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NRW – INVESTMENT LOCATION NO. 1 IN GERMANY NRW – ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE OF EUROPE STATISTICS 2016 Area 34.112 qkm Population 17,9 Mio. Population density 524 qkm GDP 670,0 Mrd. € GDP per capita* 36.509 € Gainfully employed 9,3 Mio. Private consumption* 379,0 Mrd. € Exports 180,0 Mrd. € Imports 207,0 Mrd. € FDI** 181,0 Mrd. € ** End 2015, *2015 INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND OF GERMANY Sales 2016 (in Mrd. €) Mechanical Engineering 45,5 Chemicals 42,3 Food Beverages 38,8 Metal production and processing 35 Automotive 33,6 Metal products 31,8 Electrical engineering, electronics 28,6 Rubber, plastics 15,6 Coking, oil processing 7,5 Nr. 30 a GERMANYS GDP 2016 IN TOTAL: 3.133 MRD. EURO North Rhine-Westphalia 669,7 Bavaria 568,0 Baden-Württemberg 476,8 Hesse 269,4 Lower Saxonia 264,1 Rhineland Palatinate 139,5 Berlin 129,5 Saxony 118,5 Hamburg 110,7 Schleswig-Holstein 89,2 Nr. 29 a INVESTMENT LOCATION NO. 1 IN GERMANY Foreign Direct Investment in Germany end of 2015 (in Bn. €) North Rhine 180,9 Westphalia Bavaria 130,2 Hesse 115,2 Baden-Württemberg 84,7 Hamburg 59,2 Berlin 24,2 Lower Saxonia 23,7 Nr. 25 a 387 BILLIONEN OF TRADE VOLUME Important trading partners of NRW 2016 (in bn. €) Netherlands 50,7 China 35,1 France 28,2 Great Britain 22,3 Belgium 22,0 USA 20,1 Italy 19,4 Poland 17,9 Austria 13,8 Spain 13,5 Switzerland 12,6 Czech Rep. 10,7 Import: 207 bn. Euro Japan 8,7 Exporte: 180 bn. Euro Nr. 17 a NETHERLANDS AND USA ARE LEADING INVESTORS Biggest Foreign Investor Countries in NRW (in bn. EUR) 60,9 35,6 12,1 11,8 10,1 8,9 8,6 6,9 5,8 4,3 4,3 2,4 1,4 Nr. 19 a More than 19.000 foreign companies in NRW NRW – BEST LOCATION FOR FOREIGN COMPANIES • 21,8 % of all foreign companies in Germany are located in NRW • Foreign investors offering more than 1 Mio. jobs • Major investors coming from Netherlands,USA, Swiss, Great Britain, France and PR China. Nr. 346 a SELECTED US COMPANIES IN NRW LEADING DIGITAL REGION OF GERMANY ONE OUT OF 5 GERMAN START-UP HAS ITS ORIGN IN NRW • App. 1/3 of IT-sales are generated in NRW • 20 % of all Startups are located in NRW including success stories like auxmoney, trivago oder bitstars. • App. 80.000 students studying information technology and electrical engineering – core competences for the digital economy Nr. 139 a LOGISTICS LOCATION NO. 1 LOGISTICS COMPETENCE 1ST CLASS • 25 % of all Logistics Centers of Germany are located in NRW (e.g. Amazon/ Rheinberg, Esprit/ Mönchengladbach, TK Maxx/Bergheim, Zalando/ Bergheim, UPS Cologne, Herne) • 9 out of 25 of the biggest players operate their HQ in NRW (e.g. Deutsche Post DHL, Rhenus, UPS) • More than 1 million sqm of logistics infrastructure per year under development in NRW Nr. 142 a LOGISTICS COMPANIES (E.G.) LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORK • More than 2.200 km interstates • 4.500 km motorways MÜNSTER OSNABRÜCK AIRPORT • 13.100 km highways PADERBORN LIPPSTADT Gateway Europes AIRPORT RAILWAY NETWORK • Dense railway network app. 6.000 km AIRPORT WEEZE • Turntable for European high speed train network • Germanys biggest container transshipment DORTMUND AIRPORT point at Cologne-Eifeltor DÜSSELDORF AIRPORT WATERWAYS • 3rd biggest passenger airport of • Direct access to North Sea (Rotterdam), Germany Baltic Sea, zum Atlantic, Mediterranian und Black Sea with more than 720 km waterways KÖLN BONN AIRPORT • 226 km of river Rhine flow through NRW • Airfreight center for UPS, FedEx • Biggest Inland-shipping harbour network in Germany with app. 120 harbours • World biggest Inland-shipping harbour at Duisburg with app. 133 Mio tons handling goods EXCELLENT INFRASTRUCTURE – EASY TO REACH GATEWAY EUROPES WITH BEST INFRASTRUCTURE • 2 international airports with intercontinetal connections, 4 additional airports with european links • More than 400 direct routes to the world • Cologne/Bonn is Germanys Airfreight Center- No. 3 Nr. 315 a INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INVESTMENT IN NRW I App. 800 vacant industrial sites for investment and settlement Competitive pricing in comparison to international standards Industrial real estate „PrimeSite Rhine Region“ with 205 ha for big investments Internet - based infrastructure tool GERMAN.SITE for online site research: FREE APP INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INVESTMENT IN NRW II YOUR TOTAL AREA AVAILABILITY • 521.4 acres (more possible) PLUG & PRODUCE • immediately • unique in Western Europe SITE OPPORTUNITIES TECHNICAL/LEGAL RESTRICTIONS SUPPLY LINES • none • the development of supply lines will be realized according to investors individual specifications ELECTRICITY CONNECTION • >>2.400 MWh/d • Electricity supply from the substation at the location DEVELOPMENT • drinking water, industrial water and ground water well • sewage disposal Example: • highpressure natural gas pipeline • broadband internet PRIME.SITE in the Cologne area • INNOVATIVE PROJECTS DEPEND ON INPUT FROM BRIGHT PEOPLE AND PARTNERS… • …WE OFFER INVESTORS AN ABUNDANCE OF JUST THE (B)RIGHT PARTNERS FROM INDUSTRY AND THE R&D-COMMUNITY. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT NETWORK IN NRW BEST PREREQUISITES FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER • 70 universities • 53 speciality R&D sectors at the universities • More than 50 external R&D facilities • More than 60 technology centers • 30 technology transfer facilities Nr. 33 a TOP-LEVEL R&D AND SCIENCE • 14 Fraunhofer Institutes for applied R&D • 12 Max-Planck-Institutes • 11 Institutes of „Leibniz-Gemeinschaft“ • 15 Johannes-Rau-R&D institutes Nr. 359 a MORE THAN 768.000 STUDENTS AT 70 UNIVERSITIES GERMANYS TALENT CENTER NO. 1 • 70 Universities • More than 92.000 foreign students (12,0 % of all students) at NRW-universities • More than 4.000 different courses • More than 107.000 students successfully finishing their university studies. • Elite-Universities: RWTH Aachen and University of Cologne Nr. 38 a SME – BACKBONE OF THE ECONOMY APP. 751.000 SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES (SME) • 99,5 % of all companies in NRW are SME • 79,0 % of all jobs with social insurance contribution are represented by SME • 82,1 % of all training courses are provided by SME Nr. 27 a NRW - WORLDWIDE LEADING TRADE FAIR LOCATION • Düsseldorf, Cologne, Essen and Dortmund • More than 100 international leading trade fairs • demexco, gamescom and medica etc • More than 6 Mio. visitors Nr. 23 a 23 NRW.INVEST – ONE-STOP-AGENCY FOR INVESTORS Who we are Know-how • State owned Economic Development Agency • Talent and Recruitment • HQ at Düsseldorf, • R&D-Cooperation 15 offices abroad Competences Infrastructure • International Location Marketing • Site Selecton • Direct Acquisition in Target Countries • Company Foundation • Settlement Consulting • Key Account Management Netzwork and Partnering Business Development • Established SME environment • Market- und Sectorenvironment • Startup-Ecosystem & Digital Hubs • Network and Partners • Associations Nr. 140 a 10 good reasons Strong, dynamic and central in Europe Industrial heartland of Germany Home to world market leaders Germany's No. 1 investment location Gateway to Europe with top transport infrastructure 10 good reasons World class in research & development One of the best talent pools in Europe World-renowned logistics expertise Poised to become Germany's leading digital location Surprisingly varied: the quality of life in NRW GET IN TOUCH Michael Kordus Head of Division Western Europe, North America Stephan Jungen Project Manager North America NRW.INVEST GmbH Economic Development Agency of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Völklinger Str. 4, 40219 Düsseldorf, Germany +49 211 13000-0 [email protected] www.nrwinvest.com.