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Leipzig Means Business 2014

LEIPZIG for me!

Automotive & Suppliers Healthcare & Biotech Energy & Environment Logistics Media & Creativity // 2 // 4 // 8 // 14 // 46 // 72 // 82 // 92 // Preface // Leipzig: // Smooth landing // Networkers // Assistance // Soft facts // Higher education // Statistics A growing city for business and research

5 Continuing constant growth 9 Modern transport infrastruc- 15 Five clusters ripe for further 47 Leipzig scores! 73 The arts in Leipzig: Classical 83 A bastion of science 92 1. Population 6 Momentum of a ture: Highways for investors development 48 Shoulder-to-shoulder with values, outstanding quality 2. The labour market high-growth region 10 Leipzig/Halle Airport: Freight 16 Automotive & Suppliers mid-sized business 76 Living in Leipzig: 93 3. Education and training 7 In constant touch with the traffic soars 20 Healthcare & Biotech 49 Investments by the private Atmosphere, diversity, quality 94 4. Private sector world 11 Modern transport infrastruc- 24 Energy & Environment sector (selection) 77 Leipzig: The green city 98 5. Finance ture in and around Leipzig 28 Logistics 50 Leipzig 2020: Economic 78 Sporting Leipzig: 99 6. Public procurement 12 City-centre tunnel: Pacemaker 32 Media & Creativity strength set to grow Top of the league in Leipzig in 2013 for the metropolitan region 36 Industry: 51 Technology transfer: 79 A pro-family attitude: 100 7. Major investments in Leipzig 13 Key node in the German trans- All signs point to growth Innovation for SMEs Vital for the economy port network 37 Skilled trades upbeat 52 SME Support Programme 80 Education: International, 102 Contact 38 Leipziger Messe 54 Marketing managers: intercultural 40 Service sector: Wide-ranging Showcasing Leipzig 81 Tomorrow’s skilled workers support for the economy 55 Publicizing Leipzig 41 Commerce: In buoyant mood internationally 42 International cuisine: 56 Cooperation in A mouth-watering choice the Leipzig region 43 Leipzig: 57 Skilled labour for Record numbers of visitors the region’s future 44 Construction: In great shape 58 Europe: Central location, 45 Agriculture: Efficient, modern – central concern for generations 60 Financial backing for a powerful regional economy 62 Public procurement: Full transparency 63 Municipal construction contracts: Extensive procurement 64 ugb: Helping to bring your ideas to fruition 65 Leipzig’s property market: Stability maintained in 2013 66 Competitiveness of the Leipzig/Halle region grows 67 LGH: Providing premises for SMEs 68 The Property Office: Inviting offers for investors 70 The old exhibition centre rejuvenated 71 Lindenau Harbour: A new waterside district

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D’you happen to know anyone healthy and vivacious at the age of 1,000? No? Well, take a Leipzig’s economic development and dynamic innovation are moving up a gear – just like look at Leipzig, a city of half a million in central Germany! Its millennium in 2015 will certainly the cars built in the city’s automotive plants such as BMW’s desirable electric vehicles, the place this hub of commerce and change in the public eye, highlighting an upsurge that hardly innovative i3 and i8, and Porsche’s new Macan. And like the outsized machinery built locally anyone would have thought possible barely a few years ago. and swiftly dispatched at our efficient cargo airport to customers overseas.

// Leipzig’s population is growing by about 10,000 every year. Young This and other examples of top-class excellence from Leipzig repeatedly draw admiring academics are moving to Leipzig, along with students from Germany glances. They include a wide range of products made by Leipzig’s growing medium-sized and abroad. And they’re joined by skilled workers who have found sector which are much in demand on many different markets. Meanwhile, the position safe jobs with medium-sized companies or in the production plants of of manufacturers of all sizes is being consolidated by the innovation generated through global players like BMW and Porsche. The housing market is benefiting deepening ties between industry and research. to the same extent as the unemployment rate, which after rocketing in the post-unification era has now dropped below the psychologically Therefore, Leipzig’s Office for Economic Development continues to work closely with the important 10% mark. Moreover, the business climate remains bright. business chambers to develop and implement ideas and schemes furthering the economy. The SME Support Programme is just as important as the establishment of new companies in Leipzig – together with its hard-working individuals, business development specialists, the city. Medium-sized businesses receive as much care and attention as branches of large and networkers – takes delight in each new success. Nevertheless, the city is aware of the corporations – and that’s what makes Leipzig’s economy so strong. Moreover, the local labour challenges ahead. They are summarized in the strategy paper ‘Leipzig 2020’, which I have put market is proving increasingly attractive. forward as my work programme. // The Financial Times was recently so impressed by Leipzig’s present Important years lie ahead before the financial relationship between national and regional and future development that it awarded it top-ten positions in four government is restructured in 2019 – thirty years after the radical political and economic categories in the study ‘European Cities & Regions of the Future changes in eastern Germany. Until then, Leipzig’s economic and financial muscle must 2014/2015’. Leipzig was especially praised for its successful support continue to grow strongly – and we are confident that it will. After all, Leipzig was the strategy for investments in the city as well as for its achievements in the city where the Peaceful Revolution in autumn 1989 launched the historic process of areas of human capital and lifestyle. And in September the New York transformation and paved the way for the progress and success achieved ever since. Times extolled the quality of life in Leipzig and described the city as a “cultural mecca”. Moreover, Leipzig and its citizens continue to be buoyed by inspiration prompting transformation. This sense of optimism spawns economic potential. Leipzig is on a roll – The advantages of Leipzig as a centre of trade and industry include its entrepreneurial spirit a fillip it needs if it is to continue its successful journey begun twenty-five years ago. Leipzig and excellent quality of life thanks its rich cultural scene and unspoiled nature round about. is not alone in competing for investors, but judging by European rankings it’s doing better than One major new addition is the city-centre railway tunnel opened in December 2013. It’s the most of its rivals. And being at the centre of the Metropolitan Region of Central Germany, it’s heart of the upgraded regional railway network serving central Germany, which benefits the good to know that the city is helping to stimulate a much larger district of enterprise. entire region’s economy and environment – and makes Leipzig an even better place to live and work in. Leipzig, a city at the centre of the European Metropolitan Region of Central Germany, World-class products are made in the factories of BMW, Porsche and Siemens as well as by is developing under its own steam – and growing in conjunction with its associates in the a host of medium-sized companies. DHL and many other contractors in the logistics industry region and elsewhere. Many employers have already been inspired by the city’s business speed up the flow of goods day and night. And as a result, Leipzig is now back where it acumen – and are very satisfied with their decision to set up shop there. So is Leipzig an belongs – in the midst of a restless global economy. inside tip? Not really – it’s an open, dynamic centre of business which is ready for intensive dialogue. Sometimes it takes a while to take off and soar – a process which clearly benefits from hard work, perseverance and a systematic approach. It’s good to see Leipzig’s success story being Weigh up the basic information provided by this publication – and then come to Leipzig to reflected by the rise of local soccer team RB Leipzig. Thanks to its determination to succeed, see the city’s excellent qualities for yourself. Employers and investors profit from its thriving it’s already climbed up from the fourth to the second division within just two seasons – and business climate and tailored assistance. Given Leipzig’s diverse potential and its outstanding who knows where its drive will take it in the near future? prospects, what are you waiting for?!

Welcome to Leipzig!

Burkhard Jung Uwe Albrecht Mayor of the City of Leipzig Deputy Mayor of Economic Affairs and Employment

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cohesion isstrengthenedbybusinesses inthesethreedistrictsworkingtogether, cooperationbetweenthelocalauthorities, centre ofthisregion,withtheadministrative districtsofNorthSaxonyandGreaterLeipzigadjacent toit.Thisregional is hometodedicatedpeopledriving andshapingchange.TheCityofLeipzigwithapopulationtopping 540,000formsthe The Leipzigregionisaneconomic powerhousewhichhasyearsofexperienceininnovativetransition processesand // Leipzig:Agrowing city Continuing constantgrowth Source: SaxonDepartmentofStatistics is 20%,almostdoublethenationalaverageofjust11.6%. in whichtheheadofhouseholdisunderthirtyyearsold January 2014.ItfoundthattheshareofLeipzighouseholds districts published by market research institute GfK in analysis ofthepopulationdataallGermantownsand young households than Leipzig. Thiswasrevealed by an No other town or city in Germany has a higher share of Young households: Germany’s no.1 increase of11,349. to Leipzigin2013andjust21,006movingaway–an from asubstantialinflux,with32,355peoplemoving biggest cities.Leipzigcontinuestobenefitenormously population growth rate of 2%outstripsGermany’s fifteen 10,808 morethanayearbeforehand.Anditsannual By theendof2013,Leipzighad539,348inhabitants– German city. of populationgrowth,Leipzigisunparalleledbyanyother was arecordforthecity’s tourismsector. Andinterms Leipzig! Thefigureofnearly2.7millionovernightstays booming, 2013wascertainlyasuccessfulyearfor With itspopulationclimbingatarecordrateandtourism Population upby10,808in2013 480,000 505,000 530,000 Population ofLeipzig 510,043 2011 520,838 2012 530,761 2013

Sources: Populationregister, LeipzigOfficeforStatisticsandElections 250km /about28.6million 100km /about6.8million 60km /about2.8million 40km /about1.7million Population withinaradiusof... their district. were servedbypublictransportandthereputationof various location and image factors, e. Munich, NurembergandStuttgart)werepolledabout Düsseldorf, Essen,Frankfurt,Hamburg,Hanover, Leipzig, (Berlin, Bremen,Cologne,Dortmund,Dresden,Duisburg, A total of 1,500 interviewees from fifteen German cities from Leipzigrateditasamodern,up-and-comingcity. and senior-friendly. Moreover, over60%ofrespondents city alsoreceivedtopmarksforbeingbothchild-friendly pleased withtheirparksandgreenspaces(87%).Andthe residents assatisfiedinLeipzig!Localsareespecially research instituteGfK.InnoothercityinGermanyarethe satisfaction survey conducted in December 2013 by market Leipzig emergedtheclearwinnerfromacitizen Survey: There’s nobetterplacetolive! Kazakhstan Vietnam Ukraine Poland  Includingfrom: Total migrants background Residents withamigration Leipzigers withamigrationbackground Russian Federation g. how well they 32,854 (6.1%) 53,776 (10%) 1,976 2,833 3,131 3,139 7,053 2,620 childrenwereborn. in 1995,whenjust more thantwiceasmany German reunification!)and in 2012(anewrecordsince of 2013.That’s 268morethan Leipzig inthefirstsixmonths 5,834 babieswerebornin in 2013 Baby boom ‘We arethecity’. as reflectedbytheslogan level ofcivicinvolvement– festivities willfeatureahigh years now. Asusual,the on theprogrammefortwo committee hasbeenworking and concerts.Thefestival events, exhibitions,forums history withabout100large appearance inrecorded the millenniumofitsfirst In 2015,Leipzigwillcelebrate city turns1,000! Leipzig: Ayoung Leipzig Means Business2014 //

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// Growing city Momentum of a In constant touch with the world high-growth region Mayor Jung shows solidarity with Kiev In March 2014, Mayor Jung visited Kiev, Leipzig’s oldest 44,337 more employees since 2005 24,892 fewer unemployed since 2005 twin town, for a two-day visit to express his solidarity. He 230,000 50,000 was accompanied by a delegation made up of reporters, representatives of the local authority, and members of the public. In this, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 210,000 40,000 Peaceful Revolution, the mayor promised that Leipzig would help Kiev set up new, transparent and democratic 190,000 30,000 administrative structures. He also laid a wreath on the Maidan in memory of those who had lost their lives in Leipzig: 170,000 191,667 205,633 210,049 222,801 236,004 20,000 52,492 39,591 36,900 30,349 27,600 Ukraine’s revolutionary uprising. Furthermore, following a German–Ethiopian campaign led by the citizens’ movement archive in Leipzig, Investment Forum 150,000 10,000 the mayor presented a donation to the volunteer centre 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2005 2008 2010 2012 2014 of the German-Lutheran St Catherine’s Parish in Kiev. In May 2014, a German– Source: Federal Employment Agency, figures at 31 December each year Source: Federal Employment Agency, figures at 31 July each year Following the mayor’s visit, an exhibition entitled ‘Maidan Ethiopian Trade, Tourism and – Ukraine – Europe’ compiled by Kiev photographer Investment Forum was held Closer ties with Moscow Vladyslav Musienko was held at St Nicholas’s Church. in Leipzig to mark the tenth SMEs: Private sector buoyant in central Germany better business climate than a year ago. All in all, the In spring 2014, relations with Moscow (including anniversary of the twin town Backbone of Although the economy in central Germany underwent a balance of optimistic and pessimistic expectations was institutions, organizations and companies in the Russian agreement between Leipzig the economy sluggish period which began in mid-2012 and bottomed up by 15 points compared to spring 2013. And the very capital) reached a new high when the mayors of Moscow and Addis Ababa. The forum out in spring 2013, it managed to escape this sticky patch upbeat business outlook means that economic growth and Leipzig formally agreed to improve thematic was hosted by the two cities As well as large companies extremely quickly again. looks set to increase. cooperation. During the mayor’s visit to Moscow, more as well as Leipzig Chamber with more than 250 than fifty senior figures from the private sector, academic of Industry and Commerce. employees, SMEs have Business climate improves Industry revises export prospects upwards institutions and the business chambers introduced their Economic and social also contributed to Leipzig’s across the board After the muted export expectations voiced by industrial projects and discussed possibilities for collaboration. And cooperation between the employment success over In 2014, the Business Climate Index for central Germany companies in central Germany last year, companies reliant at a reception hosted by Porsche’s Russian subsidiary, 250 two countries has increased the past few years. About rose by 18 points compared to February 2013, reaching a on exports are now far more optimistic. For example, the distinguished guests learned more about Leipzig and the steadily since 2004. At

// Private sector two thirds of all employees new high of almost 71 points. This upsurge is mainly due balance of rising and falling export expectations climbed surrounding region. Moreover, Moscow and Leipzig were the investment forum, // International Leipzig work for firms with fewer to the much brighter assessment of the current situation from +9 to +22 points. Regional exports are likely to brought closer together when the scheduled passenger Zemedeneh Nigatu (CEO of than 250 staff in nearly all industries, climbing overall from 19 to benefit in particular from the increasing stabilization in service between Moscow and Leipzig was supplemented Ernst & Young in Ethiopia) 35 points. This improvement is a clear indication that the the eurozone. Moreover, the upswing in the USA appears by a new regular cargo flight. used practical examples region is enjoying a powerful upswing. In fact, unlike last to be gathering pace, promising brighter prospects for to explain places ripe for year, the balance of business expectations is now very global trade as a whole than in the past two years. investment in his country. positive in all sectors. The two most successful areas are Source: Economic Report for Central Germany, Halle–Dessau and Leipzig Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Chambers of Small Industries and Skilled Trades, 2014. A construction and the service sector. total of 1,995 firms in these business chambers responded to the survey. Networked with partners on four continents

Business outlook still optimistic Consular missions and Leipzig’s twin towns The private sector remains confident in 2014. Although foreign cultural institutes / Addis Ababa, Ethiopia expectations have only climbed slightly since spring 2013, Consulates general / Birmingham, UK they were expressed against the background of a much / Kingdom of Norway / Bologna, Italy / Russian Federation / Brno, Czech Republic / United States of America / Frankfurt am Main, Germany Honorary consulates: / Hanover, Germany / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Herzliya, Israel / Costa Rica / Houston (Texas), USA / Democratic Republic of Congo / Kiev, Ukraine / Estonia / Kraków, Poland / France / Lyon, France / Italy / Nanjing, China Employment* by employment size classes, 2013 / Kosovo / Thessalonica, Greece / Liberia / Travnik, Bosnia-Herzegovina // Contact 80,000 / Mongolia District partnerships City of Leipzig // Contact / Poland also exist with: European and International Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and Industry 40,000 / Romania / Althen des Paluds, France Relations Cooperation Office Wolfgang Topf (President) / Sweden / Pays des Herbiers, France Dr Gabriele Goldfuss 31,211 46,719 61,930 71,142 Dr Thomas Hofmann (Managing Director) 0 / Sri Lanka Martin-Luther-Ring 4–6 Goerdelerring 5, 04109 Leipzig Up to 9 employees 10–49 employees 50–249 employees 250+ employees / Ukraine 04109 Leipzig Tel: +49 (0) 341 12670 International cultural institutes: Tel: +49 (0) 341 123 2066 * Businesses and single-location businesses with employees subject to social security in the year under Fax: +49 (0) 341 1267 1108 review and single-location businesses with no employees subject to social security but with taxable revenue / Institut français Leipzig Email: [email protected] www.leipzig.ihk.de from products and services in the year under review in Sections B–N and P–S of WZ 2008. / Confucius Institute in Leipzig www.leipzig.de/international ** At the time of evaluation (the year under review is 2011). Source: Saxon Department of Statistics / Polish Institute Berlin, Leipzig branch

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state-of-the-art high-speedbroadband allensureoutstandinglinkstointernationalmarketsand theglobaleconomy. motorways, Leipzig/HalleAirport designedfor24-houroperation,anewInterCityExpressraillink tothesouth-west,and telecoms infrastructureofLeipzig andthesurroundingregioninordertoboosteconomy. Revamped,widened In thefirstfewyearsfollowing German reunification,massivepublicinvestmentwascarried out inthetransportand // Smoothlanding 2010 1911 1911 2011 2015 Highways forinvestors Modern transportinfrastructure: 2000 2002 2003 2003 2004 2005 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 1999 2009 1910 first century, far-sightedly upgradedroads,railwaysand ideas intersecting there. Nowadays, in the early twenty- growth wasshapedbytheflowsofgoods,peopleand Via Regiaandthenorth–southVia Imperii.AndLeipzig’s of twogreatcontinentaltraderoutes,theeast–west Leipzig beganflourishing850yearsagoatthecrossroads At thecrossroadsofEurope 1913 2013 Milestones ofinfrastructuredevelopmentinandaroundLeipzig

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /                       (Leipzig linkedtoBornabyB95dualcarriageway) (to Nurembergby2017) Deutsche Bahn:City-centretunnelopens A72 (Leipzig–Chemnitz–Hof)completedfromBorna Deutsche Bahn:High-speedLeipzig/Halle–Erfurtraillinkopens partly onnewtrack throughout theLeipzigregion Airport: 3.6kmRunwayNorthopens Airport: Newcentralterminalandrailwaystationinaugurated transfer expanded Deutsche Bahn:Intermodalterminalforroad–railcontainer S10 localrailwaylinebetweenLeipzigandHalleopens, Electronic trafficmanagementsystemgoesonline Airport: Thirdtaxiwaybridgecompleted Airport: NewrailwaysidinginCargoAreaSouth Airport: Hangarbuiltinnorthzone Airport: Rampexpansion New roadlinkopensbetweentheB6andA9innorthLeipzig Schkeuditzer Kreuzinterchange(A9/A14)revamped A38 (Leipzig–Göttingen)motorwaycompleted three-lane dualcarriageway A9 (Berlin–Leipzig–Munich)widenedto Airport: BorderInspectionPostopens Airport: 3.6kmRunwaySouthopens Airport: Airfreighttranshipmentstationopens widened tothree-lanedualcarriageway A14 (Magdeburg–Dresden–Prague) Deutsche Bahn:NewInterCityExpressrepairshopopensinLeipzig Airport: AnimalExportCentreopens

of theentireregion. the keyfactorsbehindthrivingeconomicdevelopment networking ofindividualmodestransportareamong Union. Efficienttransportlinksandtheseamless Leipzig isabletomobilizewithintheexpandedEuropean air routesaretappingtheenormouspotentialwhich

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// Infrastructure Leipzig/Halle Airport: Modern transport infrastructure Freight traffic soars in and around Leipzig

Trimodal benefits of Leipzig/Halle Airport Animal Export Center New bridge on Teslastrasse Leipzig/Halle Airport harbours a wide range of outstanding Being a member of the ATA (Animal Transportation aids commercial traffic advantages: Association), Leipzig/Halle Airport is also a reliable partner / Two separate 3,600m runways for worldwide non-stop when it comes to the safe, humane transport of animals. services with no payload restrictions In 2014, a new concrete bridge on Teslastrasse spanning / Optimum flexibility thanks to 24-hour operation for Planned expansion: Ideal conditions for the railway lines was completed – and now benefits cargo flights investors commercial traffic for the many businesses operating / Ample capacity with no slot restrictions There’s still plenty of land available at Leipzig/Halle out of the Torgauer Strasse Commercial Estate in north- / Excellent transport links (road, rail and air) Airport. The apron directly connected to Cargo Area South east Leipzig. In addition, the new tram lines crossing Facts and figures / Frequent passenger connections to international hubs is big enough to accommodate six large cargo planes the elegant bridge improve links to LVB’s repair shop

// Infrastructure Runway-System: and other European cities (such as Antonov 124s and Airbus 380s). considerably. The structure’s predecessor – a brick vault // Infrastructure • Runway South, 3,600m bridge dating back to 1913 – had been heavily used (Cat IIIb) DHL’s European hub New Air Freight Centre for nearly a century and was no longer up to scratch. • Runway North, 3,600m Since 2008, Leipzig/Halle Airport has served express / Direct apron access in Cargo Area South Funding was provided by the Saxon government for the (Cat IIIb) shipping giant DHL as its central European hub with more / About 60,000 sqm to be occupied by Dietz AG construction project, which took two years and was • Capacity: 200,000 take-offs than fifty incoming flights every weekday. In summer / First phase (about 23,000 sqm) to be completed by carried out with the tram route still in use. and landings annually 2009, AeroLogic – a new joint venture set up by DHL spring 2014 • Area: 1,400 ha Express and Lufthansa Cargo – became the first airline to / Latest engineering and security features Development of be based at Leipzig/Halle Airport. / Second phase (15,000 sqm) to be completed air traffic in 2013: by late 2018 • Take-offs and Leading European cargo airport landings: 61,668 In 2013, cargo traffic at Leipzig /Halle Airport rose to a • Freight volume: record level for the ninth time in a row when total freight Growth of freight and mail (tonnes) 887,101 tonnes reached 887,101 tonnes, an increase of 2.7%. Leipzig/ 1,000,000 • Passengers: 2,440,860 Halle Airport hence consolidated its position as both LVB: Mobility services on a dynamic transport market www.leipzig-halle-airport.de Germany’s second-biggest air cargo hub and also one of 750,000 the foremost air freight handling centres in Europe. The principal activities of Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe LVB last year concern the renewal of the computerized (LVB) GmbH in 2013 regarding both its internal growth traffic management system (to improve information for 500,000 World Cargo Center strategy ‘Focus 25 – Modern Mobility for Leipzig’ passengers) and the procurement of new trams. / Ideal conditions for logistics contractors and its market presence were, as usual, designed to www.leipziger-messe.de / Direct access to the apron 250,000 improve the customer experience. The sustainability / 35,325 sqm in size of its Focus 25 strategy is borne out by LVB’s record The first phase of LVB’s 101,364 524,082 760,335 887,101 / Annual handling capacity of 200,000 tonnes 0 142.2 million passengers in 2013. This increase of 3.1 Heiterblick Technical Centre / 38 loading bays 2007 2009 2011 2013 million passengers using public transport far exceeds was opened in March 2014 in / Parking for 171 lorries Source: Leipzig/Halle Airport. the national average. And it also helps offset rising the presence of the Minister- / 3,400 sqm of office space directly connected to the costs and finance necessary investments. LVB invested President of Saxony. warehouse €11.5 million more in 2013 than in the previous year. In March 2014, the first phase of Heiterblick Technical Centre, LVB’s new central repair depot, was opened. The modernization of Dölitz tram station began four weeks earlier. Work to upgrade key tram routes on for example Lützner Strasse, Wurzner Strasse and Bornaische Strasse is well underway. Strategic policy decisions taken by

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Deutsche Bahn on track Multimodal terminal in Wahren Quicker travel for Central Germany has an upgraded passenger and freight links road to rail commuters, shoppers and railway network with Leipzig Central Station at its hub. The road -rail terminal for block train loading and Every day, the station is served by over 1,000 local and unloading in Wahren (north-west Leipzig) close to the GVZ sightseers long-distance trains. freight village has an annual capacity of 120,000 units. The loading tracks with a useful length of 700m each are The new city-centre tunnel was officially inaugurated High-speed rail spanned by two powerful gantry cranes. The terminal also at Leipzig Central Station on 14 December 2013. The partly new, partly improved Nuremberg–Erfurt– includes three sidings for containers and two access and Its completion meant that the long-cherished Leipzig/Halle–Berlin stretch of track about 500km long loading lanes for lorries. Planning has been drawn up to • Leipzig is at the intersection dream of a direct radial rail link beneath the and designed for high-speed trains is part of both the double the terminal’s capacity. of three InterCityExpress busy city centre had finally materialized. The German Unity transport projects and the EU’s Trans- and InterCity routes 1.4km-long twin tunnel was Deutsche Bahn’s European Networks, and is due to open in 2015–17. InterCityExpress repair depot (Munich–Nuremberg– most important infrastructure project to be The phases already completed include the upgrading of The new InterCityExpress repair depot near Leipzig Central Leipzig–Berlin–Hamburg, completed in 2013. Extending beneath the city the Halle/Leipzig–Berlin route (2006) and the new 23km Station was opened in late 2009 after a construction Wiesbaden–Frankfurt– centre from Leipzig Central Station in the north section taking in Leipzig Messe (2002), along with the period of around eighteen months. The sum of Erfurt–Leipzig–Dresden, to Bayerischer Bahnhof (‘Bavarian Station’) in high-speed track parallel to the A14 motorway, the four- €27.5 million was invested in the project on the site of and Cologne/Oldenburg– the south, the two stations in between on the platform station at Leipzig/Halle Airport, and the route’s what used to be Berlin Station. The repair depot is about Hanover–Magdeburg– market square and Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz connection to the existing track between Leipzig and 225m long and contains two platforms for the repair of ICE Halle–Leipzig/Halle Airport– provide quick, convenient access for commuters, Halle. As a result, the Leipziger Messe expo centre can locomotives and InterCity carriages, an admin block, and a Leipzig). students and other residents as well as shoppers be reached by trains leaving Leipzig Central Station every building containing an underfloor wheel lathe, as well as • Travel time between and sightseers. All four stations feature individual half an hour in just six minutes while regional express the necessary overhead lines, junctions and crossovers, a Leipzig and Berlin is only architectural designs whose form and colour scheme trains travelling from the airport require only eight works road and storage areas. An extension is currently about an hour. reflect Leipzig’s architectural heritage. minutes to reach Leipziger Messe. under construction in order to expand the depot. • InterCityExpress and www.citytunnelleipzig.de www.vde8.de, www.bahn.de InterCity services are coordinated at Leipzig

// Infrastructure Central Station with a dense // Infrastructure network of regional and The speakers at the tunnel’s local trains with frequent inaugural ceremony – departures. Stanislaw Tillich (Minister- President of Saxony) and Dr Rüdiger Grube (Chairman and CEO of Deutsche Bahn) – Investment emphasized that this major Successful launch into a new era for public transport project could only have Building work at been completed thanks to During the first three months of operation of the city- the northernmost station) to Dessau and Wittenberg, Leipzig Central Station cooperation between the centre tunnel in Leipzig and the revamped railway further improving transport services. The railway tunnel recommenced in September European Union, the German network in central Germany, the six lines carried more in Leipzig has been designed to allow one long-distance 2013. Sixty-five new points government, the government than 350,000 passengers. In the second stage, the train in either direction to stop at Leipzig Central Station and 22 kilometres of track of Saxony, Deutsche Bahn, local railway network serving central Germany will be every hour, depending on demand. and overhead lines will and the City of Leipzig. extended in December 2015 from Bitterfeld (currently make Leipzig, already a key railway hub, ready for the future of long-distance Mitteldeutscher rail transport. The Leipzig– Verkehrsverbund A local rail network serving four regions Magdeburg–Hanover– Oldenburg route has been Fares set by the MDV public The tunnel in Leipzig is the backbone of the revamped new tunnel every five minutes. Since every train on every chosen by Deutsche Bahn transport network apply in local railway network serving central Germany which line stops at every tunnel station, changing trains in order for the deployment of brand Leipzig, Halle and parts of went into service on 15 December 2013 – in time for the to reach other parts of central Germany is simplicity itself. new double-decker InterCity Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and new 2014 timetable. It consists of six synchronized lines Thanks to the tunnel, journey times on certain routes such trains. Thuringia. Passengers can connecting Leipzig to the major housing estate in Grünau as from Altenburg to central Leipzig have been slashed use the same ticket for local in west Leipzig, the nearby city of Halle, and the towns of by as much as thirty minutes compared to the previous trains, regional trains, trams Wurzen, Oschatz, Zwickau, Bitterfeld and Hoyerswerda. regional trains, which had to use the old lines skirting and buses throughout the At peak times, the modern electric trains pass through the around Leipzig. network. www.mdv.de

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whose basicstructuresarealreadyfirmlyinplace. emphasis isplacedonfivehigh-growthsectors Under themotto‘strengtheningstrengths’, // Networkers Automotive &Suppliers Energy &Environment Healthcare &Biotech Media &Creativity Logistics /  / /  /  For universitiesandresearchinstitutes: /  / /  / /  For businesses: The benefitsofLeipzig’s clusterpolicy as effectivelypossible. a wayofboostingLeipzig’s economyinthemediumterm Development setsgreatstorebyclusterdevelopmentas a wholeseriesofnetworks.TheOfficeforEconomic ideas factories and R&D centres make up the nodes of exploiting theirownparticularnichescheekbyjowlwith with abrightfuture.Well-structured businesses Leipzig’s economicstrategyistobackpromisingindustries Five convincingclusters Source: SaxonDepartmentofStatistics,LeipzigOffice forStatisticsandElections.CalculationsbyLeipzigOfficeEconomicDevelopment /  Steadily increasingresearchexcellence facilities Improved Rising externalfunding industry andresearch Optimum knowledgeandtechnologytransferbetween Larger poolofskilledlabour innovation Greater Tapping globalmarkets competitiveness Higher Collaboration withothercompaniesanduniversities Classification ofEconomicActivities) assignment basedonWZ2008(German No. ofcompaniesin2013;cluster Cluster-based Non-cluster-based 58.8% 41.2%

/  cluster assignmentbasedonWZ2008 No. ofemployeesin2013, Cluster-based Non-cluster-based /  /  /  /  /  /  For thelocation: /  /  /  /  /  For thegeneralpublic: international level Greater competitivenessatanationaland More directinvestmentfromGermanyandabroad Sharper economicprofile Stronger innovationabilityanddynamics Excellent skilledemployees Above-average economicandemploymentgrowth Higher qualityoflifeintheregion Individual basicandfurthertrainingservices Rising incomeopportunities Increasing numbersandtypesofjobs Better educationalandcareeropportunities 45.2% 54.8%

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// Cluster overview The Automotive & Suppliers Cluster may be one of the youngest in Leipzig – Automotive industry yet it’s also been one of the most influential ever since Porsche’s decision in in Leipzig remains in 1999 to assemble the Cayenne in Leipzig. This was followed just two years later by BMW choosing Leipzig as the location of its new plant. In the the fast lane meantime, more and more component suppliers have followed suit. The presence of Porsche and BMW, two of the world’s premium car marques, Ever since Porsche and BMW decided around the turn has done wonders for Leipzig’s reputation on the global market. of the century to open car plants in Leipzig, the city’s automotive industry has progressed by leaps and bounds. Interestingly, these two OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) have bucked the trend of investing abroad by expanding their production facilities in Leipzig. Whereas the car industry’s growth in Leipzig was initially due to the favourable conditions there and the high confidence in Leipzig expressed by OEMs, these days the hard-working enthusiasm of people from the region is playing an increasingly important role. Leipziger Messe: AMI Auto Mobil International Network partners get the AMI 2014 witnessed over fifty world, European and car industry moving German premieres. They were joined by a host of exciting concept cars, and several market studies were also Close cooperation with leading-edge research is a key unveiled. The extensive test drives and special events, strategic tenet of competitive manufacturers in order the special display of luxury vehicles and top sports cars to tap synergy. To enable state-of-the-art development, in the Glass Hall, and the exhibition of vintage cars went Automotive & groups and networks have therefore been set up with key down a storm with visitors. The main theme in 2014 was companies based in the region to identify and tackle a alternative types of propulsion with particular focus on Suppliers number of key issues. electric vehicle. // Automotive & Suppliers Z/intec // Automotive & Suppliers 3,245 more employees since 2005* 172 more firms since 2005* East Germany

12,000 800 In 2013, intec (the trade fair for manufacturing, tools Automotive Cluster and special-purpose machine construction) and the Z

9,000 600 Subcontracting Fair were held together, and were among The ACOD East Germany Automotive Cluster is an initiative the foremost German trade shows in the metal industry. pooling regional activities and hence generating synergies This unique combination in Germany was attended to sustainably develop the automotive industry throughout 6,000 400 by 21,400 trade visitors from 27 countries. All in all, eastern Germany. Its members include carmakers, 8,900 10,680 10,969 11,318 12,145 584 661 713 742 756 1,352 exhibitors from 29 countries took advantage of Z suppliers, service providers, research institutes, trade 3,000 200 and intec as a platform to establish new business ties associations, and the regional initiatives AMZ (Saxony), Delegates at the 6th ACOD between eastern and western Europe. automotive thuringia, automotive Mecklenburg-West Congress held at AMI. 0 0 Pomerania, automotive Berlin-Brandenburg and MAHREG. 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 www.acod.de Source: Leipzig Office for Statistics and Elections. Calculations by Leipzig Office for Economic Development Source: Leipzig Office for Statistics and Elections. Calculations by Leipzig Office for Economic Development

* Businesses and single-location businesses with employees subject to social security two years prior to the year under review and single-location businesses with no employees but with taxable revenue from products and services two years prior to the year under review in Sections B–N and P–S of WZ 2008.

Milestones in the development of BMW’s Leipzig plant Milestones in the development of Porsche’s Leipzig plant

2014 / Plug-in hybrid BMW i8 sports car goes into production 2013 / Porsche launches production of the new Macan, 2013 / BMW starts volume production of the all-electric BMW i3, creating about 1,400 new jobs creating 800 new jobs and investing €400 million 2012 / The 500,000th Porsche assembled in Leipzig rolls off the Powerful networks 2013 / BMW 2 Series Coupe goes into production production line 2009 / BMW begins making the X1 in Leipzig 2009 / Porsche starts making the Panamera alongside the Cayenne in the Leipzig region 2007 / BMW starts producing the 1 Series three-door hatchback, 2003 / Extension built for the exclusive production of the Carrera GT // Contact 1 Series Coupe and 1 Series Cabriolet in Leipzig 2002 / Plant opens, Cayenne goes into production / AMZK Saxony Automotive Suppliers’ Plastics Network City of Leipzig 2005 / BMW opens its Leipzig plant and starts producing 3 Series 2000 / First turf dug for Porsche’s Leipzig plant / Mechanical Engineering and Processing Industry Group Office for Economic Development compact executive cars (until 2009) 1999 / Porsche announces its decision to build a factory in Leipzig / Leipzig Foundry Network Wennemar de Weldige-Cremer (acting Unit Head) / Precision Cast Tel: +49 (0) 341 123 5848 Email: [email protected]

16 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 17 Porsche in Leipzig: High-tech production plant Suppliers keep pace with OEMs Porsche’s Leipzig car plant – originally built in 2002 as an assembly plant and expanded into a fully fledged factory for the Macan between 2011 and the end of 2013 – is a The number of automotive component suppliers in shining example of Germany’s efficient industrial sector. the Leipzig region has risen to 170. And they enjoy At its sustainable, cutting-edge manufacturing facility, outstanding prospects thanks to the expansion of OEMs. Porsche builds the Cayenne and the Panamera, while In addition, more and more networks are emerging with volume production of the new Macan compact SUV was the involvement of research centres and the business launched in late 2013 following the substantial expansion of chambers. manufacturing depth. In 2014, Porsche received the famous J.D. Power Award for the Best Production Plant in Europe for its fourteen-year success story. And this success is continuing: in March 2014 Porsche announced that it would Halberg Guss: Innovation, be investing another €500 million and creating several quality and perfection Neue ZWL shifts hundred new jobs for the complete manufacture of the Panamera, production of which is due to start in 2016. into top gear Leipzig has a strong casting tradition with cast iron being Automotive produced in west Leipzig for over a century. These days, The NZWL Group is an international manufacturer of suppliers: New Halberg Guss GmbH produces for example the EA188 engine and transmission components (including gears, arrivals and BMW’s Leipzig car plant cylinder block for the 1.9 litre TDI engine for Volkswagen. It synchronizing components and shafts), gear assemblies expansions in 20133 also casts large cylinder blocks for lorries and commercial and fully assembled gearboxes for the automotive BMW’s car plant in Leipzig is operating at full throttle, vehicles. And continuing another local tradition, Halberg industry with over a century of experience. Its output is • Deutsche Hendricks output having long since reached its current limit of Guss has an aluminium gravity die casting department divided into three product areas: gears, components and Logistik GmbH, 65 new jobs 740 vehicles daily. In 2013, the plant turned out all in where aluminium bedplates are made for three- and assemblies, and synchronizing components. In recent • Dräxlmeier, 150 new jobs all over 186,000 cars. Four BMW models are currently four-cylinder engines for the Opel Corsa and Astra. Since years, the company has become the main supplier of • FAURECIA, 200 new jobs produced in Leipzig: privatization, over €50 million has been invested in the synchronizing components for mass-produced dual-clutch • Fenthol & Sandtmann, / BMW X1 foundry. Halberg Guss employs 500 people in Leipzig. transmissions. Its key customers in the car, van and 20 new jobs / BMW 1 Series five-door hatchback www.halberg-guss.de commercial vehicle sectors include Volkswagen, AUDI, • Schnellecke, 200 new jobs / BMW 2 Series Coupe SEAT, Skoda, Daimler, Nissan and BMW. Apart from its / BMW 2 Series Active Tourer headquarters in Leipzig, the NZWL Group also operates a

// Automotive & Suppliers site in the Slovak town of Sučany, while another plant is // Automotive & Suppliers BMW i3 and i8 launched EDAG Engineering: Partner scheduled to open at the end of the 2014 in the Chinese The volume production of the BMW i3 began in Leipzig in of the automotive industry city of Tianjin. September 2013, and was followed by the BMW i8 plug-in www.nzwl.de hybrid sports car in May 2014. The BMW i3 is the first all- electric BMW urban runaround, while the BMW i8 combines EDAG Engineering AG, the world’s leading independent the performance of a high-power sports car with the fuel engineering partner, develops ready-for-production consumption of a small vehicle. To produce these vehicles, solutions for the automotive future. A recipient of the EMAG Leipzig: BMW has invested €400 million at its Leipzig factory and Top 100 Award for the most innovative German SMEs, A proud heritage created 800 jobs. EDAG develops modules and vehicles for the automotive industry. This pioneering innovator also designs and builds production systems for bodywork and vehicle assembly. Only few machinery manufacturers can look back on as EDAG recently unveiled a cutting-edge technique: a long a heritage as EMAG Leipzig Maschinenfabrik GmbH. concept study for the future tool-free manufacture of The company originally established in Leipzig in 1889 by vehicle bodywork and structural components using 3-D Wilhelm von Pittler has produced lathes for 125 years. Leipzig: DB Schenker’s hub for rail shipments to China printing known as generative production. A practical Nowadays it’s the technology arm of the EMAG Group – solution featuring this new manufacturing method one of the world’s leading corporations in the machine DB Schenker Rail Automotive, Deutsche Bahn’s rail has been demonstrated by EDAG using the example of tool industry. EMAG Leipzig produces machine tools freight automotive specialist, has made Leipzig the hub of power electronics housing. In addition, EDAG is making and complete production lines for nearly all machining all rail-based deliveries of car parts to China. Since 2011, advances in the field of lightweight construction using applications in the automotive industry, oilfields, railways, it has dispatched more than 6,000 container trains from carbon fibre, magnesium and steel. the engineering sector and the aerospace industry. Leipzig and Wackersdorf to Shenyang in China on behalf www.edag.de www.emag.com of BMW. The trains need just 23 days to cover the distance of 11,000 kilometres, less than half the time required for transport by sea and into the Chinese hinterland. DB Schenker’s logistics centre in north Leipzig takes delivery of various components on behalf of BMW before packing them in containers ready for their long voyage. They are placed on wagons at a siding on the neighbouring site previously occupied by Quelle. And other customers in the car industry are now taking advantage of DB Schenker’s services, too. www.dbschenker.com

18 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 19 // Healthcare & Biotech 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2014 20 2012 2015 *  Biotech Healthcare & stronghold ofmedicine. Congress underlinethecity’s importanceasa medical exhibitionsheldinLeipzigsuchastheOTWorld International trainees. Thelargenumberofinternationalhealthcareconventionsand Biotech Clusterwithover35,000employeesaswell6,000studentsand scientific institutes,hospitalsandbusinessesmakinguptheHealthcare & Institute forCellTherapyandImmunologyarejustsomeofthemany Leipzig UniversityHospital,HeartCentreandtheIZIFraunhofer as wellregenerativemedicineandbiotechnology. UniversitätLeipzig, Leipzig ishometoawiderangeofadvanceduniversitymedicineandresearch Milestones inthedevelopmentofHealthcare&Biotech Cluster(projects,investmentsandexpansions) Source: LeipzigOfficeforStatisticsandElections.CalculationsbyEconomicDevelopment products andservicestwoyearspriortotheyearunderreviewinSectionsB–NP–SofWZ2008. Businesses andsingle-locationbusinesseswithemployeessubjecttosocialsecuritytwoyearspriortheyearunderreviewnobuttaxablerevenuefrom 0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 12,882 moreemployeessince2005*

// Leipzig Means Business2014 / / / / / / / / /          Leipzig UniversityHospital: InstituteforTransfusion Medicineopens Haema AG:Newbuilding opens Health CareManagementandRegulation opens HHL LeipzigGraduateSchoolofManagement: Centerfor BioCube: Newbuildinginaugurated extension opens,constructionofsecond extensionbegins IZI FraunhoferInstituteforCellTherapy andImmunology:First Apocell EuropeGmbHopensHQinLeipzig World DiabetesDayheldinLeipzig Secon phasecompleted Faculty ofMedicine’s CentralResearchBuilding: 600th anniversaryofUniversitätLeipzig’s FacultyofMedicine 22 2005 , 991 2007 27 , 863 2009 30 , 549 2011 33 ,

723 2013 35 , 873 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 Source: LeipzigOfficeforStatisticsandElections.CalculationsbyEconomicDevelopment 1,900 2,025 2,150 2,275 2,400 374 morefirmssince2005* / / / / / / / Dentalclinics:New buildingcompleted       Extension opens TRM Translational Centre forRegenerativeMedicineLeipzig: prime clustercompetition Central Germany’s BioEconomyClusterwins Extension completed IZI FraunhoferInstituteforCellTherapyandImmunology: iDiv GermanCentreforIntegrativeBiodiversityResearchfounded 10th anniversaryofBIOCITYLEIPZIG Project ‘MechanismsofAdiposity’founded Faculty ofMedicine:CollaborativeResearch 2005 1 , 994 2007 2 , 110 2009 2 , 213 2011 2 , 304 2013 2 , 368 www.medizin.uni-leipzig.de external funding. time. Moreover, itreceivesoneofthehighestlevels and alsothosecompletingtheirstudiesintheshortest training aswelltheproportionofstudentsgraduating ranked amongthebestintermsofqualityits Faculty ofMedicineatUniversitätLeipzigisregularly Among the thirty-six medical faculties in Germany, the around 3,000studentsofhumananddentalmedicine. A centre of research, the Faculty of Medicine also trains www.biosaxony.com offices inLeipzigandDresden. transfer. Localworkisstrengthenedbybiosaxony’s two and strategiesaswellincreasingsustainable technology expertise. Clusterworkfocusesondevelopingnewideas know-how, harnessingsynergy, andhighlightingregional between industryandresearch,pinpointingservices biosaxony’s responsibilities include initiating projects its members’needs,andrepresentstheirinterests. pulls thedifferentstrandsofbiotechtogether, gauges scientific institutesandlobbyiststhroughoutSaxony. It association representing various relevant companies, biosaxony isthebiotechnology/lifesciencescluster sciences cluster Saxony’s biotechandlife biosaxony: as universitylecturers. maintained bycompulsorytrainingforallthosequalifying clinical examination) stations. The qualityofteaching is situations atfourteenOSCE(objectivestructured life-size dummies and simulate complex treatment programme. Intheskillslab,studentscanpractiseon based learningcourses,e-learning,andamentoring characterized bymodernmethods,includingproblem- The teachingconceptoftheFacultyMedicineis Practical training Faculty ofMedicine

postgraduate students Leadership skillsfor for HumanCognitiveandBrainSciences. Academy Leipzig also involving the Max Planck Institute and business. ELSYS is a pilot project at Research Leipzig forexecutivepositionsinscience,administration PhD candidatesatuniversitiesandresearchcentresin Saxon Researchers)programmeisdesignedtoprepare The ELSYS(EmployabilityandLeadershipSkillsforYoung experts the social sciences working hand in hand with medical researchers from engineering, computer science and becoming establishedinlifescienceengineering,with HTWK LeipzigUniversity of Applied Sciences isalso developing newmethodsoftreatment.Meanwhile, vascular diseasesamassedinLeipzigwiththegoalof work isbuildingontheexpertiseinmetabolicand Treatment Centre ‘AdiposityDiseases’, interdisciplinary kind inGermany. AndintheIFBIntegratedResearchand Excellence Initiative,isthebiggestresearchunitofits Lifestyle Diseases),aprojectundertheSaxonRegional 130 researchers,LIFE(LeipzigResearchCentrefor working ontwomajorresearchprojects.Involvingover scientists fromtheFacultyofMedicineareinparticular can bequicklyintegratedintopatientcare.Atpresent, teaching arecoordinatedsothatnewresearchfindings Universität Leipzig’s FacultyofMedicine,researchand in centralGermany. Working closelytogetherwith Leipzig UniversityHospitalisthebiggestmedicalcentre patients Cooperation benefiting www.bio-city-leipzig.de Email: [email protected] Tel: +49 (0)341212070 André Hofmann(CEO) Technologietransfergesellschaft mbH Biotech andlifesciences:BIO-NET LEIPZIG Email: [email protected] Tel: +49(0)3411235841 Media, Trade Shows,LogisticsandHealthcareUnit Office forEconomicDevelopment Healthcare andmedicalengineering:CityofLeipzig // Contact

•  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  Selected networks: proved especiallypopular. Medical SuppliesStores’) Forum’ and‘TheFutureof (‘Rehabilitation Equipment And thetwospecialshows the exhibitionandcongress. were highontheagendaat interdisciplinary approaches Practical aspectsand displayed by548exhibitors. and servicesinthesector find outaboutnewproducts from 80countrieskeento It wasattendedbyvisitors was aresoundingsuccess. foremost eventinitsfield, OTWorld), theworld’s TECHNIK (sincerenamed 2014, ORTHOPÄDIE +REHA- Held fortheeighthtimein and congress OTWorld exhibition Healthcare Sector for thePromotionof VfG LeipzigAssociation Leipzig CareNetwork Group forLeipzigandArea Palliative NetworkFocus Engineering Network: DIALOG–Tissue Logistics Network bm-log Biomedicine NetUs UltrasoundNetwork Network MNet MedicalEngineering Leipzig HealthcareNetwork Healthy CitiesNetwork biosaxony Leipzig Means Business2014 //

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// Healthcare & Biotech // Healthcare & Biotech 22 www.iccas.de in LeipzigandSaxony. medical engineeringcluster and formsthecoreofa is internationallycompetitive Computer AssistedSurgery) ICCAS (InnovationCenter and successfulhive-offs, range ofexternalfunding operating theatres.Witha technologies fortomorrow’s to developstate-of-the-art and computersscientists fields workwithengineers Surgeons fromdifferent at UniversitätLeipzig. Education andResearch the GermanMinistryof innovation fundedby ICCAS isacentreof surgery Computer-assisted

// Leipzig Means Business2014 www.helios-kliniken.de/herzzentrum developed atHeartCentreLeipzig. as minimallyinvasiveheartsurgeryweresubstantially annually. Techniques nowusedallovertheworldsuch 7,000 operationsareperformedatHeartCentreLeipzig Germany and many other countries. Meanwhile, up to patients, whospecificallycometoLeipzigfromallover of thehumanheart.Everyyeartheytreatsome37,000 team providesfirst-ratemedicinecoveringeveryangle Headed byprestigiousconsultants,the1,450-strong research, and intensive training for young doctors. of high-qualitypatientcare,internationallyacclaimed Germany. Itssuccessisduetoatightlynetworkedsystem hospital inGermany)isoneofthelargestcardiacunits AG andsince 1994 the first privately run university Heart CentreLeipzig(asubsidiaryofRHÖN-KLINKUM State-of-the-art cardiaccare Helmholtz CentreforEnvironmentalResearch. Centre forIntegrativeBiodiversity Research, andtheUFZ for HumanCognitiveandBrainSciences,theiDivGerman for EvolutionaryAnthropology, theMaxPlanckInstitute of CellTherapyandImmunology, theMaxPlanckInstitute centre of research, including the IZI Fraunhofer Institute also contributetotheregion’s healthyreputationasa therapy monitoring.Non-university research institutes well asregenerativemedicinefordiagnosis,therapyand technologies in molecular and cellular life science as and Biomedicinehasbecomeacatalystfornewkey 2003, UniversitätLeipzig’s BBZCentreforBiotechnology enjoys internationalacclaim.Sinceitwasopenedin cardiac surgeryandcardiology at HeartCentreLeipzig Furthermore, clinicalandexperimentalresearchinto organ replacementtherapy, andpsychosocial medicine. to diseasesofaffluence,theneurosciences,celland all areas of science, with particular attention devoted nearly 600years.Thesedaysitencompasses University-level medicalresearchinLeipzigdatesback research A proudheritageofmedical www.trm.uni-leipzig.de www.sanktgeorg.de specialist departments. of admissionsmanagement,andthe certification ofvarious urology andgastroenterology/hepatology, therestructuring include theintroductionofnewtechniques ingynaecology, continuous optimizationofitsrange of services.Examples possible medicalcareforitspatients–isalsoreflectedinthe beyond Saxony. Itsprimarygoal–toprovidethebest specialists, inrecentyearsitsimportancehasspreadfar procedures andtreatmentcentresaswellfirst-rate types of medical treatment. Thanks to advanced surgical in theregion.Thissocio-medicalcentreprovidesalmostall Leipzig, St.George’s Hospitalisoneofthebiggesthospitals With over3,000employeesat17locationsinandaround healthcare sector Powerhouse ofthe St George’s Hospital: industrial partners. highest technological standards to scientific teams and also offers knowledge transfer and services meeting the imaging, modellingandmonitoringofregeneration.TRM regulatory moleculesanddeliverysystems,the materials science,celltherapiesforrepairandreplacement, of translationalscience,namelytissueengineeringand use. Itconductsresearchinfourfieldscoveringallaspects diagnostics andtherapytransfersthemtopractical Centre for Regenerative Medicine develops new types of clinical applications,UniversitätLeipzig’s TRMTranslational Forging interdisciplinarylinksbetweenpureresearchand medicine Beacon ofregenerative outpatients everyyear. and conscientiouslytreat52,000inpatients311,000 along with850vocationalstudentsandtraineesexpertly surgery) atuniversitylevel.Over3,700membersofstaff offer thefullrangeofmedicalservices(apartfromcardiac hospitals in Saxony. Its 28 departments and 7 institutes Leipzig UniversityHospitalisoneofthetwomaximumcare A fullrangeofmedicine www.uniklinikum-leipzig.de detection ofpathologicalchangesinthebrain). milling specialist)andSoNovumAG(ultrasound-based DPT DentalPartnerTechnologiezentrum GmbH(adental specializes in the production of industrial enzymes), Leipzig), c-LEcta(aspin-offofUniversitätLeipzigwhich blood bank and one of the biggest biotech companies in conditions: Vita 34 AG(Europe’s largestumbilicalcord the researchcommunityandfavourableinvestment which choseLeipzigbecauseofthecloselinkswith into BioCubeon18April2013.Theyincludecompanies After beingbuiltinrecordtime,thenewtenantsmoved BioCube opens www.biocity-campus.de enhancing existingvaluechains. and continues to support the firms based there by harnesses thestrengthsofnearbyresearchcentres aim istodevelopabiotech/biomedicineclusterwhich area are reviewed and readied for implementation. The BioCity Campus,modernrevitalizationprojectsforthis companies operatinginbiotechandlifesciences.At close proximity to research institutions andcommercial (the LeipzigFair)releasedahuge,exceptionalsitein an inner-city area. The relocation of Leipziger Messe strategy fortheforward-lookingredevelopmentof The BioCityCampusprojectinLeipzigfrontsaunique continues togrow BioCity Campus

www.bio-city-leipzig.de BIO CITYLEIPZIG. Raphor GmbHandNuvoResearchareallbasedat Genolytic GmbH,SovicellGVGDiagnostics AMP TherapeuticsGmbH,ForwardPharma QIAGEN LeipzigGmbH,Delta-Vir GmbH,LipsDiag three quartersofBIOCITYisusedbybiotechcompanies. for BiotechnologyandBiomedicine,whiletheremaining the areaisoccupiedbyUniversitätLeipzig’s BBZCentre well asresearchandtraininginstitutes.Aquarterof network consistingofnumerousbiotechcompaniesas boot. Thisbiotechnology centre ishometoanexpert of 20,000squaremetresandstunningarchitectureto science onacompactlocationwithtotalfloorspace BIO CITYLEIPZIGbuildsbridgesbetweenbusinessand builds bridges BIO CITYLEIPZIG and establishedcompanies. GmbH providestailoredsupport for both entrepreneurs development ofregionalclustereffects.BIO-NETLEIPZIG healthcare andthelifesciencesaswellstrategic biotech inLeipzig.Itfocusesonfundingforbiotech, research centresandfinancialbackersinallareasof and management services at theinterface of industry, mbH isthecentralportofcallforhigh-qualityconsulting BIO-NET LEIPZIGGmbHTechnologietransfergesellschaft Transferring technology BIO-NET LEIPZIGGmbH:

• SelfDTechnologie GmbH • PromedioGmbH •  • QIAGENLeipzigGmbH • MD-5GmbH • IsodetectGmbH • ApoCellEuropeGmbH New arrivalsin2013 BIO CITYLEIPZIG: 11 BioCityCampusSouth 10 Biotechcompanies 9  8 BioCube 7  6 5 4 3 2 1  the LandofIdeas’. ‘365 PlacesinGermany– national competition received anawardinthe Messe exhibitioncentre project strategyfortheAlte The BCCBioCityCampus BioCity Campus GmbH Northwest Biotherapeutics Leipzig Means Business2014 Innovation Hall Innovation Campusand Immunology for CellTherapyand IZI FraunhoferInstitute BIO CITYLEIPZIG Anthropology for Evolutionary Max PlanckInstitute Regenerative Medicine European Schoolof for RegenerativeMedicine TRM Translational Centre and kindergarten International school German NationalLibrary //

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// Healthcare & Biotech // Energy & Environment 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 2013 24 2013 *  Environment Energy & Research, andplentyofmedium-sizedfirms. Research Centre,theUFZHelmholtzCentreforEnvironmental VNG, theEEXEuropeanEnergyExchange,DBFZGermanBiomass by organizationsbasedintheLeipzigregionsuchasnaturalgasgiant and environmentalpolicy. Thediversityofthesesectorsisrepresented contributions totheenergytransitionbyexploringaspectsof in Leipzig’s economy. Scientificresearchinstitutionsmakepractical Cluster andtheEnergy&EnvironmentAssociationareakeygrowthdriver The businessesandresearchinstitutesintheEnergy&Environment Milestones inthedevelopmentofEnergy&Environment Cluster Source: LeipzigOfficeforStatisticsandElections.CalculationsbyEconomicDevelopment services twoyearspriortotheyearunderreviewinSectionsB–NandP–SofWZ2008. Businesses andsingle-locationbusinesseswithemployeessubjecttosocialsecuritytwoyearspriortheyearunderreviewnobuttaxablerevenuefromproducts and 0 3,000 6,000 9,000 12,000 2,514 moreemployeessince2005*

// Leipzig Means Business2014 / / / / / / /        AH Industriesrelocates productionfromDenmark Diagnostics inPower Engineeringisfounded HTWK: EndowedChairofSmartMonitoring andOnline founded inLeipzig iDiv GermanCentreofIntegrativeBiodiversity Research participation byclustermembers Bavaria–Saxony ElectricVehicle Showcasebeginswith Leipzig clustermembers Top-level BioEconomyClusterlaunchedinvolving ushering inaneweraforelectricvehicles BMW i3goesintoproduction, Bioenergy InnovationCentrefounded 2005 9 , 115 2007 9 , 836 2009 10 , 354 2011 10 , 690 2013 11 , 629 2008 2010 2011 2007 2008 2008 2011 Source: LeipzigOfficeforStatisticsandElections.CalculationsbyEconomicDevelopment 1,000 1,075 1,150 1,225 1,300 231 morefirmssince2005* / / / / / / /

 NEU      (projects, investmentsandexpansions) DBFZ includingpilotplantopenswithinvestmentof€30m thin-film solarcellsinZwenkau Solarion AGstartsbuildingfactorytoproduce World’s biggestsolarfarminauguratedinWaldpolenz, Brandis Sustainability foundedatUniversität Leipzig Vattenfall EuropeEndowed ChairofEnergyManagementand DBFZ GermanBiomassResearchCentre announced Leipzig InstituteforEnergyfounded 2005 1 , 062 Energy &EnvironmentNetworkfounded 2007 1 , 136 2009 1 , 200 2011 1 , 252 2013 1 , 293 www.energiemetropole-leipzig.de impact wasattendedby170expertparticipants. Environment Network.Thisregionalforumwithanational Office forEconomicDevelopmentandtheNEUEnergy& of regionalprojects.TheeventwashostedbyLeipzig for the public and private sectors, and the presentation the opportunitiesforLeipzig,reliableelectricitysupplies The mainthemesontheagendawereelectricvehiclesand held underthebannerof‘LeipzigMovesonElectricity’. The 7th Expert Meeting of Energy Metropolis Leipzig was 7th ExpertMeeting Energy MetropolisLeipzig: January 2011,sincewhenitsmembershiphasgrown The NEUEnergy&EnvironmentNetworkwassetupin Focused expertise NEU Energy&EnvironmentNetwork: N.N. Cluster spokesperson Mr Glowacki Bioenergy Mr Quiring Dealers andserviceproviders Treasurer: RomanGlowacki Deputy chair:ThomasLingk Chair: DrWinfriedDamm Commercial companies,individuals,researchinstitutions,associations,CityofLeipzig,etc. Committee NEU Energy&EnvironmentNetwork Cluster managers,HerrReißmann Mr Felgentreff Solar Mr Grötsch Electric vehicles Cluster teams Management Members www.elektromobilität-verbindet.de under theBavaria–SaxonyElectricVehicle Showcase. total volumeofabout€130millionhavebeendefined vehicles, energysystemsandtransportconceptswitha forty projectsaddressingtheinterfacesbetweenelectric design andmanufacturingenvironment.Since2012,some community inapartnershipbenefitingfromsuperb corporations, the public sector and the research joined forceswithseveralotherGermanandforeign The automotive industry from Bavaria and Saxony has Vehicle Showcase Bavaria–Saxony Electric of projects,chieflyintheenergysector. substantially. Itsmembersinitiateandcarryoutahost and Employment Deputy MayorofEconomicAffairs Dr Wummel Water/sewage Mr Lindner Energy efficiency Advisory board Cluster promoters Business development www.energiemetropole-leipzig.de Email: [email protected] Tel: +49 (0)3411235859 Thomas Lingk Location Development/Marketing Unit Office forEconomicDevelopment City ofLeipzig // Contact •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  in 2013: Leipzig: Projects Energy Metropolis •  •  •  •  •  sector a broadresearch Cluster benefitfrom & Environment Firms intheEnergy Zwanzig20 TREC –Transregional Smart Metering Peak Oil runaround Lipsia e-motionelectric (brochure) Leipzig MovesonElectricity in Bronze Excellence Initiative,Label European Cluster commuting ePendler –electric Expert Meeting Energy Metropolis: Energy Storage Science Energy ClusterMeets BMW Leipzig Vehicles –lobbyistsat Experiencing Electric Region andShowcase Electric Vehicle Model Umwelttechnik GmbH DBI Gas-und Foundation Energy andEnvironment funded bytheLeipzig Endowed chairatHTWK Troposphere Research Leibniz Instituteof Leipzig Research –Halle–Jena– grative Biodiversity iDiv GermanCentreforInte- Research Centre DBFZ GermanBiomass Leipzig Means Business2014 //

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// Energy & Environment // Energy & Environment 26 profit of€67.2million. wind. In2013,SWLearneda electricity frombiomassand in Leipzig.Italsoproduces combined cyclepowerplant heat atitsefficient,green SWL generatespowerand

// Leipzig Means Business2014 www.eex.com related products. central clearinghouseinEuropeforenergyandenergy- Group includes ECC European Commodity Clearing – the of 2013,EEXemployed161peopleatfoursites.The while revenuerosetoarecord€62.2million.Attheend market (EEX’s coremarket)increasedto1,263.9TWh, In 2013, the volumetraded on the powerderivatives 25 countriestakepartintradingatEEX. for sustainableelectricity. Over250companiesfrom natural gas, carbon credits, coal and guarantees of origin secure, liquidandtransparentmarketsforelectricity, energy bourse.Itdevelops,operatesandinterconnects EEX EuropeanEnergyExchangeisEurope’s leading bourse Exchange: Thepower European Energy www.swl.de hence boosting‘energyforlife’everyoneinLeipzig. 250 associations, initiatives and projects every year – a strongsenseofcivicresponsibilityandsupportsover a combinedcyclepowerplantinLeipzig.Moreover, ithas own electricityandheatinggenerating stations, including networks, italsoperformsenergyservices.SWLhasits wholesale aswellpowergenerationandtransmission a widerangeofservices.Apartfromenergyretailand as well as its forward-looking activities. SWL provides its closelinkswiththecityandsurroundingregion electricity anddistrictheating.Thecompanyisknownfor municipal multi-utilities,isLeipzig’s biggestsupplierof Stadtwerke LeipzigGmbH,oneofGermany’s large Leipzig for SWL: Energyforlifefrom

www.vng.de employed aworkforceofsome1,400. VNG Grouphadaturnoverofabout€11billionand to safeguardingthesupplyofnaturalgas.In2013, experience, theVNGGroupmakesadecisivecontribution transmission, andstorage.Withoverfiftyyears’ areas ofexplorationandproduction, sales andservices, natural gasindustryandconcentratesonthefourcore the entirevaluechainofGermanandEuropean is a member of the VNG Group, which actively serves gas wholesalerandenergyservicesprovider. VNGAG The Leipzig-based VNG Verbundnetz Gas AG is a natural specialists VNG: Thenaturalgas www.efa-leipzig.com planning tocompleteinstallation. everything fromenergystrategiesandimplementation feasibility assessment.efaisaone-stopshopproviding legal frameworkandfundingoptionsbeforesubmittinga and power)solarenergyaswellconsideringthe exploring the possibility of using CHP (combined heat consumption ofbuildingsandotherfacilities.Thisentails energy strategiesinordertooptimizethe mix withrenewableenergies.Italsodrawsupindividual importance totheefficientuseoffossilfuelsinaviable sphere ofrenewableenergies.Itattachesparticular efa Leipzig GmbH plans and executes projects in the and applicationcentre efa energyresearch www.ufz.de European EnvironmentAgency. ETC/ICM’s maintaskistosupportandadvisetheEEA the environmentandwaterresourcestobeenhanced. and riversinEurope,enabling the protectionofboth result inadditionalinformation about thestateoflakes water inEurope.TheGermangovernmentexpectsthisto and evaluationofwaterresourcesstretches will pool the EU’s expertise regarding the observation Waters, initially forthe2014–18period.Inthisrole,it European Topic Centre on Inland, Coastal and Marine in Leipzig has been placed in charge of the ETC/ICM The UFZ HelmholtzCentre for Environmental Research www.ufz.de environmental researchinstitutes. by UFZin2001andconsistsofeightEurope’s biggest European EnvironmentalResearch),whichwaslaunched networks. OneflagshipnetworkisPEER(thePartnershipfor UFZ isaninitiatorandmemberofseveralstrategicresearch is animportantinterfacefortechnologytransfertoindustry. TERENO. TheUbZCentreforEnvironmentalBiotechnology mapping andmonitoringtechnologieslikeMOSAIC modelling andvisualizationsystemaswellinnovative of theverylatesttechnologyplatformssuchasTESSIN biodiversity, waterandhumanhealth.Its scientists makeuse UFZ conductsawiderangeofresearchinfieldssuchas Environmental Research UFZ HelmholtzCentrefor protect waterresources Concentrated expertiseto www.wasser-leipzig.de Wasseraufbereitung KnautnaundorfGmbH. Sportbäder LeipzigGmbH,Wassergut CanitzGmbHand Bau undServiceLeipzigGmbH,SachsenWasser GmbH, the future.KWLalsoownsfivesuccessfulsubsidiaries: that itwillcontinuetohaveenoughwell-trainedstaffin takes onplentyofschool-leaversasapprenticestoensure important employerandtrainingcompany. EveryyearKWL infrastructure ofthehighestquality. Moreover, it’s an In ordertodoso,KWLcontinuesinvestinmodern around Leipzigandhandlesthegreendisposalofsewage. delivers tapwatertothe631,000peoplelivinginand Every day Kommunale Wasserwerke Leipzig GmbH www.sachsenwasser.com sector clientsinthewaterindustry. consulting and plant management to private and public technical andcommercialservicesinconnectionwith thirty-four countries.InGermany, SachsenWasser offers development ofthemunicipalwatersectorinsofar in thefieldofwaterinfrastructurehasimproved regions andnewlyindustrializedcountries.Collaboration drinking waterandsewagetreatmentindeveloping GmbH hasbeenworkingtoimprovetheprovisionof sewage companies,forfourteenyearsSachsenWasser Under itsdevelopmentcooperationwithwaterand harmony withnature KWL: Providingwaterin Transformation expertise Sachsen Wasser: www.ufz.de expertise. contributes itseconomic to whichUFZactively scientific andpublicdebate– the subjectofcontroversial European frameworkare as theirintegrationintothe and theirinteractionaswell of energytransitionpolicy The individualmeasures how itistobeachieved. very differentopinionsabout in Germany, therearestill goals ofanenergytransition agreement regardingthe Despite widespread Energy transition www.bdz-abwasser.de management. in sustainablewater and abroad,R&D personnel fromGermany technologies, trainingfor site forsewagetreatment include ademonstration treatment whoseservices for decentralizedsewage and internationalcentre Leipzig hasanational for LocalSewageTreatment, and DemonstrationCentre Thanks totheBDZTraining sewage treatment for decentralized BDZ: Network Leipzig Means Business2014 //

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// Energy & Environment // Logistics Milestones inthedevelopmentoflogisticsregion(privatesector, investments,expansions) 28 2014 Logistics engineering industryandmicroelectronics. have ariseninandaroundLeipzigforcar-makers, themechanical education andindustry, first-classlogisticsandvalue-addedservices infrastructure, andtheforward-lookingcooperationbetweenhigher land availablefornewlogisticsventures,thecity’s excellentresearch Halle Airport,Leipzig’s highlymotivated,well-trainedlabourpool,the development. Andthanksinparticulartothe24/7freightservicesatLeipzig/ Lufthansa CargoandFutureElectronicsiscontinuingitsdynamic Europe’s newlogisticshubinLeipzigformultinationalslikeDHL,AeroLogic, 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2013 2013 2013 *  Source: LeipzigOfficeforStatisticsandElections.CalculationsbyEconomicDevelopment 0 6,750 13,500 20,250 27,000 9,531 moreemployeessince2005* services twoyearspriortotheyearunderreviewinSectionsB–NandP–SofWZ2008. Businesses andsingle-locationbusinesseswithemployeessubjecttosocialsecuritytwoyearspriortheyearunderreviewnobuttaxablerevenuefromproducts and

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/ / / / / / / / / / / / /              Deutsche HendricksLogistikGmbHopens DB Schenker:Expansion,900newjobs City-centre railwaytunnelopens Volume productionoftheall-electricBMWi3starts,800 newjobs DSV openstohandlelogisticsfordmpharmacychain (Leipzig linkedtoBornabyB95dualcarriageway) A72 (Leipzig–Chemnitz–Hof)completedfromBorna members 140 Leipzig–Halle LogisticsNetworkhasabout DHL’s AirFreightHub:Handlingcapacitydoubledsince2007 REWE’s freshproducecentreopensatGVZfreightvillage Porsche starts producing the new Macan Porsche startsproducingthenewMacan Kühne +Nagelopenspharmaceutical logisticsterminal Dräxlmeier: 150newjobs DHL’s Leipzighubwelcomes3,500th memberofstaff 19 2005 , 062 2007 17 , 845 2009 22 , 532 2011 23 , 637

2013 28 , 593 Source: LeipzigOfficeforStatisticsandElections.CalculationsbyEconomicDevelopment 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 1,300 1,400 1,500 1,600 1,700 262 morefirmssince2005*

/ / / / / / / / /          dual carriageway Airport: New railway siding in Cargo Area South Airport: NewrailwaysidinginCargoArea South Airport: Hangarbuiltinnorthzone Airport: Rampexpansion Leipzig carplantandcreates600newjobs DB Schenker’s logisticscentretakesontranshipmentforBMW’s CEVA Logistics’CentreforMedtronicopens(65newjobs) Special EmphasisonInformationSystemsinLogisticsfounded Universität Leipzig:EndowedChairinBusinessInformaticswith Taschenkaufhaus movesintonewofficeandlogisticscomplex. A14 motorwaynorthofLeipzigfullywidenedtothree-lane Trade-in companyMomoxopenswith300newjobs 2005 1 , 397 2007 1 , 560 2009 1 , 618 2011 1 , 618 2013 1 ,

659 Forum: Movingthefuture International Transport Expertise forlogisticsincentralGermany Leipzig–Halle LogisticsNetwork: www.internationaltransportforum.org local authoritiesinthefaceofgrowingmobility. ITF sofar. Onekeythemethisyearwasthe challengesfor ministers of27countries,thiswasthemostsuccessful 1,100 internationalparticipants,includingthetransport society washeldinLeipzigfortheseventhtime.Andwith transport andlogisticssectoraswellscience 2014’s summitmeetingfortoprepresentativesofthe Under thebannerof‘Transport foraChangingWorld’, attractiveness asalogisticsregion. transfer –andhenceultimatelytoboostcentralGermany’s give freshstimulusbymeansofinnovationandknow-how network aretopromotethemembers’jointbusinessand and establishmentsofhighereducation.Theaimsthe authorities, professionalchambers,researchcentres the region–notjustlogisticsprovidersbutalsolocal of around€2billion,itrepresentsthemainplayersin some 30,000peopleandgeneratingtotalannualturnover 2008. Withabout140membersemployingaltogether interests ofthelogisticssectorincentralGermanysince The Leipzig–HalleLogisticsNetworkhasstoodupforthe Kfz-Dienstleistungen, Technik- undSoftwareanbieter, immobilienbezogene Dienstleistungen Print-Medien &Grafik Logistikimmobilien & Logistikstudium und-forschung kaufmännische Dienstleistungen transport operators Logistikberatung & Logistics and and Logistics Endowed ChairinIT / SenacorTechnologies AG / SALT SolutionsGmbH / itemisAG / ITSonixAG / FadeliaGmbH / TheLeipzig–HalleLogisticsNetwork including: supported bymembersoftheregionallogisticssector, is thefirsttimethatanendowedchairhasbeenmainly among logistics contractors within service networks. This to coordinate,monitorandimplementsmoothcollaboration at UniversitätLeipzigin2012.Theaimsofitsresearchare Emphasis onInformationSystemsinLogisticswassetup DThe Endowed Chair in Business Informatics with Special www.logistik-leipzig-halle.net most importantindustriesincentralGermany. abroad foritsmembersinordertostrengthenoneofthe and China,theLeipzig–HalleLogisticsNetworkcampaigns And bytakingpartinthebiggestlogisticsexposRussia second LogisticsJobFairstagedatLeipzig/HalleAirport. out about career opportunities in the logistics sector at the HR development.Forexample,about1,000visitorsfound Russia andChinasupportingmembercompanieswith logistics inLeipzig-Hallekeypotentialmarketslike Other tasksofthenetworkincludeflyingflagfor Personalqualifizierung, -bereitstellung Gebietskörperschaften, Vereine, Verbände undKooperationen und -dienstleistungen

Email: [email protected] Tel: +49 (0)3411235841 Brigitte Brück Healthcare Unit Media, Trade Shows,Logisticsand Office forEconomicDevelopment City ofLeipzig // Contact www.cluster-analysis.org benchmarking. its extensivecluster for ClusterAnalysis the EuropeanSecretariat Management Excellenceby 2013 BronzeLabelforCluster Network wasawardedthe The Leipzig–HalleLogistics www.clusterplattform.de Cluster PlatformGermany. goCluster initiativeand Economic Affairs’Energy the FederalMinistryfor Network joinedboth Leipzig–Halle Logistics cluster work,in2013the Owing toitsoutstanding Network the Leipzig–HalleLogistics Overview ofmembers Leipzig Means Business2014 //

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// Logistics // Logistics 30 products, ratesandrules. enquiries regardingpostal in Germany. Itdealswith in Leipzigisoneofthirteen Deutsche Post’s callcentre centre customer service Deutsche Post’s Radefeld. at DHL’s parcelcentrein to theirfinaldestination readied forforwarding automatically sortedand and parcelscanbecoded, 200,000 smallpackets Every day, upto DHL’s parcelcentre Deutsche Post 3 millionlettersdaily. office canhandleupto Germany’s biggestsorting handling systemsatcentral scanning, sortingand The highlyautomated DHL’s sortingoffice Deutsche Post

// Leipzig Means Business2014 LAX BKK /Bangkok BLR /Bangalore BAH /Bahrain ATL /Atlanta IAH ORD ATL YYZ EMA /EastMidlands DXB /Dubai BOM /Mumbai BGY /Bergamo www.dp-dhl.de hub in2008. DHL has invested expansion willcreateanother500orsonewjobs.Sofar, employed at DHL’s airfreighthub at themomentand 150,000 piecesofmailperhour. About3,500peopleare accelerate itshandlingcapacitybymorethan50%to 4,000 squaremetres.ThisinvestmentatDHL’s hubwill built, andtheofficespacewillbeincreasedbyabout sorting systemisbeinginstalled,anewlorrypark doubling thecurrentfloorspace.Moreover, anadditional new depot will have a size of about 40,000 square metres, are tobeprocessedinthenewwingbymid-October. The programme beganinmid-2014.Andthefirstdeliveries Construction workforthis€150millionexpansion capacity forprocessingexpressmail. a newsortingdepotinordertosubstantiallyincreaseits Leipzig/Halle Airport.Forinstance,it’s currentlybuilding DHL iscontinuingtoexpanditsEuropeanairfreighthubat Leipzig/Halle Airport DHL’s hubat EMA FRA ICN /Seoul IAH /Houston HKG /Hongkong FRA /Frankfurt BGY LEJ BAH €510 million since starting work on its ORD /Chicago LHE /Lahore LEJ /Leipzig/Halle LAX /LosAngeles DXB TAS BLR LHE BOM BKK YYZ /Toronto TAS SIN /Singapore PVG /Shanghai SIN /Tashkent HKG PVG ICN www.aerologic.aero Asia andtheMiddleEasttoEurope. 2,000 tonnesofmostlytime-critical expressfreightfrom Europe, theMiddleEastandAsia, anddeliverssome continents. It handles the main flows of cargo between 777Fs. AeroLogic currently flies to 20 destinations on 3 Halle AirportcomprisingeightultramodernBoeing biggest fleetsofintercontinentalfreightersatLeipzig/ Cargo andDHLExpress,operatesoneoftheworld’s AeroLogic GmbH,ajointventuresetupbyLufthansa German carrier AeroLogic: Acentral and hasaC14rating(wheelsbrakes). for Boeing747s(-200,-300,-400,-8F)inlinemaintenance Technics GmbHprovidesmaintenanceandrepairservices and theUkrainianstatecompanyAntonov. Volga-Dnepr GmbH, a joint venture by the Russian Volga-Dnepr Group 100s was opened at Leipzig/Halle Airport by Ruslan Salis The onlyEuropeanmaintenancebaseforAntonov124- Boeing 747all-cargoaircraft(AirBridgeCargoAirlines). Airlines) andonscheduledflightsoperatedbyafleetof Antonov 124-100s and Ilyushin 76TD-90VDs (Volga-Dnepr air carrier. Its business is based on charter flights using oversize and heavy cargo market and the biggest Russian The Volga-Dnepr Groupistheworldleaderinunique, aircraft base fortheworld’s biggest European maintenance modern, moreefficientandultimatelygreener. 660s converted into freighters, the fleet is now more DHL’s ownfreighterfleet.Bydeploying18AirbusA300- responsible foroperating,servicingandmaintaining European AirTransport LeipzigGmbHischiefly Leipzig European AirTransport www.volga-dnepr.com, www.vd-technics.com www.amazon.de taken onintherun-uptoChristmas2013. in time,morethan3,000additionalseasonalstaffwere measuring about80,000squaremetres.To deliverorders equipment – is dispatched from this logistics centre range –frombookstotelevisionsandevengardening centre inLeipzigautumn2006.Amazon’s entireproduct Online retailerAmazon.deopeneditsnewfulfilment www.kn-portal.com about 90,000squaremetresattheGVZ freightvillage. leaflets. Kühne + Nagel occupies a site with a total size of a cleanroomatitsLeipzigsiteandto replace packagingand invest inadditionalequipmentenabling ittotakesamplesin accommodate 19,000morepallets.Kühne+Nagelwillalso with anareaofabout10,000squaremetresandableto after justayear, anextensionis plannedfor2014/15 18,000 pallets. Withthestorage space almostfull to capacity Two temperature-controlledareasprovidespace for complies withthepharmaceuticalindustry’s GMPstandards. comprises a facility with an area of 10,000 square metres which and acoolingsystem with built-in redundancy. The first phase 2013. It features a separate cold storage area, special floor, logistics terminalattheGVZfreightvillageon22March Kühne +Nagelopeneditsstate-of-the-artpharmaceutical Kühne +Nagel www.lensspirit.de in Naples. speech attheawardsceremonyduringEuropeanSMEWeek in Brussels.FounderSwetlanaReichewasinvitedtogivea one of‘Europe’s DigitalIcons’bytheEuropeanCommission It wasrecentlytheonlyGermanycompanytobedeclared dispatched tosatisfiedcustomersin26Europeancountries. logistics strategy, everymonthover12,000parcelsare most successful players in the sector. Thanks to an advanced operating onthemarketsince1997andisnowoneof in contactlens,lenssolutionsandaccessorieshasbeen Leipzig mail-ordercompanyLensspiritGmbHspecializing Amazon.de Lensspirit

www.momox.biz handling ofincomingandoutgoinggoods. employees at its Leipzig operation handling the smooth daily. Momoxnowemploys more than490permanent in Leipzig – and receives about 100,000 additional items square metres.momoxhasover4millionitemsinstock unit was leased in 2013 containing an additional 20,000 150 employees.Inresponsetorapidgrowth,another with 40,000squaremetresofwarehousespaceand games, electronicarticlesandclothingbeganinLeipzig second-hand storeforusedbooks,DVDs,Blu-rays,CDs, former Quellesitein2012.Theonlinetrade-inand Germany, opened its second logistics centre on the momox GmbH,theleadingrecommerceproviderin momox.de Leipzig’s oldesthaulier Fenthol &Sandtmann: www.fenthols.de logistics, project-basedbusiness,andimportsexports. including generalcargo,freighttraffic,procurement The company providesafull range ofshippingservices, as a holdingcompanyintothe Raben Group’s network. Leipzig, Dresden and Erlensee, all of which are integrated It nowoperatesoutoffoursitesinGermanyHamburg, back in1827,makingitthecity’s oldesthaulagecompany. Fenthol &SandtmannGmbHwasestablishedinLeipzig building: former Quelle moved intothe firms have The following •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  Atos OriginGmbH Spedition Friedrich&Sohn DB SchenkerAG SODEXO Catering TI AutomotiveGmbH GmbH DB IntermodalServices Rudolph LogistikGruppe momox GmbH Leipzig Means Business2014 //

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// Logistics // MedienMedia & & Creativity Kreativwirtschaft 2006 2006 2007 2009 2010 2010 2011 2012 32 2013 *  Creativity Media & rapidly growingkeyindustries. and scientificcreativity, theMedia&CreativityClusterisoneofnew, Combining culturalandartisticideasnewproductswithtechnological interconnected withtherestofeconomyandactsasacreativecatalyst. economic successinLeipzig.Comprisingseveralsub-sectors,it’s closely The mediaandcreativesectorisoneofthedrivingforcesbehind Milestones inthedevelopmentofLeipzig’s Media &CreativityCluster(privatesector, investments,expansions) Source: LeipzigOfficeforStatisticsandElections.CalculationsbyEconomicDevelopment and servicestwoyearspriortotheyearunderreviewinSectionsB–NP–SofWZ2008. Businesses andsingle-locationbusinesseswithemployeessubjecttosocialsecuritytwoyearspriortheyearunderreviewnobuttaxablerevenuefromproducts 0 6,750 13,500 20,250 27,000 5,807 moreemployeessince2005*

// Leipzig Means Business2014 / / / / / / / / /          gGmbH) opens Villa IdaMediaCampus(homeofLeipzigSchool DATA-team GmbHmakesLeipzigbranchitsheadquarters Competence CallCenterLeipzigGmbH founded buw customercareoperationsLeipzig GmbHopens Softline AGandGmbHrelocate toLeipzig Premises convertedandexpanded Leipziger Verlags- undDruckereigesellschaft: Deutsche Telekom: Customerservicecentreopens German NationalLibrarycelebratesitscentenary International SupercomputingConferenceheldinLeipzig 21 2005 , 991 2007 22 , 634 2009 24 , 642 2011 26 , 008 2013 27 , 798 1999 1999 2000 2004 2005 2005 2005 Source: LeipzigOfficeforStatisticsandElections.CalculationsbyEconomicDevelopment 0 1,125 2,250 3,375 4,500 1,356 morefirmssince2005* / / / / / / /        IBM DeutschlandGmbHlaunchesregional helplineservice mdr’s TVcentreopens Film, TV, radioandstagecomplexmediacityleipzigopens SLM commercialbroadcastingagency relocatestoLeipzig at theBaumwollspinnereiartscomplex Eigen +Artgallerymovesintodisusedindustrialpremises GRASSI OPEN(nowDesigners’Open)islaunched at Thomasgasse2 Radio PSRrelocatestomodernbroadcastingcentre 2005 2 , 804 2007 3 , 397 2009 3 , 698 2011 3 , 831

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the mangaandcomicscene. programme whichattractedthousandsofyoungfans time. Thisindependenteventhadaspeciallycompiled in connectionwiththeLeipzigBookFairforfirst In 2014,theMCCMangaComicConventionwasheld literary festival. thanks totheinclusionofLeipzigReads,Europe’s biggest enormously popularamongthegeneralpublic,largely meeting placefortheprintingandpublishingsector. It’s The annualLeipzigBookFairisGermany’s foremostspring Leipzig BookFair companies andhighereducation. as representativesofregionalmediainstitutes, advisers frompublicandcommercialbroadcastersaswell minors aredebatedonaseriesofpanelsbyprominent sector’s potentialforinnovation, and theprotection of changes resultingfromincreasingdigitization,themedia of Leipzigisalsorepresented.Keyissuesregardingthe It’s hostedbyaspecialworkinggroupinwhichtheCity experts fromthemedia,politics,businessandscience. Every May, thisthree-dayconferenceisattendedby Meeting Meeting andYoung Media Central GermanMedia radio ortheweb,withpaint,musicwords. be itwithonesandzeros,onthesilverscreen, continuously develop,designandpresentnewvisions– design, and trade shows and services. Its participants film, artsandmusic,advertisingPR,architecture technologies, printing and publishing, broadcasting and its sevensub-sectors:informationandcommunication & CreativityClusterisinaconstantstateoffluxwith the worldalwaysfeelathomeinLeipzig.Thecity’s Media Peaceful Revolution. Indeed, people who want to change investment. Andofcourseasthecityfreedomand music. Acityofindustrializationwithplentyroomfor of Bach – and for the Leipzig Fair. A city of art and Leipzig’s reputationprecedesit.It’s knownasthecity seven sub-sectors One cluster, Events Networking forsuccess Pooling strengths: to talkshopwithpeoplefromthesamesector. the very latest products, findings and developments, and Fair allprovideanoutstandingopportunitytoshowcase German MediaMeeting,DOKLeipzigandFilmArt Informatics, theSABREmulticonference,Central Designers’ Open,theInternationalConferenceonBusiness and internationalimportancesuchastheLeipzigBookFair, Trade shows,industrymeetingsandeventsofnational in theMedia&CreativityCluster. are asourceofinformationandsupportforthoseworking POLYGRAPH Leipzig,andtheCreativeLeipzigAssociation Association forSaxony, ThuringiaandSaxony-Anhalt, Saxony-Anhalt andThuringia,thePrintingMedia and Publishers’Association’s regionalbranchforSaxony, Cluster, the Leipzig IT Alliance, the German Booksellers’ Promotion, the Central German Information Technology broadcasting andnewmedia,MDMCentralGermanMedia Networks suchastheSLMregionalagencyforcommercial E-Mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tel: +49 (0)3411235841 Tel.: 0341 1235810 Amtsleiter Brigitte Brück Dr. MichaelSchimansky Media, Trade ShowsandLogisticsUnit Amt fürWirtschaftsförderung Office forEconomicDevelopment Stadt Leipzig City ofLeipzig // Contact COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES and politicians. segments, thelocalauthority, the clusteranditsvarious as ago-betweenserving de. Thecontactcentreacts kreativwirtschaftleipzig. has goneonlineatwww. launched –anditswebsite Creativity Clusterhasbeen of Leipzig’s Media& The newcontactcentre schaft-leipzig.de www.kreativwirt- New website Leipzig Means Business2014 BROADCASTING AND ARCHITECTURE AND TRADE SHOWSAND INFORMATION AND ADVERTISING AND PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ARTS AND SERVICES DESIGN MUSIC FILM PR //

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// Media & Creativity // Media & Creativity 34 •  •  •  • •  •  • • •  • • • • •  Media &Creativity: search institutesin Training andre- •  •  •  •  •  •  •  in 2012/2013: arriving inLeipzig IT companies Leipzig SchoolofMedia Music andTheatre Bartholdy Universityof Felix Mendelssohn Visual Arts HGB Academyof Cooperative Education Saxon Universityof Telecommunications Applied Sciencesfor Telekom Universityof HfTL Deutsche Applied Sciences HTWK LeipzigUniversityof Universität Leipzig ORSOFT GmbH Mercateo ServicesGmbH Masepo GmbH Informatik DVGmbH Habel GmbH&Co.KG CID GmbH arvato Systems Computer science Department of Faculty ofMedia Natural Sciences Science, Mathematics& Faculty ofComputer Programme German CreativeWriting Media Studies Communication and Institute of Informatics InfAI InstituteforApplied Science Department ofComputer

// Leipzig Means Business2014 www.mdr.de the biggestmediaemployerinregion. year runningwithanaveragemarketshareof8.5%.mdris successful ‘thirdTVchannel’inARDfortheseventeenth its popularradiostations,in2012mdrwasthemost services, entertainmentandartscoverage.Alongside expertise as well asthe high quality of its information, Viewers andlisteners particularlyvaluemdr’s regional ARD andisinoverallchargeoftheKiKAchildren’s channel. responsible formanysuccessfulTVprogrammesshownon children’s choir in the German public network ARD. It’s also its ownsymphonyorchestra,radiochoir, andtheonly TV channel,eightradiostations,andconcertsfeaturing Saxony, Saxony-AnhaltandThuringia,mdrorganizesafull Broadcasting tothemorethan8millioninhabitantsof central Germany mdr: Broadcastingto www.utilities.arvato-systems.de arvato Group. 800-strong localworkforceinvariousdivisionsofthe the Leipzig/Halleregionisreflectedbyitsnowmorethan KWL waterutility. Thecompany’s closeassociationwith Leipzig includemulti-utilityStadtwerkeandthe centres andinfrastructure.arvatoSystems’clientsin specific, customsolutionsaswellservicesfordata implementation ofstandardsoftwarebutalsoindustry- system integrator, arvatoSystemsprovidesnotjustthe is amemberoftheBertelsmannGroup.Aninnovative in Leipzig belongsto the arvato Systems Group, which arvato Systems’centreofexcellencefortheutilitysector expertise forutilities arvato Systems:IT www.regiocast.de 15 trainees. solutions. It employs150peopleinLeipzig,including news productionandmusicplanning),newmedia range ofservicesinplanning,radio(suchas with aVHFradiostation.REGIOCASTprovidesfull It also owns stakes in event and marketing firms along the region,aswellradioadvertisingcompanymir.). Böttcher &Fischer, theforemostcommercial stationsin Leipzig, REGIOCASTrunsRadioPSRandR.SA–Mit in aboutthirtybroadcastersandothercompanies.In commercial radiostationsandcurrentlyhasshareholdings Based inLeipzig,KielandBerlin,REGIOCASTmanages A Germanradiocompany REGIOCAST: surprise givenLeipzig’s freespirit! and comesthirdintermsofemployment.Butthat’s no number of businesses in the Media & Creativity Cluster sub-sector artsandmusicaccountsforthehighest contributes tothegeneralqualityoflifeinLeipzig.The inspires creatives,electrifiesaudiences,andsignificantly dancers andactorsgenerateanartisticmomentumwhich well establishedinLeipzig.Thecity’s painters,musicians, World-class culture andavibrantfringesceneareboth Leipzig’s freespirit Arts andmusic: www.telekom.de companies inLeipzig. Deutsche Telekom isoneofthebiggesttraining and interactivetelevisioninHDquality. What’s more, speed Internet,unlimitedcallstoGermanlandlines, its Entertaintripleplaypackagescomprisinghigh- up to50Mbit/s.CustomersinLeipzigcanbenefitfrom with speedsofupto150Mbit/sandlandlineconnections network. ThecompanyprovideswirelessInternetaccess Leipzig is connected toDeutsche Telekom’s high-speed Leipzig apilotregion Deutsche Telekom:

publishers and bookshops. publishers andbookshops. commodity –andtoensurefair competition among maintain the resale price of books – a precious cultural branch’s new secretary. It will continue to campaign to In summer 2014, Nora Milenkovic was appointed the Buches attheheartofLeipzig’s famousGraphicQuarter. Saxony-Anhalt andThuringia,whichisbasedatHausdes Association’s branchservingtheregionsofSaxony, in goodhandstheGermanBooksellers’andPublishers’ Leipzig’s longstandingprintingandpublishingsectoris Publishers’ Association German Booksellers’and www.dnb.de everyday lifeandthemediainWorld War I. years ofthehistorymedia,andanotheraddressing German Museum of Books and Writings celebrating 5,000 placed onlinefortwovirtualexhibitions:onebythe the German NationalLibrary’s collections have been Dance inLeipzigInstitutions’.Anduniqueexamplesfrom German MusicArchivesinanevententitled‘Architekton: Leipzig OperaHouse’s balletcompanyperformedatthe events. Forexample,during‘LeipzigReads’thisyear, activity days.Newideasarebroughttolifeincooperative openings, guided tours, readings by authors and special the GermanMuseumofBooksandWritings,exhibition inter-generational educationalprogrammesstagedby library welcomesthegeneralpublicatforexample attended bysome30,000visitors.Thisuniquelystocked held atitstwolocationsinLeipzigandFrankfurtwere and communication.In2013,theexhibitionsevents and research – it’s also a centre for cultural education The GermanNationalLibraryisn’t justaplaceofreading More thanreading! German NationalLibrary: www.diefabrik.org design. portfolio ofexceptionalpieceswithauniquesustainable by diefabrik’s teamwiththeaimofcreatingadiverse repurposed. Allproductsaredevelopedandmanufactured as repurposeditemswhichhavebeeninnovatively 2009. Ituseshigh-quality, sustainablematerialsaswell developed unique products and pieces of furnituresince diefabrik is a manufacturing shop in Leipzig which has diefabrik www.in-form-design.de provides arangeofservicestailoredtoindividualneeds. design networkswithregionaldevelopmentpartnersand company wontheSaxonDesignAward in2007.form as theAK530EnvironmentalShredder, forwhichthe rehabilitation productstotoolsandheavymachinerysuch ranges fromthedesignofequipmentcasingandphysical as wellefficientimplementation.Thescopeofwork on bothaestheticsandenhancingproducts’utilityvalue manufacturing technologies.Thefocusofdevelopmentis design mass-produceditemsforvariousindustriesand in formdesignworksonbehalfofindustrypartnersto innovation development Product designand in formdesign: www.markenrat.com € of fifty-sixco-workersgeneratingannualgrossturnover Axel Springer. TheMarkenratagencycurrentlyconsists to usethemdsmediaplanningprogramdevelopedby cut. Inaddition,Markenratistheregion’s onlyprovider develops strategieswhicharecomplexyetalsoclear- processes andefficientcommunication,thecompany their target groups. Thanks to clear structures, transparent been tofindthemostdirectroutebetweenitsclientsand Ever sinceitwasestablishedin2011,itsaimhasalways advising itsclientsonallbrandandmarketingissues. The Markenratagencygroupisa360-degreeconsultancy Agenturgruppe GmbH Markenrat 3.1 million.

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// Media & Creativity WorldSkills Industry: Leipzig 2013: The vocational All signs point to growth training Olympics

From 2 to 7 July last year, the The economic upswing in the industrial sector is Rising turnover world’s best skilled workers continuing to gather pace. Thanks to growing demand This improvement was also borne out by the figures for vied for gold. Over four days, in the second half of 2013, employers finally managed Leipzig itself. The 164 companies subject to compulsory 1,000 young professionals to put the discouraging period in the previous spring reporting saw their total turnover rise by 3.5% compared from 53 countries and behind them. By the end of 2013, over half the industrial to 2012 to €7.36 billion, while exports increased by 8.6% regions competed against companies interviewed described business as good, to €3.88 billion. Average employment in industry was in each other in 46 disciplines. raising the balance of business expectations to +42 total higher than in 2012, rising in the Leipzig region by A total of 178 gold, silver points, 8 points higher than twelve months previously. All 2.4% to 41,206 employees and in the city of Leipzig by and bronze medals were in all, the total turnover of the 500 industrial companies* 5.1% or nearly 900 people to 17,864 staff. presented along with in the region covered by Leipzig Chamber of Industry and 344 medals of excellence. Commerce rose in 2013 to €12.01 billion – an increase Confident outlook of about €250 million or 2.1% on the previous year. And Business expectations for 2014 also remain positive. foreign sales were up by 6.5%, reaching €5.09 billion. Above all, export prospects have improved due to the As a result, the share of exports also rose from 40.7% to economic recovery in the eurozone. The balance of 42.4%. Following declining sales in 2012, industry hence business expectations has reached the high level of returned to growth – partly thanks to the flourishing +21 points, underlining that the industrial sector is now Skilled trades upbeat automotive sector. growing again. Sources: Economic Report by Leipzig Chamber of Industry and Commerce, 2014; Saxon Department of Statistics There are 12,198 skilled trades firms registered with the Construction industry still in pole position * Companies subject to reporting requirements with 20 or more employees Leipzig Chamber of Small Industries and Skilled Trades, Once again, the economy is doing especially well in the including 5,223 in the city of Leipzig (figures correct at 30 construction industry, especially the finishing trade. Two June 2014). There are 9.8 firms per 1,000 inhabitants in thirds of companies report that business is good. Skilled Leipzig – below the average in the Leipzig region of 12.4. trades firms supplying industry and other commercial Siemens products from Leipzig for the world The rate at which firms are being set up has declined clients such as metalworkers and IT specialists are doing slightly owing to the good economy with more jobs particularly well. Brisk trade and the positive mood are Low-voltage switchgear to available and demographic development. apparent from the employment statistics. The majority Talking brass tacks

// Industry keep power flowing of firms (86%) are keeping the number of employees // Skilled trades Siemens’ plant in the district of Böhlitz-Ehrenberg produces Business climate index climbs to new high constant, and over the next few months one in eight Burkhard Jung (Mayor of low-voltage switchgear for use in industry, power plants The skilled trades are doing better than ever at the intend to take on additional staff. Leipzig) and Ralf Scheler and large buildings. Following restructuring in 2013, its moment, and their expectations are also bright. Eighty-six (President of Leipzig switchgear factory has now added a newly developed per cent of firms across the board describe their economic Improving buildings’ energy efficiency Chamber of Small Industries battery storage system to its product range. Siestorage situation as satisfactory or good – 6 percentage points keeps builders busy and Skilled Trades) visit is a modular system combining cutting-edge power higher than a year previously. The bulk of work for the construction sector remains in the instrument maker Matthias electronics for grid applications with high-performance Li- Almost half the companies (46%) described business building of homes and commercial premises. Even so, the Voigt in his workshop on ion batteries. Uniting high storage capacities with rapid as good, and 40% rated it as satisfactory. Businesses share of roadworks and civil engineering is rising. Most Zschochersche Strasse. charging and discharging, it compensates for voltage and working in the finishing trade and those supplying firms expect turnover to rise as a result of the continuing frequency fluctuations to ensure stability in low-voltage commercial clients are especially satisfied. On average, trend to invest in property. This means contracts not only and distribution networks. skilled trades firms in the Leipzig region are currently for newbuild projects but also refurbishment, especially working to 82% capacity. in an effort to make buildings more energy-efficient. Turbocompressors keep up Most companies are optimistic about the future. Almost One of the biggest risk factors affecting the skilled trades the pressure in production all of them expect good or at least satisfactory business. is the availability of qualified staff. Employers largely rely Siemens Turbomachinery Equipment GmbH develops, The business climate index has climbed by 6 points over on training their own workers and there are currently manufactures and sells turbocompressors for use in spring 2013 to 90.8, only slightly below the record value some 3,000 apprentices in the skilled trades in and processing industry. Siemens’ long-standing plant in of 92.8 last autumn. around Leipzig. West Leipzig leads the world market in chlorine gas www.hwk-leipzig.de compressors and recycle gas compressors for the steel industry. Furthermore, these compressors are used in the chemical industry and power generation as well. The majority of Siemens’ output here is exported. All in all, the Siemens Group has eight plants and three branches in the region of Saxony. // Contact Chamber of Small Industries and Skilled Trades Ralf Scheler (President) Dagmar Ehnert (Managing Director) Dresdner Str. 11/13, 04103 Leipzig Tel: +49 (0) 341 21880 Email: [email protected] www.hwk-leipzig.de

36 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 37 Green Globe Expertise for top-quality conventions Leipzig Book Fair confirmed Leipzig has now become one of the most popular destinations in Germany for international congresses In 2013, the Leipzig Book Fair For the third time, Leipziger and conventions. According to a league table compiled featured 2,069 publishers Messe has successfully by the ICCA International Congress and Convention from 43 countries and completed certification Association, in 2013 Leipzig came fourth, eclipsed only by attracted 168,000 visitors for the Green Globe seal Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. Leipzig’s popularity among from far and wide. It’s now of sustainability. It scored organizers is reflected in the statistics for CCL Congress sharpened its profile as an 97% in the 300 assessment Center Leipzig, which was almost fully booked in 2013. education fair with Focus on criteria addressing social, There are a number of regular clients who keep returning Education – a special area ecological and economic to Leipzig and are clearly very satisfied. For example, CCL reserved for school textbooks aspects of sustainability. has now hosted the Annual Meeting of the DDG German and the like. During Europe’s Moreover, Leipziger Diabetes Society attended by 6,000 delegates for the largest literary festival Messe has also joined the fourth time. And for the seventh time, some of the world’s ‘Leipzig reads’, which is V FAKTOR initiative for leading transport experts as well as government ministers always held at the same responsible business activity from seventy states attended the ITF International time, 2,900 authors appeared in central Germany. Transport Forum in 2013. Leipziger Messe International: at 2,800 readings and other Operating globally events held at the exhibition Leipziger Messe: centre and in a wide range of denkmal Moscow Attracting major events The Leipziger Messe Group now generates nearly a One highlight at Leipziger Messe’s expo centre and quarter of its revenue outside Leipzig. For example, venues in central Leipzig. The counterpart to denkmal Integrated event success throughout the city was WorldSkills Leipzig 2013, which last year subsidiary FAIRNET worked for prestigious in Leipzig and Russia’s featured participants from 53 countries and regions, companies in cities such as Munich, Düsseldorf, Berlin only trade show devoted drew over 200,000 visitors, and attracted more than and Basel. Leipziger Messe International set up 27 to heritage preservation, Record results and successful expansion activities in Germany and abroad, and expanding its range 1,000 journalists. This mega-event made up of the world German pavilions at leading trade shows around the restoration and museum Expo organizer Leipziger Messe is continuing to expand of services as an integrated expo organizer covering the championships for young skilled workers and a conference world. And they were joined by eleven events organized technology, denkmal its business. In 2013, sales totalled €88.1 million, trade show industry’s entire value chain. programme on vocational training was a festival of by LMI either independently or with local partners. They Moscow was staged for substantially more than the €72.3 million in 2012 and the superlatives, including behind the scenes, allowing included the debut of Forest Fire Fighting and Protection the second time in 2013. highest amount in the corporation’s history since German Trade fairs, public exhibitions and external Leipziger Messe to really come into its own. Other top- Siberia in Novosibirsk. The medicine project team at Organized by Leipziger reunification. In 2013, the 37 exhibitions, 94 conventions shows on the increase class external events included the AGM of Porsche Leipziger Messe worked hand in hand with subsidiaries Messe International, the and 34 special events in the worlds of business, politics, The year 2013 was characterized by strong industrial Automobil Holding SE, the German Social Democrats’ LMI and FAIRNET on the World Congress of the ISPO event featured 60 exhibitors sport and entertainment attracted some 1.2 million exhibitions – both familiar trade fairs and some making party conference, Kings Of Xtreme showcasing extreme International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics in the

// Leipziger Messe and was attended by visitors (about the same number as in the previous year), their debut. The year’s highlights included the long- sports, boxer Robert Stieglitz defending his WBO belt, Indian city of Hyderabad – and this cooperation will be // Leipziger Messe 2,000 visitors. while exhibitors totalled 11,570 in number (2012: 9,602). standing machine construction fair intec and the Z and business events hosted by prestigious corporations continued in 2015 in the French city of Lyon. Moreover, Z/intec Subcontracting Fair – together one of the leading trade such as Volkswagen and SAP. in January 2014, Leipziger Messe expanded its global shows for the European metalworking industry. The With 1,352 exhibitors from 29 CosmeticBusiness Excellent service packages network by opening a new branch in Turkey. This notable result can be attributed to the strong environmental and energy shows TerraTec and enertec www.leipziger-messe.de countries and 21,400 visitors The international trade fair industrial affairs and trade shows, Leipziger Messe’s drew 20% more visitors than last time. Record numbers from 27 states, the combined for the cosmetics-supplying successful congress and convention business, external of visitors were also recorded by therapie Leipzig – just expo comprising intec (the industry in Munich, which events including WorldSkills Leipzig 2013, and increased like the many other events hosted by Leipziger Messe trade fair for manufacturing, was first organized by business abroad. Another vital factor is its consistent combining an exhibition with a top-quality congress. One tools and special-purpose Leipziger Messe in 2013, was integration of the full range of services required by the newcomer was HIVOLTEC, addressing the increasingly machine construction) and fully booked with over 370 event industry, which now account for about 40% of important theme of high to medium voltage technology. the Z Subcontracting Fair exhibitors and brands on turnover, compared to just 14% back in 1996. These Another new arrival with plenty of potential is the was once again one of display. Over half the stands services are carried out using local contractors and service Designers’ Open, which was staged by Leipziger Messe Leipziger Messe’s flagship were set up by FAIRNET, providers – and are by no means confined to Leipzig. for the first time in 2013 and is to be developed into events in 2013 – and one of a subsidiary of Leipziger In 2014, the Leipziger Messe Group will continue its Germany’s top design festival. Europe’s foremost industrial Messe. strategy of optimizing its portfolio, hosting events outside expos. Leipzig and developing new ones, providing a venue Attractive public events for events staged by external organizers, building up Leipziger Messe’s events open to the general public also grew dynamically in 2013. Once again, the Leipzig Book FEMS in Leipzig – Fair accompanied by Europe’s biggest literary festival with Nobel Laureate ‘Leipzig reads’ was a triumph for publishers and a delight for visitors. Other contributors to Leipziger Messe’s Nobel Prize winner success included traditional events such as the equestrian Prof. Harald zur Hausen show PARTNER PFERD, HOME–GARDEN–LEISURE, and was a prominent guest of the // Contact modell-hobby-spiel with the first German Children’s Congress of the Federation Leipziger Messe GmbH Inventor Day. And the company’s growth is also partly due of European Microbiological Management: to the increasing organization of external events, such Societies. Attended by about Martin Buhl-Wagner as CosmeticBusiness in Munich, which Leipziger Messe 2,000 delegates, this was Markus Geisenberger managed for the first time in 2013. The new technology installed in central Germany’s most flexible venue adapts to a wide variety of layouts. The multifunctional, portable grandstand structure also allows sporting the first time that Kenes events such as the 2013 world title fight featuring WBO Super Middleweight Champion Robert Stieglitz. Messe-Allee 1 • 04356 Leipzig International, one of the Tel: +49 (0) 341 6780 world’s leading professional Email: [email protected] congress organizers in the www.leipziger-messe.de medical sphere, had used CCL.

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In addition to boosting the importance of central Leipzig, the opening of the new shopping centre Höfe am Brühl in autumn 2012 also restored footfall to certain streets such as Hainstrasse. Similarly, the opening of the underground railway station on the market square had a positive impact on passing trade in the city centre.

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Central Leipzig has about 200,000 sqm of retail space. Service sector: Wide-ranging Commerce: In buoyant mood This only accounts for 24% of the total retail space in support for the economy Leipzig (830,000 sqm). This Consumer confidence rose steadily in 2013 to the benefit rated business as good while just 8% described things share in the city centre is of the retail sector. High street shops remained buoyant as poor. Accordingly, the balance of +38 points was an much lower than in compara- Record business in the service sector such as the local, financial, labour and social courts, the until the end of the year, partly thanks to good Christmas astonishing 24 points higher than a year previously and ble cities such as Düsseldorf Having promptly recovered from the sticky patch at the Saxon Constitutional Court, the regional court, the Fifth trade. Consequently, nearly half of retailers assessed just one point lower than its previous record. (33%) and Mannheim (40%). start of the year, the service sector was in great shape High Criminal Court of the German Supreme Court, and business as good while just 17% were dissatisfied. The Leipzig has about 1.5 sqm of by the end of 2013. Consequently, after a dip in optimism the German Administrative Court, underlining Leipzig’s resulting balance of +30 equalled the previous record. Driven by online commerce retail space per inhabitant, in spring 2013, the assessments at the end of the year reputation as a centre of justice. After being in the doldrums in early 2013, the wholesale The outlook for 2014 is also very positive. Wholesalers which is exactly the same Training with reached a new high with about half of firms enjoying good sector to manage to recover surprisingly quickly. The and retailers are equally confident, the development of as the German average. By Sparkasse Leipzig business and just 6% dissatisfied. Moreover, the balance Sparkasse Leipzig: upwards trend apparent by September 2013 continued in online sales within the retail sector being particularly comparison, Dresden has

// Service sector of +46 points surpassed the previous record at the start of Reliable, committed, on the doorstep the fourth quarter, creating a strikingly positive tone in striking. 1.7 sqm, Magdeburg 2.7 sqm // Commerce Junior recruits at Sparkasse 2012 by 4 points. Sparkasse Leipzig has enjoyed its customers’ trust for wholesale. By the end of the year, 46% of wholesalers Source: Economic report published by Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 2014 and Berlin 1.4 sqm per head. Leipzig undergo training Expectations in the service sector have remained upbeat 188 years. It was on this basis that the bank managed in banking, commercial since 2011, with no hint of trouble on the horizon. In fact to maintain its market leadership among both retail and and office skills while despite the already very good levels of business, 30% of business customers in 2013. Moreover, its dense network some also take a dual employers see potential for renewed growth while just of around 140 branches and service outlets in Leipzig and Konsum Leipzig: 130 years of customer service degree programme in asset 12% had a gloomier outlook. the districts of Greater Leipzig and North Saxony means management specializing Source: Economic report published by Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 2014 Sparkasse Leipzig is never far away from any of its Originally founded in 1884 to serve customers in and in the banking industry. In customers. around the new industrial district of Plagwitz, Konsum August 2013, 48 young men A city of justice In 2013, Sparkasse Leipzig made a major contribution to Leipzig can now look back on 130 years in food retail. and women embarked upon There are currently over 1,600 lawyers, 22 notaries, local economic development by lending a total of €608.3 Its market share estimated to be a good 10% of food a career at Sparkasse Leipzig. and numerous judges working at the courts in Leipzig million, about 63% of which went to commercial borrowers. sales in Leipzig is strengthened by 71 branches with At the end of 2013, Sparkasse Leipzig had a balance sheet a total of over 38,000 square metres of retail space. It total of over €8,819,700,000. It’s also one of the region’s has received national awards for its innovative sales biggest employers with 1,718 staff. concepts, especially regarding fresh produce, and some Sparkasse Leipzig’s closeness to the region is reflected in branches of Konsum Leipzig have even won the coveted its social commitment. In 2013, the bank donated about title ‘Supermarket of the Year’. In 2013, Konsum’s €4.9 million to nearly 1,000 charitable causes in its local turnover was €107.4 million and the company invested area. €4.6 million, taking its total investment since 1993 to €83.8 million. At the end of 2013, Konsum Leipzig had 844 employees, including 47 trainees.

40 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 41 Barfussgässchen, Leipzig Bach Fleischergasse and Festival Klostergasse are all full of bars and restaurants serving Held in 2014 under the a wide range of cuisine. And banner of ‘The True Art’, the great thing about going the Leipzig Bach Festival out in Leipzig is that there’s (13–22 June) featured over no official closing time! 100 concerts, recitals and other events. This year’s festival focused on Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – for in 2014, the 300th anniversary of his birth was celebrated on 8 March. The BACHmosphere emanating from the Leipzig Bach Festival was enjoyed by everyone in the clubs and cafés in the city centre. International cuisine: Leipzig: Record numbers As usual, the highlight was ‘Bach on Air’ – three open-air A mouth-watering choice of visitors concerts on the stage set up on the market square.

In Leipzig, visitors are spoilt for choice when it comes themes. Activities range from marketing towns and cities 2.7 million overnight stays in 2013 to eating out. There are 2,309 restaurants, bars and from a culinary angle to promoting regional products and As far as tourism was concerned, Leipzig enjoyed ‘Richard: cafés with total seating for about 85,000 (including ideas for everyday meals for children. Inspired by Leipzig’s another record year in 2013! Following about 2.48 Born in Leipzig’ around 14,000 in the city centre and the neighbouring membership of Délice, Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and million overnight stays in 2012, there were 1.45 million streets). They range from simple bars to gourmet Industry teamed up with Leipziger Messe GmbH, the City arrivals in 2013 (+7.8%) and some 2.7 million overnight In 2013, the bicentenary of restaurants serving Saxon and international cuisine. of Leipzig, Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH and stays (+8.7%). This increase in the number of overnight the birth of Richard Wagner When the weather’s fine, visitors dine alfresco and DEHOGA Leipzig in 2014 to stage a food festival for the stays was only eclipsed among the cities in Germany’s in Leipzig was celebrated watch the world go by thanks to the additional outdoor fourth time where nearly fifty restaurateurs, retailers, Magic Cities tourism association by Hamburg (+9.1%). with a busy programme

// Hospitality Classic Open is an essential seating for 18,000. One typical feature of Leipzig is theatres and city guides created tasty delights for culinary The main factors contributing to this positive result were of concerts, festivals and // Tourism part of summer in Leipzig! the various districts of bars and restaurants, such as connoisseurs. major events such as WorldSkills Leipzig 2013, Richard other special events. In 2013 For a few days every Drallewatsch starting on the marketplace and continuing Wagner’s bicentenary, and the commemoration of the and 2014, the week-long August, the marketplace along Barfussgässchen, the bistros, bars and cafés in 200th anniversary of the Battle of Leipzig. Richard Wagner Festival is transformed into a huge ‘theatreland’, and Connewitz in south Leipzig. All in all, Moreover, Leipzig’s popularity as a place for holding was staged by the Leipzig concert garden when guests are welcomed by Leipzig’s some 6,500 restaurant conferences, conventions, expos and other special events Richard Wagner Association, impresario Peter Degner proprietors and landlords and their staff. The oldest part rose again in 2013. Consequently, about 60–70% of all the Leipzig Richard Wagner organizes appearances by of Leipzig in the area around Barfussgässchen provides of overnight stays were business-related. Congress Foundation, and the Leipzig world stars in Leipzig – to an impression of just how compact the architecture in the marketing is becoming increasingly important for the city, Klinger Forum. In 2015, it will the delight of the 100,000 city centre used to be. Renaissance, baroque and fin-de- one key contributor to its success being the campaign be replaced by a new annual excited spectators. As well siècle buildings nestle cheek by jowl with picturesque ‘Do-it-at-Leipzig.de’ fronting collaboration by 47 different Wagner Festival organized as live performances, video spots and winding arcades. Some of Leipzig’s restaurants partners. by Leipzig Opera House – recordings showing famous are closely associated with historical celebrities, such meaning that a regular classical, jazz, rock and pop as Auerbachs Keller, where part of Goethe’s Faust is set, Optimistic outlook celebration of Wagner will concerts are beamed onto a and Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum, which local luminaries In 2013, visitors to Leipzig availed themselves of all in all now be permanently based giant screen. like Goethe, Lessing, Wagner, Schumann and many more 112 hotels and campsites with a total of 14,143 beds. The in the city of his birth. used to frequent. average stay was 1.9 days. What’s more, foreign tourists The forecasts for 2014 and 2015 remain optimistic. and other visitors are flocking to Leipzig in ever-greater There are major events and anniversaries attracting Délice: Network of good food cities numbers. Between January and December 2013, guests international attention coming up such as the twenty-fifth of the world from abroad accounted for 434,594 overnight stays, anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution (2014), the 600th Leipzig is a member of the international network ‘Délice – corresponding to 16.1% of the total and up from 15.8% anniversary of Universität Leipzig’s Faculty of Medicine network of good food cities of the world’, which under in 2012. Leipzig was particularly popular among visitors (2015), the 805th anniversary of the Leipzig Fair (2015), the leadership of twin town Lyon pursues various culinary from the USA (40,866), the UK (33,321) and Switzerland and Leipzig’s millennium celebrations (2015). (31,317). The Czech Republic was back in the top ten for the first time since 2000 with 20,312 overnight stays. There were also substantial increases in the numbers of travellers from Poland (+30.2%), France (+26.5%) and // Contact Russia (+20.5%). Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH Volker Bremer Augustusplatz 9, 04109 Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 710 4265 www.leipzig.travel www.leipzig.de

42 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 43 Construction: In great shape Agriculture: Efficient, modern – for generations A successful year business expectations has climbed by 3 points since the Following a muted start to the year owing to inclement beginning of the year to +15 points, indicating extremely weather, the second half of 2013 turned out to be very favourable prospects for growth in the building industry. successful for the construction industry in Leipzig, Sources: Economic Report by Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 2014; Saxon Department of Statistics Construction work in front of with both incoming orders and turnover increasing * Companies subject to reporting requirements with 20 or more staff Leipzig Central Station. substantially. As a result, in autumn many contractors were working to full capacity. At the end of the year, too, over half the construction firms (53%) described business Richard-Wagner-Platz: An attractive Major projects in as good with a mere 2% expressing dissatisfaction. The gateway to the city centre Leipzig (selection) resulting balance of +51 points eclipsed all the other Richard-Wagner-Platz, the north-west entrance to Leipzig economic sectors surveyed. city centre, has now been redeveloped. About 7,200 • Expansion of sqm in size, it was revamped in connection with the Porsche’s Leipzig plant Full order books construction of the Höfe am Brühl shopping centre to • New campus for Universität The high optimism is only partly borne out by the official a design reflecting the results of a competition for the Leipzig in city centre statistics. Total turnover in 2013 in the 136 construction surrounding streets. The square has been transformed • Extension to IZI Fraunhofer companies* in the Leipzig region reached €1.094 billion, from a car park with damaged surfacing into an area of Institute for Cell Therapy just over 1% higher than in the previous year. And greenery and fountains, the western section of which is and Immunology development at the 47 construction companies based now a charming space where pedestrians can sit down • Construction of new in Leipzig itself was slightly negative, their turnover and relax, while the eastern area can be used for markets. InterCity repair shop at decreasing in 2013 by 1% to €440 million. Incoming The square has been given a unique character by the Leipzig Central Station orders fared much better, climbing by nearly 5% in the ‘Dandelion’ fountains – steel sculptures made by Leipzig Practical farming APK: Advanced techniques • Extension of the district covered by Leipzig Chamber of Industry and sculptor Harry Müller, which from 1972 until 1999 stood conferences for field and barn Karl Heine Canal Commerce – and in the city of Leipzig itself by as much as in the fountains on Sachsenplatz. At their new location, • Refurbishment of 9%. Even so, employment at construction firms declined they match what is probably Harry Müller’s most famous Kongresshalle at again. The total headcount in the Leipzig region declined work, the aluminium façade of the former Konsument Farmers continued their dialogue with the local authority Agrarprodukte Kitzen e. G. (APK) was created in 1990 Leipzig Zoo by 2.7% to 7,793, and in the city of Leipzig by 5.3% to department store, which has been restored and now in 2013, chiefly at the two agricultural conferences. The through the restructuring and merger of two cooperatives • Construction of new just 3,100. fronts the new shopping mall. The fountain itself shoots spring meeting was held during the Leipzig Property Fair working in arable and livestock farming. Nowadays, the

// Construction fire station Ignoring seasonal fluctuations, business forecasts are water up to a height of 3m, producing spray reminiscent under the banner of ‘Economic Strength and Protecting farm manages about 2,950 hectares of farmland south // Agriculture • Construction of on the way up and look good for 2014. The balance of of a volcano erupting. Natural Resources’. Debate mainly addressed the of Leipzig. It has also about 850 dairy cows at two preschool centres continuation of structural development for agriculture. A locations in Leipzig and Kitzen, along with approximately • Construction of schools tenant farmer from the area north of Leipzig reported on 2,300 fattening pigs in Zitzschen. Since 2001, it has • Redevelopment and the progress made at his farm. And representatives of the mainly worked the land without ploughs in order to construction work at Leipzig local authority spoke about inter-municipal compensation protect the soil and save water. It also applies state-of- University Hospital and fallow management. the-art methods in all areas of farming. APK has sixty- (see pages 100–101) five employees and trains apprentices every year in Dialogue bears fruit farm management, animal husbandry and agricultural The subsequent panel discussion including Uwe equipment maintenance. Albrecht (Leipzig’s Deputy Mayor of Economic Affairs and Employment) concentrated on the important role of Cooperation thrives farms within the economic fabric as a whole, especially APK also has interests in farming cooperative Grossdalzig in connection with industrial investment. Conference e. G. and Palt Kfz-Service GmbH. And since 2004, it has delegates and exhibition visitors received in-depth had a wholly owned subsidiary managing farmland in information at the exhibition entitled Opportunities & Ukraine. APK maintains ties with many companies in Challenges. the Leipzig region as both client and contractor. This The autumn conference focused on interaction between cooperation extends to transportation and crane work, agriculture and agricultural engineering, a theme which various agricultural services, the sale of animal feed is of particular interest for Leipzig as a centre of industry. (including pet food), winter maintenance, and the letting Two companies highlighted the beneficial links between of residential and commercial property. agricultural enterprises and mechanical engineers. The APK works closely together on trials with the Amazone/ venue for the meeting was the long-standing company BBG plant in Leipzig. Agricultural machinery developed BBG Leipzig GmbH, a subsidiary of agriculture machinery there is tested on APK’s fields. In its public relations work, specialist Amazone. During a tour of the plant, the hosts APK keeps in touch with its members, employees, lessors, explained their production processes and reported on retired staff, and of course it’s business partners. And its successful cooperation with nearby farms. traditional annual farm show and harvest festival always attract around 450 visitors.

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LGH Leipziger / BMW production centre for electric 2013, opening, Business helpers OEM Additional 800 Investment of about €400m Gewerbehof vehicles expansion GmbH & Co. KG Leipziger Stiftung Aufbauwerk Europäische and guides 2010–2011, für Innovation und Region Metropolregion / Halberg Guss Foundry 500 saved Securing existence Technologietransfer Leipzig GmbH Mitteldeutschland e. V. restructuring Expansion, decision to produce the Macan, / Porsche OEM 2013, opening Additional 1,500 Economic development in Leipzig boils down to three investment about €550m aims: State-of-the-art grinding / Schaudt Mikrosa 2011, expansion Additional 70 Relocation from Stuttgart / Securing existing jobs and creating new ones, technology Other Office for business especially high up the value chain Automotive & Suppliers / Schnellecke Supplier 2013, expansion Additional 200 Supply centre for BMW and Porsche Invest Region Leipziger Economic Development support Galvanization, powder coating of micromotor Leipzig GmbH Messe / Creating the reliable conditions necessary for / TZO Research, service provider 2012, expansion Additional 11 instruments components, 89 employees and investments (selection) a balanced economic structure and a climate encouraging investment all the way from robust / Apocell Europe GmbH Biotech 2013, established 7 Texan company; based at BioCube cooperation and working partnerships to networking / DPT Dental Partner Medical equipment/ 2012 25 Manufacturing and further training; based at BioCube / Securing the local authority’s financial muscle Technologiezentrum GmbH dental Kommunaler BIO-NET LEIPZIG Leipzig Tourismus Eigenbetrieb / Haema AG Biotech 2013, opened 100 New HQ, opened in 2013 Technologietransfer- und Marketing GmbH Leipzig/ What we can do for you / Northwest Biotherapeutics GmbH Biotech/biomedicine 2013, established 11 US subsidiary gesellschaft mbH Unternehmens- Engelsdorf (KEE) We can help provide the framework/infrastructure re- Biotech/veterinary gründerbüro / QIAGEN Leipzig GmbH 2013, established 22 Expansion of production area Leipzig quired to encourage the creation of new jobs, e. g. by: Healthcare & Biotech medicine / Long-term land development and banking / SelfD Technologie GmbH Medical/diagnostics 2012, established 6 Based at BioCube / Applying for funding for infrastructure development Support for established / Providing necessary budgetary funding / Cherier Electrical engineering 2011, expansion 83 Electrical installations; chair of Guild of Electricians Continuous / Managing cooperation within local government / European Energy Exchange Energy broker Additional 100 2013: 157 staff (annual average) mid-sized firms expansion / Additional coordination, disbursement of subsidies and / UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Continuous Research Various locations financial support Environmental Research expansion The Office for Economic Development wears a variety / SME Support Programme/microcredits Service centre focusing on Establishment of two companies and company hived / Innovationszentrum für Bioenergie 2013, opened of hats. Depending on the needs of medium-sized / Rapid administrative action and quick planning, e. g.: bioenergy off from DBFZ Energy & Environment

// Business development businesses, it functions as a guide, source of information, / Porsche AG: 4 weeks / PlanET Biogastechnik GmbH Service HQ 2014, established 5 3 April 2014: Service HQ opened // Business development scout for solutions, coordinator, moderator, initiator, / Siemens AG: 6 weeks Complete parts delivery to plants in South Africa, partner, financial backer – and frequently even crisis / Amazon.de: 16 days / DB Schenker BMW CKD logistics 2013, expansion Additional 900 manager! The assistance provided to established medium- China sized companies ranges from contact management and What we can’t do for you: / DHL Hub 24h logistics 2015, expansion Additional 400 2008: 2000 jobs; 2014: 3,600 jobs / Dräxlmeier Porsche cockpits 2013, expansion Additional 150 Low-key activity for Panamera initial information to consulting on economic issues and / Sell property below market value to potential investors / Hendricks Logistik Porsche wheel assembly 2012, established 65 New jobs the provision of business data, and also includes helping / Create jobs! / JOBARENA Employment services 2014, expansion Additional 2 Services for logistics and automotive firms in bank negotiations. All activities are geared Logistics Logistics for / Kühne & Nagel 2013, opening 110 Pharmaceutical logistics towards finding practicable solutions. Pharmaceutical products / MOMOX Online sales 2014, expansion Additional 100 Former Quelle site; 2011: 350 jobs; 2014: 450 jobs / Rhenus BMW logistics 2014, expansion Additional 50 / Elflein BMW carbon logistics 2014, expansion Additional 50 Former Quelle site

/ arvato Service centre 2013, expansion 265 Expansion of tourism, telecoms, energy sites / buw customer care operations Tasks of business development Activities Service centre 2009, established 1076 + 9 trainees 76 more jobs than in 2013, biggest buw site Leipzig GmbH Location development / C. F. Peters Ltd & Co. KG Music publisher 2014, relocation 14 Planned expansion to 22 jobs by 2015 / Informatik DV GmbH IT service provider 2012, established 18 4 new jobs since opening Location marketing / ORSOFT GmbH Software 2012, established 69 6 interns and master’s programme students / Service Center der Deutschen Telekom Customer service centre 2011 900 + 25 trainees Investment process since September 2009 Real estate service Media & Creativity Kundenservice GmbH / Softline AG + GmbH IT consulting and services 2010, established About 50 Trains students taking dual degrees Guides / tema-direkt GmbH Service centre 2012, established 335 35 more jobs than in 2013

Funding service 2010–12, / BBG Soil tillage equipment Additional 18 Increased manufacturing depth; 300 employees expansion Cluster development / KPMG Auditing 2012, established 300 Mechanical Relocation support Technology/innovation Promoting start-ups / Mazak 2011, established 15 Technology and application transfer centre Miscellaneous

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48 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 49 Technology transfer: Innovation for SMEs

New products and new technology for a BBZ sound future The ‘Leipzig 2020’ work programme unveiled by Mayor Burkhard Jung in spring 2014 is to be implemented by the AGIL DBFZ various departments of the City of Leipzig by means of a string of projects and initiatives – and one of them is the Technology Scouts initiative set up by the Office for City of Leipzig, Economic Development. The pilot project entitled ‘Using Office for Economic Development Leipzig 2020: Economic Technology Scouts to enhance innovation activities in in collaboration with Leipzig Chamber enterprises and technology transfer between research of Industry and Commerce and Fraunhofer IWU LSIT Leipzig Foundation for Heart Centre strength will continue to grow and industry in the Leipzig region’ is based on a scheme and HTWK Innovation and Technology Transfer Leipzig launched in conjunction with Leipzig Chamber of Industry and Commerce. The problem is that firms often lack the Innovation to bolster Leipzig’s necessary personnel and readily available knowledge of advantageous position methods and tools needed in order to carry out successful The Leipzig 2020 work programme was drawn up structures. The local manufacturing profile ranges from product innovations or develop new technical processes. IOM HHL by a team headed by Burkhard Jung, the Mayor of regional specialties to prestigious international branded Leipzig – and Leipzig’s Department of Economic Affairs products in all sorts of sectors. Important areas such as New service: Technology Scouts Source: City of Leipzig, Office for Economic Development and Employment will play a key part in its successful the energy transition offer challenges and opportunities On behalf of the City of Leipzig and Leipzig Chamber of implementation. Over the next six years, Leipzig’s for a variety of new products and techniques, as already Industry and Commerce, AGIL GmbH has launched the Leipzig’s Technology Scouts – funded by economic and financial muscle is set to grow substantially. borne out by the superb high-tech products made in Technology Scouts pilot project as an attractive new the LSIT Leipzig Foundation for Innovation Many new, attractive jobs with good pay are expected to Leipzig for the forward-looking electric vehicles market. service for companies in the region. The idea is to give and Technology Transfer be created in this growing city on the basis of product Parallel to this, Leipzig’s central role in the network of regional firms sound advice to help start and build up / Technology transfer at Universität Leipzig’s BBZ Centre innovation and modern production processes, offering the global flows of goods, especially express airfreight, is to their innovation activities. Four Technology Scouts – all for Biotechnology and Biomedicine

// Business development many well-trained young people here a secure future. To be stepped up. experienced engineers – will initiate projects qualifying for / Innovation coordinator at the DBFZ German Biomass // Business development this end, the proven cluster strategy applied in Leipzig for Leipzig’s growing economic and financial strength is public subsidies free of charge for interested companies. Research Centre over a decade provides a good starting point for a fruitful essential for its competitive position to be improved In the Leipzig region, there are currently about 300 / Assistant Professorship of Entrepreneurship und alliance between business and science. following the expiry of the Solidarity Pact II and the companies working on research and development projects. Technology Transfer at the HHL Graduate School of Leipzig’s varied private sector made up of small firms, forthcoming restructuring of the financial relationship On the other hand, just 0.44% of regional GDP is spent on Management medium-sized operations and branches of global between federal and regional government in 2020. R&D by the private sector – the lowest share anywhere / Technology transfer at the IOM Leibniz Institute for corporations makes for competitive, highly innovative in Saxony. Surface Modification The Technology Scouts support SMEs, especially those / Endowed Chair of Cardiovascular Research and working in the manufacturing sector, by: innovation transfer at Universität Leipzig and Heart / Helping them launch their own R&D processes Centre Leipzig / Setting up a system of innovation management / Technology transfer at the IWU Fraunhofer Institute for Enhancing the quality of life in Leipzig ic aims of local Boosting Leipzig’s competitiveness / Explaining innovation management methods and tools Machine Tools and Forming Technology together with rateg poli / Enabling diverse lifestyles St cy / Attractive environment for dedicated people / Finding suitable partners from the research community the HTWK Leipzig University of Applied Sciences / Safe, healthy city / Financially sustainable action / Assisting in the development and implementation of / Preservation of natural resources / Thinking regionally fundable R&D projects The aim of these Technology Scouts is to accelerate / Forward-looking climate, Enhancing Boosting / Networking of education, / Drawing up the necessary financial planning technology transfer at each institution into industry. the quality of Leipzig’s

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50 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 51 Elements of the SME Support Programme ogr spr amm Support programme eit rb Transferring creative ideas to Tapping new markets A for competitive jobs small businesses Under this scheme, subsidies are provided in order to This scheme subsidises the costs of creative work leading to tap new markets, the aims being to raise awareness and „Leipzig 2020“g n the generation of ideas as well as the design, development, acceptance of Leipzig companies and their products and W ru irt de Support for SMEs application, implementation or market launch of new services elsewhere in Germany and abroad as well as to schaftsför Successful medium-sized businesses are the bedrock of Funding is available for non-investment projects, products or services by market players. open up new markets and attract new customers. the economic success of Germany, Saxony and the Leipzig especially in the following areas: region. They drive growth and represent dynamism, / Promoting existing businesses: Support is given to Company succession, company transition Internationalization of SMEs adaptability, flexibility, productivity and employment, even companies already present in Leipzig to aid their and crisis management This project is designed to subsidise reports and studies in times of crisis. The Office for Economic Development growth or obtain additional skills This element is used to fund expert legal, business and before entering foreign markets. Music publisher adopted the Support Programme for Growth and Expertise / Start-up support: Support for growth-oriented, taxation advice for companies undergoing for example Edition Peters in Leipzig’s SMEs 2013–2015 on the basis of the resolution promising start-ups in order to increase the number of restructuring processes. Space for innovative start-ups returns to Leipzig by Leipzig City Council implementing the SME Support SMEs in Leipzig The objective of this scheme is to improve the conditions for Programme (RBV-1671/13, DSV/2900). The SME Support / Incoming investment support: Financial incentives and Relocation due to expansion start-ups in Leipzig by providing a rent subsidy for twelve On 1 July 2014, time- Programme is intended to harness the sizeable potential cost reductions to encourage businesses from outside The objective of this scheme is to subsidise costs incurred months. honoured music publisher of small and medium-sized enterprises and also to make Leipzig to move to the city due to relocation. SMEs develop within a dynamic Edition Peters returned from them more competitive outside the Leipzig region. It marketplace. At times of growth, relocation or the expansion Start-up bonus for the skilled trades Frankfurt to Leipzig – the operates by means of financial incentives for local start- of existing premises may become urgently necessary. This scheme is used to support start-ups in the skilled city where it was originally ups as well as to help existing companies safeguard and trades by master craftsmen and women intending to launch founded back in 1800. Now expand their premises. Employers from elsewhere are Joint marketing a new business or take over an existing one. based at Talstrasse 10, encouraged to relocate to Leipzig. The aim of this measure is to subsidise businesses’ joint Edition Peters is one of the marketing endeavours, for example in order to ameliorate Relocation/new branch oldest and most prestigious reduced turnover owing to nearby building sites. Under this scheme, grants are paid to companies relocating Business breakfast: music publishers in the to Leipzig or opening a branch there. Supporting SMEs world and has published Assistance and resources for the works by the greatest Application and Details of project funding management of SMEs On 14 July 2014, Leipzig composers. Moreover, its project funding This scheme provides temporary funding for a strategy Chamber of Small Industries catalogue comprising over Subsidies are paid out in the form of one-off, non- assistant working in product or product marketing and Skilled Trades and the 12,000 titles also features repayable grants towards eligible expenses and usually strategies, procurement strategies, HR strategies, resources Chamber of Industry and

// Business development contemporary music. The The disbursement and accounting of funding as well as amount to no more than 50% of the eligible costs. Funding strategies, or other types of strategic planning. Commerce teamed up with // Business development company’s relocation was verification and monitoring of proper use are governed by is entirely provided by the City of Leipzig. Subsidies are the Office for Economic supported by the SME the Framework Directive for the Award of Grants by the available for project-related additional expenditure in Development to give a Support Programme. City of Leipzig to Bodies outside the Local Authority dated accordance with the description of the work etc. Costs presentation on the SME 30 November 2002. can only be subsidised if they are borne and accounted Support Programme at New Eligible applicants are small and medium-sized for by the beneficiary, as long as they are necessary and City Hall. Case studies were enterprises (SMEs) as well as individual entrepreneurs appropriate in order to carry out the project, and the employed to illustrate the who are economically independent and permanently project complies with the principles of efficiency and use of subsidies. professionally based in Leipzig or intend to relocate to economy. the city. Since September 2013, 228 funding enquiries have been SME Support received under the SME Support Programme. A total of Programme: 118 applications have been submitted by 101 companies. First bonuses for So far, 59 applications have been approved with financial the skilled trades support totalling €260,000. Four applications have been LEIPZIG belohnt: paid out withdrawn or rejected; fifty-five applications are currently

Wirtschaftsförderung Initiative und mutige Macher. being decided. Twenty-five instances of funding have On 12 June 2014, the first already been successfully concluded with total financial Das neue Leipziger start-up bonuses for the support of €67,000. With the number of applications Mittelstandsprogramm! skilled trades under the City increasing monthly, demand for the Leipzig SME Support of Leipzig’s SME Support Programme is developing positively. Programme were awarded to seven successful applicants. The certificates were presented by Uwe Albrecht, Deputy Mayor of Economic „In Leipzig sind wir zu Hause. Affairs and Employment, Zur Stärkung unserer überregionalen // Contact and Kerstin Schultz, acting Wettbewerbsfähigkeit nutzen wir die Förderung.“ City of Leipzig Hermann Eckel, Verlag Edition Peters Managing Director of Leipzig Office for Economic Development Chamber of Small Industries Wennemar de Weldige-Cremer and Skilled Trades. The (acting Unit Head) bonus is €2,500 and is Tel.: 0341 123-5849 Tel: +49 (0)341 123 5848 www.leipzig.de/mittelstandsprogramm paid out as a one-off grant Email: [email protected] once the business is up and running.

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„Leipzig 2020“g n W ru i e rts rd Joint portal for Leipzig and Halle Network of contacts in the global economy Moscow: Cooperation agreement seals chaftsfö The new website continues the long-term cooperation Leipzig’s Office for Economic Development works closely long-term collaboration between the business development team in Leipzig and together with its network of contacts at international The delegation to Moscow headed by Mayor Burkhard Halle, which began in 2005 with the ImmoSIS project – businesses and organizations. And the trade missions it Jung from 22 to 25 April 2014 numbered nearly fifty Cooperation a real estate information system providing investors organizes for employers to target markets abroad benefit participants. They included the leaders of many companies with Vietnam with reliable information on suitable sites and offers of everyone involved. and business institutions in Leipzig and central Germany. land and property in the region. ImmoSIS has now been Other participants included Dr Gerhard Gey and Michael In December 2013, Deputy integrated into the new portal. Houston: Business delegation followed by Czupalla, the Chairmen of the Districts of Greater Leipzig Mayor Uwe Albrecht visited investment in Leipzig and North Saxony, as well as Deputy Mayor Uwe Albrecht, Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam Leipzig portal for EXPO REAL Tying in with St Thomas’s Boys Choir’s American tour and Dierk Näther (CEO of Leipzig/Halle Airport), Wolfgang for a series of business The Office for Economic Development runs a special Mayor Burkhard Jung’s visit to Houston, a delegation set Topf (President of Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and meetings. On 13 December, content management portal in connection with the up by the Office for Economic Development banged the Industry), Markus Geisenberger (Managing Director of he met the Chairman of annual property fair Expo Real in Munich. It sets out drum for Leipzig in its twin city. Headed by Dr Michael Leipziger Messe GmbH), Alexei Tomyuk (Archpriest of the the People’s Committee of current cooperation, and reports on the run-up to the city’s Schimansky, the mission included representatives of Russian Memorial Church), Dr Sven Schaller (coordinator Ho Chi Minh City. And the appearance at Expo Real in conjunction with the Leipzig local businesses and research institutes. One important at the DBFZ German Biomass Research Centre), and next day, Uwe Albrecht held region and exhibiting companies. result was the decision to site biotech company ApoCell representatives of Universität Leipzig, HHL Graduate meetings with investors www.expo.wirtschaftsregion-leipzig-halle.de Europe GmbH in Leipzig after agreement was reached School of Management, the Leipzig–Halle Logistics from Van Hanh General with the IZI Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Network, and the MOEZ Fraunhofer Central and Eastern Hospital, who are working New website for networking in the energy Immunology on 11 November. As a result, Texan biotech Europe Centre. with companies from Leipzig sector company ApoCell Inc. will now operate out of Leipzig as to build a new hospital in In 2008, the Energy & Environment Cluster launched a it serves the European market with innovative processes Energy collaboration with FESCO Saigon. Valuable sources The globalization of the economy is continuing – and as a new website designed and maintained by the Office for for biomarker analysis. During the official mission to Moscow headed by Mayor of information result, competition between local authorities for investors Economic Development to promote the networking of Burkhard, on 24 April 2014 the DBFZ German Biomass and new jobs is hotting up. Showcasing Leipzig in many industry and science from Leipzig and the region. Apart Economic relations with Lucerne intensified Research Centre signed a framework cooperation Fourth Franco- The Office for Economic different ways as effectively as possible is becoming from introducing the cluster and its members and current In April 2014, meetings were held to intensify economic agreement with FESCO, Russia’s Federal Energy Service German Economic

// Business development Development is responsible increasingly important in order to publicize its economic projects, the website is also a platform for communication relations between the Canton of Lucerne, the City of Company. In it, the two sides pledged to step up // Business development Dialogue for producing several activity and attract new investors. and cooperation. The networking function is implemented Leipzig, and firms from the two regions. In addition to scientific cooperation and initiate joint projects geared publications, which are on the website in the form of a project forum. business representatives, the discussions were attended to harnessing the enormous potential of biomass in the The fourth Franco-German continuously updated. Websites www.energiemetropole-leipzig.de by Uwe Albrecht, Leipzig’s Deputy Mayor of Economic Russian Federation. Contact with FESCO began in 2012 Economic Dialogue was This ensures that a wealth The Office for Economic Development is making increasing Affairs and Employment, and Reto Wyss, Member of the through the Soyuz Bioenergy Network, in which the hosted by the City of Leipzig, of information is always use of the Internet for its PR work and in order to interest www.kreativwirtschaft-leipzig.de Governing Council of the Canton of Lucerne. Leipzig had Russian company acted on the external advisory board. the Leipzig region, Leipzig available in order to promote investors. It devises and updates a number of websites The new website for the Media & Creativity Cluster is a previously hosted Swiss Days in 2011 and 2013 – and Chamber of Industry and Leipzig in the interests of geared to the individual aims and information needs of central communication platform and a source of focused these economic ties also prompted cultural exchange. Commerce, Institut Français current and future local individual target groups in the economy. information about and for the sector. Cluster members For example, the 2013 Leipzig Opera Ball was devoted Leipzig, and Leipzig’s twin employers. can actively shape the platform by means of blog to the Swiss Canton of Lucerne and Switzerland, while city Lyon. Entitled ‘On the contributions, announcing upcoming events, and placing Switzerland was also the guest of honour at the Leipzig Move! Innovative transport Website Hits in 2013 entries in the media handbook. Book Fair in March 2014. strategies’, the panel Business and research at 269,831 addressed transport matters www.leipzig.de Trade shows: In touch with the market affecting commuters as The Office for Economic Development raises Leipzig’s well as commercial traffic Leipzig/Halle Business Region 64,610 profile by regularly taking part in trade fairs and expos in connection with future Including: in Germany and abroad, where its marketing activities developments such as the EXPO REAL 14,664 include joint pavilions with local firms. Broken down by gradual proliferation of cluster, these exhibitions include: electric vehicles. The regular Energy Metropolis Leipzig 92,201 / TerraTec and enertec (Energy & Environment Cluster) forums provide a platform / OTWorld (Healthcare & Biotech Cluster) where representatives of EXPO REAL / Z Subcontracting Fair (Automotive & Suppliers Cluster) business, local authorities, / transport logistic (Logistics Cluster) the political parties, Uwe Albrecht, Deputy Mayor Information and services for the private / Leipzig Book Fair (Media & Creativity Cluster) vocational colleges, the of Economic Affairs and sector at www.leipzig.de as well as: higher education sector Employment, talks to Sergey This website gives users extensive information about / EXPO REAL – international expo for and creatives can meet and Cheremin, head of Moscow’s doing business in Leipzig and the city’s cluster strategy. the property sector and investment discuss Franco-German head of the Department News and events on the economy and employment in / MUT Central German Employers’ Day issues. for External Economic and Leipzig are published daily. And a special service for International Relations. employers keeps them abreast of items such as calls for tender.

54 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 55 Invest Region Leipzig GmbH Skilled labour for

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Successful outcome on the labour market Development of unemployment (all civilians capable of work) Leipzig is the centre of an attractive, powerful economic region with an international reputation. And its positive 19% 15% development on the labour market is continuing. Over the last three years, the number of people in work subject to 15% social security rose by 19,815 – from 216,189 in December 2010 to 236,004 in December 2013. In June 2014, the

Leipzig Office for Economic Development unemployment rate in Leipzig dropped below 10% for 21.5 18.0 17.2 15.7 15.5 14.4 13.2 11.4 10.6 9.8 Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and Industry the first time – and was just 9.8% in July. Accordingly, 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Greater Leipzig Office for the annual average is now 3.4 percentage points below Economic Development 2010. During the same period, average unemployment Source: German National Employment Agency – Statistics. Data apply to 30 July of each year. North Saxony Office for was reduced by over 6,700 thanks to the joint efforts of Economic Development Cooperation in the Leipzig region the Employment Agency and business and social partners. The City of Leipzig is also actively involved along with These figures impressively demonstrate just how for instance the Leipzig Employment Agency and Leipzig successful Leipzig’s economic and labour market policy JobCentre in the model project Joblinge Leipzig in order Invest Region Leipzig: For a dynamic, prosperous region has been in recent years. to combat youth unemployment. And it also supports the VDI GaraGe non-profit organization in the implementation Invest Region Leipzig GmbH has been up and running investment agency has been set up. Operating under the Emphasis on safeguarding and developing of the Leipzig sponsorship model. since September 2013 as a joint venture by the City of banner of ‘INVEST REGION LEIPZIG’, it uses a combination skilled labour Leipzig, Leipzig Chamber of Industry and Commerce, and of public relations, print and external advertising, direct The combined effects of economic development and Catalogue of STEM and environmental the districts of North Saxony and Greater Leipzig. Its core marketing, roadshows, promotions and the social media regional demographics mean demand for motivated, well- education programmes in Leipzig aims are to encourage direct commercial investment in a campaign designed to not only sharpen the business trained staff is rising. In order to retain its good competitive The catalogue gives school students an insight into while creating jobs and to attract qualified skilled workers profile for the Leipzig region but also to support external position and strengthen Leipzig as a centre of industry, possible areas of training and study, while teachers are from elsewhere in Germany and abroad to the Leipzig investment in and around Leipzig. more importance is to be attached to safeguarding and given a variety of suggestions for supplementary activities region. To achieve these goals, a modern, lean, dynamic developing skilled labour. To this end, improving the as well as projects and school clubs. The catalogue is a

// Business development professional prospects of young adults is vital. collaborative effort by the City of Leipzig, the Leipzig // Labour market MINT Network, the Environmental Education Network, Recognizing potential, promoting expertise the Leipzig Regional Office of the Saxon Education European Metropolitan Region of Central Germany An important part of this work is to ensure young school- Agency, and other relevant institutions. leavers enter employment or start training. The aims are In March 2014, the Metropolitan Region of Central the supply of skilled labour, sustainability and family- to ensure youngsters are given the right guidance and to ogr tspr amm ei Germany and the IICG Industrial Initiative for Central friendliness, transport and infrastructure, and culture and boost their readiness for training or higher education. rb A Germany merged to create a registered association tourism. The European Metropolitan Region of Central One key factor is to ensure close, coordinated cooperation known as the European Metropolitan Region of Central Germany fronts major corporations, local authorities, between schools and employers. The creation of Germany. This new partnership between industry and business chambers and associations, and universities internships for teachers allows them to find out more about „Leipzig 2020“g n W ru regional authorities is a pioneering model which it and research centres from Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and production processes and businesses’ requirements. irt de schaftsför is hoped will be successfully emulated elsewhere in Thuringia. They share the common goals of sustainable For Leipzig and the industrial region of central Germany, Germany. Its activities focus on marketing the region, development and marketing central Germany with its it is particularly important to encourage youngsters to promoting innovation, cluster processes, safeguarding strong heritage of industry, science and culture. consider training or studying in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), since excellent growth is forecast in the related economic clusters. Strategic support for STEM subjects is accomplished by means of for example the catalogue of STEM and // Contact environmental education programmes compiled in 2014 Invest Region Leipzig GmbH as well as close cooperation with the regional Leipzig Lutz Thielemann (CEO) STEM Network. Moreover, the 7th National STEM Day Markt 9, 04109 Leipzig was held in Leipzig on 3 April 2014 in connection with the Tel: +49 (0)341 2682 7770 national initiative ‘STEM: Creating the Future’ – and was Email: [email protected] a high point in the ongoing series of STEM events. www.invest-region-leipzig.de

Metropolregion Mitteldeutschland Management GmbH Jörn-Heinrich Tobaben (CEO) // Contact Reinhard Wölpert (CEO) City of Leipzig Schillerstrasse 5, 04109 Leipzig Office for Employment Policy Tel: +49 (0)341 600 1618 Dr Heike von der Bruck (Head) Email: [email protected] Tel: +49 (0) 341 123 5870 www.mitteldeutschland.com Email: [email protected]

56 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 57 Europe 2020 – Leipzig 2020: Europe: Central location, Funding period for sustainable urban development central concern Once again, in the next funding period from 2014 to The City of Leipzig has responded early on to the initial 2020, the European Union will be supporting cities in drafts of the Structural Funds Regulations and come Over the past two decades, the City of Leipzig has connection with the implementation of integrated urban up with a rough strategy in a multidisciplinary process amassed a huge amount of expertise regarding EU subsidy development strategies as outlined by the Leipzig Charter together with business chambers as well as education and programmes. The Office for European and International on Sustainable European Cities. The aim is to tackle labour market institutions. The aim is to transfer Leipzig’s Affairs steers and coordinates the use of European funding existing economic, environmental, climatic, demographic ideas and projects in the debate about the development made available to support exchange with other European and social disadvantages in urban areas. Funding will of future funding programmes. The initial strategy ‘Europe cities, joint approaches to tackling problems, and the high- mainly be provided by the ERDF European Regional 2020 – Leipzig 2020’ adopted by Leipzig City Council in profile implementation of findings. The interdisciplinary Development Fund and the ESF European Social Fund for July 2013 serves as the basis for negotiations with the Europe Focus Group prepares statements and strategies urban projects in the following fields: EU and the government of Saxony regarding the use of EU on important issues for Europe as a whole. A key role / Promotion of local business and employment funds for sustainable urban development. is currently being played by Leipzig’s contribution to the / Research and development creation and implementation of the Saxon Operational / Climate change and energy Programmes ERDF and ESF for the new funding period / Education until 2020. / Encouraging social inclusion

HELPS: Improving the Aufbauwerk Region Supporting the local independence of those Leipzig GmbH: economy boosts urban in need The project manager renewal

In the face of demographic change, this project promotes Aufbauwerk Region Leipzig GmbH is a holding company ‘Work shops’ were opened in two areas of Leipzig and develops innovative housing and care solutions to set up by the City of Leipzig, the districts around Leipzig (Grünau and east Leipzig) as a pioneering instrument of improve the independence and self-determination of and in central Saxony, and the business development urban renewal. The ‘work shops’ acted as interfaces for the elderly and others in need of support. It addresses agency representing north Saxony. For more than twenty new employment in the neighbourhood. They offered

// EU projects areas such as the development of innovative housing years, Aufbauwerk has been successfully applying for and assistance to SMEs and were also a port of call for local // EU projects and care models, improving reintegration by means of managing projects financed by the EU. Valuable additional jobseekers. By the time the project ended, the two aims of computerized technology, strengthening neighbourly support has thus been provided in the region for areas strengthening the local economy and developing training EPOurban: contact networks, and access to information and services such as cloud computing, transport, employment and and employment opportunities had been successfully Activating homeowners, and their quality. Moreover, scientific findings and best social affairs, smart renewable energies, self-sufficient implemented. practice examples are collected and incorporated into energy supply, urban redevelopment, innovation funding www.neue-arbeit-leipzig.de reviving buildings international exchange. for SMEs, and the promotion of tourism. The 2014–2020 funding period is now underway – and its programmes The involvement of private homeowners is a crucial harbour many attractive project opportunities for the factor within urban renewal. Therefore, the City of Leipzig region. Aufbauwerk is always pleased to advise on and has joined up with eight partners to launch ‘EPOurban D-Air: Climate-friendly support the development of new projects. – Enabling Private Owners of Residential Buildings to transport links www.aufbauwerk-leipzig.com Integrate Them into Urban Restructuring Processes’. So far twenty-five homeowners have received advice on Current EU projects supported by financing, funding and conversions as well as on phased The City of Leipzig, airport operator Mitteldeutsche Aufbauwerk (selection): refurbishment – an aspect of particular interest to groups Flughafen AG, and twelve other partners from Europe are / CYCLE CITIES (sustainable mobility management/ who have just acquired a building and whose funds for participating in the project D-Air (Decarbonated Airports). promotion of cycling) extensive restoration are often limited. Each homeowner Emphasis is placed on sharing knowledge and expertise / GROW MOBILE (introduction of innovative mobile then receives an action plan outlining the next steps among the partners. Schemes have already been trialled applications in tourism management) required, enabling them to develop their property and put

to reduce CO2 emissions in both the airport’s ground / KTForce (promotion of knowledge and it back to use. Working in exchange with project partners operations and traffic to the airport. In September 2014, technology transfer) from Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, Slovakia the Leipzig partners held their final meeting during the 9th / EPOurban (integrating private property owners and Slovenia, the main aims in 2014 are to translate Central Germany Logistics Forum. And in October 2014, into urban redevelopment) locally established advisory centres into sustainable a presentation will be given on the project as a whole / VIS NOVA (sustainable and efficient energy for business models. The knowledge acquired during the and the partners’ individual measures before European rural areas) project will be made available over the Internet to other Commission officials and others. / LOGICAL (improving the interoperability of towns and cities so that similar approaches can be logistics enterprises through cloud computing) adapted to their specific situations. / RESQUE PLUS (integration of refugees www.epourban.eu into the job market)

58 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 59 Financial backing for Porsche in Leipzig The second extension of the a powerful regional economy Porsche factory in Leipzig was completed at the end of 2013. It has invested another The S-Beteiligungen are €500 million in its new management partners for the production facility for the TGFS Technology Venture Macan – and created Capital Fund in Saxony 1,400 new jobs. (www.tgfs.de), which invests risk capital in young technology firms. GRW funding for Project-based and individual commercial support the private sector Excluding projects that have The primary goals of public subsidies under the GRW Joint enabling product diversification or fundamental been cancelled or completely Task ‘Improvement of the Regional Economic Infrastructure’ manufacturing changes, and the improvement of the withdrawn. are to create new jobs and secure competitive ones. regional infrastructure all help to mobilize endogenous 1 Jan 1990 – 31 Dec 2013 Financial support is geared towards commercial development potential and are mainly intended to aid (figures correct as of 5 Selected projects investment and business-related infrastructure schemes. small and medium-sized companies. August 2013) funded by the The assistance granted to business start-ups, investments Region Total Eligible Leipzig Foundation investment investment for Innovation (€’000) (€’000) Chemnitz 1,857,595 1,682,981 and Technology Dresden 12,838,586 8,433,477 Transfer: Infrastructure improvement Subsidies for research Leipzig 3,864,789 3,574,960 continues and technology Region Subsidies ERDF • Endowed Chair of Simulation (€’000) subsidies € and Ergonomics in Surgical S-Beteiligungen: Capital for growth and innovation ( ’000) Chemnitz 349,156 66,140 Medicine at Leipzig University The Joint Task ‘Improvement of the Regional Economic In 2013, funding was provided for 99 projects in research Dresden 1,244,053 107,197 of Applied Sciences All in all, Sparkasse Leipzig’s investment companies are a source of strategic advice, assistance with Infrastructure’ remains an indispensable instrument and technology in Leipzig. In 2013, it was especially Leipzig’s Leipzig 743,150 88,991

// Finance • Technology transfer at the known as ‘S-Beteiligungen’ and their partners have financial controlling, sector expertise, and access to for financing the development of local business-related research infrastructure which benefited from subsidy // Finance Region New jobs Jobs saved BBZ Centre for Biotechnology € invested over 61 million in 114 firms since 1999, a large network. With investments typically ranging infrastructure. The sole beneficiaries under this national programmes provided by the government of Saxony. Over the Chemnitz 12,591 17,374 and Biomedicine for the including €4.3 million in 2013. Their investment portfolio from €500,000 to €1.5 million, S-Beteiligungen scheme are local authorities. past three years, Leipzig’s share of approved subsidies has Dresden 31,037 26,734 exploitation of scientific currently comprises 51 companies with 2,408 employees provide additional equity for expanding medium-sized increased – mainly as a result of its very active biotechnology Leipzig 23,437 15,015 findings by regional and total turnover of some €303 million. Apart from businesses with a successful business model and sector. companies providing financial independence, the ‘S-Beteiligungen’ ground-breaking ideas. € • Assistant chair of Funding for research and technology in 2013 ( ) GRW funding for entrepreneurship and Leipzig Dresden Chemnitz Saxony – total Approved funding 46,871,466 52,192,104 12,856,437 125,154,061 business-related technology transfer at HHL infrastructure Leipzig Graduate School of Leipzig Foundation for Innovation Of which: Management and Technology Transfer R&D project subsidies for 2,451,472 7,548,786 11,660,633 1 Jan 1990 – 31 Dec 2013 • Economic exploitation individual enterprises Research infrastructure 25,391,632 10,520,887 4,416,000 40,628,519 Region Subsidies Total of research findings by (€’000) investment the Leibniz Application The Leipzig Foundation for Innovation and Technology to the tune of around €7 million in order to facilitate Joint R&D projects 16,661,221 26,673,551 6,568,164 55,480,498 (€’000) Innovation assistants 481,174 1,451,209 295,937 3,743,368 Chemnitz 125,880 306,695 Laboratory (‘Ultraprecision Transfer was set up by the City of Leipzig in the year 2000 technology transfer and strengthen Leipzig’s economy. Dresden 187,406 333,796 surface treatment with with funding of about €25 million. In the thirteen years of Projects are chosen based on the economic clusters. Innovation bonus 58,500 273,358 244,918 1,357,352 Leipzig 496,097 862,614 atomic particle rays’) at the its existence, the foundation has funded projects in Leipzig www.leipziger-stiftung.de Innovative energy technology 545,314 3,740,617 4,285,931 Leibniz Institute of Surface Regional excellence initiative 1,075,020 1,520,020 Modification Technology transfer 46,700 527,046 1,331,418 2,737,004 • Endowed Chair of € Cardiovascular Research and Microcredits: A successful model in Leipzig Funding for research and technology in 2012 ( ) Innovation Transfer at Heart Leipzig Dresden Chemnitz Saxony – total Centre Leipzig The Office for Economic Development awards opportunities and their likely performance are assessed. Approved funding 30,524,479 63,176,545 19,464,078 136,390,988 • Leipzig IQ Innovation microcredits in conjunction with the Sparkasse Leipzig Loans have been used for example to pre-finance Of which: Award – a competition for bank. Microcredits are small, readily available loans orders and materials, to purchase new hardware and R&D project subsidies for 1,654,480 11,640,447 241,807 15,224,849 innovative ideas in the city’s for a maximum of three years which are intended software as well as other office equipment, and to pay individual enterprises economic clusters for business founders, owners of small businesses for advertising and training courses. Some firms have Research infrastructure 3,566,899 4,498,456 8,500,355 • Participation by students and freelancers. So far, eighty-five companies have already used microcredits on two or three occasions Joint R&D projects 20,375,972 34,243,844 8,109,307 74,777,465 from Ostwald Grammar already taken advantage of them, borrowing a total of as they appreciate the lack of red tape and the swift Innovation assistants 642,089 1,469,569 337,870 3,916,550 School in the annual TSA €401,150. The secret of microcredits’ success is their decision-making. Although initial loans are limited to Innovation bonus 34,375 69,040 131,652 541,125 national competition in the ‘ready availability’, for there is far less emphasis on the €5,000, assuming they are repaid on time additional Innovative energy technology 3,995,503 878,428 5,870,322 USA intensive credit checks and security normally required loans of €20,000 may be granted in separate tranches. Regional excellence initiative 9,601,236 10,425,541 24,853,650 • Development of Technology by commercial banks. Instead, companies’ development www.mikrokredit-leipzig.de Technology transfer 17,561 564,073 178,133 2,121,852 Worlds at VDI-GaraGe Source: SAB (2014): SAB Magazine 13 - Funding in the Free State of Saxony, Dresden.

60 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 61 Fire department Refurbishment of School No. 68 Thanks to the acquisition of four new DLA(K) automatic The renovation of School No. turntable ladders, Leipzig’s 68 on Breitenfelder Strasse stock of fire-fighting and its conversion into an equipment has been energy-efficient building improved to meet the latest were completed in time for requirements. the 2013/14 school year. This was followed by the construction of a two-court gymnasium, which was ready before pupils returned from the 2014 summer holidays.

New three-court gym at Franco– German Education Centre

By the start of the 2013/14 school year, the Franco- Central Services German school complex was Public procurement: Municipal construction contracts: completed near Bayerischer With vehicles for official use Bahnhof (‘Bavarian Station’). provided at eight stations Full transparency Extensive procurement Building work included the near council buildings brand new Pablo Neruda by car-sharing company Primary School with an teilAuto, the local authority is Diverse procurement procedures Full details of the City of Leipzig’s procurement procedures In 2013, the City of Leipzig carried out 695 construction In 2013, contracts were awarded for important buildings integrated gym (designed as

// Procurement making another contribution In 2013, the following procurement procedures for works are contained in the 2013 Procurement Report, which can procurement procedures and awarded building contracts and infrastructure projects such as: an ultra-low energy building) // Procurement to reducing emissions of and services were carried out by the City of Leipzig’s be downloaded from www.leipzig.de. totalling €75.75 million, about €7.55 million more than in / Replacement of the bridge on Teslastrasse and the total refurbishment carbon dioxide. purchasing offices and the Central Tender Department: 2012. Contractors in the Leipzig region won 64% of this / Construction of a new bridge on Bornaische Strasse of Anton Phillipp Reclam / 38 public tenders Procurement from regional firms total, while those based in Leipzig itself garnered 29%. / Revamping of Lützner Strasse Grammar School concluded / 16 open procedures In the 115 procurement procedures in 2012, 210 contracts Firms took advantage of the free download of tender / Roadworks on Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse in autumn 2013. In May 2014, / 18 restricted procedures with a total value of €38.98 million were awarded documents about 8,600 times. This download service was / Roadworks on Wurzner Strasse the replacement three-court / 3 negotiated procedures (including 1 preceded by for works and services. Of these, 148 contracts went used by 80% of bidders. A total of 5,430 bids was received. / Construction of School No. 3 (south of the city centre) gym was also inaugurated. a call for competition) to bidders from the Leipzig region – a share of 70.5%, The building contracts awarded made an important / Construction of gym at School No. 68 / 40 direct awards (value exceeding €13,000) which is substantially higher than in 2012. Moreover, the contribution to the regional economy. In 2013, the number / Modernization and refurbishment of second primary proportion of procurement by volume won by regional and volume of investments rose compared to 2012 due to school at Erich Zeigner School The number of procurement procedures in 2013 (115) was companies was also higher than in the previous year. investment carried out on the basis of the School Building / Construction of nursery school on Bornaische Strasse almost the same as in 2012 (119). However, although the / Leipzig region €26,659,200 65.7% Directive. This trend is set to continue in 2014. / Construction of nursery school on Gohliser Strasse € Central Services proportion of open procedures (also announced in the / Rest of Germany 12,320,900 31.6% / Construction of fire brigade HQ, 1st phase supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union) / Total €38,980,100 100.00% / Construction of fire station in north-east Leipzig This self-propelled sand remained high, the share of public tenders (announced cleaner is mainly used in national media) and restricted procedures slightly In 2013, only 68.4% of contracts (by volume) were to treat sand used at declined. awarded to companies in the Leipzig region – slightly Bridge on playgrounds. Direct awards with a value exceeding €13,000 climbed higher than in 2012 (65.7%). This was partly because Teslastrasse somewhat. Direct awards and restricted procedures certain products are simply not available from regional exceeding €25,000 were posted on www.leipzig.de in companies, such as certain types of software as well as The new bridge on the VOL buyer profile in line with Section 19(2) VOL/A special-purpose vehicles for the fire brigade and waste Teslastrasse benefits local (the German rules governing the procurement of works management. Moreover, contracts worth €1.25 million commercial traffic. and services). for salt for icy roads were won by a supplier from outside Apart from current VOL tender procedures and contract the Leipzig region. awards, since 2011 information about planned calls for tender in the current year has also been posted on this website.

62 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 63 The partners behind ugb Leipzig make their practical, ugb: Helping to bring Leipzig’s property market: specific expertise available as follows: your ideas to fruition Stability maintained in 2013

Office for Economic Acting through the ugb business start-up centre, the City Winners of the 2014 Leipzig Entrepreneurs The real estate market in Leipzig remained very stable Development/ugb of Leipzig, Sparkasse Leipzig and the district authorities Awards in 2013. Once again, the total transactions and volume of Greater Leipzig and North Saxony provide extensive The best and most promising business founders from substantially exceeded the high level of the previous Leipzig support for start-ups, corporate successions, franchise in and around Leipzig were chosen by the ugb Leipzig year, although the differences between individual • Advice on company openings, and the establishment of technology and jury and presented with the 2014 Leipzig Entrepreneurs areas increased. The ten biggest transactions across formation, support during knowledge based ventures. Awards on 1 July 2014 at the Villa Ida Media Campus. all segments in 2013 had a total volume of about €166 the start-up process ugb Leipzig is the first port of call during all the phases Five outstanding regional companies were awarded prize- million. • Information on public of a company: start-up, planning, financing, consolidation money totalling €8,000. financial assistance and further growth. It works closely with various partners, Transactions for vacant plots stable • Information and workshops including the local Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Although the number of purchases of vacant plots on drawing up business the Chamber of Small Industries and Skilled Trades, and declined by 3%, total revenue dropped by just 1%. As plans the S-Beteiligungen investment companies. The annual far as building plots were concerned, both the number • Information on economic highlight of this collaboration is the Leipzig Entrepreneurs of transactions and total volume were largely stable. sectors and business Awards combined with a summer fete. However, land prices in desirable residential areas rose contacts substantially. • Training courses e. g. ugb Leipzig: The first port of call for start-up seminars, one-day entrepreneurs in and around Leipzig. Individual house construction workshops, information / 185 jobs created in 2013 with the support of ugb Whereas transactions in the segment of developed events Leipzig vacant plots for individual houses rose by about 10% and • Provision of microcredits / 99 businesses guided to success last year with total turnover climbed by 18%, the number of purchases of for freelancers and financing of about €5 million undeveloped plots for individual houses (364) remained at Once again, resale prices in 2013 varied enormously. entrepreneurs / More than 9,180 jobs created since ugb was set up the same level as in 2012. In 2013, the average purchase Depending on condition, fixtures and fittings, and above / Advice and financial assistance from ugb Leipzig given price paid for plots up to 1,500 square metres in size was all location, top prices of up to €2,400 per square to over 6,400 start-ups about €8,000, €4,000 higher than in the previous year. metre were paid, although the average was €1,055 (for Sparkasse Leipzig/ The average price paid for building land for detached refurbished buildings). Sales of existing flats built since

// Start-ups houses (with no local improvement charges) was €112 1990 fetched top prices of nearly €3,300 per square // Real estate ugb Leipzig per square metre. metre of living space, although the average price was • Management review/advice €1,224. and feasibility check Rising sales of multi-family houses • Financial advice The number of transactions in the market segment for Commercial property • Financial planning multi-family properties grew significantly from 604 to Just 34 vacant commercial plots were sold in 2012, • Brokerage of traditional 707. Purchase prices rose substantially – by 8% for although prices rose by about 5%. Total transactions and investment and venture refurbished properties and nearly 20% for unrefurbished sales of built-up commercial land declined somewhat. capital ones. • Assistance with financial controlling Prices of newly refurbished apartments rise • Consolidation and In 2013, the average purchase price paid for newly expansion financing refurbished owner-occupied apartments was around • Networks and contacts €2,500 per square metre of living space, an increase of €130 (5%) on 2012. Higher prices were paid for housing in newly built estates, the average price per square metre Turnover in €m € of the 159 purchases analysed being around 3,000 for 2,000 Average over the past ten years: around €1,271m an average flat size of 123 square metres. Compared to 1,800 the previous year, the number of purchases increased by 79% while prices rose by around 12%. 1,600 1,400

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// Contact 400 200 Stadt Leipzig Office for Economic Development 0 Wennemar de Weldige-Cremer 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Tel: +49 (0) 341 123 5848 Email: [email protected] In 2013, on the whole the real estate market in Leipzig was very stable again. Despite some minor shifts in individual areas, the total transactions and turnover marginally exceeded the very high level of the previous year. Source: City of Leipzig Valuation Committee, www.gutachterausschuss.leipzig.de

64 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 65 Large-scale LGH’s commercial commercial premises: development in north Leipzig LGH’s commercial estates are concentrated near the The development axis A14 and A38 motorways, between the Schkeuditzer where take-up is mostly Kreuz interchange to the among businesses operating west and North Leipzig in manufacturing and the Industry Park to the east is service sector, and near the coming into its own. The city centre on the Alte Messe occupancy of industrial site, where the main tenants estates is rising and demand are firms in the Healthcare remains high. Accordingly, LGH: Providing & Biotech cluster. LGH has the City of Leipzig is also provided significant stepping up its various premises for SMEs impetus for sustainable activities in conjunction and successful urban with neighbouring local development in the district authorities to ensure the LGH Leipziger Gewerbehof GmbH & Co. KG has made In its first two decades, LGH has invested about€ 200 of Plagwitz by refurbishing supply of land meets a significant contribution to improving conditions for million in the construction, acquisition and development listed buildings and erecting demand in this economically small and medium-sized enterprises in Leipzig for twenty of its portfolio of commercial real estate. The division of brand-new facilities. vital area. years. LGH was set up in 1994 by the City of Leipzig, construction tenders into small lots and the regional award Leipzig Chamber of Industry and Commerce, and Leipzig of maintenance and repair contracts strengthens the local Chamber of Small Industries and Skilled Trades. It currently economy. LGH’s commercial estates are concentrated near owns twelve business parks and trading estates tailored the A14 and A38 motorways, where take-up is mostly to the different needs of SMEs. In its early years, LGH’s among businesses operating in manufacturing and the Competitiveness of the Leipzig/ construction and refurbishment activities focused primarily service sector, and near the city centre on the Alte Messe on providing the production and office space suitable for site, where the main tenants are firms in the Healthcare & Halle region grows various industries. These premises still make up the lion’s Biotech cluster. LGH has also provided significant impetus share of LGH’s rentable floor space totalling 130,000 for sustainable and successful urban development in the square metres. district of Plagwitz by refurbishing listed buildings and

// Real estate Major investment successes in the region Competitiveness boosted by development After the availability of commercial premises for ‘traditional’ erecting brand-new facilities. In the coming years, too, LGH // Real estate The Leipzig/Halle region has welcomed some remarkable of regional commercial land sectors improved on Leipzig’s property market, in 2000 GmbH & Co. KG will continue to offer attractive premises investment projects in recent years, particularly in the By working together to develop commercial land without LGH began to concentrate its development activities on to new SMEs in Leipzig in order to boost the sustainable automotive industry, logistics and chemicals. But since being hampered by geographical boundaries, the partners commercial estates designed for techs and other specific development of the private sector. The clearest proof of the these new arrivals are situated on attractive commercial have managed to optimize the land supply. What’s sectors such as media city, BIO CITY and BioCube. This quality of LGH’s premises and services is its occupancy rate sites in the region, there’s already a shortage of high- more, by gearing it to the requirements of locally based was in response to the demand for laboratories, production exceeding 94% and far more than 300 satisfied tenants. quality industrial and commercial land in some areas. industries, they have improved the Leipzig/Halle region’s areas and office space built to high technical standards Then again, demand at certain industrial estates has competitiveness. Currently over twenty local and three as well as the special requirements of businesses in the been very low for several years. This different pace of district authorities are participating in this cooperation Healthcare & Biotech cluster and the media. development has been addressed since 2009 by local after signing the Joint Declaration on the Inter-Authority authorities in and around Leipzig and Halle in a joint Development of Commercial Land in 2010. project supported by their planning authorities, the Saxon www.wirtschaftsregion-leipzig-halle.de. Occupancy of business parks in 2014 No. of firms Occupancy [%] New leases government, and funding from the European Union. Paunsdorf Business Park 16 99.4 1 North-East Leipzig Business Park 19 100.0 0 Stötteritz Media Centre 18 90.3 0 Heiterblick Business Park 39 91.6 4 Weissenfelser Strasse Business Park 19 87.7 1 Naumburger Strasse Business Park 62 97.8 7 media city leipzig 72 90.1 3

BIO CITY LEIPZIG 33 86.8 4 // Contact BioCube 4 100.00 0 LGH Leipziger Gewerbehof GmbH & Co. KG Business & Innovation Centre (BIC) 68 87.6 9 Mommsenstrasse 6 Liebertwolkwitz Business Centre (TCJ) 26 99.0 1 04329 Leipzig Personally liable partner GaraGe 3 100,0 1 LGH Service GmbH Registered office: Leipzig CEO: Matthias Jähnig Tel: +49 (0) 341 259 7700 Email: [email protected] www.lgh-leipzig.de

66 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 67 In 2012, 93 land sales with a total area of 243,811 square metres were recorded. The proceeds totalled some €8.3 million. Meanwhile, land expenditure amounted to about €3 million for 52 land transactions totalling 538,886 square metres required for instance to carry out urgent road and urban redevelopment schemes and the construction of schools and nursery schools as specified by Leipzig City Council as well as for strategic land purchases. For example, in 2013 the Property Office managed to buy up all the land and property over a length of about 1km alongside Lützner Strasse to allow this busy main road to be thoroughly upgraded. The sale of 19 commercial sites enabled new business ventures to start and safeguarded the future of existing firms. A subsidized purchase price was agreed for three of these transactions in line with Leipzig’s Commercial Investment Guidelines. The Property Office: property development agency) enabled a replacement Construction of preschool centres building for an existing nursery school to be built in Inviting offers for investors Another aspect of the Property Office’s work is supporting just eight months. The new building has a crèche for the Department of Youth, Social Welfare, Health and 30 children and a preschool facility for another 70, and Education regarding the building and expansion of can also accommodate 2 children with special needs. Its Strategic development tasks on a solid foundation preschool day-care centres and schools. The conclusion distinctive architecture was designed with sustainability of a ground lease in 2013 with LESG (a local authority in mind and enhances the surrounding area of Knauthain. The City of Leipzig’s Property Office currently manages / Putting applicants in touch with local government 4,162 properties no longer needed by the local authority departments and uses them to support businesses and individuals Price reductions 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 moving to Leipzig. Its wide range of activities includes: The Property Office’s long-term land banking and portfolio Child bonus 5 4 1 0 4 5 2 / The sale of land and buildings owned by the City of development policy is designed to ensure a supply Investment subsidy 4 4 0 1 4 2 3 Leipzig in line with urban development targets of all sorts of land reflecting demand and which can if / Letting and leasing of commercial premises, necessary be made available at short notice. Investors’

// Real estate recreational plots and farmland attention is currently directed to Seehausen II Industrial // Real estate / The allocation of heritable building rights Estate, which has 35 hectares of vacant land suitable for / Local authority approval procedures (e. g. under the construction. Nurturing the valuable GVO Property Transaction Act) building stock Structural maintenance

A wide range of construction, repair, demolition and road The construction of a near-natural stormwater retention Revenue/expenditure safety schemes was contracted out and supervised in 2013. system and artificial lake provided a unique opportunity Whenever the value of the work did not exceed a specified to combine the necessary stormwater drainage system To boost home ownership, in 2013 the Property Office sold 38 plots (including two for a reduced purchase price in threshold, contracts were directly awarded by the Property for Heiterblick Business Park with the development accordance with Leipzig’s Owner-Occupied Housing Guidelines). Office at its discretion. All in all, 299 measures with a total of the Green Crescent in Paunsdorf. The result was an budget of €1.1 million were carried out. exemplary natural drainage solution installed in perfect Year No. of sales Revenue in €m Land sold (sqm) harmony with the conservation area. 2007 128 26.2 230,179 2008 136 12.2 1,178,059 2009 137 23 125,820 2010 73 7.15 312,165 Tree and park maintenance, traffic safety measures 2011 62 21.1 180,625

2012 62 10.04 209,340 56% 2013 93 8.3 243,811

It also spent about €3 million to buy 52 plots of land and properties with a total area of 538,886 square metres necessary for urgent road and urban redevelopment schemes and the construction of schools and nursery schools as specified by Leipzig City Council as well as for strategic land purchases.

Of which road 18% Year Total purchases construction Urban redevelopment Miscellaneous 2007 43 24 10 9 2008 59 33 9 17 // Contact 2009 38 24 1 13 City of Leipzig 26% 2010 26 15 2 9 Property Office 2011 36 23 8 5 Restoration/maintenance of lettability Gudrun Unverferth (acting Head) 2012 28 15 3 10 Tel: +49 (0) 341 123 3350 2013 52 40 8 4 Demolition, clearance Email: [email protected]

68 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 69 Housing, business The old exhibition centre Lindenau Harbour: and leisure Originally planned as a rejuvenated A new waterside district visionary element of the transport infrastructure, little became of Lindenau Harbour Ever since Leipziger Messe moved to its new complex in and institutions and excellent transport links has proved Lindenau Harbour is an area offering enormous potential just the land and buildings owned by the City of Leipzig but in west Leipzig owing to 1996, the 50-hectare Alte Messe site – the old exhibition to be the right strategy. Every year, the various attractive in west Leipzig. The new waterway started in 2013 linking the entire district of west Leipzig. In addition, an attractive the historical complications grounds near the city centre containing a mix of partly amenities at Alte Messe attract 2.5 million visitors and Karl Heine Canal to Lindenau Harbour is intended to pave gateway will be created to the region south of Leipzig, of the twentieth century. listed pavilions built in the 1920s and vacant plots – customers – and one added bonus is that to date 2,500 the way for the urbanization of the previously disused where the flooding of mining pits is forging an increasingly Now, however, a huge has offered great prospects for creative redevelopment. jobs have been created there. harbour area as well as for closer links between Grünau attractive lake district known as Leipzig New Lakeland. opportunity exists to develop The goal of turning Alte Messe into a new centre of www.alte-messe-leipzig.de and the districts of Lindenau and Plagwitz. The aim is to www.leipzig.de/lindenauer-hafen an attractive district in this business, science and leisure with first-rate companies generate new momentum for an attractive district of leisure unique location and create a IZI Fraunhofer amenities, housing and business. This will enhance not far-sighted mix of housing, Institute business and leisure

The third phase of the IZI Thriving tenants on a historic site

// Real estate Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Development in two An attractive green // Real estate Therapy and Immunology / BIO CITY LEIPZIG / German National Library phases: Sites go on sale waterside location has been under construction 21 established biotechs and start-ups operate out The fourth wing with an additional 14,000 sqm of floor since spring 2013. Covering of one of Germany’s biggest biotechnology centres space was completed on Deutscher Platz in 2012. a total area of 3,205 square costing €50 million. Preparations for the area’s development have been Lindenau Harbour is situated about 4km away from metres, modern research / Eventpalast Leipzig underway since 2009. Following the rebuilding of the city centre. Its location on the harbour basin, the laboratories with a total / BioCube This entertainment and restaurant complex in the Luisenbrücke bridge, the construction of the canal and impressive industrial architecture, and the directly area of 1,590 square metres This office and laboratory building which houses for former Pavilion 16 contains about 4,000 sqm of space the necessary infrastructure began just after the zoning adjacent Schönauer Lachen biotope lend the area its are due to be completed example a cord blood bank and a company developing for events large and small. plan for Lindenau Harbour was adopted in July 2013. own unique charm blending urban features with rural by mid-2015. Known as the enzymes and microbial strains for use in industrial The basic infrastructure was completed in August elements. Moreover, the area enjoys good tram and ‘daughter cell’ owing to its biotech was completed in 2012. / Deutsche Bundesbank 2014 and the canal link including outdoor facilities are bus links – and there are a number of charming routes shape, the new building with (German Federal Bank) scheduled to be in operation by mid-2015. alongside the canal link for those wishing to walk or cycle a price tag of €22 million will / Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary The head office of the bank’s operations in Saxony and to central Leipzig. be connected to the main Anthropology Thuringia is on the site’s main thoroughfare. building via an underground The over 400 members of staff study the history of walkway and two bridges, mankind. / HIT supermarket in Hall 11 and will round off IZI’s The conversion of this listed pavilion created about ensemble. / Haema blood donor service 6,000 sqm of retail space and welcomes 1.2 million www.izi.fraunhofer.de The company’s new headquarters opened in 2013 customers annually. contains modern processing systems and cold storage areas for blood products on an area of 25,000 sqm. / Soccerworld This refurbished pavilion contains ten football pitches on a total area of 8,000 sqm as well as a sports bar and event zone. // Contact // Contact / Porta Möbel LESG mbH LEVG KG This furniture superstore integrating the old portico on Alfons Huwe (CEO) Reinhard Wölpert (CEO) a site measuring 70,000 sqm was opened in autumn Sebastian Pfeiffer (project manager) Deutscher Platz 4 2013. Salomonstr. 21 04103 Leipzig 04103 Leipzig Tel: +49 (0) 341 226000 / Fraunhofer Institute (IZI) Tel: +49 (0) 992 7760 www.alte-messe-leipzig.de Thanks to the success of IZI’s research work, the third Email: [email protected], [email protected] Email: [email protected] phase is set to be completed by mid-2015. www.lesg.de

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Monument totheBattleofLeipzig. the Wars ofLiberationagainstNapoleon’s troops.And itscentenaryin1913wasmarkedwiththeinaugurationof the BattleofLeipzig.Backin1813, thisconflictontheoutskirtsofcityhadprovedtobe turning pointin In October2013,Leipzigwasthe sceneofseveralcommemorations,celebrationsandspectacles recalling // Leipzig1813–1913–2013

begin in2015. audience. Theregularmultistagejudgingprocesswill help convey its outstanding musical legacy to a wider would strengthenitsreputationasacityofmusicand follow thisrecommendationsincewinningtheaward composers cametogetherinLeipzig.”Leipzigwillnow a wayofdrawingattentiontoanerainwhichtheworld’s Saxon MinistryofScienceandArtputit:“Thiswouldbe for theEuropeanUnionPrizeCulturalHeritage.As with itsmusicaltraditionsandrecommendedentering unique tackofcombiningthecity’s architecturalheritage Ministers ofEducationandCulturalAffairspraisedthe of expertsappointedbytheStandingConference designation ofnewWorld HeritageSites.Acommittee Trail tobeplacedonGermany’s tentativelistforthe composers’ homesandworkplacesontheLeipzigMusic In June2012,theSaxongovernmentappliedforfamous citizenry andfarsightedbusinessclasses. diversity iscontinuouslynurturedbyaboveallLeipzig’s wide varietyoffascinatingmuseums.Andthisexceptional Thomas’s BoysChoir, thecity’s vibrantartsscene,anda Highlights includetheGewandhausOrchestraandSt Leipzig isoneofEurope’s foremostcitiesofculture. the past in order to benefit the future. One key element view thebattleasaEuropeaneventandtolearnfrom sucked intothemaelstromofevents.Theaimswereto of Leipziganditsinhabitants,whohadbeenunwillingly or thegloryofvictory, attentionwasfocusedonthefate treatment ofthecity’s history. Ratherthanthedinofbattle back inawe,theywerecharacterizedbyafarlivelier the eponymousmonument.Butinsteadofmerelylooking bicentenary oftheBattleLeipzigandcentenary In autumn2013,celebrationswereheldtomarkthe of Europeanunderstanding Battle ofLeipzigcommemoratedinanatmosphere musical heritage? EU awardforLeipzig’s values, outstandingquality The artsinLeipzig:Classical other countriesinvolvedinthehistoricbattle. 2013 wereattendedbylargenumbersofpeoplefromthe bicentenary’s Europeanaspect,thefestivitiesinOctober forward-looking ideas. Thanks to theemphasis on the commemorative function wasaugmentedwithother, Battle ofLeipziginanewlight(includingliterally!),its as wellpresentingtherenovatedMonumentto history andarchitecturalmonumentality. Therefore, was thesensitivehandlingofmonumentitself,its German byPopeFrancis. afterwards, the seventy choirboys were warmly thanked in Peter andPaul,animportantliturgicalfeast.Immediately Mass atStPeter’s CathedralduringtheFeastofSaints Chapel. The following day, it also accompanied the Papal honour ofgivingaprivateconcerton28JuneintheSistine of PopeBenedictXVIhimself.Thechoirhadtheveryspecial in lateJune2013toperformtheVatican attheinvitation ‘cultural ambassadors’,setoffonanextraordinaryjourney St Thomas’s BoysChoir, oneofLeipzig’s highlyrespected performs attheVatican St Thomas’s BoysChoir 0t anniversary 2009 /200th anniversary 2010 /200th anniversary 2011 /100th anniversary 2012 /800th 2013 / anniversary 2014 /300th Leipzig anniversaries in Musical Leipzig Means Business2014 of FelixMendelssohn of RobertSchumann Gustav Mahler of thedeath Boys Choir of StThomas’s Emmanuel Bach of CarlPhillip of RichardWagner 200th anniversary //

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Preparations for the 1,000th anniversary of Leipzig’s entry into recorded history in 2015 are taking place under the banner of ‘Citizenship, hard work and civic pride’. After all, it was on these principles that the prosperity of this cosmopolitan city of commerce was built at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii. Leipzig’s proud free citizenry erected concert halls and theatres as well as many other monuments of revival and fin-de- siècle architecture, and their entrepreneurial spirit forged Germany’s centre of printing and publishing. Moreover, the city’s free-thinking populace founded important institutions of the modern democratic order – and ultimately played a key role in toppling East Germany’s totalitarian regime and ending the Cold War.

The highlights in Leipzig’s millennium year will include: The shining highlight of 2014: / Museum of Fine Arts: ‘Exclusive, Not for Sale’ – / Theater Titanick and Fairnet: Street Theatre Festival – One of the highlights 25th anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution Paul Klee exhibition (opening on 28 February) mobile spectacle for hundreds of thousands of people of Leipzig’s millennium / Gewandhaus: Mendelssohn’s Hymn of Praise – (31 May) celebrations will be the ‘Everything that has breath’ / Festival of Jewish Culture (opening on 28 June) Street Theatre Festival The event in Leipzig attracting the most domestic charting the route taken by the demonstrators. Covering / Museum of Printing: 500 Years of Printing and / Culture–Location–Destination: Congress and festival on 31 May 2015. and international attention in 2014 is the twenty-fifth the whole ring road with a circumference of 3.6km, it will Publishing in Leipzig (exhibition opening in May) hosted by Leipzig+Kultur association (autumn) anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution on 9 October. feature lighting, sound and video projections reflecting / ‘World’s Longest Public Festival’ opens in May 2015 / Local history congress marking the publication of a On this day, the city will commemorate the famous on the links between 1989 and 2014. What’s more, the / Museum of City History: ‘In Urbe Lipzi’ (exhibition four-volume history of Leipzig (12 November) demonstration by 70,000 people on the central ring road interactive displays at sixteen different installations along opening on 26 May) / 20 December: Closing ceremony with the world’s in autumn 1989. This mass protest set off a chain reaction the route will turn visitors into participants. The Festival / Leipziger Messe and Leipzig Zoo: biggest birthday cake

// Culture which spelt the end for East Germany, paved the way for of Lights will begin in the morning with a ceremony at the Reopening of Kongresshalle (29 May) // Culture German unification, and indeed transformed Europe as Gewandhaus concert hall attended by Joachim Gauck, a whole. This special anniversary will be marked by the the President of Germany, as well as other prominent Festival of Lights – a celebration of art and movement politicians and public figures. Anniversaries in 2015 Highlights until 2020

1000th / First mention of Leipzig 2016 / 100th anniversary of Max Reger’s death 250th anniversary of the 1st German Protestant 850th / Market and town charter 2016 / 300th anniversary of HGB Leipzig Academy of Choir Festival and Regional 850th / Leipzig Fair Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz’s death 850th / St Nicholas’s Church 2016 / 100th German Catholic Festival (25–29 May) Visual Arts Church Congress 600th / Faculty of Medicine 2017 / 500th anniversary of the Reformation – 150th / ADF League of German Women 1st Church Congress Pilgrimage, 25–27 May In 2014, the HGB Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts – one The Regional Church Congress from 27 to 29 June 2014 120th / Inauguration of Imperial Court of Justice 2018 / 275th anniversary of of Germany’s oldest art colleges – is looking back on a was a decisive step for Leipzig towards the festivities in 100th / Completion of Leipzig Central Station the Gewandhaus Orchestra 250-year history of creativity. A special exhibition has 2017 celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. 10th / BMW in Leipzig 2019 / 500th anniversary of the Leipziger Debate brought together representative works by internationally This year’s theme was: “Here I stand ... Responsible before 2020 / 100th anniversary of Max Klinger’s death In 2015, St Nicholas’s Church successful graduates from HGB over the past two God and mankind.” Topics of discussion included Christian will be celebrating its decades. It focuses on installations, photography, film responsibility and the search for guidance amidst the 850th anniversary. and concept art – genres which for many years have been problems of coexistence. The highlight of the weekend was taught alongside painting and graphic design at HGB. a mass concert by some 5,000 singers in the choir festival String of anniversaries until 2020 together with St Thomas’s Boys Choir, the wind section of the Saxon Trombone Mission, and the participants of the In 2008, Leipzig City Council decided to concentrate bicentenaries of Richard Wagner and the Battle of Leipzig Church Congress. There were hence nearly 10,000 singers – diverse activities on outstanding anniversaries. Starting in 2013 (including the centenary of the Monument to the and the performance they staged was unforgettable. with the bicentenary of Felix Mendelssohn and the Battle of Leipzig). With attention in 2014 focusing on twentieth anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution in 2009, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution, the succession of prominent anniversaries continued this series of anniversaries will culminate in 2015 with the bicentenary of Robert Schumann in 2010, the when Leipzig celebrates its millennium. These various centenary of Gustav Mahler’s death in 2011, the 800th anniversaries attract the attention of all sorts of target anniversary of St Thomas’s Boys Choir in 2012, and the groups in Leipzig and elsewhere.

74 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 75 Lake Cospuden Living in Leipzig: (441 hectares) Atmosphere, diversity, quality The yachting harbour on Lake Cospuden has all the advantages of a modern Leipzig’s housing market has noticeably picked up in to Jones Lang LaSalle). At the same time, however, the water sports centre: sailing, recent years as a result of the large influx of population gap between the median rents (i.e. with 50% of all rents surfing and diving, boat hire, and clearly entered a new phase of development. This above and 50% below) in the various districts of Leipzig a sauna, restaurants, shops, Germany’s is manifested in the higher levels of refurbishment and grew wider between the first half of 2012 and the second pleasure cruisers, a tourist stronghold of listed construction, and in recent years there has been a spate of half of 2013. information centre and architecture announcements of new, small construction and renovation Source: Leipzig Office for Statistics and Elections, Quarterly Statistical Report I/2014 holiday homes. projects in for example west Leipzig (Lindenau, Plagwitz), Leipzig has 15,672 listed on Prager Strasse, in the Musikviertel music district and Challenges of growth buildings (80% of which are even Grünau. One change is that for the first time in over Although the situation on the Leipzig housing market is by fin-de-siècle structures) – twenty years, completely new districts are being planned no means critical, the supply of affordable flats of all sizes more than any other city in and built, with several thousand new dwellings emerging is dwindling, and rents and purchase prices are growing Germany. They include the at Bayerischer Bahnhof and Lindenau Harbour. further apart. There is no need for urgent action, but even largest estate of preserved In spring 2014, the two main trends to be observed were so the City of Leipzig intends to develop strategies early Leipzig: The green city fin-de-siècle and Jugendstil that housing in Leipzig was still inexpensive compared to on in order to respond to rising demand, the challenges (Germany’s answer to art the rest of Germany but that rents were starting to rise presented by demographic change, and the need to make nouveau) housing, which is moderately. From 2004 until 2013, rents increased by just homes more energy-efficient. As a result, its Housing Leipzig breathes quality of life A network of navigable located near the city centre 0.8% annually and didn’t even keep up with inflation – Policy Strategy is currently being updated. waterways with a total and mostly surrounded by but now they are set to rise by 7% in 2014 (according The sheer extent and variety of green spaces in Leipzig adjacent to the city centre, Connewitz Game Park (45 length of about 200km is extensive woodlands and come as a surprise to many visitors and even some hectares) containing 25 indigenous animal species, and taking shape in Leipzig New parks. In some prime areas locals! Seen from above (such as from the Monument to Leipzig Zoo (22.5 hectares). They are joined by about 100 Lakeland. of Leipzig, demand already the Battle of Leipzig or mdr’s 142m-tall tower block on natural monuments and over 150 protected biotopes. outstrips supply. Prime residential Good residential Average residen- Simple residential Augustusplatz), Leipzig appears blissfully green. In fact What’s more, allotment gardens are especially popular Average housing prices location location tial location location green areas easily accessible to young and old alike in Leipzig. There are 38,598 allotments in 278 allotment Single-family Refurbished 350,000–750,000 250,000–450,000 150,000–270,000 120,000–190,000 account for 15% of Leipzig’s total area of 297.6 square parks covering an area of 1,237 hectares. Leipzig’s detached home kilometres. The most popular places among those in need ‘green lungs’ also include the roughly 400 playgrounds in

// Housing (€) Newbuild 350,000–850,000 230,000–500,000 180,000–300,000 130,000–220,000 of fresh air and recreation are the Auenwald floodplain Leipzig’s parks and gardens. // Green city woodlands (950 hectares), Clara Zetkin Park (43 hectares) Owner-occupied Refurbished 1,500–2,200 1,200–1,600 700–1,300 600–1,000 apartment per sqm (€) Newbuild 2,500–3,800 2,100–2,700 1,800–2,400 No data Monthly rent per Refurbished 7.00–10.00 5.50–8.00 4.00–6.00 3.50–4.50 Leipzig Zoo: On the road to the future sqm (€) Newbuild 8.50–11.00 6.00–9.00 5.50–6.50 No data One of the most advanced zoos in the world, Leipzig Zoo Source: Capital, Immobilien-Kompass 2013 has been implementing its ‘zoo of the future’ strategy since the year 2000. The project combines a fascinating symbiosis of animal welfare with extraordinary wildlife encounters for visitors and a global commitment to the protection of species. The highlights in 2014 include the new Leopard Valley and the revamped entrance area where visitors walk through the Flamingo Lagoon. Moreover, work is already underway on the next projects Zoo of the futuret such as the construction of a new rhino enclosure. “Once modernization is complete by 2020, our goal is to have The highlights in 2014 created a zoo largely free of fencing, a natural ‘zoo of the include the opening of the future’,” declared zoo director Professor Jörg Junhold new Leopard Valley and as he outlined the forthcoming projects. The biggest the revamped entrance attraction in the successful development of Leipzig Zoo area where visitors walk is Gondwanaland. This indoor enclosure unique in Europe through the Flamingo takes visitors into a primeval rainforest with more than Lagoon. Moreover, work is 24,000 tropical plants and around 300 exotic animals. already underway on the www.zoo-leipzig.de next projects such as the construction of a new rhino enclosure.

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After a sixteen-year wait, Leipzig has finally returned to Germany’s second division! RB Leipzig’s successful promotion to the Second Bundesliga in 2013/14 season takes the team one step closer to Leipzig has a total of 43,172 its dream of representing places at preschool units, Leipzig in the nation’s top after-school clubs and day division in the not-too-distant care centres. They comprise: future – a move longed for • 6,009 places for children by countless fans. aged up to three at crèches • 16,855 places at nursery Sporting Leipzig: A pro-family attitude: schools • 17,556 places at after-school Top of the league Vital for the economy clubs for primary school children • 2,752 places in child Sporting Leipzig: Top of the league Triumphant in sports science Families welcome! been set up every year since 2010. This year, the whole day-care centres With a healthy balance between amateur and top-flight Leipzig’s international reputation in sports research ‘Families welcome!’ is the motto of the City of Leipzig’s family is invited to embark on a fact-finding quest entitled (figures correct as sport, Leipzig scores not just as a host of major sporting is proudly maintained by the IAT Institute of Applied Family Information Office. Located right next door to ‘Adventure in the Jungle of Language’ – and then to of June 2014) tournaments but above all in terms of everyday sports Training Sciences and Universität Leipzig’s Faculty of New City Hall on Burgplatz, visitors can obtain useful check out the cosy family café afterwards! Meanwhile, activity by the general public. Sport is booming in this Sports Science (the successor to the prestigious DHfK information relevant to families. Moreover, young parents the Culture for Families Award was won by the Leipzig & In 2014, the German Indoor growing city. Almost 90,000 residents (including nearly sports college). Both these world-famous institutions receive welcome packs for their new-born children. This Region Cultural Lodge. For nearly two years, the Cultural Athletics Championships 25,000 youngsters) now regularly play more than 80 continue the proud, long-standing heritage of sports is a token of Leipzig’s appreciation and underlines just Lodge has enabled low-income families to attend plays, were held at Leipzig Arena different sports in 400 clubs. In 2009, the City of Leipzig research and training in Leipzig. Courses for trainers from how welcome children are in the city! The welcome pack concerts and other performances for free. So far, it has for the fifth time. adopted a detailed agenda setting out the further abroad first held in Leipzig over fifty years ago have kept contains useful information about the services available benefited over 150 children and their families in this way.

// Sport development of local sport and sports facilities. The 2015 participants from more than 100 countries abreast of the to families and relevant public institutions. It also comes www.leipzig.de/familienpreis // Education Sports Programme for the City of Leipzig is almost 300 latest developments in sports science. with a number of useful free gifts designed to help pages long and covers every angle – from amateur sport parents create a safe environment for their children. In A diverse education sector and club-based activities to top-flight youth sport and Top international events addition, parents’ mobility is ensured by the BabyCard, A dense network of schools with a variety of approaches elite sport. In the more than twelve years since the indoor Leipzig which allows adults with a baby a year’s free travel on and operators ensures a good learning environment from Arena opened, it has hosted a string of national, Leipzig’s public transport network. the word go. And when it comes to higher education, Lively arena for sporting championships European and world championships as well as other www.leipzig.de/fib Leipzig has many advantages as a place to study. As Since 1912, 158 Leipzigers have garnered a total of 223 top international events. In 2014 they included a major well as the ten universities and colleges with different medals at the Olympics and Paralympics. At London 2012, gymnastics festival, the All Star Game in the top handball Leipzig businesses support profiles, other benefits include the high quality of local medal-winners included Tina Dietze (gold and silver division, and the German Indoor Athletics Championships, Family-Friendly Award teaching and research, affordable housing, and a wide in sprint canoeing), Annekatrin Thiele (silver in rowing), which were held at Leipzig Arena for the fifth time. And The private sector in Leipzig supports the Family-Friendly variety of leisure and cultural amenities. As a result, more Kerstin Thiele (silver in judo) and Judith Arndt (silver in in 2015, Leipzig Arena will host the Indoor Hockey World Award – an annual prize given in recognition of laudable and more young people from other regions in Germany cycling). Paralympians from Leipzig also competed in Cups for both men and women. endeavours for a family-friendly city. Accompanied and even abroad are choosing to attend higher education London. Mind you, top-flight and amateur sports events by a cheque for €3,000, this year the first prize was in Leipzig. And when it comes to older students, the adult The Family Information aren’t by any means confined to Leipzig Arena and the awarded to the UNIKATUM children’s museum, where education centre offers a wide range of courses, enabling Office provides 43,000-capacity Red Bull Arena. For example, the FEI Leipzig’s sporting history a new interactive exhibition for visitors of all ages has lifelong learning into old age. straightforward advice in a World Cup Finals in jumping, driving, dressage and friendly atmosphere. vaulting have been held annually for several years at 1900 / The DFB German Football Association is Leipziger Messe exhibition centre – to the approval of founded both spectators and participants. Meanwhile, the match 1897 / The Sportbrüder (Sports Brothers) club organizes at which RB Leipzig secured promotion on 29 May 2013 at a 40km race – the first official marathon on Red Bull Arena was attended by 30,000 fans. Having been German soil promoted to the third division the previous year, it took 1884 / BDR League of German Cyclists is founded the team just one season to climb into the second division 1863 / First gymnastics festival in Leipzig (the city has in 2014/15. And top-level club sport is regularly enjoyed hosted 12 more since) by Leipzig fans at the national league and cup fixtures 1845 / ATV Leipzig General Gymnastics Club is played by Leipzig Handball Club, the handball team from founded, launching the German gymnastics the DHfK sports club, and the LE-Volleys volleyball squad. movement

78 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 79 Schools in Leipzig Best Young Skilled Workers State schools: In the 2013/14 academic year, On 9 October 2013, awards Leipzig had 120 state schools were presented to 10 women attended by a total of and 16 men chosen as the 36,569 pupils, including Best Young Skilled Workers 779 at schools run by from 26 CIC professions. Saxony. The schools include: Dr Michael Schimansky, • 65 primary schools head of Leipzig’s Office for • 22 secondary schools Economic Development, and • 17 grammar schools Andreas Heilmann, the Vice • 16 special-needs schools President of Leipzig Chamber • 1 experimental school of Industry and Commerce, (Neighbourhood School) congratulated the youngsters on their outstanding Free schools: achievements. The range of education in Leipzig is enhanced by 26 free schools attended by 5,544 pupils, including: • The Episcopal Maria Montessori School Centre • Leipzig Free School Education: Tomorrow’s skilled workers • Two free Rudolf Steiner schools International, intercultural Top Performance in Sport and Business vocational guidance and professional training. And The pilot project Top Performance in Sport and Business three of them – the outright winners of each category – Solid training in € Apart from two bilingual kindergartens (English/German LIC is attended by more than 750 youngsters from over was successfully launched in 2010. It was made possible were given a cast iron trophy and a cheque for 3,000 manual trades and French/German), there are now several childcare 60 nationalities. The language of teaching is English, and by cooperation between the Gutenberg School, Leipzig to support their internal vocational training work. In centres where elementary English, French, Spanish, Arabic the teaching staff are highly qualified native speakers. As Olympic Training Centre, and the Leipzig Regional Office addition, all the finalists received a corporate video for In 2013, 637 young people

// Education and Chinese are taught in a fun yet effective manner. well as a high academic standard demonstrated again and of the Saxon Education Agency. The programme was their employer marketing activities. began an apprenticeship in a training // Vocational again by the students in international competitions, close continued in 2012, and received a new intake in 2014. skilled trades firm in Leipzig Franco–German Education Centre: attention is paid to social competence and a cultivated Thanks to the extended duration of training, a specially Vocational rehabilitation while another 540 became AbiBac at Reclam School atmosphere. The curriculum is largely modelled on schools designed curriculum, and classes for top athletes, BFW Leipzig has specialized in vocational rehabilitation trainees in the surrounding Unlike other schools, Reclam School teaches some regular in the UK, with emphasis on internationally compatible highly motivated youngsters can combine competitive for more than twenty years. Its 209 employees train district. subjects in French, too. Pupils attending the bilingual education and qualifications. sports training with professional prospects by obtaining people who can no longer work in their chosen field due to stream can now study for the AbiBac – a dual qualification www.intschool-leipzig.com business qualifications at the same time. illness or accident. The individual retraining, qualification consisting of both the French Baccalauréat and the and integration schemes are an important contribution to German Abitur which was awarded for the first time in New bilingual grammar school edward: CIC award for the best not just getting people back to work but also tackling the 2013. Reclam School has been part of the Franco–German The gradual establishment of a new grammar school with young talent lack of certain skills in the regional economy. It also runs Education Centre since 2011 – an amalgamation of five strong emphasis on the English language in the district of On 9 October 2013, Leipzig Chamber of Industry and further training courses. By mid-2013, 234 rehabilitees Leipzig educational establishments (a nursery school, Schönefeld began in August 2014. One special feature of Commerce presented its edward training prizes for the had received training in 20 different professions. primary school, after-school club, secondary school and the new school will be the teaching of certain modules in third time at Villa Ida Media Campus. Nine companies www.bfw-leipzig.de grammar school) focusing on not just a bilingual education subjects such as geography, history and ethics in English were honoured for their exceptional commitment to but also intercultural training. starting in Year 7. In the previous two forms, pupils will be www.reclamgymnasium.de prepared for bilingual teaching. Pupils will also choose a second foreign language from French, Latin and Russian. Leipzig International School: Global expertise As far as internationality is concerned, Leipzig International School offering preschool, primary and secondary education is hard to beat! Enjoying an attractive location, TOPJob – the CIC’s magazine for school-leavers and career entrants

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general publiciscementedbya hostofresearchcentres,universitiesandcollegeswithinternationally acclaimedexpertise. thanks toitsuniquewebofinteractive factors.Leipzig’s excellentreputation amongacademics,captainsofindustryandthe In termsofresearchandteaching, Leipzigstandsheadandshouldersaboveothercitiesregions ineasternGermany // Highereducation andresearch 2013 2014 A bastionofscience Milestones inthescientificcommunity 2006 2011 2013 2006 2006 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 1990 1990 2010 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2014

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// Higher education A total of 28,138 students HfTL: Indispensable for Felix Mendelssohn are enrolled at Universität research and innovation Bartholdy University of Leipzig, which has 8 humanities and social in Leipzig Music and Theatre science faculties, 1 medical faculty, 1 veterinary faculty, HfTL Deutsche Telekom University of Applied Sciences Originally founded in 1843 by composer Felix Mendelssohn and 4 faculties devoted to for Telecommunications has become a synonym in as the first conservatoire in Germany, the University of mathematics and the Leipzig for research and innovation in ICT (information Music and Theatre’s main building on Grassistrasse dates natural sciences. It employs and communications technology). This state-recognized back to 1887. The Grand Hall rebuilt in the 1990s seats 2,613 people, including private university is known for its state-of-the-art 430 spectators and garnered the Award of the League Every year, the some 451 lecturers. facilities, outstanding lecturers, and excellent ties of German Architects/Saxony in 2004. Since 2002, the 900 students demonstrate to industry. Collaboration with Telekom Innovation university has also had a second building containing their proficiency in about Laboratories as well as other partners from Germany first-rate facilities near St Thomas’s Church and Central 700 performances, such as Universität Leipzig: and abroad is a constant source of stimulus for practical Theatre. in this production of Albert A source of knowledge for pioneers research at HfTL, benefiting above all HfTL’s students. www.hmt-leipzig.de Lortzing’s comic opera ‘The With currently 1,100 students enrolled on its accredited Poacher’. bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes, HfTL plays a Universität Leipzig (originally known by its Latin name structured training for postgraduates. Currently more than vital part in carving out Leipzig’s future role as a bastion ‘Alma mater lipsiensis’) celebrated its 600th anniversary 700 people are studying and researching for doctorates of science and technical innovation in ICT. Saxon University of in 2009, making it the second-oldest in Germany with at Universität Leipzig, which is well on the way to www.hft-leipzig.de Cooperative Education: an uninterrupted history of teaching and research. After becoming a world-renowned centre of education for rapidly embracing the EU’s reform of higher education, junior academics. And in 2008, internationally acclaimed Dual brilliance the 14 faculties and well over 150 institutes and hospital research in Universität Leipzig’s LIFE Project took it to the departments teach more than 137 bachelor’s and master’s pole position of the Saxon Regional Excellence Initiative The Saxon University of Cooperative Education enhances degrees, including 78 master’s programmes. Leipzig (see page 91). the higher education sector with dual degree courses. Research Academy, opened in 2006, is dedicated to www.uni-leipzig.de There are six semesters in each programme, and each semester is divided into two equal halves so that students Finding out what can first study theory at the university before applying researchers do what they have learned in a private-sector working HTWK Leipzig University of Applied Sciences: environment. On 27 June 2014, thousands Interdisciplinary R&D www.ba-leipzig.de of people took advantage of

// Higher education the Long Night of Science // Higher education to find out exactly what HTWK Leipzig University of Applied Sciences teaches an and more graduates (currently around eighty) are taking researchers get up to at attractive range of career-orientated degree programmes cooperative doctorates. This success is largely down to AKAD Leipzig: Leipzig’s 107 academic in engineering, economics, the social sciences, computer HTWK’s Research and Transfer Centre set up in 1997, Part-time degrees institutions. Exhibitions, HTWK’s profile areas address science, mathematics, applied media, IT and cultural helping regional industry find the R&D expertise it needs. experiments and public urgent challenges ranging studies. As a result, graduates enjoy good job prospects. Interdisciplinary activities strengthening HTWK’s profile HGB Academy of Visual lectures mostly given from dwindling resources A premium is placed on networking in teaching and are carried out in four key fields: Construction & Energy, Arts The Leipzig branch of AKAD University runs seventeen by junior researchers and coping with the flood research in the form of interdisciplinary cooperation Media & Information, Life Science & Engineering, and part-time bachelor’s and master’s programmes as well made up a fascinating of information to the with numerous external partners in science and industry. Engineering & Economics. as a large number of shorter courses. AKAD University’s panorama of research and sustainable organization of The high standard of R&D at HTWK is underlined by www.htwk-leipzig.de Currently 600 or so students are enrolled on Leipzig range of courses in areas such as business administration, experimentation. Topics economic processes. external funding of €10.2 million in 2013, while more Academy of Visual Arts’ four degree programmes in engineering, IT and business communication is unique in ranged from ancient painting/graphics, book art/graphic design, photography the distance higher education sector. Egyptian dictionaries and and media art as well as its master’s course in curation www.akad.de the activities of Leipzig’s culture launched in 2009. HGB’s innovation and heritage publishers in World War HHL Graduate School of Management: are reflected in for example its excellently equipped I to economic skills in In business worldwide workshops for woodcut, artistic offset printing, everyday life and prejudice HHL teaches full-time and lithography, etching, screen printing, book-printing, book- FOM College regarding obesity as part-time MBAs and MScs binding and hand setting, not to mention its audio-visual well as the prospects for in business management. It HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management is one laboratory and 3-D lab. HGB is one of the oldest, most FOM College of Business and Management offers part- nanotechnology – the credit also runs three-year doctoral of the world’s foremost business schools. The mission prestigious and best-known art schools in Germany – and time courses including state-recognized bachelor’s and card-sized laboratory. programmes and further of Germany’s oldest college of business management in 2014 is celebrating its 250th anniversary. master’s programmes. Teaching focuses on economics and training courses tailored is to train responsible, successful executives with an www.hgb-leipzig.de business administration, and takes place on evenings and to the specific needs of entrepreneurial flair. Alongside its international outlook, weekends at FOM’s study centre at Katharinenstrasse 17. corporate clients. Numerous particular importance is attached to combining theory with www.fom.de independent rankings have practice. HHL is distinguished by its excellent teaching, placed HHL among the top clear focus on research, practical system of knowledge European business schools. delivery, and outstanding level of service for its students. www.hhl.de

84 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 85 Universität Leipzig has UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research The UFZ Helmholtz 14 faculties and well over Centre for Environmental 150 institutes and hospital Researchers at the UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental natural basis of life. Research at UFZ covers a wide range Research was opened in departments. Research explore the causes and repercussions of the of issues, including the management of water resources, 1991. It currently employs far-reaching changes affecting mankind’s environment. the consequences of land-use change for biodiversity, the over 1,100 people from They explain the complex systems and relationships in development of remediation strategies for polluted lakes, more than 40 countries Of the 3,818 research the environment and recommend practical instruments rivers and soil, the impact of chemicals on human health at its sites in Leipzig, projects conducted in 2013, and action plans to government, the private sector and and the immune system, and strategies for adapting to Halle and Magdeburg. At 2,188 received external the general public. UFZ’s aim is to contribute to achieving climate change. any one time, about 250 funding totalling €124 a sustainable balance between economic and social www.ufz.de postgraduates are working million, 10% of which came development as well as the long-term protection of our on their doctoral theses in from the private sector. international cooperation at UFZ, and can also benefit from interdisciplinary training from HIGRADE (the Helmholtz Interdisciplinary Graduate School for Environmental Research). Research for industry: A hallmark of quality In 2013, there were also 52 trainees at UFZ on various The economic region of Leipzig has enormous R&D potential Centre for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, thrives on its career programmes and at its disposal thanks to Universität Leipzig, 10 other colleges stimulating atmosphere for young firms and successful cooperative education and universities, 3 Max Planck Institutes, 2 Fraunhofer start-ups. Universität Leipzig is currently refocusing its courses. Institutes, and a number of non-university research research by concentrating on nine new profile areas divided centres. Universität Leipzig consolidates its reputation as roughly equally among the humanities and social sciences, a stronghold of research with its interdisciplinary research the life sciences and the natural sciences, with researchers UFZ scientists Dr Lucie activities, including in 5 collaborative research projects, 10 working on a transdisciplinary basis. Universität Leipzig’s Moeller and Prof. Andreas postgraduate research units, 3 international postgraduate research muscle is to be developed by means of externally Zehnsdorf received this programmes, 3 international Max Planck research funded, highly competitive collaborative research. Along year’s IQ Innovation Award schools, and 4 DFG German Research Foundation groups. with the profile areas, scientific high-growth cores have for their development of Particularly important are the 664 joint projects with been identified, enabling academic excellence from both Much of the information that GCEF will deliver over the next few years will be measured and processed by a self-organizing sensor network developed at UFZ. It’s a kind of wireless a test set to determine network in which a host of small stations measure the humidity and temperature of the air or soil as well as radiation intensity. Much of this state-of-the art-technology is invisible, // Research industry, including 88 with regional companies as of 2013, Universität Leipzig and non-university research partners to being either buried underground or flying through the air in the form of wireless data transmissions. the foaming tendency of // Research ensuring that research findings are swiftly put to practical be concentrated on vital issues. substrates in biogas plants. use. BIO CITY LEIPZIG, including Universität Leipzig’s BBZ Long-term experiments to explore climate change

Training and research in Leipzig (selection) Since June 2013, scientists have been able to investigate to be run for at least fifteen years, the findings are to be the effects of climate change at a unique new outdoor used to help specialists in environmental protection and laboratory. The GCEF Global Change Experimental Facility nature conservation adapt to climate change. Costing UFZ Helmholtz Centre Max Planck Institute Max Planck Institute for Max Planck Institute for MOEZ Central and Fraunhofer Institute German Centre of € German Biomass in Bad Lauchstädt consists of 25 coverable and 25 non- 4 million, the GCEF has been funded as a Helmholtz for Environmental of Evolutionary Human Cognitive and Mathematics in Eastern Europe Centre for Cell Therapy Integrative Biodiversity Research Centre Research Anthropology Brain Sciences the Sciences (Fraunhofer Society) and Immunology Research coverable experimental areas where future changes project by the BMBF German Ministry of Education and affecting different types of land use can be simulated. Research as well as the governments of Saxony and University of The facility has a total area of about 7 hectares (the size Saxony-Anhalt. Applied Sciences BBZ Centre for Translational Centre Humanities Centre for Interdisciplinary Institute for Non- of around 10 soccer pitches) and is one of the biggest Biotechnology and for Regenerative the History and Culture for Bioinformatics Classical Chemistry long-term experiments of this kind in the world. Planned HHL Graduate School Biomedicine Medicine of Eastern Europe of Management Based in Leipzig, iDiv is Academy of evolving into an international Visual Arts LIFE Leipzig Research Simon Dubnow Institute Centre for Higher Universität Institute of hub of biodiversity research. Centre for Modern of Jewish History iDiv German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Education Didactics Insurance University of Music Leipzig Diseases and Culture and Theatre Halle–Jena–Leipzig: Investigating biological diversity

Deutsche Telekom University of The opening of the iDiv German Centre for Integrative UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research and Applied Sciences for Telecommunications Centre for Teacher Integrated Research and Innovation Center of Albrecht Daniel Thaer Institute of Applied Training and Treatment Centre Computer Assisted Biodiversity Research Halle–Jena–Leipzig (one of the other non-university research centres. iDiv combines Institute of Agriculture Computer Science School Research ‘AdiposityDiseases’ Surgery AKAD College seven DFG German Research Foundation research centres) and focuses expertise between different cities and means that a hub of international biodiversity research is regions. The resulting synergy points the way forward for

Saxon University of now taking shape in central Germany. iDiv is a central other areas of research. iDiv addresses aspects of data Cooperative Education institution of Universität Leipzig and is run in conjunction synthesis, including at its sDiv synthesis centre, a research Centre for Area Magnetic Resonance Clinical Trial German Creative Leipzig Bach Archive Studies Centre Centre Leipzig Writing Programme with Martin Luther University in Halle–Wittenberg and think tank open to all scientists. FOM College of Business and Management Friedrich Schiller University in Jena as well as with the www.idiv.de

Max Bürger Research Leibniz Institute of Leibniz Institute Leibniz Institute for Leipzig Research and Centre for Molecular Institute of Energy Saxon Academy of Leipzig Plastics Centre Troposphere Research of Geography Surface Modification Transfer Centre Medicine and and the Environment Sciences in Leipzig Biomedicine

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MOEZ is an institute in the Fraunhofer Society with on its international and interdisciplinary expertise, MOEZ proficiency in economics, social affairs and political develops solutions to the challenges of a globalized science. It conducts applied research in the areas of world, benefiting clients from both the private sector internationalization, knowledge and technology transfer, (especially SMEs) and the public sector. intellectual property and sustainable development. Based www.moez.fraunhofer.de About 50 scholars conduct research at MOEZ, which is located at Städtisches Kaufhaus on Neumarkt in IZI Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology central Leipzig.

The IZI Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology ischemia, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, and develops specific solutions at the interfaces of medicine, infectious diseases. Furthermore, it operates a modern the life sciences and engineering for partners in medical- cleanroom facility for the GMP-compliant production of related industry and biotech. It develops, optimizes and clinical samples, especially in connection with cell therapy validates innovative techniques, materials and products techniques. in the fields of materials, cell therapy, diagnostics and www.izi.fraunhofer.de biobanks. IZI also has extensive know-how in oncology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

The institute’s goal is to explore human cognitive abilities affects various cognitive abilities as well as the neural The Fraunhofer IZI and cerebral processes. Particular attention is paid to and hormonal foundations of modern diseases such as Centre for Area Studies: contains state-of-the-art the neural bases of higher cerebral functions such as high blood pressure and obesity. Another mainstay of Promoting intellectual globalization cell and molecular biology language, emotion and social behaviour, music and research at the institute is the development of imaging laboratories. The research communication. Furthermore, it investigates the brain’s techniques for neuroscience. infrastructure is augmented ability to make plastic changes and how this plasticity www.cbs.mpg.de The Centre for Area Studies combines the expertise of findings regarding the history of interaction between by an initial extension 21 different institutes and 5 faculties at Universität regions are incorporated into study programmes taught housing modern imaging Leipzig to address the different positions assumed by abroad, networking Leipzig with universities on five units and laboratories for

// Research various regions of the world in the age of globalization continents. Researching global affairs is a key component medical experiments. IZI also // Research Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology: and how the relations between them are changing under of Universität Leipzig’s profile and a response to the operates a cleanroom facility Exploring human history the influence of global flows of goods, capital, people and growing internationalization of the economy in Saxony. where it produces clinical ideas. It trains postgraduates from all over the world and www.uni-leipzig.de/cas samples for trials. The participates in global research networks. Its comparative institute currently employs Founded in 1997, the institute’s aim is to investigate the history, diversity, abilities and adaptive traits of modern about 200 people. The Max Planck Institute for history of humankind by comparatively analysing the humans. At present, the institute has around 450 staff Evolutionary Anthropology genes, cultures, cognitive abilities, languages and social working in 5 departments and a Max Planck research brings together scientists systems of human populations past and present as well group. KuZ Leipzig Plastics Centre: from various fields who take as of closely related primates. The concentration of these www.eva.mpg.de New application centre for micro-plastics technologies an interdisciplinary approach fields at the same institute enables new insights into the to studying the evolution of mankind. KuZ is an expert technology partner conducting practical research and development work for industry. It works in areas such as plastics processing, machine tools and Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences: plastic welding, testing materials and plastic products in its Modelling the modern world certified test laboratory and specialized training courses. In April 2014, KuZ opened its MiKa application centre for micro- plastic technologies. It combines the latest technology and This Max Planck Institute founded in 1996 works at natural sciences. This integration forms the crux of work many years’ experience of producing high-precision micro- the interface between mathematics and the natural at the Institute. The researchers deal with a wide range technical mouldings weighing between 1mg and 10g. Its sciences. It is regarded as one of the world’s foremost of questions in pure and applied mathematics, such as users are mainly from the areas of microelectronics and mathematical research centres and is outstandingly the efficient processing of big data, the mathematical optics, biomedical engineering and sensor technology. The networked at a local, national and international level analysis of materials, the investigation of complex development of MiKa was partly funded by the German thanks to a wide range of cooperation agreements, biological systems and economic processes, aspects Ministry of Economics and Technology and the Leipzig including with Universität Leipzig. Mathematical models of geometry and theoretical physics, and information Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer. and methods are becoming increasingly important theory of cognitive systemse. www.kuz-leipzig.de in today’s society and form the basis of fundamental www.mis.mpg.de processes in business, the economy, production, medicine and politics. Moreover, mathematicians are prompted to search for new mathematical structures and methods by the fundamental questions raised in the

88 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 89 DBFZ German Biomass Research Centre The range of research at Universität Leipzig’s Faculty A central, independent opinion leader in the use of and the public, DBFZ identifies and develops the most of Medicine covers almost all biomass as an energy source use, DBFZ explores how our promising uses of bioenergy, and supports, demonstrates fields of medicine, especially finite biomass resources can contribute as sustainably and evaluates outstanding examples. diseases of affluence, and efficiently as possible to the current and future energy www.dbfz.de neuroscience, cell and organ New pilot plant supply. Working with partners from research, industry replacement therapy, and for DBFZ psychosocial medicine.

After two days of deliberation by the jury, the IOM Leibniz Institute for Surface Modification: contract for the construction Optimizing modern materials of a large pilot plant with an adjoining office and administrative building was IOM conducts pure research into the interaction between equipment. At the Leipzig nanoAnalytikum (LenA), awarded to Schulz + Schulz radiation and matter, and employs ions, electrons, researchers can avail themselves of modern electron Architekten GmbH from photons and plasma to modify various material surfaces microscopes for structural determination and chemical Leipzig. The new facilities and thin films. Research focuses on ultra-precision analysis down to the atomic level. In addition, a new with a gross floor space of surface smoothing and shaping, structuring on a 10 MeV electron accelerator is to be installed by the about 11,000 square metres micrometre and nanometre scale, the synthesis of thin end of 2013 and employed for aspects of pure and are scheduled for completion films, nanostructures and particles, functional coatings, practical research such as polymer modification and the IFB Integrated Research and Treatment Centre in 2018. membranes and biofunctional polymers. Both industrial generation of cryo-structured polymers. for AdiposityDiseases and pure research are facilitated by state-of-the-art www.iom-leipzig.de

More than fourteen departments and institutes from the over 100 jobs and is consistently expanding its obesity Faculty of Medicine and Leipzig University Hospital are research and treatment, making it the reference centre for IfL Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography involved in IFB’s research into obesity. It explores and hospitals, surgeries, health insurance companies and the treats pathological obesity (adiposity) and its comorbidities private sector. It has already been officially recognized by Demographic change, the development of cities, and in children, teenagers and adults on a scale unparalleled in the Saxon Ministry of Social Affairs as a specialist unit for the return migration of people from eastern Germany: Germany. Over 60 scientists are working in more than 60 the treatment of obesity in children and adults. This branch research topics at the IfL Leibniz Institute for Regional interdisciplinary research projects. IFB focuses its research of research benefits from the adipose tissue bank at the

// Research Geography cover a wide variety. They range from spatial on the areas of obesity genes, hormones and neuroimaging, Faculty of Medicine, which contains over 1,000 human // Research structures and current, territorially relevant developments obesity in children, and psychosocial aspects of morbid samples and is unique in Germany. Since 2012 it has also in Europe to theoretical and historical principles of obesity. The centre also supports young scientists through provided the basis for a German Obesity Biomaterial Bank, regional geography. IfL also develops innovative ways training programmes and six junior research groups. which is currently being set up at other locations with Scientists at IOM study in which geographical knowledge can be visualized and Moreover, its outpatient clinics for patients of all ages are a government funding.. for instance the growth presents some of its findings in a manner suitable for the valuable form of help for the public. Overall, IFB has created www.ifb-adipositas.de processes of very thin layers general public, the media and schools. With its mostly and nanostructures mainly transnational research into ‘New geographies of Europe’, by using hyperthermal IfL contributes to a better understanding of the spatial deposition methods. In organization of society and societies in Europe. ZKS Clinical Trial Centre Leipzig this way, optical, electronic www.ifl-leipzig.de and magnetic properties ZKS Leipzig provides doctors, study groups and industrial management, database creation, clinical monitoring and of these layers and partners with advice and support concerning the planning, biometrics. Furthermore, the ZKS Academy teaches various nanostructures relevant to implementation and evaluation of clinical studies meeting further training courses for doctors and nursing personnel, certain applications can be international standards of quality. It also offers assistance such as an MSc in clinical research and translational significantly improved. The and even complete solutions for the organization of medicine. growth processes in the studies, including project planning and management, data www.zks.uni-leipzig.de synthesis of various material Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research systems are explored using modern in situ and ex situ The Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research was set in turn impact mankind not just through regional and analysis. The findings are up in 1992 to explore physical and chemical processes global climate change but also more directly, for Leipzig Research Centre for used to enhance technology. in the polluted troposphere. It has carved out a clear, example by harming human health whenever smog Civilization Diseases and Biobank globally unique research profile for itself focusing particles and cloud droplets are breathed in. The on clouds and the very tiniest airborne particles, and Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research has about investigates how these highly dispersive systems are 120 members of staff. LIFE, a major Universität Leipzig research project based this biobank. This multicentre, representative population- influenced by human activities. These system changes www.tropos.de at the Faculty of Medicine, is investigating common based long-term study involving about 200,000 people diseases of affluence. Advanced technologies of imaging, from all over Germany is expected to produce reliable Several major projects, genomics and laboratory analysis are used for sample findings about the causes of lifestyle diseases within DFG German Research analysis. A special freezing system has been developed the interplay of genetic predisposition, lifestyle and Foundation research groups, in conjunction with research and industry partners to environmental factors. And the expertise gained in LIFE and cooperation agreements enable the long-term use of samples. About a million will also be used by the ‘National Cohort’. reflect not just the success blood and cell samples are stored over liquid nitrogen in www.life.uni-leipzig.de but also the longevity of scientific development in Leipzig.

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Higher education 1. Population Name Founded Bachelor’s Master’s Diplom Doctorates Staff Of whom Students programmes programmes programmes academic Population 2010–13 personnel 2010 2011 2012 2013 Universität Leipzig1 1409 47 78 3 Yes 2,613 1,388 28,138 City of Leipzig 522,883 510,043 520,838 530,761 HTWK Leipzig University of 1992 22 21 1 Yes4 634 350 6,431 District of Greater Leipzig 267,410 260,925 259,207 257,798 Applied Sciences District of North Saxony 206,223 200,062 198,629 197,385 AKAD University 1992 12 5 0 Yes4 78 36 5,7026 Saxony 4,149,477 4,054,182 4,050,204 4,047,481 2 3 Source: Saxon Department of Statistics. Figures apply to the end of each year. Data from 2011 onwards based on 2011 census Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University 1843 17 39 21 Yes 160 119 9,993 of Music and Theatre Migration HfTL Deutsche Telekom 1953 8 4 0 Yes4 74 48 110 University of Applied Sciences for 2010 2011 20121 2013 Telecommunications Total influx 27,893 30,961 22,782 33,464 3 Total outflux 23,534 21,897 16,145 22,708 Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts 1764 0 1 4 Yes 102 58 600 Migration balance 4,359 9,064 6,637 10,756 Saxon University of Cooperative 1993 6 0 0 No 32 16 550 Source: Saxon Department of Statistics Education HHL Leipzig Graduate School of 1898 0 6 0 Yes 116 60 550 Management 2. Labour market FOM College of Business and 1993 5 6 0 Yes4 50 40 250 Management (private part-time college)5

Employees subject to social security by place of employment 1 Also 9 programmes leading to the State Examination and 13 further training programmes. 2 6 state exam programmes and 5 master class programmes. 3 Academic and artistic personnel. 4 In conjunction with university partners. 2010 2011 2012 2013 5 FOM College of Business and Management was founded in 1993. The Leipzig branch was opened in 2008. 6 These figures apply to AKAD University as a whole as data is no longer collected separately for Leipzig. Sources: Details provided by the universities and colleges. Figures pertain to winter semester 2013 Employees in the City of Leipzig 216,189 222,801 228,527 236,004 Employees in the District of Greater Leipzig 68,678 70,597 71,002 71,648 Employees in the District of North Saxony 64,622 66,664 66,903 66,909 Apprentices in industry and commerce Apprentices in small industries and skilled trades Apprenticeships at 31 December 2013 Apprenticeships at 31 December 2013 Total no. of employees subject to social security 349,489 360,062 366,433 342,124 Occupational group Total Female Occupational group Total Female Of whom in following segments (WZ 2008) Industrial and technical 2,705 330 Construction/finishing 340 39

// Statistics Agriculture, forestry and fishing, mining and quarrying of minerals 4,790 4,533 // Statistics Metalworking 1,236 105 Electrical, metalwork 1,286 45 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 4,368 4,389 – – Mining and quarrying of minerals 504 491 – – Electrical engineering 559 29 Woodwork 107 10 Manufacturing industry 44,893 46,844 46,901 48,417 Construction, mining, quarrying 288 9 Clothing, textiles, leather 42 26 Energy and water supply, sewage and waste disposal, environmental clean-up 8,417 8,376 8,129 8,320 Chemistry, physics, biology 143 50 Food 103 40 Construction 23,832 24,994 24,201 24,442 Wood 57 3 Healthcare and personal hygiene, Sale, servicing and repair of motor vehicles 46,774 48,693 51,369 51,283 cleaning (incl. dry cleaning) 485 324 Transport and storage 22,352 24,431 25,889 25,916 Paper, printing 251 94 Glass, paper, ceramics, etc. 65 37 Hospitality 10,196 10,510 11,137 11,521 Leather, textiles, clothing 6 4 Commercial professions 263 205 Information and communication 14,150 14,480 14,909 15,102 Food and tobacco 44 15 Finance and insurance 9,732 9,648 9,610 9,527 Other professions requiring training 194 26 Glass, ceramics, jewellery 32 3 Real estate and housing 4,505 4,558 4,876 5,217 Training for the disabled 101 18 Freelance, scientific and technical services 19,570 20,396 21,388 22,415 Special industrial occupations 89 18 Other economic services 34,293 36,816 38,104 40,798 Total 2,986 770 Public administration and defence, social security/extraterritorial organizations and Commercial and business 4,807 2,584 institutions 20,777 20,282 20,404 20,723 New apprenticeships for 2013/14 Industry 227 122 Education and teaching 21,366 20,487 19,885 21,103 by district Healthcare and social services 47,439 49,146 50,391 50,972 Commerce 1,195 738 City of Leipzig 637 Arts, entertainment and recreation 4,319 4,237 4,195 4,245 Banking 181 101 Other service activities 11,824 10,559 9,682 9,482 District of Greater Leipzig 305 Insurance 155 67 Private households with domestic staff; undifferentiated goods and services produced by District of North Saxony 235 Hospitality 670 355 households for own use 166 159 162 171 Total 1,177 Sources: German Employment Agency, Saxon Department of Statistics. Figures apply to December of each year Transport 511 275 Source: Leipzig Chamber of Small Industries and Skilled Trades, 31 December 2013 Others 1,668 834 Unemployment Special commercial occupations 200 92 Unemployment (German Social Code II+III) Unemployment rate (%) Change on previous year Change on previous year Total apprenticeships 7,512 3,914 2012 2013 2014 (%) 2012 2013 2014 (%) Source: Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 31 December 2013 City of Leipzig 30,349 28,809 27,600 –4.2 11.4 10.6 9.8 –0.8 District of Greater 12,941 11,382 9,975 –12.4 9.3 8.2 7.3 –0.9 Leipzig District of North 11,810 10,776 10,007 –7.1 10.8 9.9 9.2 –0.7 Saxony Source: German Employment Agency. Figures apply to July each year

92 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 93 4. Private sector Business registrations 2010 2011 2012 2013 Size of companies by workforce Total registrations 6,572 6,711 6,439 5,646 2010 2011 2012 2013 Of which: No. % No. % No. % No. % Start-ups 5,896 6,115 5,838 5,112 Total businesses1 24,080 100.0 24,137 100.0 24,380 100.0 24,871 100.0 Moving to Leipzig 486 471 477 435 Of which: Takeovers 190 125 124 99 Up to 9 employees 21,264 88.3 21,281 88.2 21,484 88.1 21,865 87.9 Total closures 5,447 5,161 5,166 5,052 10–49 employees 2,133 8.9 2,183 9.0 2,200 9.0 2,305 9.3 Of which: 50–249 employees 590 2.5 576 2.4 604 2.5 605 2.4 Cessations 4,718 4,447 4,473 4,381 250+ employees 93 0.4 97 0.4 92 0.4 96 0.4 Moving away from Leipzig 482 500 469 464 1 Businesses and single-location businesses with employees subject to social security in the year under review and single-location businesses with no employees subject to social security but with taxable revenue from products and Handovers 247 214 224 207 services in the year under review in Sections B–N and P–S of WZ 2008. Source: Saxon Department of Statistics. Figures pertain to two years prior to the year under review. Source: Saxon Department of Statistics

No.1 of enterprises and facilities in area covered by Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and Industry1 Clusters at a glance 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2011 2012 2013 CCI companies in the City of Leipzig 39,402 40,448 41,518 42,567 42,730 Businesses Employees Businesses Employees Businesses Employees CCI companies in the District of Greater Leipzig 15,606 15,837 15,910 15,853 15,772 Automotive & Suppliers 742 11,318 742 11,676 756 12,145 CCI companies in the District of North Saxony 12,153 12,243 12,217 12,144 11,966 Energy & Environment 1,252 10,690 1,275 11,455 1,293 11,629 Energy 238 3,932 273 4,206 289 4,353 Total no. of CCI companies (including facilities) 67,161 68,528 69,645 70,564 70,468 Environmental engineering 1,014 6,758 1,002 7,249 1,004 7,276 Of which in the following segments: Healthcare & Biotech 2,304 33,723 2,318 34,916 2,368 35,873 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 479 495 498 494 498 Logistics 1,618 23,637 1,604 26,254 1,659 28,593 Mining and quarrying of minerals 53 54 51 53 54 Freight logistics 1,315 19,124 1,312 22,037 1,376 24,400 Manufacturing industry 2,149 2,144 2,142 2,200 2,188 Passenger logistics 303 4,513 292 4,217 283 4,193 Energy supply 1,195 1,482 1,730 1,873 1,988 Media & Creativity 3,831 26,008 3,954 26,118 4,160 27,798 Water supply, sewage and waste disposal, environmental clean-up 344 315 298 314 334 Information and communications technology 788 9,251 858 8,932 929 9,909 Construction 3,699 3,753 3,791 4,020 3,921 Printing and publishing 550 2,934 536 2,783 531 2,704 Sale, servicing and repair of motor vehicles 16,393 16,357 16,145 15,916 15,600 Broadcasting and film 252 3,780 249 3,720 243 3,708 Transport and storage 2,603 2,603 2,560 2,531 2,447 Arts and music 693 2,977 680 3,112 724 3,184 Hospitality 3,869 3,998 4,127 4,262 4,138 Advertising and PR 595 1,598 609 1,685 621 1,537 Information and communication 2,910 3,005 3,176 3,365 3,478 Architecture and design 358 459 389 499 427 517 // Statistics // Statistics Finance and insurance 4,393 4,403 4,402 4,325 4,165 Trade shows and services 595 5,009 633 5,388 686 6,239 Real estate and housing 3,010 3,030 3,022 3,026 3,077 Businesses and single-location businesses with employees subject to social security two years prior to the year under review and single-location businesses with no employees but with taxable revenue from products and services two years prior to the year under review in Sections B–N and P–S of WZ 2008. Freelance, scientific, technical and other economic services 11,027 11,291 11,633 11,842 12,080 Sources: Leipzig Office for Statistics and Elections, City Treasurer’s Office. Calculations by the Office for Economic Development Other scientific services 9,210 9,573 9,776 9,954 9,862 Education and teaching 627 702 768 787 825 Manufacturing industry Healthcare and social services 897 929 967 984 1,018 Unit 2010 2011 2012 2013 Arts, entertainment and recreation 1,428 1,506 1,571 1,627 1,691 Businesses1 Qty. 65 66 70 68 Other service activities 2,865 2,880 2,982 2,984 3,102 Employees2 Qty. 12,578 13,353 14,397 15,068 Private households as employers 10 7 6 6 – Total turnover €’000 6,096,872 6,624,742 6,207,061 6,365,712 Source: Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 2013 3 1 No. of companies at the end of the year. Data recalculated to reflect boundary changes. Export share % 57.1 57.9 57.7 X Source: Saxon Department of Statistics. 1 Firms with 50+ employees. 2 Annual average. 3 Turnover abroad from own products as a percentage of total turnover from own products. X denotes unknown or unpublished figures

No. of businesses in Leipzig Chamber of Small Industries and Skilled Trades Manufacturing industry by workforce 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2010 2011 2012 2013 No. of firms in the City of Leipzig 4,995 5,107 5,170 5,283 5,256 Total businesses1 151 157 160 164 No. of firms in the District of Greater Leipzig 3,864 3,924 3,963 3,961 3,936 Of which: No. of firms in the District of North Saxony 2,955 3,001 3,056 3,052 3,025 Under 50 employees 86 87 89 96 Total no. of firms 11,824 12,032 12,189 12,296 12,217 50–99 employees 34 37 38 33 100–249 employees 20 21 21 21 Segments: 250–499 employees 7 8 7 10 Construction and finishing 3,703 3,774 3,783 3,814 3,704 500+ employees 4 4 5 4 Electrical/metalworking 3,763 3,747 3,759 3,725 3,659 Source: Saxon Department of Statistics. 1 Firms with 20+ employees Wood and wood products 1,071 1,114 1,139 1,158 1,128 Clothing/textiles 502 530 580 601 635 Production of motor vehicles and components Food 377 372 365 359 347 2010 2011 2012 2013 Health/cleaning 1,933 2,017 2,072 2,118 2,180 Businesses1 13 11 10 11 Glass/paper/ceramics 475 478 491 521 564 Employees 4,275 4,381 4,987 X Source: Leipzig Chamber of Small Industries and Skilled Trades Turnover (€’000) 5,118,700 5,309,298 4,781,126 X Source: Saxon Department of Statistics. 1 Firms with 20+ employees. X denotes unknown or unpublished figures

94 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 95 BIO CITY LEIPZIG Leipzig – centre of medicine Farms by number of employees BIO CITY BioCube Total Total hospitals 2011 2012 2010 2011 2012 2013 LEIPZIG No. of hospitals 8 7 No. of farms Area (ha) No. of farms Area (ha) No. of farms Area (ha) No. of farms Area (ha) Biotech companies 31 4 35 Beds 4,111 4,092 Enterprises with agricultural land Service providers 7 7 Per 1,000 inhabitants 8.1 8 Total 51 9,731 51 9,772 41 9,483 52 9,586 Universität Leipzig chairs 6 6 Discharged patients 153,738 155,010 Under 10 ha 24 80 18 64 16 70 X X Employees Per 1,000 inhabitants 301 302 10 to < 100 ha 15 507 22 785 15 620 X X In private companies 394 144 538 Occupation (%) 81.7 81.7 100 to < 200 ha 4 504 3 383 2 X X X In the university sector 100 100 Average length of stay in days per patient 8 7.9 200 to < 1,000 ha 4 1,373 5 2,332 5 X X X Source: BIO CITY LEIPZIG. Figures pertain to August 2013 Doctors 1,632 1,778 Over 1,000 ha 4 7,268 3 6,209 3 6,092 X X Non-medical staff 7,363 7,462 Source: Saxon Department of Statistics. X denotes unknown or unpublished figures Of whom: Home carers 3,203 3,239 Sources: Saxon Department of Statistics, Leipzig Office for Statistics and Elections Trade shows and conventions 2010 2011 2012 2013 Trade shows and exhibitions 29 36 33 37 Energy & Environment Conventions 108 93 111 94 Selected companies Employees 2013 Turnover 2013 Exhibitors 9,939 11,536 9,602 11,570 Bau- und Service Leipzig GmbH 125 €14.9m Total visitors (all events) 1,298,640 1,048,513 1,179,666 1,187,131 European Energy Exchange – EEX 161 €62.2m Gross exhibition space in sq m 101,200 111,300 111,300 111,300 Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ 1,100 €90.0m1 Outdoor exhibition space in sq m 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 KWL – Kommunale Wasserwerke Leipzig 519 €137.2m Turnover in €m 71.7 68.9 72.3 88.1 Sachsen Wasser GmbH 19 €3.7m Source: Leipziger Messe GmbH Stadtwerke Leipzig 695 €3.2263bn VNG Group 1,378 €9.892bn Hospitality sector in 2012 1 Grants and external funding Hospitality (total businesses) Businesses in 2013 Employees in 2013 Turnover in 2011 Sources: Information supplied by the companies Of wich: 2,488 7,929 €310,822,000 Planning permission and building completions Accommodation 179 X X 2010 2011 2012 2013 Cafés, bars and restaurants 2,309 X X

Total buildings (planning permission) 864 1,030 920 901 Sources: Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Saxon Department of Statistics. X denotes unknown or unpublished figures Total buildings (completions) 672 815 696 1,068 // Statistics // Statistics Source: Saxon Department of Statistics Tourism – bed capacity and occupancy Total hotels and accommodation businesses 2010 2011 2012 2013 Construction industry Total businesses 105 108 109 117 Unit 2010 2011 2012 2013 Open businesses 105 106 107 116 Businesses at the end of June Qty. 447 453 456 462 Total beds 12,692 13,339 13,468 14,659 Employees at the end of June People 5,027 5,176 4,906 4,721 Bed available 12,521 13,065 13,375 14,525 Gross total wages in June €’000 11,284 11,786 11,109 10,403 Average occupancy of bed available (%) 44.7% 45.3% 49.0% 50.7% Hours worked in June ’000 hours 551 556 523 486 Source: Saxon Department of Statistics. Figures pertain to 31 July of each year Total turnover in June €’000 45,701 49,856 48,590 47,968 Per employee € 9,091 9,632 9,904 10,161 Total annual turnover €’000 575,178 529,505 605,735 596,437 Arrivals and overnight stays Per employee € 114,418 102,300 123,468 126,337 Source: Saxon Department of Statistics 2010 2011 2012 2013 Arrivals 1,121,257 1,194,541 1,347,820 1,453,422 Finishing trade Overnight stays 2,023,400 2,135,782 2,482,541 2,697,871 Average stay in days 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 Unit 2010 2011 2012 2013 Source: Saxon Department of Statistics Businesses at the end of Q2 Qty. 135 137 144 147 Employees at the end of Q2 People 3,454 3,490 3,581 3,571 Trade and commerce in 2013 Gross total wages in Q2 €’000 21,137 21,643 22,682 23,671 Hours worked in Q2 ’000 hours 1,142 1,164 1,167 1,176 Businesses in 2013 Employees in 2013 Turnover in 2011 Turnover in Q2 €’000 75,444 81,877 90,810 87,488 Trade and commerce (total) 8,341 28,377 €2,931,285,000 € Annual turnover ’000 315,984 328,892 376,874 368,176 Of which: Retail 5,195 X X Source: Saxon Department of Statistics. Figures pertain to 30 June of each year Sources: Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Saxon Department of Statistics

96 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 97 Banking and insurance in 2012 Tax revenue of the City of Leipzig (€m) Businesses in 2013 Employees in 2013 Total turnover in 2011 Tax type 2010 2011 2012 2013 Property tax A 0.24 0.25 0.24 0.24 Financial and insurance services (total)1 2,308 7,792 €115,174,000 Property tax B 66.78 88.82 88.20 90.41 Of which: Financial services2 254 X X Gross trade tax 176.22 189.55 191.10 222.80 Insurance, reinsurance and pension funds3 44 X X Local authority share of income tax revenue 80.48 91.45 97.75 110.31 Brokerage of financial services/investment consultants 204 X X Local authority share of VAT 29.60 31.27 90.93 31.29 Entertainment tax 1.60 0.81 1.60 1.00 Insurance brokers/agents 1,505 X X Dog tax 1.39 1.42 1.60 1.50 1 Includes performance of financial services, insurance, reinsurance and pension funds as well as activities related to financial and insurance services (e. g. insurance agents and investment consultants); figures include branches. 2 Apart from banks, this category includes other financial institutions (e. g. leasing companies), investment companies and pawnshops; figures exclude branches. Second-home tax 0.49 0.35 0.40 0.40 3 Many insurance companies own general and specialized life and health insurance subsidiaries (e. g. Allianz Versicherungs AG and Allianz Lebensversicherungs AG, Debeka Lebensversicherung and Debeka Krankenversicherung), Tax revenue (gross) 356.79 403.92 411.83 457.94 which are counted separately. Figures exclude branches.

Sources: Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Saxon Department of Statistics. X denotes unknown or unpublished figures Trade tax levy -14.70 -11.21 -15.00 -16.61 Total tax revenue (net) 342,10 392.71 396.83 441,33 Double-entry accounting; income adjusted by expenses for remissions and waivers Sources: Leipzig Office for Statistics and Elections, Leipzig City Treasurer’s Office 5. Finance Level of debt, borrowing and debt servicing Gross domestic product and gross value added in €m unless otherwise stated Unit 2011 2012 2013 Stadt Leipzig Level of debt at the end of the year €’000 732,937 729,848 695,147 Debt per capita € 1,395 1,4011 1,3191 2010 2011 2012 Borrowing €’000 182,870 50,000 19,000 GDP 13,773 15,013 15,524 Debt servicing Per head (€) 26,560 28,537 28,964 Repayment €’000 165,793 52,970 53,700 Per person in work (€) 46,224 49,705 50,155 Interest €’000 20,034 16,800 14,800 1 Based on the 2011 census GVA at manufacturing prices 12,338 13,431 13,896 Source: Leipzig City Treasurer’s Office Of which: Agriculture, forestry and fishing 7 7 10 Tax assessment rates in Leipzig Manufacturing industry 2,382 2,624 2,594 2010 2011 2012 2013 Of which: Property tax A 350% 350% 350% 350%

// Statistics Property tax A 500% 650% 650% 650% // Statistics Processing industry 1,246 1,494 1,505 Trade tax 460% 460% 460% 460% Construction 669 700 692 Sources: Leipzig City Treasurer’s Office, Leipzig Office for Statistics and Elections Service sector 9,949 10,800 11,292 Of which: Commerce, transportation and warehousing, hospitality, information and communication 2,536 3,053 3,178 6. Public procurement by the City of Leipzig in 2013

Finance, insurance and business services, real estate activities 3,451 3,697 3,916 Works and service contracts awarded by contractor’s location Public and other service providers, education and health, private households with Amount No. of contracts employed persons 3,962 4,050 4,198 € % % Sources: ‘Accounting Statistics of the Länder’ working party on behalf of the departments of statistics of the 16 Länder, the Federal Statistical Office and the Civic Office for Statistics and Elections (2014), gross domestic product, Leipzig region 26,659,200 68.4 148 70.8 gross value added in all the districts and independent cities in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1992/94–2012, Series 2, Volume 1, Frankfurt am Main Rest of Germany 12,320,900 31.6 61 29.2 Total 38,980,100 100.0 209 100.00 VAT registered entrepreneurs and their trade receivables Source: City of Leipzig 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Enterprises liable to VAT 17,741 17,616 17,883 18,359 18,902 Building contracts awarded by contractor’s location € Taxable transactions, total ( ’000) 24,737,925 19,241,923 17,651,740 18,210,760 19,981,062 Amount No. of contracts Of which: € % % On trade receivables (€’000) 24,441,471 18,877,123 17,115,910 17,785,160 19,576,446 Saxony 61,104 81 564 81 VAT before deduction of input tax (€’000) 5,300,499 4,957,882 6,777,753 7,952,034 X Leipzig region 44,398 59 445 64 Deductible input tax (€’000) 5,209,402 4,495,879 6,061,319 7,301,036 X City of Leipzig 17,875 24 205 29 Advance VAT payments (€’000) 90,426 461,865 716,473 651,016 X Rest of Germany 14,648 19 131 19 Sources: Saxon Department of Statistics. X denotes unknown or unpublished figures Total 75,752 100 695 100 Source: City of Leipzig Income 2010 2011 2012 2013 Average monthly net income per head (€) 992 998 1,014 X Total purchasing power (€m) 8,167 8,551 8,835 9,265 Sources: Leipzig Office for Statistics and Elections, Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and Industry, GfK Nuremberg. X denotes unknown or unpublished figures

98 // Leipzig Means Business 2014 Leipzig Means Business 2014 // 99 7. Major investments in Leipzig

Expansion of Porsche’s Leipzig plant Expansion of the Intercity-Express repair shop Redevelopment of Stadtbad swimming baths Modernization of gymnasium at Brüderstrasse 15 (central Leipzig)

Project: Project: Project: / Modernization of sports hall including redevelopment and expansion / Relocation of body shop and paint shop for the Panamera to Leipzig / Extension for a third track / Complete redevelopment of the swimming baths Investment: €6.47m / As a result, the Panamera will be built entirely in Leipzig / Installation of a bogie drop pit / Usable floor space: 4,700 sqm Implementation: Construction began in August 2014, end of December 2015 / Extension adjacent to the recently opened Macan plant / Repair of third turnout track / Roof refurbishment to improve energy efficiency began in 2010 / Expansion will provide for some new jobs / Redevelopment (approx. €2m) (€2.25m with funding from Economic Stimulus Package II and Leipzig City Council) Construction of a new grammar school in north-east Leipzig Investment: Approx. €500m Investment: Approx. €11m / Restoration of tower (€185,000) Implementation: Work started in February 2014, completion in late 2016 Implementation: 2011–2016/17 (possibly earlier) / Swimming baths and saunas to reopen in 2016 / Complete refurbishment of school buildings at Gorkistrasse 15 and 25 Investment: Approx. €25m Investment: €16.8m Implementation: Completion in 2016 New campus for Universität Leipzig in city centre Construction projects by LVB public transport operator Implementation: Construction began in July 2014, completion in August 2016

Redevelopment of depot in Heiterblick Extension of the Karl Heine Canal Project: Käthe Kollwitz School for the Speech Impaired / Construction of city-centre university complex to celebrate including construction of new repair shop Universität Leipzig’s 600th anniversary on 2 December 2009 Project: / Complete refurbishment and reuse of school at / Construction in 5 phases Project: / Construction of the 655m extension and connection of the Karl-Vogel-Strasse 17/19 including gymnasium Investment: Approx. €250m (total) / Redevelopment of depot in Heiterblick including construction of Karl Heine Canal to Lindenau Harbour (from July 2013) Investment: €12.92m Implementation: July 2006 until late 2014 (Paulinum to open in December 2014) new repair shop on an area of 165,000 sqm / Also utility pipes, hydraulic engineering and bridge construction Implementation: Construction began in August 2014, completion in August 2016 / Phase 2 (construction of new repair shop, as well as landscaping and planting Redevelopment of Jahnallee Campus parking shed and outdoor facilities): about €47m / Development of Lindenau Harbour / Several departments to be relocated here / Housing, retail outlets, restaurants and leisure amenities Refurbishment of Ratzelstrasse Secondary School (south-west Leipzig) Investment: About €100m to be built on a total area of 20,000 sqm by 2015 Project: Implementation: Building work started in November 2011, Investment: €18.1m in total, including €3.66m for the extension of Karl Heine Canal / Complex refurbishment of former secondary school / Refurbishment of existing buildings for the Faculty of Education completion scheduled for 2017 Implementation: Work began in September 2012 (canal), Investment: About €11m / Construction of the BZW Education Centre site construction to start in 2014, completion by 2016 Implementation: Completion in August 2017 / Project named ‘Saxony Education Campus’ / Construction of a new lecture hall seating 350 and new seminar rooms Modernization of Dölitz tram depot Investment: €48.6m Construction of LWB head office Construction of a grammar school in central Leipzig (Telemannstrasse) Implementation: 2015 (buildings on junction between Jahnallee and Project: Marschnerstrasse); 2017 (BZW and lecture Hall); 2019 (tower in House 1) / Part of the new Angerbrücke–Dölitz–Heiterblick triangle Project: / Construction of a grammar school with five classes in each year / Construction of a multifunctional washing and maintenance shed equipped / Construction of LWB head office and three-court gymnasium € Central Research Building for the Faculty of Medicine with roof platforms, cranes and hoists, and a double gantry wash / LWB’s site at Wintergarten Tower to have a floor space of 7,300 sqm Investment: 25.76m / Jugendstil concrete hall to be used for the parking and maintenance of 15 buses / Two other buildings to be erected containing 80 apartments in total Implementation: Preliminary work from October 2014, / After completion: Maintenance of 70 trams and 15 buses and an underground car park construction starts in March 2015, completion in June 2017 Location: Liebigstrasse 21 Investment: About €32m Investment: €19.1m (head office and underground car park) / Conversion of the current skin clinic into a Central Research Building Implementation: Construction started in November 2013, Implementation: Head office since end of 2013, homes from 2015 for the Faculty of Medicine Construction of a new sports school in central Leipzig (Max-Planck-Strasse) completion scheduled for summer 2016 Completion: Autumn 2015 (office building) / Various research laboratories, lecture hall, training and treatment rooms, and data // Statistics centre to be built with a total area of 13,200 sqm / Erection of a sports school with 4 classes per year and a three-court gymnasium // Statistics Investment: Approx. €77m (total) Construction of a soccer training centre for RB Leipzig Projects by KWL water utility Investment: €19.1m Implementation: Completion of Phase 2 by late 2014 Implementation: Completion in 2018 Project: Project: Redevelopment of the Congress Hall at Leipzig Zoo / Total area: 92,000 sqm / Aim: Modernization of mains networks as well as sewage and water works Construction of a preschool centre in south Leipzig for 165 children / Phase 1: Four football pitches / 350 individual schemes / Phase 2: Two additional pitches by 2013, training building, admin block / Including sewerage network (€16.4m), drinking water network (€6.7m), Project: Location: Bornaische Strasse 184 and youth academy for 50 residents, all-weather running track with a length of 80m domestic connections (€2.5m), modernization of sewage works (€2.4m) / Refurbishment of north and south wings, Richard Wagner Auditorium, Investment: €3.38m and four lanes, and construction of a training hill with a gradient of 1:10 and water networks (€2.4m) Grand Hall and White Hall Implementation: Construction began in February 2014, completion in December 2014 / Construction of a gymnasium (800 sqm) Investment: €32.6m / Construction of new zoo restaurant Investment: Approx. €35m Implementation: 2014, completion in June 2014 (Lützner Strasse), Investment:€17.7m Construction of a preschool centre in central Leipzig for 165 children Implementation: 2011 until summer 2015 September 2014 (Wurzner Strasse), end of 2015 (Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse), 2019 Implementation: Completion in 2015 (Canitz and Thallwitz waterworks) Location: Gohliser Strasse 5 Construction of Forum Thomanum Extension to IZI Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology Investment: €3.39m City of Leipzig projects Implementation: Construction began in February 2014, completion in December 2014 Project: Project: / Construction of a campus for St Thomas’s School as an international centre of Construction of Primary School No. 3 in south Leipzig / Second extension of IZI Expansion of two preschool centres (modular system) education and culture / Floor space of approx. 3,205 sqm for laboratories and analysis rooms / A 2,600 sqm plot with a fin-de-siècle villa has already been purchased on which / Construction of primary school with integrated three-court gymnasium as well as another cleanroom facility rehearsal rooms for St Thomas’s Boys Choir as well as a new preschool centre and Investment: Approx. €16.7m / Tarostrasse 17/19: March–September 2014 Investment: Approx. €22m primary school have been built (redevelopment: about €1.8m) since January 2006; Implementation: Work began in September 2012, completion in October 2014 / Grünauer Allee 18: April–October 2014 Implementation: Building work started in 2013, scheduled to open in March 2015 the campus is to include other buildings such as Martin Luther Church, St Thomas’s Church and a dormitory (€11.4m) New school gymnasium in north Leipzig Construction of fire brigade station Construction of an InterCity depot for Deutsche Bahn Investment: Approx. €30m Implementation: Until 2013; construction of new primary school 2013–15 / Construction of a two-court sports hall at School no. 68 / Construction of a new fire station with regional coordination centre Project: Investment: €3.22m including training yard with pump control panel, height rescue training, / Construction of a new InterCity depot in Leipzig Redevelopment of Peterssteinweg/Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse Implementation: Construction began in December 2012, completion in August 2014 practice area for accidents involving trams or trains / 50 new jobs / Total area: 48,500 sqm / Maintenance of future double-decker InterCity fleet Project: Investment: Approx. €22m Investment: Approx. €12m Construction of Primary School No. 2 in south Leipzig / Extensive modernization work on Peterssteinweg Implementation: Work began in March 2013, completion of phase 1 in late 2014; Implementation: Completion in 2014 on grounds of Erich Zeigner School and Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse from 2013 project completion 2017 / Works include roads, pavements and cycle tracks as well as tracks / Modernization and repair of building section on Weissenfelser Strasse for the no. 10 and no. 11 tram and water mains Construction of fire station in north-east Leipzig for primary school with two classes per year / New Münzplatz and Hohe Strasse tram stops to be made fully accessible Investment: €3.22m Investment: €16.5m Implementation: Construction began in September 2013, completion in October 2014 Location: Torgauer Strasse 310 Implementation: Preparatory work in 2013, construction began in January 2014, Investment: €3.53m completion in late 2015 Implementation: Building work began in February 2013, completion in October 2014

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City of Leipzig City of Leipzig City of Leipzig Museum of City History Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH HTWK University of Applied Sciences Department of Economic Affairs and Employment Tax Office II Property Office Dr Volker Rodekamp (Director) Volker Bremer (CEO) Prof. Gesine Grande (Rector) Uwe Albrecht (Deputy Mayor) Dethart von Normann (Director) Gudrun Unverferth (acting Head) Böttchergässchen 3, 04109 Leipzig Augustusplatz 9, 04109 Leipzig Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 132, 04277 Leipzig Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig Erich-Weinert-Str. 20, 04105 Leipzig Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 965130 Tel: +49 (0)341 710 4260/4265 Tel: +49 (0)341 30760 Tel: +49 (0)341 123 5600 Tel: +49 (0)341 5590 Tel: +49 (0)341 123 3359 www.leipzig.de/stadtmuseum www.ltm-leipzig.de www.htwk-leipzig.de www.finanzamt-leipzig-ii.de City of Leipzig LGH Leipziger Gewerbehof GmbH & Co. KG INTERNATIONAL LEIPZIG EDUCATION AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management Office for Economic Development BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (business parks, commercial estates) Prof. Andreas Pinkwart (Dean) Dr Michael Schimansky (Head) Mommsenstr. 6, 04329 Leipzig City of Leipzig City of Leipzig Jahnallee 59, 04109 Leipzig Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig City of Leipzig Personally liable partner: European and International Relations Department of Youth, Social Welfare Health and Tel: +49 (0)341 985160 Tel: +49 (0)341 123 5810 Office for Economic Development LGH Service GmbH Cooperation Office Education Dr Michael Schimansky (Head) Registered office: Leipzig Dr Gabriele Goldfuss (Head) Prof. Thomas Fabian (Deputy Mayor) BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT AUTOMOTIVE & SUPPLIERS Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig Matthias Jähnig (CEO) 04092 Leipzig Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 123 5810 Tel: +49 (0)341 259 7700 Tel: +49 (0)341 123 2032 Tel: +49 (0)341 123 4300 City of Leipzig City of Leipzig www.lgh-leipzig.de Office for Employment Policy Office for Economic Development City of Leipzig Leipzig International School City of Leipzig Dr Heike von der Bruck (Head) Wennemar de Weldige-Cremer (acting Unit Head) Office for Urban Regeneration and LEVG mbH & Co. Grundstücks KG Roel Scheepens (Head) Office for Youth Services, the Family and Education Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig Residential Development Reinhard Wölpert (CEO) Könneritzstr. 47, 04229 Leipzig Dr Nicolas Tsapos (Head) Tel: +49 (0)341 123 5870 Tel: +49 (0)341 123 5848 Karsten Gerkens (Head) Deutscher Platz 4, 04103 Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 421 0574 Naumburger Str. 26, 04229 Leipzig Prager Str. 118–136, House C, 04317 Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 226000 www.intschool-leipzig.com Tel: +49 (0)341 123 4640 IHK – Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and Industry ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT Tel: +49 (0)341 123 5410 www.alte-messe-leipzig.de Wolfgang Topf (President) www.leipzig.de/stadtneuerung Anton Philipp Reclam School ‘Lernen vor Ort’ – local learning Dr Thomas Hofmann (Managing Director) City of Leipzig HEALTHCARE, BIOTECHNOLOGY, Dr Petra Seipel (Head) Cornelia Klöter (Team Head) Goerdeler Ring 5, 04109 Leipzig Office for Economic Development City of Leipzig MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCE Tarostr. 4–6, 04103 Leipzig Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 12670 Location Development/Marketing Office for Building Regulations and Listed Buildings Tel: +49 (0)341 224 5790 Tel: +49 (0)341 123 4771 www.leipzig.ihk.de Thomas Lingk (Unit Head) Department of Heritage Conservation BIO CITY LEIPZIG www.reclamgymnasium.de www.leipzig.de/lernen-vor-ort Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig Dr Norbert Baron (Head) BIO-NET LEIPZIG Handwerkskammer – Tel: +49 (0)341 123 5859 Prager Str. 118–136, House C, 04317 Leipzig Technologietransfergesellschaft mbH MEDIA AND CREATIVITY Family Information Centre Chamber of Small Industries and Skilled Trades Tel: +49 (0)341 123 5101 André Hofmann (CEO) Dr Cornelia Pauschek, Leiterin Ralf Scheler (President) Stadtwerke Leipzig GmbH (multi-utility) Deutscher Platz 5, 04103 Leipzig City of Leipzig Burgplatz 1, 04109 Leipzig Dresdner Str. 11/13, 04103 Leipzig Raimund Otto (CEO) ugb business start-up centre/Office Tel: +49 (0)341 212 0717 Office for Economic Development Tel: +49 (0)341 123 2598 Tel: +49 (0)341 21880 Adam Stanyer (CEO) for Economic Development www.bio-city-leipzig.de Trade Shows, Media, Logistics, Healthcare www.leipzig.de/fib www.hwk-leipzig.de Eutritzscher Str. 17–19, 04105 Leipzig Andrea Auf der Masch, Kathrin Schwertfeger Brigitte Brück (Unit Head) Tel: +49 (0)341 121 3333 Karl-Heine-Str. 99, 04229 Leipzig City of Leipzig Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig SPORT Saxon Employers’ Association www.swl.de Tel: +49 (0)341 491 2100 Office for Economic Development Tel: +49 (0)341 123 5841 Hartmut Bunsen (President) www.ugb-leipzig.de Trade Shows, Media, Logistics, Healthcare City of Leipzig Riesaer Str. 72–74, 04328 Leipzig // Contact // Contact UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Brigitte Brück (Unit Head) mdr (Central German Broadcasting) Department of Environment, Regulation and Sport Tel: +49 (0)341 257 9120 Environmental Research GmbH ugb business start-up centre/Sparkasse Leipzig Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig Dr Karola Wille (Director General) Heiko Rosenthal (Deputy Mayor) www.uv-sachsen.org Prof. Georg Teutsch (Scientific Director) Jörg Proschwitz Tel: +49 (0)341 123 5841 Kantstr. 71–73, 04275 Leipzig Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig Humboldtstrasse 18, 04105 Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 300 6201 Tel: +49 (0)341 123 3500 BVMW – German Association of Tel: +49 (0)341 235 2242 Tel: +49 (0)341 986 3710 City of Leipzig www.mdr.de Medium-Sized Businesses www.ufz.de www.ugb-leipzig.de Health Office Leipzig Sports Federation Alexander Lohse (Regional Head) Dr Regine Krause-Döring (Head) LOGISTICS Michael Mamzed (Secretary) Giesserstrasse 18, 04229 Leipzig City of Leipzig City of Leipzig Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 19a, 04109 Leipzig Goyastr. 2d, 04105 Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 215 8480 Waste Management Service Organization Office for Urban Regeneration and Residential Tel: +49 (0)341 123 6800 City of Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 980 9640 www.bvmw.de Dr Frank Richter (Director) Development Office for Economic Development www.ssb-leipzig.de Geitheiner Str. 60, 04328 Leipzig ERDF: West Leipzig LARGE-SCALE INVESTMENT Brigitte Brück (Unit Head) Gemeinsam für Leipzig e. V. Tel: +49 (0)341 657 1271 Norbert Raschke Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig LAND, URBAN DEVELOPMENT Dr Mathias Reuschel (President) www.stadtreinigung-leipzig.de Prager Str. 118–136, House C, 04317 Leipzig City of Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 123 5841 Waldstrasse 52/54, 04105 Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 123 5512 Department of Economic Affairs and Employment City of Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 230 5292 KWL GmbH (waterworks) www.leipziger-westen.de Uwe Albrecht (Deputy Mayor) Leipzig-Halle Airport Property Office www.gemeinsam-fuer-leipzig.de Michael Theis (CEO) Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig Markus Kopp (Chairman) Gudrun Unverferth (acting Head) Dr Ulrich Meyer (CEO) City of Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 123 5600 Dirk Näther (CEO) Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig Junior Chamber Leipzig Johannisgasse 7/9, 04103 Leipzig Office for Urban Regeneration and P.O.B. 1, 04029 Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 123 3359 Thomas Kleinwächter (District Spokesperson 2014) Tel: +49 (0)341 9690 Residential Development City of Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 224 1159 Leipzig Chamber of Industry and Commerce www.wasser-leipzig.de ERDF: Social City – East Leipzig Department for Urban Development and Construction www.leipzig-halle-airport.de City of Leipzig Goerdelerring 5, 04109 Leipzig Petra Hochtritt Dorothee Dubrau (Deputy Mayor) City Planning Office Tel: +49 (0)341 1267 1107 VNG AG (natural gas) Prager Str. 118–136, House C, 04317 Leipzig Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig LVB (local transport operator) Jochem Lunebach (Head) www.wj-leipzig.de Dr Karsten Heuchert (Chairman) Tel: +49 (0)341 123 5454 Tel: +49 (0)341 123 4800 Ronald Juhrs (CEO Equipment and Operations) Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig Braunstr. 7, 04347 Leipzig www.leipziger-osten.de Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 12 Tel: +49 (0)341 123 4829 Leipzig Employment Agency Tel: +49 (0)341 4430 ARTS AND LEISURE 04107 Leipzig Elke Griese (Chair) www.vng.de Aufbauwerk Region Leipzig GmbH Tel: +49 (0)341 4920 LESG mbH (development of building land) Georg-Schumann-Str. 150 Silvana Rückert (CEO) City of Leipzig www.lvb.de Ralf-Dieter Claus (Commercial Manager) 04159 Leipzig FINANCE Otto-Schill-Str. 1, 04109 Leipzig Department of Culture and Arts Salomonstr. 21, 04103 Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 9130 Tel: +49 (0)341 140 7790 Michael Faber (Deputy Mayor) City of Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 992 7750 www.arbeitsagentur.de City of Leipzig www.aufbauwerk-leipzig.com Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig Transport and Civil Engineering Office www.lesg.de Tax Office I Tel: +49 (0)341 123 4200 Michael Jana (acting Head) Jobcenter Leipzig Udo Stiwi (Director) BUSINESS PARKS, COMMERCIAL ESTATES Prager Str. 118–136, House C, 04317 Leipzig HIGHER EDUCATION, RESEARCH Dr Simone Simon (CEO) Wilhelm-Liebknecht-Platz 3–4, 04105 Leipzig City of Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 123 7641 Georg-Schumann-Str. 150, 04159 Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 5590 City of Leipzig Office for Cultural Affairs Universität Leipzig Tel: +49 (0)341 9131 0705 www.finanzamt-leipzig-i.de Office for Economic Development Susanne Kucharski-Huniat (Head) Leipziger Messe GmbH – Leipzig Trade Fair Prof. Beate Schücking (Rector) www.leipzig.de/arge Location Development/Marketing Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig Martin Buhl-Wagner (President and CEO) Ritterstr. 26, 04109 Leipzig Thomas Lingk (Unit Head) Tel: +49 (0)341 123 4280 Markus Geisenberger (Managing Director) Tel: +49 (0)341 973 0000 Neues Rathaus, 04092 Leipzig Messeallee 1, 04356 Leipzig www.uni-leipzig.de Tel: +49 (0)341 123 5859 Tel: +49 (0)341 6780 www.leipziger-messe.de

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