Business Location Leverkusen Located in the RhineLand – connected to the woRLd Nimwegen (NL) Amsterdam (NL) Hamburg Berlin Duisburg Berlin Amsterdam 250 km 52 London 585 km 565 km Ruhr Area Brussel 220 km 195 kmL everkusen Frankfurt 57 500 km Paris Venlo (NL) Dusseldorf QAirport 52 Dusseldorf 46 Rotterdam (NL) Eindhoven (NL) Leverkusen, part of the Cologne Bonn Metropolitan Area, lies right in the HeArT of eurOPe´s eCO- nOMIC powerHOuse; located a stone’s thrown from main european cities like Brussels, Amsterdam, 59 Rhine 3 Paris or London. Around 17 million people live within an hours drive by car and a radius of 500 kilometres 57 contains approx. 200 million potential customers, amounting to nearly 40 percent of the total EU population. 1 Leverkusen WeLL COnneCTeD TO MAJOr eurOPeAn GATeWAYs Leverkusen is well connected to europe´s Thanks to its central location, with Dus- 3 gateways: two international airports (Dus- seldorf and Cologne being two key global 61 seldorf and Cologne/Bonn) with interconti- fairgrounds, there are all in all close to 50 4 nental and continental freight and business leading trade fairs around Leverkusen. Cologne connections can be reached in a 30 minute drive. Frankfurt Airport, with its intercontinen- 4 tal connections, is one of the most important 3 TerAv L time to major HuBs by TrAIn european hubs and is just 80 minutes away Frankfurt airport 80 min. 1 4 by high-speed train. Three nodes of europe’s Aachen high-speed railway system are located only Cologne/Bonn airport 35 min. Brussels (B) 59 15 minutes from Leverkusen. Dusseldorf airport 23 min. Antwerp (B) Cologne/Bonn Cologne high-speed Airport If you are traveling by car,then the Leverkusen train station 17 min. motorway junctions for the A1 and A3 provide access to the city from all directions. The Cologne Deutz netherlands, Belgium, the ruhr valley and the high-speed train station 13 min. Frankfurt area are all within a short drive. Dusseldorf high-speed train station 15 min. Leverkusen lies on the banks of the river rhine, Germany´s most frequented waterway. DA IsT nCes to fairGrOunDs Bonn various harbors in the Metropolitan Area, Cologne 10 km Frankfurt including Leverkusen’s own, connect the city Dusseldorf 40 km Frankfurt airport to global freight routes through the harbors of Frankfurt 195 km Airport rotterdam and Antwerp. Q Hannover 280 km Harbor n Highspeed railway system Motorway · The D ensO Group is a collection of InTernATIOnAL FLAIr THe rHIneLAnD knOWLeDGe reGIOn: innovative european companies develo- A keY FACTOr FOr suCCessFuL ping and manufacturing products for cor- The rhineland region is well known for its InnOvATIve COMPAnIES rosion prevention of pipelines as well as for open-minded mentality and hospitality. For sealing joints in road and track construction. centuries, people from all over the world have With 34 universities and schools of Applied been coming to the rhineland as guests science, the region boasts an impressive B aYeR Group: aspirin denSo: Leader in corrosion Prevention for Pipelines · The Leverkusen site of KROnOs world- and tourists, for business or to settle here. density of superior educational institutions, wide, Inc. is one of the world´s largest nowadays, Leverkusen is home to people practically guaranteeing a qualified production sites for titanium dioxide pig- from 136 countries. More than 20 cultural workforce with an international reputa- ments, which give products such as paper, exchange clubs provide opportunities to tion. More than 25 institutes of the leading computers, aircraft, cars and cosmetics a meet people from all over the world. several German research associations are situated durable bright look. schools in the region, such as the IB-world in the region (Max-Planck-, Fraunhofer-, school, the Werner-Heisenberg-Gymnasium Leibniz-, Hemholtz-association) as well as These success stories are no coincidence: and Cologne International school, provide the DLr-German national research center for On behalf of the German business maga- international education and graduation. aeronautics and space, the FZ Julich and the zine “CAPITAL”, the business consultancy center for advanced european studies and “Contor” ranked Leverkusen as a TOP 100 research (CAesAr). They are globally well- location for investment power in europe, known and top-class partners for compa- reaching the 5th position in Germany. nies involved in research and development. Duisburg Ln a XeSS: high-tech rubber, e.g. for demanding shoe soles KRonoS: titanium dioxide Pigments 52 krefeld 57 44 44 61 Wuppertal 52 Dusseldorf 57 The Cologne Bonn Metropolitan Area is home to more than 150.000 companies, generating an annual GDP of 46 over 300 billion EUR. The region is home to such well-known global players rAas BAYe , L nXess, Ford 3 59 Rhein europe, rewe, Metro, Henkel, Deutsche Telekom and Deutsche Post DHL. 46 1 Leverkusen Pulheim 3 Bergisch Gladbach The Metropolitan Area’s economic power is Within the region, Leverkusen is an ideal · TMD Friction is the world’s largest manu- very diverse. The most important sectors are location for businesses. Well-known multi- facturer of original equipment in brake 61 44 Cologne the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, national companies as well as innovative friction material for passenger cars and 4 automotive, insurance, trade, life sciences, mid-sized enterprises are based in the city: commercial vehicles. Jülich 3 new materials, mechanical engineering, 1 hürth communication technologies and media. · The BAYr e Group is headquartered in ·A L nXess, a global leader in specialty 555 59 4 Competence networks like ChemCologne, Leverkusen and develops innovative chemicals, develops solutions in the fields Bioriver, nIW (new materials network), products in the fields of health care, new of performance polymers, advanced inter- Brühl Health region Cologne Bonn or Automotive materials and crop science such as Aspirin TM, mediates and performance chemicals, e.g. rhineland organize business activities and Makrolon TM and Alka seltzer TM. for the automotive, construction, agroche- Aachen sankt Augustin promote joint development projects. micals and water industries. 59 Alfter Bonn 3 61 Bad Honnef n 6 universities 28 universities of Applied science 26 research institutes Leverkusen – home to many famous sport-pros carnival Season c ologne cathedral Morsbroich castle the river Rhine Japanese Garden Leverkusen Jazz Festival TOHe WFL – Y ur keY parTner In A LIvInG CITY In BeTWeen Leverkusen settleMenT PrOJeCTs With a population of 160.000 Leverku- by Carl Duisberg, the former chairman of the 30-year history. The Opladen international For business activities, Leverkusen provides The Leverkusen economic Development For further information please sen offers all the attractions of housing, board of the BAYer-predecessor-company. beer festival offers onethousand different a wide range of suitable office spaces Agency WfL (Wirtschaftsförderung Lever- contact the WfL: health care, education and shopping, and The Park of Morsbroich castle is host beers from around the world. In Advent, and commercial real estate, such as kusen GmbH) is your key partner in all PHOne +49.214.8331-15 combines the metropolitan flair of neigh- to one of the most important museums of guests from all over visit the traditional the Leverkusen Innovation Park, the city’s settlement projects. FAX +49.214.8331-11 bouring Cologne and Dusseldorf with the contemporary art of Germany, awarded Christmas markets, getting into the seaso- largest development project “neue bahn- As a public-private partnership, the WfL [email protected] homeliness of the rural Bergisch Land, the Germany´s “museum of the year” prize in nal mood with traditional food, music and stadt opladen” or the Chempark. All these gives advice to investors, start-ups and local www.wfl-leverkusen.de attractive surrounding countryside, which 2009. handicrafts. opportunities are close to motorways and entrepreneurs. The WfL provides or procures can be excellent for recreation. Alternatively, railway stations. Moreover, the Chempark office space and commercial real estate, the famous world heritage site of Cologne As everywhere else in the rhineland, the Leverkusen is one of Germany´s most even has harbor facilities. The Chempark is provides support in questions of financing cathedral is only a 15-minute drive from people of Leverkusen celebrate the world- successful sporting cities. As one of the home to about 50 companies and provides and public funding and guides companies Leverkusen and the river rhine, which gives famous carnival season in winter. Carnival German Olympic training bases, common services and infrastructure. through approval proceedings. the region its name, runs by, a wonderful clearly shows the open-minded menta- Leverkusen is home to many Olympic place to relax. lity and heart of the populous, which is champions, world champions and famous expressed in summer in the form of various sports-pros. In the BayArena, the stadium various parks and recreational areas are festivals and events. The most famous of of BAYr e 04 soccer club, one can scattered throughout the city, of them the these is the annual Leverkusen Jazz attend state-of-the-art professional football Japanese Garden, with plants and Festival, which has welcomed internati- matches on an european level. One third of artworks from eastern Asia, is the most onal stars such as Miles Davis, Al di Meola Leverkusen’s inhabitants are members of at famous. The Japanese Garden was started and Paco de Lucía over the course of its least one of the City’s sports clubs - admit- tedly only a few of them are professionals! kindly supported by Wirtschaftsförderung Leverkusen GmbH Dönhoffstraße 39 51373 Leverkusen PHone +49 214.8331-0 [email protected] www.wfl-leverkusen.de Picture Uwe Miserius, KLEINEFISCHE, Karl-Heinz Halberstadt, Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, polyMATERIALS AG, CHEMPARK, Bayer Group, DENSO Group, KRONOS Worlwide, Inc., Britta Berg, Holger Schmitt, LANXESS concept & design KLEINEFISCHE.