Brightlands Campus Greenport is being developed on the former Floriade site with the The unique combination of agri-food, support of the Provincial Authority of . manufacturing and logistics in the area Innovative entrepreneurs - both small and large around Venlo offers exceptional opportunities businesses - work together with scientists and for collaboration that boosts sustainability students on healthy and safe food, future farming and healthy food’. (sustainable cultivation techniques) and the bio- circular economy. Erwin Boom, Alderman for Economic Affairs Food of the future: Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo

Businesses, science and education come togeth- er at the campus to share knowledge and develop Venlo, Healthy building and market new products. The campus combines A healthy building is one that maximises the physical, the best in research and science with agri-food design is the ‘new kid psychological and social well-being of both users and entrepreneurship, which is deeply rooted in the what a the environment. on the block’ in the region. Crossover development also takes place construction sector. with the manufacturing industry, ICT, logistics Healthy and financially In Venlo, entrepreneurs, and three other Brightlands campuses. city! education and government sound buildings: strengthen each other through synergy. Healthy Building Network Venlo is a pleasant city for work and to do Peter Thissen, business. Hospitable and international, Healthy Building Network is committed to promoting Chairman Ondernemend Venlo just a stone’s throw from . This is a broad spectrum of innovation and development 2 2 one of the reasons why Venlo has become in the healthy buildings sector. HBN identifies and For more information a major European logistics hub and home brings together trendsetters and innovative com- please contact: This leaflet is printed with C2C certified to many international corporations and panies to kick-start innovation. Thanks to a large Municipality of Venlo Green4Print inks on PaperWise paper, export-focused Dutch businesses. And knowledge network and committed community of Economic Affairs Department which is made from agricultural waste Venlo is a great place to live. A city centre progressive entrepreneurs and knowledge providers, P.O. Box 3434 using 100% green energy. with high quality facilities, a green city in a HBN has become a platform for innovation in healthy NL-5902 RK Venlo green environment. buildings. Telephone +31 6 43 23 59 91 Antoin Scholten, E-mail [email protected] Mayor www.investinvenlo.com 2019 © Municipality of Venlo

Measured by the percentage of the labour force that works in manufacturing and knowledge-intensive industries, Venlo is high on the list of the fifty largest cities in the .

Made in Venlo The manufacturing and high tech Products made in Venlo are shipped all over the world. industry in Venlo is In fact, a number of Venlo-based manufacturing innovative, dynamic Venlo has enormous knowledge and expertise in companies are global market leaders in their markets. optimally managing flows of goods. Venlo also offers Manufacturing companies in Venlo also produce parts and sustainable. all the support services needed for this activity, or components for large, international corporations Products are ex- ranging from customs facilities to logistics training such as ASML, Philips, Siemens, Mercedes, NASA and ported and installed at all levels. General Electric. worldwide. Besides manufacturing, Venlo is also home to some The south-east of the Netherlands is the second Venlo showing very large knowledge-intensive companies. They are largest horticultural area in the Netherlands and, active in printing and copying systems, turbine tech- together with the German border region, the second the way nology, coatings and coating systems and machine and largest continuous horticultural area in Europe. equipment construction. Venlo is centrally placed in this area. Not only is Venlo ideally situated, it also offers a per- fect logistics infrastructure: road and rail connec- tions in all directions and the for accessibility Green powerhouse by water. Plus three rail terminals, a barge terminal and plenty of space for large warehouse complexes. An extensive network of companies, organisations and institutions that have strong links with the So it is hardly surprising that Venlo has become the horticultural supply chain has formed around Venlo’s Venlo, the healthy most important inland port for , Antwerp horticultural production industry. They are active in market garden of the and Schiphol. Huge flows of goods find their way into supply, processing, packaging, trade, agri-logistics, Netherlands. the hinterlands of Central Europe via Venlo. Venlo is etc. Many of these companies operate from Hines Venlo is trimodal. now the third logistics hotspot in the Netherlands, Fresh Park Venlo, a business park specially for This is an advantage, after Rotterdam and Schiphol. agri-food companies. because transporting Venlo Data Centre Venlo encourages collaboration between entrepre- containers by train The digital infrastructure in Venlo is modern and neurs (in all sectors), education, research and govern- and ship means less euroregional. Venlo-IX (Internet Exchange) links ment to support a strategy of deploying innovative and congestion and less Amsterdam-IX and Frankfurt-IX - the primary Eu- knowledge-intensive industries to boost the economic ropean digital hotspots - and provides access to the importance of agri-food. Brightlands Campus Green- CO emissions. 2 international digital infrastructure for companies, port Venlo is the perfect example of this. organisations and institutions.