Foreign Companies in the Rhineland INFORMATION ABOUT the PUBLISHERS

Foreign companies in the Rhineland INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLISHERS

Hamburg Published by Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) Aachen, Germany; Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK)

Bonn/Rhein-Sieg, Germany; Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) Düsseldorf, Germany; Bremen Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) Köln, Germany; Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) Mittlerer Niederrhein, Germany; Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) Wuppertal-Remscheid- POLAND Solingen, Germany; Niederrhein Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) Duisburg-Wesel-Kleve, Germany (Contacts and addresses see on page 14) GERMANY Berlin Amsterdam Authors | Editors: Daniel Boss, Düsseldorf; Manfred Meis, Meis Medienservice, Nettetal; Claudia Masbach, IHK Aachen; The Hague Armin Heider, IHK Bonn/Rhein-Sieg; Robert Butschen, IHK Düsseldorf; Christoph Hanke, IHK Köln; THE NETHERLANDS Jörg Raspe, IHK Mittlerer Niederrhein; Beatrice Achim, IHK Wuppertal; Dr. Thomas Hanicke, Rotterdam Niederrheinische IHK Duisburg-Wesel-Kleve. Duisburg Editor-in-chief: Robert Butschen | IHK Düsseldorf Krefeld Wuppertal ACCESSIBLE phone: +49 (0)211 3557-217 | fax: +49 0211 3557-412 | email: [email protected] (within a radius of 500 km): Antwerp Düsseldorf approx. 150 million consumers Translation: RSH Management & Consulting GmbH, Düsseldorf, Gemany Cologne Brussels Aachen Bonn Design: 360° Design, Ulrike Wiest, Krefeld, Gemany BELGIUM Printed by: Druckstudio GmbH, Düsseldorf, Gemany Frankfurt As at: December 2016 Luxembourg CZECH REPUBLIC

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Paris This survey is designed to show that the Rhineland is truly international due to the large number of foreign companies that are members of the Stuttgart Chambers of Commerce and Industry, which are collaborating in the „Rheinland Initiative“, in this case the Chambers of Aachen, Bonn/Rhein-Sieg, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Köln, Mittlerer Niederrhein and Wuppertal-Solingen-Remscheid. The foreign companies associated with the Chambers of Commerce and Industry are made up of foreign companies registered in the official commercial register and small businesses led by foreign nationals.

The Chambers of the „Rheinland Initiative“ are promoting the enhancement of the traffic infrastructure, regional concepts to create qualified jobs and Rhineland Region a future-orientated policy on industry and real estate. They support the optimizing of networks with R&D institutions and the increase of potentials in Munich manufacturing industries, trade, logistics, tourism, hotel and catering industry, trade fair and event business. All this contributes to the promotion of AUSTRIA the Metropolregion Rhineland as a national and international business location.

SWITZERLAND Fig. 1 Location of the Rhineland within Germany und Europe

SOURCES CONTENTS

MARKUS database of Creditreform AG, Neuss, Germany, 2016 Foreign companies in the Rhineland: Key facts 4 Databases of members maintained by Chambers of Commerce and Industry in the Rhineland, Germany, 2016 The Rhineland: A strong economy and truly cosmopolitan 5 Ausländische Bevölkerung in Nordrhein-Westfalen am 31. Dezember 2015 Landesbetrieb Information und Technik Nordrhein-Westfalen (IT.NRW), statistics division, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2016 Trade comes first: both for registered companies and small companies alike 8 Konjunkturbarometer Rheinland Herbst 2016 Chambers of Commerce and Industry in the Rhineland, Germany, 2016 Remarkable diversity: Companies come from over 160 countries 10

Close-up: The districts covered by the seven Chambers of Commerce and Industry in the Rhineland 12

All the information provided in this brochure has been collated and drafted with the utmost care. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Düsseldorf Contacts and addresses 14 does not provide any guarantees in respect of the accuracy and completeness of the content nor is it liable for any interim changes. Reprints, including extracts, are permitted only if the source is acknowledged. Specimen copy requested.

2 Foreign companies in the Rhineland Foreign companies in the Rhineland 3 FOREIGN COMPANIES IN THE RHINELAND: THE RHINELAND: KEY FACTS A STRONG ECONOMY AND TRULY COSMOPOLITAN

The seven Chambers of Commerce and Industry in the Rhineland have 539,602 member companies. Of these 55,475 have a foreign shareholder or owner. populated areas within the state with almost 50 per- Or put another way, more than one in ten companies is foreign-owned. Kleve cent of the latter figure, i.e. 8.6 million inhabitants. Kleve Wesel District Some 1,246,900 inhabitants of the Rhineland (14.5 per- Wesel District cent) are from abroad, compared to 12.3 percent for Of these foreign companies, 13,055 are entered in the commercial register, Duisburg NRW. Krefeld while the remaining 42,420 are small companies. Mettmann District Viersen Düsseldorf Wuppertal The Turks, with approximately 262,800 inhabitants District Neuss Mönchengladbach (more than 20 percent), make up the biggest commu- Rhine Remscheid nity amongst the non-German population. They are Heinsberg County of Solingen Neuss The capital and the businesspeople themselves come from more than District Bergisch-Gladbach followed by Poles (105,400), Italians (85,600), Greeks Leverkusen Rhein- Oberberg Rhein-Erft Berg District (55,300) and the Dutch (48,700). These five groups 160 nations, spanning the globe from A for Australia to Z for Zimbabwe. District District Düren Cologne together account for almost half of all foreigners liv- Aachen District Rhein-Sieg ing in the Rhineland area. District

Bonn Cities Association of Aachen The Netherlands tops the list of foreign companies registered Euskirchen District Rhine followed by the USA and Switzerland. Tab. 1 Foreign national residents in the Rhineland POPULATION AS AT 31.12.2015 Non-Germans Total REGION NUMBER % With respect to small companies, Polish entrepreneurs have a slight edge over Turkish IHK Aachen 144,800 1,240,400 11.7 Städteregion Aachen 78,900 533,900 14.8 business people, who in turn are more numerous than the Italians, Romanians and Greeks. In the context of this brochure the Rhineland is de- Düren District 25,600 262,800 9.7 fined as the districts covered by the Chambers of Euskirchen District 11,100 191,200 5.8 Commerce and Industry for Aachen, Bonn / Rhein- Heinsberg District 29,200 252,500 11.6 Sieg, Düsseldorf, Köln, Mittlerer Niederrhein, Wupper- IHK Bonn / Rhein-Sieg 108,800 915,000 11.9 Preferred sectors for those companies registered are trade (4,312) and freelance, scientific tal-Solingen-Remscheid and Niederrhein IHK in Duis- Bonn 51,500 318,800 16.2 burg. The main cities in this economically powerful Rhein-Sieg District 57,300 596,200 9.6 and technical services including legal advice, tax consultancy, market research etc. (2,377). IHK Düsseldorf 205,200 1,095,500 18.8 region are Aachen, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Moers, Düsseldorf 144,100 612,200 23.5 Cologne, Leverkusen, Bergisch Gladbach, Krefeld, Mettmann District 61,100 483,300 12.6 Mönchengladbach, Neuss, Wuppertal, Solingen and IHK Duisburg 175,300 1,264,200 13.9 Trade is also the top sector for small companies (10,193), followed by Remscheid. Duisburg 93,400 491,200 19.0 Kleve District 40,200 462,700 8.7 construction (6,996) and the hotel and catering industry (6,327). The economic strength of the Rhineland is impres- Wesel District 41,700 310,300 13.4 sively documented by official statistics. With a gross IHK Köln 354,200 2,247,000 15.8 Cologne 214,600 1,060,600 20.2 domestic product (GDP) of € 332 billion (2014) the Leverkusen 24,400 163,500 14.9 Rhineland generated more than 11 percent of the Fed- Rhein-Erft District 62,800 466,700 13.5 eral German GDP (€ 2,916 billion). Furthermore the Rhein-Berg District 26,500 282,700 9.4 productivity of the 3.2 million people in employment Oberberg District 25,900 272,500 9.5 (03 / 2016) lies at approximately 10 percent above the IHK Mittlerer Niederrhein 154,400 1,232,800 12.5 German average. This is reflected in the disposable in- Krefeld 34,500 225,100 15.3 Mönchengladbach 37,300 260,000 14.3 come. For example, figures produced by MB-Research, Rhine County of Neuss 57,400 450,000 12.8 an international market research company, show that Viersen District 25,200 297,700 8.5 purchasing power stands at 4 percent (2016) above IHK Wuppertal 104,200 618,200 16.9 the Federal German average (104 to 100). Wuppertal 62,000 350,000 17.7 Solingen 17,700 109,500 16.2 Germany has a total population of approximately 82 Remscheid 24,500 158,700 15.4 Rhineland total 1,246,900 8,613,100 14.5 million and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia 2,207,200 17,865,500 12.3 (NRW), the country‘s most populous state, 17.9 million. The Rhineland in turn is one of the most densely Source: IT.NRW – statistics division. Düsseldorf 31.12.2015)

4 Foreign companies in the Rhineland Foreign companies in the Rhineland 5 THE RHINELAND: A STRONG ECONOMY AND TRULY COSMOPOLITAN

There are many sound reasons for the Rhineland`s in- Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Jülich, Krefeld, Mön- ternationalism. For example entrepreneurs can safely Tab. 2 Foreign companies in the Rhineland chengladbach and Wuppertal maintain close links assume that they will find a first-class infrastructure with industry and some businesses also run their own TYPE OF COMPANY BREAKDOWN with a comprehensive network of motorways and rail- research facilities. ways, efficient inland ports and three international Ratio of foreign companies airports operating out of Düsseldorf, Cologne / Bonn to all companies Düsseldorf and Cologne are also the venues for many Number %-value in the Rhineland in % and Weeze. What‘s more, neighbouring countries, of the world’s leading trade fairs. Finally, the high such as the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Small companies 42,420 76.5 11.6 standard of living should not be overlooked. This is a France, are just a stone‘s throw away. State-of-the- Companies registered in the 13,055 23.5 7.4 great place to live with a wealth of culture and diver- art data connections complete the outstanding infra- official register of companies se landscapes – not to mention the famously friendly structure of the Rhineland. Universities, higher educa- Total 55,475 100 10.3 and fun-loving Rhinelanders. tion institutes and research centres in Aachen, Bonn, Source: Creditreform, IHKs and own calculation

Fig. 2 Infrastructure in the Rhineland Fig. 3 Top 20 foreign registered companies and small companies in the Rhineland

Rotterdam Turkey 8,077 | 350

Poland 8,160 | 160 Kleve Netherlands 1,825 | 2,823 Wesel Italy 2,872 | 363

Romania 2,422 | 28

Ukraine 591 | 75

Other countries 8,740 | 2,698

* China, Hongkong, Macao, Taiwan | Source: Creditreform, IHKs and own calculation

6 Foreign companies in the Rhineland Foreign companies in the Rhineland 7 TRADE COMES FIRST: BOTH FOR REGISTERED COMPANIES AND SMALL COMPANIES ALIKE

Fig. 4 Top 10 industry sectors of foreign registered companies in the Rhineland Fig. 6 Top 10 industrial sectors of foreign small companies in the Rhineland

Trade 10,193

Trade 4,312 Others 2,444 Others 797 Arts, entertainment and recreation 906 Building and construction 6,996 Information and communication 989 Provision of other services 333 TOTAL Provision of freelance, scientific Transport and warehousing 1,768 TOTAL Building and construction 351 13,055 and technical services 2,377 42,420 Transport and warehousing 428 Health and social services 2,013

Information and communication 641 Provision of freelance, scientific and technical services 3,138 Hotel and catering industry 6,327 Provision of financial and insurance services 748 Manufacturing and processing industry 1,335 Provision of other Provision of other services 3,384 business services 4,262 Real estate and housing 862 Provision of other business services 871

The seven Chambers of Commerce and Industry in the The No. 1 business activity is trade (wholesale, retail The remaining 364,145 companies (68 percent) are Rhineland have 539,602 member companies. Of those and commercial agencies) with 4,312 companies, fol- small businesses. Companies led by foreign nationals companies 175,457 or about 32 percent are noted in lowed by freelance, scientific and technical services comprise 77 percent of these businesses (42,420), far the Commercial Register. The total number of regis- (2,377) and manufacturing (1,335). higher than the proportion of registered firms. Trade tered companies from abroad (13,055 out of 55,475) once again claims top spot in the list of sectors in account for more than 23 percent of all foreign busi- which small businesses from abroad are active (10,193 nesses. businesses); it is followed by construction (6,996) and the hotel and catering industry (6,327).

Fig. 5 Top 10 countries - showing origin of foreign registered companies in the Rhineland Fig. 7 Top 10 countries - showing origin of foreign small companies in the Rhineland

Poland Italy Greece Netherlands Switzerland Greater France Japan Bulgaria 1,217 TOTAL TOTAL 8,160 2,872 2,158 Russian Federation 803 2,823 938 China* 889 662 432 13,055 42,420

OTHER COUNTRIES 13,246 OTHER COUNTRIES 3,606

Turkey Romania NL Iran 722 USA United Kingdom Belgium Austria Italy 8,077 2,422 1,825 Croatia 918 1,163 923 799 457 363

* China, Hongkong, Macao, Taiwan | Source: Creditreform, IHKs and own calculation Source: Creditreform, IHKs and own calculation

8 Foreign companies in the Rhineland Foreign companies in the Rhineland 9 REMARKABLE DIVERSITY: COMPANIES COME FROM OVER 160 COUNTRIES

Of the 13,055 foreign firms registered in the Rhineland, the undisputed frontrunner with a share of more out Europe from Duisburg while Dong Feng sells France has a high profile in the Rhineland with the than 20 percent is the Netherlands with 2,823 having a majority Dutch ownership. In second place is the agricultural machines from Wuppertal. Finally there is German head offices of car producersRenault in United States (accounting for 9 percent with 1,163); then comes Switzerland (938), the United Kingdom Lead in Cologne, whose main activities are the devel- Brühl and Peugeot/Citroën located in Cologne, while (923) Greater China (889) and Belgium (799). Here is an overview of some of the important nations doing opment, production and distribution of PC-compo- those of cosmetics company L’Oréal are to be found business in the Rhineland: nents. in Düsseldorf and Neuss. Other examples of french companies are the Axa insurance with headquarters in Cologne and Targobank with ist headquarter in NETHERLANDS centre in Baesweiler. General Electric, one of the world‘s JAPAN Düsseldorf and a service center in Duisburg. The Dutch are lucky to have a massive market right on largest conglomerates, is represented in Solingen with The area around Immermannstrasse in the state capital their doorstep and use the Rhineland as a springboard the European headquarters of its ultrasound division. Düsseldorf is often referred to as ‚little Tokyo‘, and with The Santander Group from Spain focuses its banking into North Rhine-Westphalia and Germany as a whole. good reason. Ninety percent of all Japanese compa- activities in Germany in Mönchengladbach. Edscha Examples are the biotechnology firm Qiagen in nies in North Rhine-Westphalia are based in the city Holding GmbH, part of the Spanish corporate group Hilden, dairy giant FrieslandCampina (which has its SWITZERLAND or the neighbouring districts of Mettmann and Neuss. Gestamp is a global market leader for hinge systems largest German site in Cologne), the parcel delivery A number of Swiss businesses located in the Rhineland Japanese companies represent numerous sectors In- based in Remscheid. firm TNT in Troisdorf and at Cologne/Bonn Airport, are world famous, including master chocolate maker cluding the automotive industry (Toyota, Nissan), the mail company Postcon in Ratingen, the furniture Lindt & Sprüngli with production facilities in Aachen, IT / communications (Canon, Epson, Kyocera, NEC), The presence of Korean companies increased signifi- manufacturer Leolux in Krefeld and LeasePlan in whilst the Nestlé Group has locations in Neuss photography (Canon, Fuji), mechanical engineering cantly during the last years, including the German Neuss. In the construction sector, the project devel- (“Thomy” delicatessen products) and Euskirchen (pet and steel (Komatsu, Mitsubishi, Nippon Steel), high headquarters of LG Electronics in Ratingen and sev- oper Kondor Wessels has a base in Wuppertal. The foods). Switzerland, with its reputation as a provider tech material (Toho Tenax) and cosmetics (Shiseido). eral operations of the Doosan group in Dormagen and chemical group AkzoNobel has locations in Düren, of insurance and financial services, does considerable In 2014 Futec settled down in Duisburg, a manufac- Ratingen. Hilden, Köln und Leverkusen. business through the Zurich Insurance Group with its turer of inspection systems for the printing industry. German headquarters based in Bonn. The personnel Since Tata Steel took over the Corus Group, India has recruitment services company Adecco maintains its been represented by the steel businesses Hille & USA German headquarters in Düsseldorf, while textiles firm BELGIUM, NORWAY, SWEDEN Müller in Düsseldorf and Degels in Neuss. One of the first examples of American investment in Christian Fischbacher has a base in Remscheid. AND MANY MORE Germany began in 1908 when International Harvest- Scores of other big companies from almost every er was established in Neuss and started manufactur- country in Europe and many other corners of the ing agricultural machines. Sometime later in 1930 the UNITED KINGDOM globe have chosen to set up in the area. A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF SMALL Ford Motor Company established a base in Cologne British companies tend to focus on the districts COMPANIES ARE FROM POLAND and produces cars till today. Over a period of 60 years, around Düsseldorf and Cologne. Examples include The Belgian presence include UCB Pharma in Mon AND TURKEY the German headquarter of multi-technology group Vodafone (telecommunications), Castrol/BP (lubri- heim and Rheinkalk in Wülfrath, where is limestone The most active nation when it comes to establishing 3M in Neuss, with sites in Hilden and in Jüchen, has cants), HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt (banking) and mining and processing. small companies is Poland: 8,160 people from the expanded to become the firm‘s second largest outside BBDO (advertising). However Wilkinson Sword, re- neighbouring state not far to the east have acquired a of the USA. Other big names include the food pro- nowned for its shaving and cosmetic articles, has its Examples from Norway are Hydro Aluminium with trading licence, making up more than 19 percent of all ducer Mars in Viersen and Procter & Gamble, manu- German subsidiary in Solingen. operations in Neuss, Grevenbroich and the energy small companies from abroad. The Turks are in second facturer of sanitary products in Euskirchen. Logistics supplier Statkraft, which organizes the business in place slightly behind with 8.077 companies. The pres- specialist United Parcel Service (UPS) directs its fleet Germany from Düsseldorf and runs a power plant in ence of both communities in the Rhineland is under- of vehicles from Neuss and uses Cologne/Bonn airport GREATER CHINA Hürth. lined by an increasing number of registered compa- as its hub for Europe. Havi Logistics runs large opera- Companies from Greater China (including China, nies, which are now 350 companies from Turkey and tions in logistics for the food and retail business from Hongkong, Macau and Taiwan) are displaying an in- Ericsson, the Swedish manufacturer of telecommuni- 160 from Poland. Duisburg. Ford and Microsoft meanwhile maintain creasing interest in the Rhineland. Its figure increased cations equipment, has its German headquarters in research and innovation centres in Aachen. The paint to almost 900 during the last years. Chinese IT giants Düsseldorf along with research institutes in Aachen The third, fourth, and fifth place of small companies specialist Axalta has a plant in Wuppertal. Johnson & Huawei and ZTE oversee their European operations and Herzogenrath. Meanwhile the security services are taken by the Italians (2,872), Romanians (2,422) Johnson, producer of healthcare and other consumer from Düsseldorf, construction machinery manufac- provider Securitas and the tool maker Sandvik are and Greek (2,158). goods has a subsidiary in Neuss. Eaton operates glob- turers XCMG has its European headquarters and a based in Düsseldorf. ally providing diversified power management services development centre in Krefeld while Sany has a with sites in Bonn, Lohmar, Meckenheim, Nettersheim factory in Bedburg. The autotomotive supplier Kiekert After the takeover of Thyssen Krupp Nirosta by and Neuss. Cook Medical, suppliers of minimally in- in Heiligenhaus has been taken over by a chinese Outokumpu , there is a major company from Finnland vasive medical devices, has its European distribution group. NGC distrubutes since recently drives through- located in Krefeld with a stainless steel mill.

10 Foreign companies in the Rhineland Foreign companies in the Rhineland 11 CLOSE-UP: THE DISTRICTS COVERED BY THE SEVEN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY IN THE RHINELAND

AACHEN centres and is now home to one of the rial technologies are of big importance as It is perhaps not surprising that Aachen is country‘s largest freight depots and pos- you find in Duisburg the biggest produc- Tab. 3 Number of foreign companies in the Rhineland a particularly international and cosmo- sesses the second largest inland harbour tion of iron and steel in Europe. Other registered companies small companies registered companies small companies politan city as it is situated right where and cargo airport in Germany. Cologne is main sectors are the chemical industry, IT country number country number country number country number the borders of Germany, Belgium and the also a hub for the insurance industry, cre- technologies, Energy and environment, AACHEN DUISBURG AND THE LOWER RHINE AREA Netherlands come together. Major com- ative industries and the media sector. In- food processing and tourism. 1 Belgium 459 Turkey 837 1 Netherlands 904 Turkey 1,489 panies and research facilities around the dustry as a whole has established strong 2 Netherlands 433 Poland 795 2 Switzerland 103 Netherlands 555 world are highly appreciative of one of international links with an export ratio of 3 USA 94 Netherlands 557 3 USA 91 Poland 277 4 United Kingdom 65 Romania 404 Europe‘s most research-intensive regions. over 50 percent, yet Cologne is also an in- MITTLERER NIEDERRHEIN 4 United Kingdom 86 Italy 245 5 Switzerland 65 Greece 248 5 Turkey 48 Greece 122 The industrial scene is dominated by me- novative, research-intensive academic re- The region – which includes the cities of 6 France 50 Italy 245 6 France 41 Romania 84 chanical engineering and chemicals as gion with several institutes of higher edu- Krefeld and Mönchengladbach, the Rhine 7 Greater China* 45 Bulgaria 170 7 Greater China* 38 Bosnia Herzegovina 77 well as the production of rubber, plastic cation. The IHK Köln District incorporates County of Neuss and the Viersen District 8 Luxembourg 45 Belgium 163 8 Luxembourg 38 Croatia 74 goods, paper and food. The region is also the urban districts of Cologne and Lev- – extends from the Rhine in the east to 9 Austria 37 Serbia 109 9 Belgium 26 Serbia 65 10 Italy 33 Russian Federation 103 home to innovative firms working in such erkusen as well as the districts of Ober- the Dutch border in the west. With an ex- 10 Austria 23 Bulgaria 59 Other countries 200 Other countries 1,585 Other countries 227 Other countries 964 future-oriented sectors as energy, engi- berg, Rhein-Erft and Rhein-Berg. tensive motorway network and conveni- Total 1,526 Total 5,216 Total 1,625 Total 4,011 neering services, IT, life sciences, automo- ently located airports and inland harbours, BONN/RHEIN-SIEG MITTLERER NIEDERRHEIN tive and environmental engineering. The the region is superbly connected. No won- 1 USA 86 Poland 657 1 Netherlands 485 Turkey 1,163 IHK covers the region of the Städteregion DÜSSELDORF der so many international companies – 2 Switzerland 81 Turkey 580 2 Greater China* 151 Poland 1,145 3 Netherlands 60 Italy 280 Aachen as well as the districts of Düren, The capital of North Rhine-Westphalia is which now account for a significant pro- 3 USA 125 Romania 547 4 United Kingdom 48 Romania 253 4 Switzerland 99 Greece 435 Heinsberg and Euskirchen. one of the most international cities in Ger- portion of the region‘s 50 percent-plus 5 Greater China* 46 Greece 205 5 United Kingdom 83 Italy 422 many. The region profits from the proximity export ratio – have based themselves 6 Luxembourg 38 Bulgaria 149 6 Japan 73 Netherlands 269 to all national and European markets and here. The main industries in Mittlerer 7 Austria 35 Iran 127 7 Italy 69 Serbia 149 BONN/RHEIN-SIEG the services of Düsseldorf Airport and the Niederrhein are chemicals, mechanical en- 8 France 32 Russian Federation 99 8 Belgium 57 Croatia 123 Italy 27 Austria 84 The economic structure of the region is Messe Düsseldorf. The city‘s Japanese busi- gineering, electrical engineering, steel, al- 9 9 Turkey 57 Bulgaria 116 10 Belgium 24 Netherlands 81 10 France 56 United Kingdom 111 determined by the service sector. In par- ness community is one of the largest in Eu- uminium, lignite mining, energy supply, Other countries 235 Other countries 1,657 Other countries 420 Other countries 1,730 ticular the area accommodates the infor- rope. In recent years, a constantly growing textiles and (semi-luxury) foods. Total 712 Total 4,172 Total 1,675 Total 6,210 mation and telecommunications branch, Chinese presence underlines the strong COLOGNE WUPPERTAL-SOLINGEN-REMSCHEID the logistics sector and other providers of Asian character. Düsseldorf today is a busi- 1 Netherlands 299 Poland 2,983 1 Greater China* 87 Turkey 118 production related services. The manufac- ness hub for leading industrial firms as well WUPPERTAL-SOLINGEN- 2 USA 288 Turkey 2,616 2 Netherlands 61 Italy 55 3 Switzerland 269 Italy 986 turing sector also has a strong presence in as the telecommunications, advertising, fi- 3 Switzerland 53 Greece 51 REMSCHEID 4 France 218 Romania 709 4 USA 48 Poland 46 the Rhein-Sieg District, especially the nance, legal advice, management consul- The Bergisch tri-city district of Wuppertal, 5 United Kingdom 215 Bulgaria 482 5 Austria 29 Maroc 21 plastics industry, mechanical engineering tancy, fashion and life sciences sectors. The Solingen and Remscheid is traditionally 6 Greater China* 137 Greece 428 6 France 29 Ukraine 18 and automotive component suppliers. area covered by the Chamber includes the known for manufacturing and accounts 7 Austria 130 Iran 278 7 Turkey 26 Russian Federation 17 Nineteen UN bodies and around 150 inter- Mettmann District where business activity for a share of around 36 percent. Industries 8 Turkey 121 Croatia 264 8 Italy 26 Serbia 17 9 Belgium 109 Russian Federation 226 national organisations and NGOs are lo- focuses on the automotive supply industry, include the production of metal products, 9 United Kingdom 21 Croatia 10 10 Luxembourg 96 Ukraine 194 10 Belgium 12 Vietnam 10 cated in Bonn, helping it to enjoy consid- pharmaceutical industry as well as keys, mechanical engineering, the electrical in- Other countries 809 Other countries 3,588 Other countries 125 Other countries 154 erable international networking in the locks, and security technology. dustry, metal production and processing, Total 2,691 Total 12,754 Total 517 Total 517 fields of renewable energy, sustainable the chemicals industry, automobile manu- DÜSSELDORF * China, Hongkong, Macao, Taiwan resources management and cooperation facture, the food and animal fodder indus- 1 Netherlands 581 Poland 2,257 2 USA 431 Turkey 1,274 with development projects. The city also DUISBURG AND THE try and the rubber and plastics sector. 3 United Kingdom 405 Greece 669 offers world-class facilities for organising LOWER RHINE AREA Over time numerous companies from 4 Greater China* 385 Italy 639 international conferences, meetings and The district of Niederrhein Chamber of abroad have settled in the area with a 5 Switzerland 268 Romania 422 other events and ranks as an outstanding Commerce and Industry comprises the view to exploiting local know-how. With 6 Japan 256 Croatia 280 science and research hub. city of Duisburg and the districts of Wesel an export ratio approaching 50 percent, 7 France 236 Bulgaria 239 8 Austria 148 Russian Federation 231 and Kleve. Logistics is a significant field of the business community of the Bergisches 9 Sweden 129 Ukraine 193 competence in this region. Many national Land has excellent international links. An- 10 Russian Federation 116 Netherlands 189 COLOGNE and international logistics companies set- other mainstay of the region is the ser- Other countries 1,354 Other countries 3,147 Proud of its Roman origins, the city of Co- tled down especially in the port of Duis- vices industry, which focuses on trade and Total 4,309 Total 9,540 logne has over its long history developed burg – Europe’s biggest inland port – but business services. into one of Germany‘s principal logistical also in other cities nearby. Likewise, mate-

12 Foreign companies in the Rhineland Foreign companies in the Rhineland 13 CONTACTS AND ADRESSES

IHK Düsseldorf Ernst-Schneider-Platz 1 40212 Düsseldorf Niederrheinische IHK zu Duisburg Germany Mercatorstr. 22–24 www.duesseldorf.ihk.de 47051 Duisburg Germany Robert Butschen www.ihk-niederrhein.de phone: +49 (0)211 3557-217 fax: +49 (0)211 3557-412 Dr. Thomas Hanicke email: [email protected] phone: +49 (0)203 2821-284 fax: +49 (0)203 2821-356 email: [email protected] Duisburg IHK Wuppertal-Solingen-Remscheid Heinrich-Kamp-Platz 2 42103 Wuppertal Germany IHK Mittlerer Niederrhein Düsseldorf www.wuppertal.ihk24.de Friedrichstr. 40 41460 Neuss Wuppertal Beatrice Achim Germany Neuss phone: +49 (0)202 2490-515 www.mittlerer-niederrhein.ihk.de fax: +49 (0)202 2490-999 email: [email protected] Jörg Raspe phone: +49 (0)2131 9268-561 fax: +49 (0)2151 635-44561 email: [email protected] Cologne Aachen IHK Köln Unter Sachsenhausen 10–26 50667 Köln Germany www.ihk-koeln.de IHK Aachen Bonn Theaterstr. 6–10 Christoph Hanke 52062 Aachen phone: +49 (0)221 1640-552 Germany fax: +49 (0)221 1640-559 www.aachen.ihk.de email: [email protected] Claudia Masbach phone: +49 (0)241 4460-296 fax: +49 (0)241 4460-149 email: [email protected] IHK Bonn / Rhein-Sieg Bonner Talweg 17 53113 Bonn Germany www.ihk-bonn.de Armin Heider phone: +49 (0)228 2284-144 fax: +49 (0)228 2284-225 email: [email protected]

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