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BASF

BASF Schwarzheide GmbH

Contact Ms. Silke Pradel

Telephone +49 35752 6-2675

E-Mail silke.pradel@.com

Homepage www.basf-schwarzheide.de

. third largest European production site of the BASF-Group

. modern infrastructure; very advantageous basic conditions for investors from the chemical and plastics industry

. high level of land development; immediate utilization of real estate possible by the ”Ready-to-use” -concept.

. central position between Berlin and ; hub between Western and Eastern Europe; excellent logistic-services

. professional and customer-focused support by local experts of BASF and guaranteed sustainability by a network from industrial companies, service provider and research institutions

Apr. 2012 IPG mbH Basic data BASF Schwarzheide GmbH Total area 290 ha Disposable area ca. 100 ha (just to rent) Largest parcel ca. 20 ha Possible start of construction straightaway Building law FNP (land use plan), BLP (municipal town planning scheme) Category GI (industrial area) Media electricity, natural gas, steam (3.5 and 24 bar), drinking water, industrial water, cooling water, demineralized water, nitrogen, compressed air, technical gases, communication network, sewage Brownfields inexistent Relief / Building area flat area / good building ground Characteristic concept "Ready to use" – short implementation time assured registered office of the ‘Innovationszentrum Biopolymere Lausitz’ (innovation center biopolymer Lausitz) Requirements inexistent Further location factors Local trade tax multiplier 319 % Subsidies from GRW* up to 40 % (depending on size of enterprise) Regional growth core Westlausitz Location with sector focus yes Industrial sector chemistry / synthetic material, logistics Transport connection Road: Highways L55 – transport connection to / and Federal highways B169 Senftenberg, , Elsterwerda – two-lane highway, in sections three-lane highway BAB 13, exit 16 Schwarzheide (500 m to BASF) Rail: Railway siding possible yes Existing railway sidings BASF Schwarzheide GmbH Connection railway station Ruhland (3 km), public transport: extra stop in Schwarzheide-Ost (3 km) CT terminal: on factory premises of STR Schwarzheide GmbH, public CT-terminal Nearest port: Dresden ca. 55 km; Muehlberg (Elbe) ca. 55 km, ca. 65 km Nearest airport: Dresden (ca. 50 km), Berlin-Brandenburg (ca. 120 km) Public transport: Bus 610 Ruhland-Schwarzheide-Annahütte-Großräschen, Bus 611 Schwarzheide-Ruhland--Sella / Hosena Bus 627 -Schipkau-Senftenberg (all with a bus stop BASF) Important distances Dresden 40 km City limit of Berlin 130 km Hamburg/Bremerhaven ca. 440 km / 540 km Rostock/Sassnitz (Mukran) ca. 360 km / 450 km Local services: Petrol station Shell (1 km) and Total (1.5 km); others in proximity Services Facility Management, Degussa bank, company medical officer, plant fire brigade SGS Schwarzheide Catering and Service GmbH, BASF IT Services, Pronova BKK, SEWOGE (service and building company GmbH), prototype manufacturing, building, maintenance and support service for constructions, IKR commercial cleaning for industrial buildings Logistics services STR Schwarzheide GmbH with CT-terminal, cleaning station for tanks, repairing services for container Talke logistics center including a storage of dangerous materials at the area of the BASF, services of storage and filling waste disposal, forwarding agency ‘Kläser‘, Waury materials handling equipment, Pneuhage tire service organization, DHL, renting of truck-mounted cranes and construction machines Local infrastructure Kindergarten 4 in Schwarzheide Learning innovative location ‘Seecampus’ in Schwarzheide Living space > 1 km Hospital medical center (Schwarzheide); clinical center Niederlausitz (Lauchhammer 8 km) Shopping Center > 1 km *GRW = ‘Joint Agreement for the Improvement of Regional Economic Structure’

Apr. 2012 IPG mbH