1.    Shift attitudes

• Communications offensive
  “Industry as a solution to the problems associated with a modern world”

2.    Secure resources

• Exercise political influence to realise energy revolution properly, without serious disadvantages to Hessen as a place of industry: Moratorium for renewable energy law (EEG), new market design for energy mix
• Maximize innovation potential for storage, control and network methods as well as energy efficiency
• Targeted efforts to secure the supply of raw materials
• Transform Hessen into the preferred location for companies that research materials (catchphrase: expand ‘Materials Valley’) 

 
3.    Tap into something new

• Implement Hessen Innovation Strategy 2020
• Support the introduction of tax incentives for R&D
• Establish an innovation learning network (catchphrase: ‘Open Innovation’)
• Promote plans for the Hessen patent exploitation fund through to fruition and link them to the EU research agreement (funded with 22 billion euros as a PPP) for the purposes of supporting clean air traffic, fuel cell technology, innovative medicine, electronics and biotechnology.
• Anchor industry within the educational canon
• Secure skilled labour (catchphrase: implement the findings of the skilled labour commission)

4. The new industry

• Gradually link Hessen industry (especially SMEs) to the Industry 4.0 platform
• Training and professional development: Intensify integration of vertical software into curriculum
• Manufacturing systems: Promote research and implementation