Initiated by the strong demand for a combining organization for the life sciences related topics within the euregio Maas-Rhine, in summer 2000 the association "LifeTecAachen-Jülich e.V." was founded. In close conjunction with regional and euregional partners it supports the competence being already in the regio Aachen-Jülich and serves as a platform for manyfold activities.
LifeTecAachen-Jülich e.V. combines partners from science, economy (established as well as start-ups), development agencies and capital. The strength of the association bases mainly on the high competence of each of its members.
The aim of the association is the care and the widening of those networks, to grant the region's development to a high quality international "life sciences - cluster". To be a catalyst for identification and strengthening of the internal synergies is how the LifeTecAachen-Jülich understads its role. By being a part of the overregional network, our association is able to initiate external cooperations.