The German node of the European ALMA Regional Centre network is operated by the UB / AIfA and UoC / PH1, with PI Schilke as the lead of the Cologne subnode and Prof. Bertoldi, currently the lead of the Bonn subnode. It is one of seven European sites of this network coordinated by ESO since 2008, which actively supports ALMA operations and European users and is co-financed by the BMBF / ErUM-Pro. Another European node is based in Manchester, UK, and is led by PI Fuller.