Employees by sector

Electrical, optical, precision engineering	Structural steel, mechanical, aircraft engineering	Plastics processing	Quarrying, processing of stones and soils	Food and tobacco processing

	In Mechernich as place of work	In Mechernich as place of residence
Agriculture	71	103
Manufacturing	1757	2265
Technical occupations	283	545
Jobs in service industries	3556	5201

Peter Dierichsweiler, Mechernich's Economic Development Officer:

“There are many prerequisites for entrepreneurial success – the right location and competent support are among them. Administrative red tape is kept to a minimum in Mechernich. We decide quickly and we act unbureaucratically. Companies located in Mechernich collaborate constructively with one another. Synergies are conceivable in particular in the metal processing, electronics and ceramics industries. The largest firm currently located here is Deutsche Mechatronics GmbH, formerly RWE Mechatronics GmbH, where some 550 employees develop and produce mechatronic systems for industrial applications.”