most recent eco\u00adno\u00admic weak\u00adness might sug\u00adgest\u00ab. Nevert\u00adhel\u00adess, there is no reason for Ger\u00admany to be self-satis\u00adfied, said Brze\u00adski: Ger\u00admany is fal\u00adling behind other count\u00adries in the area of trai\u00adning and fur\u00adther edu\u00adca\u00adtion, and out\u00adside of mecha\u00adni\u00adcal engi\u00adnee\u00adring and the auto\u00admo\u00adtive indus\u00adtry ist he inno\u00adva\u00adtive strength less impres\u00adsive. In the ser\u00advice sec\u00adtor, for exam\u00adple, there was not enough for a top posi\u00adtion in the inno\u00adva\u00adtion ranking.<\/p>\n