The goal is to provide competitive advantages to Hessian M+E companies with cluster methods and instruments. To this end, CEO Hessen is investigating the diverse prerequisites and results of the emergence of clusters and the possibilities of conscious collective formation of (new) clusters through cooperation between the actors. This includes companies, research, and educational institutions as well as politics. On this basis, design areas for the implementation of the methods and instruments can be derived, which contribute aggressively to the collective development of clusters.