Discover Vienna: Manufacturing Edition 2025

EIT Manufacturing is supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. It is one of eight innovation communities within the EIT. EIT Manufacturing’s main goal is to bring European stakeholders focused on manufacturing together in innovation ecosystems that add unique value to European products, processes and services and inspire the creation of globally competitive and sustainable manufacturing. EIT Manufacturing brings together more than 80 organizations (universities, research institutes and business).

EIT Manufacturing East GmbH is one of the five Impact Centers (IC) of EIT Manufacturing, located in the Technology Center Seestadt in Vienna, Austria. IC East serves seven countries in Central and Eastern Europe: Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia, of which six are EIT RIS eligible countries, being considered emerging and moderate innovators according to the European Innovation Scoreboard. IC East works in close cooperation with its eleven full members from industry, research and academia: the Czech Technical University in Prague, Industry Innovation Cluster (IIC), Jožef Stefan Institute, Kolektor, Magna, Pannon Business Network, the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, the Technical University Vienna, and voestalpine High Performance Metals, and its network partners Additive Manufacturing Austria, EuroCC Austria, invest.austria, Platform Industry 4.0 Austria, Start:up Slovenia, Vestbee and the Vienna Business Agency. EIT Manufacturing East is additionally supported by three Austrian Ministries (Federal Ministry Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology; Federal Ministry Digital and Economic Affairs; Federal Ministry Education, Science and Research) as well as the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG).

EIT Manufacturing — Making Innovation Happen!

The Vienna Business Agency supports local and international companies in all phases of their business development, providing advice on all corporate issues and helping expats get up and running in Vienna. Anyone wanting to found a company, start-ups, sole traders, domestic and international small and medium-sized enterprises or corporations will receive all the information they need. As the location agency of the City of Vienna, the Business Agency helps with funding, business premises, an office, free advice, workshops, networking, and the search for new partnerships.

The Vienna Business Agency was founded in 1982 as the Vienna Economic Development Fund (Wirtschaftsförderungsfonds) by the City of Vienna, the Vienna Chamber of Commerce, the UniCredit Bank Austria AG (formerly the Zentralsparkasse) as well as the Erste Bank der Österreichischen Sparkassen AG (formerly the Erste Österreichische Sparkasse).

Initiated by the Vienna Business Agency, ViennaUP’25 is a decentralized community-driven festival in the heart of Europe, shining a light on what the future of technology holds. Together with its contributing partners, ViennaUP creates a unique interconnected experience for start-ups, investors, tech enthusiasts, creatives, and visionaries. ViennaUP’23 is about creating meaningful connections and starting first conversations with smart minds. Participants have the opportunity to dive into hotly discussed topics across different industries, expand their international network, and get inspired by the Viennese start-up scene – one of the most diverse and fastest-growing start-up communities in Central Europe.