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01 Facts

Official name Federal Republic of Germany Founded May 23rd, 1949 Government type Federal Republic Government form Parliamentary Democracy Constitution The Basic Law of 1949

Reichstag Berlin Administrative divisions 16 states or Länder Capital Berlin Head of state Federal President Prof. Dr. Horst Köhler Head of government Federal Chancellor Dr. Political parties Alliance ’90/The Greens, Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Christian Social Union (CSU), Free Democratic Party (FDP), Left Party (PDS/WASG), Social Democratic Party (SPD) Elections Based on a combination of direct and proportional representation (for parliamentary elections) Legislative branch A bicameral parliament consisting of the Federal Assembly or (614 seats) and the Federal Council or Bundesrat (69 delegates of state governments) legislates on the federal level. State parliaments legislate on the state level. Judicial branch Federal Constitutional Court or Bundesverfassungsgericht (highest court) National holiday October 3rd, Unity Day 4 5 01 POLITICS IN GERMANY 01

Federal Government

Federal President Prof. Dr. Horst Köhler Federal President Bundestag President Dr. (CDU) Press Martin Kothé Press Hans Hotter The Federal President is Germany’s head The Bundestag, or federal assembly, is Schloss Bellevue Platz der Republik 1 Spreeweg 1 of state, charged with representing the the German parliament. Since 1999, D-11011 Berlin D-10557 Berlin nation at home and abroad. While his the body, whose members are elected Phone +49 (0) 30 2273 7171 Phone +49 (0) 30 2000 2021 political powers are limited, he plays every four years, has met in the renovated Fax +49 (0) 30 2273 6152 Fax +49 (0) 30 2000 1999 the role of an integrative figure and moral Reichstag building in Berlin, with its I-Net www.bundestag.de (EN, FR) I-Net www.bundespraesident.de leader who stands above party politics. distinctive glass dome designed by E-Mail [email protected] (EN, FR, ES) Norman Forster. E-Mail [email protected]

Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel (CDU) Federal Chancellor Bundesrat President (CDU) Press Karl Schlich Press Dr. Michael Wisser The Federal Chancellor is the executive The Bundesrat, or federal council, Bundeskanzleramt Leipziger Strasse 3–4 Willy-Brandt-Strasse 1 head of government, charged with represents the interests of Germany’s D-10117 Berlin D-10557 Berlin formulating government policy. For all 16 states in the federal legislative Phone +49 (0) 1888 9100 170 Phone +49 (0) 1888 400 2522 intents and purposes, she is the most procedure. It has its seat at the former Fax +49 (0) 1888 9100 198 Fax +49 (0) 1888 400 2357 powerful person in the country. Prussian House of Lords in Berlin. I-Net www.bundesrat.de (EN, FR) I-Net www.bundeskanzlerin.de E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected]

Government Federal Press and Information Office Federal Constitutional Court President Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Papier spokesperson Press Dietlind Weinland Press Marion Smith As the federal government’s information Germany’s highest court ensures that Schlossbezirk 3 Dorotheenstrasse 84 hub, the office collects information actions taken by parliament, the govern- D-76131 Karlsruhe D-10117 Berlin about the activities of government ment and the courts comply with the Phone +49 (0) 721 9101 349 Phone +49 (0) 1888 272 1660 ministries. It is therefore the first port of requirements of the Basic Law. Half of Fax +49 (0) 721 9101 382 Fax +49 (0) 1888 272 1027 20 call for journalists seeking information its judges are chosen by the Bundestag I-Net www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de (EN) I-Net www.bundesregierung.de (EN, FR) on government policies. and half by the Bundesrat. Judges on E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] the court serve terms of twelve years. The court is based not in Berlin, but in the south-western city of Karlsruhe. 6 7 01 POLITICS IN GERMANY 01

Federal Government Parties in Parliament

Foreign Minister Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) Foreign Office Alliance ’90/The Greens Chair Reinhard Bütikofer, Press Martin Jäger Press Sigrid Wolff The Foreign Office represents German The Greens were founded as a party at Werderscher Markt 1 Platz vor dem Neuen Tor 1 D-10117 Berlin interests abroad and manages rela- the federal level in 1980, with their roots D-10115 Berlin tions with foreign governments and in the ecological and peace movements. Phone +49 (0) 30 5000 2059 Phone +49 (0) 30 284 420 Fax +49 (0) 30 5000 3030 international organizations. The Office In 1993, the party merged with the “Alli- Fax +49 (0) 30 284 422 10 I-Net www.auswaertiges-amt.de today maintains 226 embassies and ance ’90,” a group of civil rights activists I-Net www.gruene.de (EN) (EN, FR, ES, AR) consulates worldwide, providing on-site in the former . The party E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] information about current political and joined a federal government for the first economic developments in Germany. time in 1998, forming a coalition with the SPD that ended in 2005.

Minister of (CSU) Ministry of Economics and Technology Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Chair Dr. Angela Merkel Economics and Press Matthias Barner Technology Under the motto “prosperity for all,” The CDU is one of Germany’s two largest Press Steffen Moritz Konrad-Adenauer-Haus the ministry carries the legacy of its parties. Its chair, Angela Merkel, currently Klingelhöferstrasse 8 Scharnhorststrasse 34–37 former head, , the archi- serves as Chancellor. The party has held D-10785 Berlin D-10115 Berlin tect of Germany’s 1950s-era “economic the reins of government before under Phone +49 (0) 30 220 70 140 Phone +49 (0) 30 2014 6121 miracle.” Its policies are designed former chancellors , Fax +49 (0) 30 220 70 145 Fax +49 (0) 30 2014 7010 to lay the groundwork for a healthy Ludwig Erhard, Kurt-Georg Kiesinger I-Net www.cdu.de (EN) I-Net www.bmwi.bund.de (EN) E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] economy. and .

Did you know that … ? Christian Social Union (CSU) Chair Dr. Press Bernhard Schwab The smaller sister party of the CDU, the … no other developed industrial economy has so comprehensively improved the ease Franz-Josef-Strauss-Haus CSU is represented only in Bavaria. On Nymphenburger Strasse 64 of doing business as Germany? That’s according to none other than the World Bank the federal level, the CDU and the CSU D-80335 in its report “Doing Business in 2006”. form a joint faction in the Bundestag. Phone +49 (0) 89 1243 226 The party has fielded two candidates Fax +49 (0) 89 1243 274 for chancellor, and I-Net www.csu.de (EN, FR, SP, IT, TR) Edmund Stoiber, but both lost to SPD E-Mail [email protected] incumbents. 8 9 01 POLITICS IN GERMANY 01

Parties in Parliament Agenda 2010

Chair Dr. Free Democratic Party (FDP) “Agenda 2010” refers to a series of social and labor market reforms planned and Press Robert von Rimscha executed by the center-left government of Social Democratic Chancellor Gerhard The liberals were for decades regarded as Thomas-Dehler-Haus Schröder and his Greens coalition partners until its ouster in late 2005. The measures the “kingmakers” of German politics for Reinhardtstrasse 14 were to a large extent supported and shaped by the then-opposition conservative their role as a junior coalition partner to D-10117 Berlin CDU/CSU. Phone +49 (0) 30 2849 58 40 the two main parties. Since the emergence Fax +49 (0) 30 2849 58 42 of “Alliance ’90/The Greens,” however, Aufbau Ost I-Net www.fdp.de the FDP has run neck-and-neck with E-Mail [email protected] the Greens for third place on Germany’s “Aufbau Ost” — literally “rebuilding of the East” — refers to efforts aimed at equalizing political landscape. living standards in once communist eastern Germany and the more prosperous west.

Chair Prof. Dr. Party/Party of Hartz I-IV Press Alrun Nüsslein Democratic Socialism (PDS) Karl-Liebknecht-Haus Refers to the policy changes enacted on the recommendation of the so-called “Hartz Kleine Alexanderstrasse 28 The PDS is the successor to the former Commission”, a blue ribbon panel that presented its findings on reforms to Germany‘s D-10178 Berlin “Socialist Unity Party,” the ruling party in labor market in August, 2002. Phone +49 (0) 30 240 09 543 communist East Germany until the fall Fax +49 (0) 30 240 09 220 of the in 1989. In July, 2005, Ich-AG I-Net www.sozialisten.de the PDS and the western German “Elec- E-Mail [email protected] tion Alternative Social Justice” (WASG) The “Ich AG,” or “Me Inc.,” program provides small subsidies to unemployed people agreed to form an alliance for the 2005 who want to start their own businesses. First proposed in August, 2002, as part of Bundestag elections. Since then, the two the Hartz II plan to ease joblessness, the program aims to ease the transition from parties have collectively been known as unemployment to self-employment while also encouraging people to leave the under- the “Left Party.” ground economy. Land of Ideas Chair Social Democratic Party (SPD) Press Lars Kühn “Land of Ideas” is a joint initiative of the German government and German commerce With roots reaching far back into the Willy-Brandt-Haus and industry, as represented by the Federation of German Industries (BDI), under the 19th century, the SPD is the German Wilhelmstrasse 141 patronage of Germany’s president, Horst Köhler. Its aim is to promote a positive im- party with the richest tradition. Since D-10963 Berlin age of Germany at home and abroad. Phone +49 (0) 30 25991 300 the foundation of the Federal Republic Fax +49 (0) 30 25991 507 in 1949, the second of Germany’s two Social Market Economy I-Net www.spd.de main parties has held the reins of govern- E-Mail [email protected] ment under former chancellors Willy Germans often describe their economic system as a “social market economy.” Under Brandt, und Gerhard such a system, the government provides an array of social services to its citizens and Schröder. subsidies to selected sectors while also promoting competition and free enterprise. 11 10 ECONOMY IN GERMANY 02

02 Facts

Currency 1 Euro = 100 Cents Share of total EU GDP (2005) Gross national 2,249bn Eur income 2005 Gross domestic product 2,244bn Eur (GDP) 2005 Remaining European Union GDP growth 2005 +0.9% GDP per capita 2005 26,800 Eur German share of EU GDP 20.8%

Skyline /Main Germany 20.8%

Source: Eurostat

Population 2006 82.5 Million Share of total EU population (2005) Population density 2006 231 inhabitants per km2 Labor force 2006 (Feb.) 42.22 Million Labor participation 67.3% rate 2006 (Feb.) Remaining European Union Labor force by agriculture: 2.2% occupation 2005 industry: 25.9% services: 71.9% Unemployment 11.5% Germany 18% 2006 (April)

Source: Eurostat

Inflation rate 2006 (March) 1.8% Leading exporters and importers (2005) Total world trade Gold reserves 2006 (Feb.) 3,427.8 tons Exports 2005 786.2bn Eur USA 729,4 Major export France 10.2%, United States 8.8%, 1347,5 partners 2005 786,2 United Kingdom 7.9%, Italy 6.9%, Germany 625,6 Netherlands 6.1%, Belgium 5.6%, China 614,5 532,3 Austria 5.4%, Spain 5.1% Japan 479,6 Imports 2005 625.6bn Eur 415,5 354,9 Major import France 8.7%, Netherlands 8.5%, France 388,8 partners 2005 United States 6.6%, China 6.4%, 307,8 UK 404,1 United Kingdom 6.3%, Italy 5.7%, Canada 289,9 Belgium 5.0%, Austria 4.0% 252,7 Italy 284,4 295,7 268,3 Belgium 275,3 Exportes Importes Source: Eurostat 12 13 02 ECONOMY IN GERMANY 02

Facts Key Institutions

Countries with the highest volume of patent registrations Patent registrations 2005 48,367 (German Patent Office Munich) German Bundesbank President Prof. Dr. Axel A. Weber in Europe (2004) Per cent of total Top 10 German patent 1. Automotive Press Dr. Christian Burckhardt segments (2004) The Bundesbank is Germany’s cen- USA 26 2. Mechanical parts Wilhelm-Epstein-Strasse 14 tral bank, chartered in 1957 with the D-60431 Frankfurt/Main Germany 19 3. Measurement devices mission of ensuring the stability of 4. Electronic components Phone +49 (0) 69 9566 3511 Japan 17 the deutschmark currency. With the 5. Medical and veterinary products Fax +49 (0) 69 9566 3077 France 7 6. Radio technology launch of the euro common currency I-Net www.bundesbank.de (EN) in 1999, the “BuBa” transferred its sov- E-Mail [email protected] Netherlands 6 7. Combustion engines 8. Packaging and logistics ereignty in monetary policy questions UK 4 9. Data analysis to the European Central Bank (ECB). Switzerland 4 10. Electrical supply Today, it implements the ECB’s deci- sions at the national level. Italy 3

Others 14 President Johann Hahlen Source: European Patent Office (EPO) Federal Statistics Office Press Angela Schaff No one knows Germany better than Statistisches Bundesamt B2C and B2C Bn. Eur (2005) Internet country code .de the Federal Statistics Office. From birth Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11 IT revenues 2005 B2B 289 bn Euro rates to growth rates, the Wiesbaden- D-65189 Wiesbaden Germany 289 based office is an online port of call 32 B2C 32 bn Euro Phone +49 (0) 611 7520 89 for the latest figures on just about Fax +49 (0) 611 7539 76 159 UK 29 anything. I-Net www.destatis.de (EN) E-Mail [email protected] France 136 18

Italy 102 13 Contacts for International Investment Spain 54 6 B2B Road network (2005) 231,467 km B2C Autobahns 12,174 km The German Chambers of Commerce Abroad (AHK) President Ludwig Georg Braun Source: BITKOM Press Dr. Michael Blank Federal highways 40,969 km The AHK operates around 120 offices c/o German Chambers of Industry Ordinary roads 86,736 km in more than 80 countries around the and Trade (DIHK) District roads 91,588 km world. They provide information about Breite Strasse 29 Railway network (2003) 43,800 km Germany’s advantages as a business D-10178 Berlin Inland navigation (2005) 7,476 km of waterway location and advise German firms Phone +49 (0) 30 20308 2410 Major inland ports , Magdeburg on market conditions in their host Fax +49 (0) 30 20308 2444 Major seaports , Bremen, Rostock, countries. I-Net www.ahk.de (EN) Lübeck, Wilhelmshaven E-Mail [email protected] Air traffic 17 international airports Largest airport Frankfurt/Main 14 15 02 ECONOMY IN GERMANY 02

Contacts for International Investment

Managing director Gerhart Maier Invest in Germany Bavaria Invest in Bavaria. Bavarian Ministry of Economic Press Eva Henkel Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology Invest in Germany is the federal govern- Dominated by agriculture just a few Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Strasse 2 Head Dr. Markus Wittmann D-10178 Berlin ment’s official investment promotion decades ago, Bavaria has grown into one Press Stefan Schell agency. Headquartered in Berlin with of Europe’s most dynamic economic Phone +49 (0) 30 20657 173 Prinzregentenstrasse 28 offices in New York, , San regions. At once conscious of tradition Fax +49 (0) 30 20657 111 D-80538 Munich I-Net www.invest-in-germany.de (EN, FR, Francisco, Shanghai, Tokyo and Sao and open to innovation, Bavarians credit Phone +49 (0) 89 2162 2642 ES, JA, CN, PO, PL, TR, AR etc.) Paulo, Invest in Germany promotes a combination of laptops and lederhosen Fax +49 (0) 89 2162 2803 E-Mail [email protected] the country’s advantages as a business for their region’s success. For example, I-Net www.invest-in-bavaria.de (EN, FR, JA) location and provides cost-free support Munich, home of the Oktoberfest, is E-Mail [email protected] to comp anies wishing to establish a also one of the world’s leading centers corporate presence in Germany. for information technology and bio- technology.

President Dr. Horst Dietz Industrial Investment Council (IIC) Berlin Berlin Partner Press Sven Zetzsche The IIC is an independent investment Germany’s vibrant metropolis boasts a Managing director Roland Engels Friedrichstrasse 60 Press Christina Hufeland D-10117 Berlin development agency supporting inter- rich network of research and scientific national firms in establishing and resources. Three renowned universities, Ludwig-Erhard-Haus Phone +49 (0) 30 200 099 900 Fasanenstrasse 85 Fax +49 (0) 30 200 099 911 growing their businesses in eastern 14 technical colleges and over 250 public D-10623 Berlin I-Net www.iic.de (EN, FR, IT, ES, JA) Germany. Since its inception, the IIC and private research institutes call the E-Mail [email protected] has helped 106 international companies city on the river Spree home. Phone +49 (0) 30 39980 0 establish a presence in the region. Fax +49 (0) 30 39980 239 I-Net www.wfbi.de (EN, FR, JA) E-Mail [email protected] The Federal States and Their Economic Development Corporations

Baden-Württemberg Agency for International Baden-Württemberg Brandenburg Future Agency Brandenburg Economic and Scientific Cooperation The state familiarly called “BaWü” is Brandenburg is home to the economic Managing director Dr. Detlef Stronk Managing directors Dr. Michael Hagenmeyer, Press Dr. Klaus-Peter Heinrich Dr. Herbert Neuland recognized as one of the most successful “fat belt” that has formed around the Press Herbert Bossinger business locations in Germany. While German capital Berlin. In 2006, the Steinstrasse 104–106 just 0.17% of the world’s population state is due to kick off construction on D-14480 Potsdam Willi-Bleicher-Strasse 19 D-70174 Stuttgart lives in the state, its share of world trade Berlin-Brandenburg International Air- Phone +49 (0) 331 660 3103 stands at 1.9%. At last count, the value port, the largest infrastructure project Fax +49 (0) 331 660 3222 Phone +49 (0) 711 22787 0 I-Net www.zab-brandenburg.de Fax +49 (0) 711 22787 22 of goods and services exported by Baden- in eastern Germany. (EN, FR, PL, IT, ES, JA) I-Net www.bw-i.de (EN) Württemberg to every corner of the world E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] stood at 114bn Eur. 16 17 02 ECONOMY IN GERMANY 02

The Federal States and Their Economic Development Corporations

Bremen Investment Society Bremen Lower Saxony Lower Saxony Investment Promotion Agency

Managing director Ulrich Keller Germany’s tenth-largest city is one of A popular meeting place and one of Managing director Thomas Kroemer Press Juliane Lübker Europe’s leading hubs for manned space the world’s leading trade show centers, Press Wolfgang Harm Kontorhaus am Markt flight. As such, Bremen has successfully Lower Saxony’s state capital Schiffgraben 30 Langenstrasse 2–4 managed to combine its status as a port hosts the CeBIT technology trade fair D-30175 Hanover D-28195 Bremen city and a high-tech center. and the Hanover Messe industry trade Phone +49 (0) 511 3434 66 Phone +49 (0) 421 9600 128 fair. In 2000, the city hosted the EXPO Fax +49 (0) 511 3615 909 Fax +49 (0) 421 9600 810 2000 world exhibition. I-Net www.ipa-niedersachsen.de (EN) I-Net www.big-bremen.de (EN, JA) E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected]

Hamburg Business Development Hamburg Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Economic Development Cooperation Corporation Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Managing director Dr. Dietmar Düdden As Germany’s “gateway to the world,” the There is hardly a state in Germany that Managing director Jürgen Michael Gahrau Press Birgit Riege port city of Hamburg is one of Europe’s has undergone as comprehensive a Schlossgartenallee 15 Hamburger Strasse 11 leading centers for civil aviation, along makeover since 1989 as “Mc-Pom”. D-19061 Schwerin D-22083 Hamburg with Toulouse in France. The Airbus 380, That process has recently included that Phone +49 (0) 385 59225 0 Phone +49 (0) 40 2270 1936 for example, is assembled there. installation of the world’s most modern Fax +49 (0) 385 59225 22 Fax +49 (0) 40 2270 1929 telecommunications infrastructure. But I-Net www.gfw-mv.de (EN) I-Net www.hwf-hamburg.de (EN, JA, CH, RU) the state has much more to offer than E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] just fiber optics. With eight Baltic Sea ports, it is a hub between Scandinavia and Continental Europe.

Hesse Agency Hesse North Rhine-Westphalia Economic Development Corporation North Rhine-Westphalia

Managing director Dr. Dieter Kreuziger, With an annual output of over 195bn Eur, With a high-speed rail network, inter- Managing director Peter Glaessel Martin Herkströter Hesse’s economy is about as large as national airports at Düsseldorf and Press Annette Peis Press Sascha Schäfer Denmark’s – and even larger than and Europe’s largest inland Kavalleriestrasse 8–10 Abraham-Lincoln-Strasse 38–42 Greece’s, Finland’s, Ireland’s and harbor at Duisburg, Germany’s most D-40213 Düsseldorf D-65189 Wiesbaden Portugal’s. As the home of Frankfurt, populous state is one of the country’s Phone +49 (0) 211 130 00 162 Phone +49 (0) 611 774 8655 the state boasts a key financial center best connected regions. That is one Fax +49 (0) 211 130 00 179 Fax +49 (0) 611 774 8385 and one of the world’s largest airports. reason why North Rhine-Westphalia I-Net www.gfw-nrw.de (EN) I-Net www.invest-in-hessen.de E-Mail [email protected] (EN, FR, IT, ES, JA, CN) attracts one-third of all foreign invest- E-Mail [email protected] ment to Germany. 18 19 02 ECONOMY IN GERMANY 02

The Federal States and Their Economic Development Corporations

Investment and Economic Development Rhineland-Palatinate Saxony-Anhalt Economic Development Company of Bank of Rhineland-Palatinate Saxony-Anhalt

Managing director Hans-Joachim Metternich Rhineland-Palatinate exports more of Saxony-Anhalt attracts by far the largest Managing director Marcus Tolle Press Dr. Hans-Peter Tietze its goods, 46%, than any other German volume of foreign direct investment of Press Arvid Friebe Holzhofstrasse 4 state, with its industry earning nearly any eastern German state. One destina- Kantstrasse 4 D-55116 Mainz every other euro selling to customers tion is the tradition-rich Bitterfeld-Wolfen D-39104 Magdeburg Phone +49 (0) 6131 985 100 abroad. In recent years, the state has chemical park, home to the facility where Phone +49 (0) 391 568 9935 Fax +49 (0) 6131 985 199 expanded its role as an air traffic hub Bayer has produced aspirin tablets since Fax +49 (0) 391 568 9950 I-Net www.isb.rlp.de (EN) amid the dramatic growth of the low- 1995. I-Net www.wisa.de (EN, FR, IT, ES, PL) E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] cost Frankfurt-Hahn airport.

Saarland Economic Promotion Corporation Saarland Schleswig-Holstein Business Development and Technology Transfer Corporation of Schleswig-Holstein

Managing director Thomas Schuck Small but quick – that’s how Saarland The “state between the seas” is seen as Managing director Dr. Bernd Bösche Press Peter Hauptmann sees itself as a place to do business. With a bridge to the neighboring Baltic states Press Kerstin Merx Franz-Josef-Röder-Strasse 17 its small size and lean management, the and a hub for trade with countries in Lorentzendamm 24 D-66119 Saarbrücken state delivers quick decisions to inves- Scandinavia as well as Eastern and D-24103 Kiel Phone +49 (0) 681 9965 202 tors. The cost of labor in Saarland is Western Europe. That’s one reason Phone +49 (0) 431 666 66 0 Fax +49 (0) 681 9965 444 also small, averaging 7.5% less than why the state is seeking to position Fax +49 (0) 431 666 66 767 I-Net www.gwsaar.com (EN, JA) elsewhere in western Germany. itself as a model region for maritime I-Net www.wtsh.de (EN, CN) E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] science and technology in Europe.

Saxony Economic Development Corporation Saxony Thuringia State Development Corporation Thuringia

Managing director Markus M. Lötzsch Rich in tradition but looking confidently Located right at the heart of Germany, Managing director Andreas Krey Press Burkhard Zscheischler toward the future, Saxony is home to Thuringia is an ideal springboard to Press Dr. Holger Wiemers Bertolt-Brecht-Allee 22 Europe’s most modern chip factories. far-flung markets, with outbound trucks Mainzerhofstrasse 12 D-01309 Dresden In the area around Dresden, a cluster reaching even the most distant German D-99084 Erfurt Phone +49 (0) 351 2138 255 of over 750 semiconductor producers city in less than eight hours. Phone +49 (0) 361 5603 486 Fax +49 (0) 351 2138 109 and their suppliers has set up shop. Some 150 million consumers live within Fax +49 (0) 361 5603 329 I-Net www.wfs.sachsen.de a 500km radius of the state. I-Net www.leg-thueringen.de (EN, JA) (EN, FR, ES, PL, CZ) E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] 21 20 COMPANIES IN GERMANY 03

03 Facts

Total 2005 (excluding agriculture) 3,172,771 Companies with up to nine employees (2005) 2,881,948 Companies with up to 49 employees (2005) 231,297

BMW-Plant Leipzig Companies with up to 249 employees (2005) 48,866 Companies with up to 250 employees (2005) 10,660

Made in Germany

The “Made in Germany” trademark was introduced in England in 1887 with the intention of protecting British business by discriminating against German goods. What started as a punitive label soon became exactly the opposite, though — a sign of su- perior quality that consumers the world over recognize to this day.

Did you know that … ?

… four of the world’s ten most innovative companies are German?

Did you know that … ?

… one-quarter of the world’s laser systems are built in Germany?

Did you know that … ?

… Germany leads the world in trade in research-intensive goods, along with the United States?

Mittelstand

“Mittelstand” refers the small- and mid-sized business regarded as the backbone of the German economy. Often family-owned, Mittelstand firms employ no more than 499 people and generate annual revenues no greater than 50 million Euro. 22 23 03 COMPANIES IN GERMANY 03

DAX 30-Listed Companies

Turnover 2005 6.6bn Eur Adidas-Salomon AG BASF AG Turnover 2005 42.7bn Eur Employees 2005 15,935 Employees 2005 80,945 The world’s second-largest sporting CEO Herbert Hainer One of the world’s leading chemical CEO Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht Press Kathrin Hönig goods manufacturer is named after its companies is BASF, short for “Badische Press Christian Schubert founder Adolf Dassler – “Adi” from Adi-Dassler-Strasse 1 Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik.” It is a company Carl-Bosch-Strasse 38 D-91074 Herzogenaurach Adolf and “Das” from Dassler. It was of superlatives, with the world’s largest D-67056 Ludwigshafen Dassler who gave the German team Phone +49 (0) 9132 84 5276 single integrated chemical complex Phone +49 (0) 621 60 99223 that won the 1954 Football World Cup Fax +49 (0) 9132 84 2138 housed at its Ludwigshafen headquarters. Fax +49 (0) 621 60 20129 I-Net www.adidas-group.com (EN) a competitive advantage with the first- I-Net www.basf.com (EN) E-Mail [email protected] ever boots to feature removable studs. E-Mail [email protected]

Turnover 2005 100.9bn Eur Allianz AG Bayer AG Turnover 2005 27.4bn Eur Employees 2005 177,625 Employees 2005 93,700 Allianz is one of the world’s leading Bayer is a global pharmaceuticals, chemi- CEO Michael Diekmann CEO Werner Wenning Press Emilio Galli-Zugaro insurers and financial services providers. cals, and life sciences group. The company, Press Günter Forneck Founded in 1890, the company with- famous for inventing aspirin more than Königinstrasse 28 Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee D-80802 Munich stood several early tests, including the 100 years ago, retains a strong commitment D-51368 Leverkusen catastrophic San Francisco earthquake to its tradition as an inventor company, Phone +49 (0) 89 3800 3345 Phone +49 (0) 214 30 50446 of 1906 and the sinking of Titanic in investing nearly 1.9bn Eur in research Fax +49 (0) 89 3800 2114 Fax +49 (0) 214 30 55156 I-Net www.allianz.com (EN) 1912, paying out high claims in both and development in 2005 alone. The I-Net www.bayer.com (EN) E-Mail [email protected] cases. company was further strengthened in E-Mail [email protected] 2006 through its takeover of rival Schering.

Turnover 2005 3.3bn Eur Altana AG BMW AG Turnover 2005 46.7bn Eur Employees 2005 13,300 Employees 2005 105,798 Altana is one of the most profitable Worldwide, BMW delivered 1,327,992 CEO Nikolaus Schweickart CEO Dr. Helmut Panke Press Stefan Schmidt pharmaceuticals and chemicals compa- BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce brand cars Press Martina Hatzel nies in Europe. A little more than half in 2005. The Munich-based group is Herbert-Quandt-Haus Petuelring 130 Am Pilgerrain 15 of the company’s shares are held by the only manufacturer of automobiles D-80809 Munich D-61352 Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe Germany’s richest woman, Susanne and motorcycles worldwide that concen- Phone +49 (0) 89 382 24544 Klatten, whose father, Herbert Quandt, trates entirely on the luxury segment. Phone +49 (0) 6172 1712 160 Fax +49 (0) 89 382 24418 Fax +49 (0) 6172 1712 158 founded the company in 1977. I-Net www.bmwgroup.com (EN) I-Net www.altana.com (EN) E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] 24 25 03 COMPANIES IN GERMANY 03

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Assets 2005 444.9bn Eur Commerzbank AG AG Assets 2005 992bn Eur Employees 2005 33,056 Employees 2005 63,427 Commerzbank is Germany’s second- Deutsche Bank is the largest commercial CEO Klaus-Peter Müller CEO Dr. Press Peter Pietsch largest commercial bank. Its spectacular bank in Germany. In 2005, it was chosen Press Alfredo Flores headquarters are located in Europe’s as the bank of the year by banking pro- Kaiserplatz Taunusanlage 12 D-60311 Frankfurt/Main tallest building, towering over Frank- fessionals. The institution’s history is D-60325 Frankfurt/Main furt’s financial district at a height of tied closely to the broader course of Phone +49 (0) 69 136 22379 Phone +49 (0) 69 910 43800 300m. German history. Bank chiefs such as Fax +49 (0) 69 136 29955 Fax +49 (0) 69 910 33422 I-Net www.commerzbank.com (EN) , Hermann Josef I-Net www.db.com. (EN) E-Mail [email protected] Abs and Alfred Herrhausen were, for E-Mail [email protected] example, politically-minded and -acting bankers.

Turnover 2005 13.8bn Eur Continental AG Deutsche Börse AG Turnover 2005 1.6bn Eur Employees 2005 80,000 Employees 2005 2,921 “Conti” is the largest manufacturer of Deutsche Börse operates the Frankfurt CEO Manfred Wennemer CEO Reto Francioni Press Dr. Heimo Prokop tires in Germany, the second-largest exchange, Germany’s largest stock Press Walter Allwicher in Europe and the fourth-largest world- exchange, and Eurex, the world’s largest Vahrenwalder Strasse 9 Neue Börsenstrasse 1 D-30165 Hanover wide. In 2005, the company produced derivatives market. The company also D-60487 Frankfurt/Main 106.2 million car and 6.7 million truck has locations in Luxembourg, Switzer- Phone +49 (0) 511 938 1485 Phone +49 (0) 69 211 11500 tires. land, Spain and the United States, as Fax +49 (0) 511 938 1055 Fax +49 (0) 69 211 12005 I-Net www.conti.de (EN) well as representative offices in London, I-Net www.deutsche-boerse.com (EN) E-Mail [email protected] , Chicago, New York, Hong Kong E-Mail [email protected] and Dubai.

Turnover 149.8bn Eur DaimlerChrysler AG Deutsche Post AG Turnover 2005 44.6bn Eur Employees 2005 382,724 Employees 2005 502,545 In 1886, Karl Benz patented the world’s Every day, Deutsche Post moves 72 mill- CEO Dr. Dieter Zetsche CEO Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel Press Tanja Nagel first automobile powered by an internal ion letters items, making the company’s Press Prof. Dr. Manfred Harnischfeger combustion engine. In 1998, Daimler- men and women in yellow Europe’s Türlen Strasse 2 Charles-de-Gaulle-Strasse 20 D-70191 Stuttgart Benz, the company he helped to found, leading letter carriers. The group also D-53113 merged with U.S. car maker Chrysler to includes the successful Postbank and Phone +49 (0) 711 17 93486 Phone +49 (0) 228 182 9988 form DaimlerChrysler. The combined DHL brands. The latter is the global Fax +49 (0) 711 17 94403 Fax +49 (0) 228 182 9822 I-Net www.daimlerchrysler.com (EN) group sold over 4 million passenger cars market leader in the international I-Net www.deutschepost.de (EN) E-Mail [email protected] and 800,000 commercial vehicles in express and logistics industry, with E-Mail [email protected] 2005. expertise in air and ocean freight as well as overland transport. 27 26 03 COMPANIES IN GERMANY 03

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Turnover 2005 59.6bn Eur Deutsche Telekom AG Henkel KGaA Turnover 2005 12bn Eur Employees 2005 244,000 Employees 2005 52,565 Since its privatization in the mid-1990’s, In Germany, Henkel is best known for CEO Kai-Uwe Ricke CEO Prof. Dr. Ulrich Lehner Press Ulrich Lissek the formerly state-owned company has promising to wash away stains with its Press Ernst Primosch grown into one of the world’s leading flagship Persil laundry detergent. But the Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140 Henkelstrasse 67 D-53113 Bonn providers of telecommunications and company has also made a name for itself D-40589 Düsseldorf information technology services. The outside its home market, selling its pro - Phone +49 (0) 228 181 4949 Phone +49 (0) 211 797 0 company long ago outgrew its German ducts in 125 countries. Fax +49 (0) 228 181 71914 Fax +49 (0) 211 798 4008 I-Net www.telekom.com (EN) home market and is now a truly global I-Net www.henkel.com (EN) E-Mail [email protected] player with a presence in about 50 coun- E-Mail [email protected] tries on six continents.

Turnover 2005 56.4bn Eur E.ON AG Hypo Real Estate AG Assets 2005 152.5bn Eur Employees 2005 80,000 Employees 2005 1,233 Düsseldorf-based E.ON is the world’s The Hypo Real Estate Group was CEO Dr. Wulf Bernotat CEO Dr. Georg Funke Press Dr. Peter Blau largest investor-owned energy service born in 2003 when Munich-based Press Oliver Gruss provider. Its core businesses are electricity HypoVereinsbank spun off its com- E.ON-Platz 1 Unsöldstrasse 2 D-40479 Düsseldorf and gas. The young company was formed mercial real estate business. Today, the D-80538 Munich in June, 2000, by the merger of VEBA group is one of the largest lenders to Phone +49 (0) 211 4579 627 Phone +49 (0) 89 203 007 781 and VIAG, two of Germany’s largest commercial real estate customers in Fax +49 (0) 211 4579 629 Fax +49 (0) 89 203 007 772 I-Net www.eon.com (EN) industrial groups, each with an impres- Germany and across Europe. I-Net www.hyporealestate.com (EN) E-Mail [email protected] sive history in its own right. E-Mail [email protected]

Turnover 2005 7.9bn Eur Fresenius AG Infineon AG Turnover 2005 6.8bn Eur Employees 2005 91,971 Employees 2005 35,600 Fresenius boasts a history older than Infineon was founded in 1999, when CEO Dr. Ulf M. Schneider CEO Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart Press Joachim Weith America itself. The health care group the semiconductor operations of its Press Günter Gaugler traces its roots back to the 1462 opening parent company Siemens were spun Else-Kröner-Strasse 1 St.-Martin-Strasse 53 of the Frankfurt-based Hirsch Pharmacy, off to form a separate entity. A year later, D-61352 Bad Homburg v.d.H. D-81669 Munich which was acquired by the Fresenius the company went public. Today, Phone +49 (0) 6172 608 2101 Phone +49 (0) 89 234 284 81 family in the 18th century. Today, the Infineon supplies the chips found in Fax +49 (0) 6172 608 2294 Fax +49 (0) 89 234 955 4534 I-Net www.fresenius.de (EN) group’s medical care division treats one in five of the world’s servers and I-Net www.infineon.com (EN, JA, CN) E-Mail [email protected] 120,000 patients and is the world’s lead- laptop computers. E-Mail [email protected] ing provider of dialysis products. 28 29 03 COMPANIES IN GERMANY 03

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Turnover 2005 9.5bn Eur Linde AG Metro AG Turnover 2005 55.7bn Eur Employees 2005 42,229 Employees 2005 246,875 With its 2006 takeover of UK-based The Metro Group was created in 1996 CEO Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Reitzle CEO Dr. Hans-Joachim Körber Press Dr. Harry Roegner BOC, Linde grew to become the world’s through the merger of several leading Press Jürgen Homeyer lead ing gas and engineering firm. The retailing companies, with roots in some Abraham-Lincoln-Strasse 21 Schlüterstrasse 1 D-65189 Wiesbaden company traces its history back to its cases dating back to the 19th century. D-40235 Düsseldorf founder Carl von Linde, who invented a Today, the company is the third-largest Phone +49 (0) 611 770 146 Phone +49 (0) 211 6886 2870 method for separating air into its com- retailer worldwide, employing staff in Fax F+49 (0) 611 770 447 Fax +49 (0) 211 6886 2000 I-Net www.linde.com (EN) ponents in 1902 and obtained a patent 31 countries. I-Net www.metrogroup.de (EN) E-Mail [email protected] for the world’s first modern refrigerator E-Mail [email protected] several years earlier.

Turnover 2005 18.1bn Eur Lufthansa AG Munich Re AG Turnover 2005 38.2bn Eur Employees 2005 92,303 Employees 2005 37,953 Last year, Lufthansa flew 51 million Munich Re is one of the world’s largest CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber CEO Dr. Nikolaus von Bomhard Press Klaus Walther passengers to destinations in every reinsurers and the second-largest Press Rainer Küppers corner of the world. Together with Air primary insurer in Germany. Among other Lufthansa Basis Königinstrasse 107 D-60546 Frankfurt/Main Canada, SAS, Thai Airways and United things, the group reinsures the risks D-80802 Munich Airlines, Lufthansa is a founding mem- of oil rigs, satellites and natural disa- Phone +49 (0) 69 696 3659 Phone +49 (0) 89 3891 2504 ber of the “Star Alliance,” which in sters, serving 5,000 insurance compa- Fax +49 (0) 69 696 6198 Fax +49 (0) 89 3891 3599 I-Net www.lufthansa.com (EN) 1997 emerged as the first of the now- nies in around 160 countries. I-Net www.munichre.com (EN) E-Mail [email protected] familiar airline linkups. E-Mail [email protected]

Turnover 2005 14.7bn Eur MAN AG RWE AG Turnover 2005 41.8bn Eur Employees 2005 59,203 Employees 2005 85,928 MAN, or Maschinenfabrik Augsburg- The Essen-based concern is Germany’s CEO Håkan Samuelsson CEO Harry Roels Press Wieland Schmitz Nürnberg (Machinery Factory Augsburg- second-largest utility. RWE was founded Press Bill McAndrews Nuremberg), is one of Europe’s lead- in 1898 by a group that included one Ungererstrasse 69 Kruppstrasse 5 D-80805 Munich ing manufacturers of engineering of the most colorful figures in the his- D-45128 Essen equipment and vehicles. Fully 75% of tory of German business: Hugo Stinnes. Phone +49 (0) 89 36098 380 Phone +49 (0) 201 12 15095 its sales are made outside Germany. The Fax +49 (0) 89 36098 382 Fax +49 (0) 201 12 15094 I-Net www.man.de (EN) history of MAN dates back to the 1758 I-Net www.rwe.com (EN) E-Mail [email protected] foundation of the “St. Anthony” iron- E-Mail [email protected] works, the first heavy-industry enter- prise in the Ruhr area. 31 30 03 COMPANIES IN GERMANY 03

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Turnover 2005 8.5bn Eur SAP AG Thyssen Krupp AG Turnover 2005 42.1bn Eur Employees 2005 35,873 Employees 2005 184,000 SAP is the world’s largest business soft- In 1999, two historical giants of the CEO Prof. Henning Kagermann CEO Dr. Ekkehard D. Schulz Press Dr. Herbert Heitmann ware company and the third-largest German steel industry, Krupp and Press Dr. Jürgen Claassen independent software provider overall. Thyssen, merged to form a joint com- Neurottstrasse 15 a August-Thyssen-Strasse 1 D-69190 Walldorf Beyond its headquarters in Walldorf, pany. Today, the combined company is D-40211 Düsseldorf SAP operates research and development one of the world’s biggest technology Phone +49 (0) 6227 76 1137 Phone +49 (0) 211 824 360 01 facilities in the United States (Palo Alto), groups, with core businesses in steel, Fax +49 (0) 6227 74 6331 Fax +49 (0) 211 824 360 05 I-Net www.sap.com (EN) Japan (Tokyo), India (Bangalore) and capital goods and services. I-Net www.thyssenkrupp.com (EN) E-Mail [email protected] France (Sophia Antipolis) as well as in E-Mail [email protected] the German cities of Berlin, Karlsruhe and Saarbrücken.

Turnover 2005 5.3bn Eur Schering AG TUI AG Turnover 2005 19.6bn Eur Employees 2005 24,658 Employees 2005 62,947 Could Ernst Schering have even dreamed Josef Schumpeter would have had the CEO Dr. Hubertus Erlen CEO Dr. Michael Frenzel Press Dr. Christof Ehrhart that the modest drugstore he founded time of his life with TUI. In a process Press Uwe Kattwinkel in 1851 would grow to become one of of “creative destruction,” the company, Müllerstrasse 170 Karl-Wiechert-Allee 4 D-13353 Berlin the world’s leading pharmaceutical which has become the world’s leading D-30625 Hanover concerns? Today, the Berlin-based firm tourism firm in less than a decade, was Phone +49 (0) 30 4681 92484 Phone +49 (0) 511 566 1417 that rose to international fame by intro- carved out of the far-flung industrial Fax +49 (0) 30 4681 8195 Fax +49 (0) 511 566 1166 I-Net www.schering.de(EN) ducing the birth control pill in 1961 has concern Preussag. I-Net www.tui-group.com (EN) E-Mail [email protected] operations in 150 countries. In 2006, the E-Mail [email protected] company was acquired by Bayer AG and will in the future be known as Bayer- Schering-Pharma AG.

Turnover 2005 75.5bn Eur Siemens AG Volkswagen AG Turnover 2005 95.3bn Eur Employees 2005 460,800 Employees 2005 344,902 Siemens is one of the world’s largest Wolfsburg-based Volkswagen is Europe’s CEO Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld CEO Dr. Bernd Pischetsrieder Press Janos Gönczöl electrical engineering and electronics largest car maker – and the producer of the Press Dirk Grosse-Leege companies. Founded as small work- legendary Beetle, an icon of Germany’s Wittelsbacherplatz 2 D-38436 Wolfsburg D-80333 Munich shop in Berlin in 1847, Siemens today postwar “economic miracle.” In 2005, provides innovative technologies to VW delivered some 5.2 million vehicles, Phone +49 (0) 800 8655 792 436 Phone +49 (0) 89 636 36740 Fax +49 (0) 1802 8655 792 436 customers in 190 countries. representing a 9.1% share of the world Fax +49 (0) 89 636 32844 I-Net www.vw.com (EN) I-Net www.siemens.com (EN) passenger car market. E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] 32 33 TRADE ASSOCIATIONS IN GERMANY 04

04 Umbrella Organizations

Federation of German Industries (BDI) President Jürgen R. Thumann Press Albrecht von der Hagen

The BDI is an association of associations, Breite Strasse 29 representing 36 industrial sector D-10178 Berlin

federations. One of the most influential Phone +49 (0) 30 2028 1450 lobbies for German business, BDI Fax +49 (0) 30 2028 2450 speaks for more than 100,000 com- I-Net www.bdi-online.de (EN) Airbus Fleet Airbus panies employing around 8 million E-Mail [email protected] people.

German Chambers of Industry and President Ludwig Georg Braun Trade (DIHK) Press Dr. Achim Dercks Breite Strasse 29 The DIHK is an umbrella organization D-10178 Berlin

representing Germany’s 81 chambers Phone +49 (0) 30 20308 1600 of commerce and trade. The influential Fax +49 (0) 30 20308 1666 group has over three million member I-Net www.dihk.de companies – who are required by law E-Mail [email protected] to join one of its member chambers. The DIHK represents the nation’s business community as a whole rather than speak- ing for any particular sector.

German Association for Small and President Mario Ohoven Medium-Sized Business (BVMW) Press Eberhard Vogt Mosse-Palais The BVMW represents the interests of Leipziger Platz 15 the small- and mid-sized Mittelstand D-10117 Berlin firms that are the backbone of the Phone +49 (0) 30 533 20620 German economy, comprising over Fax +49 (0) 30 533 20650 99% of the companies in the Federal I-Net www.bvmwonline.de (EN) E-Mail [email protected] Republic. 35 34 04 TRADE ASSOCIATIONS IN GERMANY 04

Umbrella Organizations

President Regina Seidel German Businesswomen’s Association (VDU) German Association of the Automotive President Prof. Dr. Bernd Gottschalk Press Heike Vetter Industry (VDA) Press Eckehart Rotter The VDU is the only economic asso- Breite Strasse 29 Breite Strasse 29 D-10178 Berlin ciation in Germany dedicated especially Worldwide, exactly 13,454,194 vehicles D-10178 Berlin to serving the interests of the country’s Phone +49 (0) 30 20308 4540 rolled off German auto makers’ assembly Phone +49 (0) 69 97507 264 Fax +49 (0) 30 20308 7545 40 female entrepreneurs. Since its inception lines in 2005. In Germany itself, one in Fax +49 (0) 69 97507 261 I-Net www.vdu.de (EN) in 1954, the association’s membership every seven jobs depends on the auto- I-Net www.vda.de (EN) E-Mail [email protected] has grown from 31 to around 1,500 motive industry. The VDA represents E-Mail [email protected] companies. the interests of this key sector.

President Otto Kentzler German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH) German Association for Information Technology, President Willi Berchtold Press Alexander Legowski Telecommunications and New Media (Bitkom) Press Maurice Shahd One particularity of the Germany Mohrenstrasse 20/21 Albrechtstrasse 10 D-10117 Berlin economy is the skilled trades sector, a Bitkom represents 750 information D-10117 Berlin traditional heart of economic life in Phone +49 (0) 30 2061 9370 technology and telecommunications Phone +49 (0) 30 2757 6114 Fax +49 (0) 30 2061 9460 the country. Its umbrella organization, companies that together generate Fax +49 (0) 30 2757 6400 I-Net www.zdh.de (EN) the ZDH, represents around 920,000 annual revenues of 120bn Eur. I-Net www.bitkom.org (EN) E-Mail [email protected] skilled trade businesses that together E-Mail [email protected] employ 4.8 million workers.

Industry

President Dr. Thomas Enders German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI) German Construction Industry Federation (HDB) President Dr. Hans-Peter Keitel Press Jens Krüger Press Dr. Heiko Stiepelmann The BDLI represents a high-tech industry The construction industry is the largest Friedrichstrasse 60 Kurfürstenstrasse 129 D-10117 Berlin that generates combined annual revenues single sector of the German economy, D-10785 Berlin of 16bn Eur and provides some 70,000 employing some 2.3 million people in Phone +49 (0) 30 2061 4014 Phone +49 (0) 30 212 860 Fax +49 (0) 30 2061 4016 highly-skilled jobs. 70,000 companies. The HDB represents Fax +49 (0) 30 212 86240 I-Net www.bdli.de (EN) and promotes their interests towards I-Net www.bauindustrie.de E-Mail [email protected] policy makers and the public. E-Mail [email protected] 37 36 04 TRADE ASSOCIATIONS IN GERMANY 04

Industry

President Werner Wenning German Chemical Industry Association (VCI) German Industry Association for Optical, Medical Chair Dr. Michael Kaschke Press Volker Kalisch and Mechatronical Technologies (Spectaris) Press Markus Saga The VCI represents the interests of over Karlstrasse 21 Saarbrücker Strasse 38 D-60329 Frankfurt/Main 1,600 firms in Europe’s largest chemical- Spectaris represents the interests of D-10405 Berlin producing nation, representing 25% of Phone +49 (0) 69 2556 1496 several rapidly developing high-tech Phone +49 (0) 30 4140 2114 Fax +49 (0) 69 2556 1613 the continent’s total chemical market. industries, including consumer optics, Fax +49 (0) 30 4140 2133 I-Net www.vci.de (EN) The industry, which produces annual photonics, precision technology and I-Net www.spectaris.de (EN) E-Mail [email protected] revenues of 140bn Eur, counts as the medical technology. E-Mail [email protected] third-largest worldwide.

President Prof. Dr. Edward G. Krubasik German Electrical and Electronic German Shipbuilding and Ocean President Bernhard Meyer Press Christian Mannigel Manufacturers’ Association (ZVEI) Industries Association (VSM) Press Dr. Alexander Geisler Stresemannallee 19 Steinhöft 11 D-60596 Frankfurt/Main Germany’s electrical and electronics The VSM represents the political and D-20459 Hamburg

Phone +49 (0) 69 6302 285 firms manufacture more than 100,000 commercial interests of the German Phone +49 (0) 40 2801 520 Fax +49 (0) 69 6302 317 different products and systems and maritime industry and its suppliers. Fax +49 (0) 40 2801 5230 I-Net www.zvei.de (EN) employ over 810,000 people. The It has some 110 members, including I-Net www.vsm.de (EN) E-Mail [email protected] industry’s interests are represented by the large shipyards on Germany’s North E-Mail [email protected] the ZVEI, which has a membership of and Baltic Sea coasts. around 1,400 companies.

President Dr. Dieter Brucklacher German Engineering Federation (VDMA) German Steel Federation (WV Stahl) President Prof. Dr. Dieter Ameling Press Marlies Schäfer Press Beate Brüninghaus With its 3,000-strong membership in Steelworkers in the Rhine and Ruhr Lyoner Strasse 18 Sohnstrasse 65 D-60528 Frankfurt/Main the engineering industry, the VDMA is regions are today more productive than D-40237 Düsseldorf one of the largest and most important ever. Along with their colleagues else- Phone +49 (0) 69 6603 1411 Phone +49 (0) 211 6707 115 Fax +49 (0) 69 6603 2411 industrial associations in Europe. The where, they make Germany the largest Fax +49 (0) 211 6707 676 I-Net www.vdma.org (EN, JA) group represents a key German branch producer of raw steel in Europe. The I-Net www.stahl-online.de (EN) E-Mail [email protected] that generates annual revenues of interests of their tradition-rich sector E-Mail [email protected] roughly 143bn Eur and employs 865,000 have been represented for over 125 years people. by the German Steel Federation. 38 39 04 TRADE ASSOCIATIONS IN GERMANY 04

Trade

President Hermann Franzen Association of German Retailers (HDE) German Savings Bank Association (DSGV) President Heinrich Haasis Press Hubertus Pellengahr Press Christian Achilles For over 80 years, the HDE has been the The DSGV is an umbrella organization Am Weidendamm 1 A Charlottenstrasse 47 D-10117 Berlin voice of Germany’s retailing industry. representing Germany’s Sparkassen D-10117 Berlin Its membership includes 430,000 public-sector savings banks. Its member- Phone +49 (0) 30 7262 5060 Phone +49 (0) 30 2022 55100 Fax +49 (0) 30 7262 5069 companies that together employ 2.8 ship includes 463 savings banks, 11 state Fax +49 (0) 30 2022 55106 I-Net www.einzelhandel.de million people and generate annual banks, 11 regional building societies I-Net www.dsgv.de (EN) E-Mail [email protected] revenues of over 500bn Eur. and 12 public insurance companies. E-Mail [email protected]

President Anton F. Börner Federation of German Wholesale German Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken President Dr. Christopher Pleister Press André Schwarz and Foreign Trade (BGA) Association (BVR) Press Kirstin Bradtmöller Am Weidendamm 1 A Schellingstrasse 4 D-10117 Berlin Foreign trade is the linchpin of the Ger- Seen as the third pillar of Germany’s D-10785 Berlin

Phone +49 (0) 30 5900 99521 man economy. The influential BGA banking system, Volksbanken mutual Phone +49 (0) 30 2021 1310 Fax +49 (0) 30 5900 99529 speaks for 120,000 companies and 1.3 banks and Raiffeisenbanken coopera- Fax +49 (0) 30 2021 1905 I-Net www.bga.de (EN) million employees working the export tive banks were established in the 19th I-Net www.bvr.de (EN) E-Mail [email protected] sector, which generates annual sales century to serve small businesses and E-Mail [email protected] of over 650bn Eur. farms. The BVR speaks for the sector.

Banks/Insurers

President Klaus-Peter Müller Association of German Banks (BDB) German Insurance Association (GDV) President Dr. Bernhard Schareck Press Heiner Herkenhoff Press Peter Schwark The BDB represents the interests of The GDV is an umbrella association repre- Burgstrasse 28 Friedrichstrasse 191 D-10178 Berlin Germany’s private commercial banks senting Germany’s insurance industry. D-10117 Berlin (large banks, private banks and inter- Founded in Cologne in 1848, the GDV’s Phone +49 (0) 30 1663 1201 Phone +49 (0) 30 2020 5118 Fax +49 (0) 30 1663 1298 national banks). The association’s membership includes around 450 Fax +49 (0) 30 2020 6000 I-Net www.bankenverband.de (EN) 230-strong membership accounts for companies in an industry sector that I-Net Iwww.gdv.de (EN) E-Mail [email protected] around 40% of the German banking generated direct premiums of 154.4bn E-Mail [email protected] market by business volume. Eur in 2005. 41 40 04 TRADE ASSOCIATIONS IN GERMANY 04

Logistics Social Partners

President Wilhelm Bonse-Geuking German Transport Forum Confederation of German Employers‘ President Dr. Dieter Hundt Press Jochen H. Eichen Associations (BDA) Press Dr. Uwe Mazura Germany’s transportation infrastructure Klingelhöferstrasse 7 Breite Strasse 29 D-10785 Berlin is widely regarded as the best in the The main task of the BDA is to repre- D-10178 Berlin world, and the German Transport Phone +49 (0) 30 2639 540 sent the business community on issues Phone +49 (0) 30 203318 0003 Fax +49 (0) 30 2639 5422 Forum wants to ensure that it stays that concerning social policy and collective Fax +49 (0) 30 203318 05 I-Net www.verkehrsforum.de (EN) way. With around 160 member com- wage bargaining agreements. While I-Net www.bda-online.de (EN) E-Mail [email protected] panies in a variety of industries, the it doesn’t sign off on collective wage E-Mail [email protected] forum sees itself as a platform for agreements itself, it represents the informed debate on key transport issues. views of its members towards policy makers and the public. Utilities

President Dr. Werner Brinker German Electricity Association (VDEW) German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB) President Michael Sommer Press Frank Brachvogel Press Hilmar Höhn The VDEW is the trade association repre- As Germany’s main umbrella organi- Robert-Koch-Platz 4 Henriette-Herz-Platz 2 D-10115 Berlin senting the electricity supply industry zation for trade unions, the DGB sees D-10178 Berlin in Germany. Its 740-strong member- itself as the voice of the country’s Phone +49 (0) 30 7261 47330 Phone +49 (0) 30 24060 212 Fax +49 (0) 30 7261 47339 ship accounts for 90% of the German workers. Its eight member unions Fax +49 (0) 30 24060 324 I-Net www.strom.de (EN) power market. represent the interests of around 7 million I-Net www.dgb.de (EN, FR, ES) E-Mail [email protected] members. E-Mail [email protected]

President Michael G. Feist German Gas and Water Management Wirtschaftswunder Press Marian Rappl Association (BGW) Reinhardtstrasse 14 “Economic miracle” (Wirtschaftswunder) refers to the rapid expansion of the German D-10117 Berlin With over 1,300 member companies, the economy following the end of World War II. The period was characterized by soar- BGW is the largest association repre- Phone +49 (0) 30 2804 1525 ing growth rates, full employment and widespread material prosperity. One icon of Fax +49 (0) 30 2804 1425 senting Germany’s gas, water and the period is Volkswagen’s “Beetle” model car. I-Net www.bgw.de sewage providers. It has offices in E-Mail [email protected] Brussels and Berlin. 42 43 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY IN GERMANY 05

05 Bilateral Trade Associations

American Chamber of Commerce President Fred B. Irwin in Germany (AmCham) Press Patricia Limburg Rossmarkt 12 For over 100 years, AmCham has served D-60311 Frankfurt/Main

as the voice of the American economy Phone +49 (0) 69 929 10441 in Germany. With over 3,000 mem- Fax +49 (0) 69 929 10411 bers, it is the largest American cham- I-Net www.amcham.de (EN) ber of commerce in Europe. E-Mail [email protected]

British Chamber of Commerce in Germany President Norbert Strohschen Press Andreas Meyer-Schwickerath Germany is the most important Euro- Französische Strasse 48 pean export market for British business, D-10117 Berlin and around 1,000 British companies have Phone +49 (0) 30 2067 080 set up shop in the Federal Republic. Fax +49 (0) 30 2067 0829 Their first port of call for advice on I-Net www.bccg.de (EN) British-German business and trade is E-Mail [email protected] the BCCG, which has been headquar- tered in Berlin since 2006.

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the President Dr. Jewgenij M. Primakow Russian Federation/German Office Press Dr. Sergey M. Nikitin Leipziger Strasse 63 The volume of trade between Germany D-10117 Berlin

and Russia soared by an astounding Phone +49 (0) 30 204 4202 28% in 2005. While German exports Fax +49 (0) 30 204 50201 grew by 16%, Russian imports to Ger- I-Net www.russia.de (RU) many exploded, surging 40% over the E-Mail [email protected] previous year. In light of those figures, the Russian chamber of com-merce will IKEA surely have its hands full over the com- ing years. 45 44 05 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY IN GERMANY 05

Bilateral Trade Associations

President Gilles Untereiner French Chamber of Commerce and German-Czech and German-Slovakian President Imrich Donath Press Cathrin Leininger Industry in Germany Economic Association (DTSW) Press Mária Weisslerová Lebacher Strasse 4 Flinschstrasse 55 D-66113 Saarbrücken Germany’s economic ties to France The takeover of Skoda by German auto D-60388 Frankfurt/Main

Phone +49 (0) 681 9963 0 are especially close. Around 10% of all maker Volkswagen is perhaps the best Phone +49 (0) 69 4769 70 Fax +49 (0) 681 9963 111 German exports are destined for the known success story in economic rela- Fax +49 (0) 69 4761 54 I-Net www.ccfa-saa.de (FR) country on the other side of the river tions between Germany and its two I-Net www.dtsw.de (CZ, SL) E-Mail [email protected] Rhine. That figure alone illustrates the eastern neighbours. With the goal E-Mail [email protected] importance of the work being done by of furthering those already close ties, the French chamber of commerce. the DTSW fosters exchange between German, Czech and Slovakian entre- preneurs.

President Prof. Dr. Bruno O. Braun German-Belgian-Luxembourg German-Hellenic Economic Association (DHW) President Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis Press Marc Herbrand Chamber of Commerce Press Phedon Codjambopoulo Greek entrepreneurs and managers meet AHK debelux Cologne Gothaer Allee 2 Cäcilienstrasse 46 Founded by German entrepreneurs in their German counterparts at the Cologne- D-50969 Cologne D-50667 Cologne based DHW – the only organization 1894, this chamber is the oldest inter- Phone +49 (0) 221 9365 5742 Phone +49 (0) 221 257 5477 national chamber of commerce in Ger- representing the estimated 27,000 based Fax +49 (0) 221 9365 5749 Fax +49 (0) 221 257 5466 many. Today, the annual volume of trade Greek entrepreneurs in Germany. I-Net www.dhwv.de (EN, GR) I-Net www.debelux.org (FR, NL) between Germany and its two western E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] neighbors amounts to 73bn Eur, making them Germany’s sixth most-important overseas market.

President Hans Henning von Berg German-Chinese Economic Association (DCW) German-Israeli Economic Association (DIW) President Prof. Dr. Horst Teltschik Press Tim Glaser Press Grisha Alroi-Arloser The volume of trade between China and Germany is Israel’s largest European Unter Sachsenhausen 10–26 Infanteriestrasse 19 D-50667 Cologne Germany surged over 13% in 2005. The trading partner, and the number of D-80797 Munich DCW has set itself the task of further Israeli firms interested in investing in Phone +49 (0) 221 120 370 Phone +49 (0) 89 1211 0402 Fax +49 (0) 221 120 417 improving the framework conditions the Federal Republic is steadily growing. Fax +49 (0) 89 1211 0405 I-Net www.dcw-ev.de for economic exchange between the Supporting their efforts since 1967 is the I-Net www.d-i-w.de E-Mail [email protected] two nations. German-Israeli Economic Association. E-Mail [email protected] 47 46 05 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY IN GERMANY 05

Bilateral Trade Associations

Chair Dr. Ruprecht Vondran German-Japanese Economic Roundtable (DJW) Indo-German Chamber of Commerce Managing director Bernhard Steinrücke Press Dr. Albert Hieronimus Stockumer Kirchstrasse 61 Based in Düsseldorf, the DJW has set Who would have thought? With its D-40474 Düsseldorf Citadellstrasse 12 itself the task of promoting Japan as a 6,500-strong membership, this cham- D-40213 Düsseldorf Phone +49 (0) 211 4560 8385 partner to Germany’s small- and mid- ber is the largest single bilateral trade Fax +49 (0) 211 4560 8511 Phone +49 (0) 211 3605 97 I-Net www.djw.de (JA) sized businesses. Surprisingly, there is association in Germany. All told, Ger- Fax +49 (0) 211 3502 87 E-Mail [email protected] much room for growth, with just 1.8% many counts among India’s five most I-Net www.indo-german.com (EN) of Germany’s exports and 3.6% of its important trading partners worldwide. E-Mail [email protected] imports destined for the world’s second- largest economy.

President Takayoshi Nakano Japanese Chamber of Commerce Italian Chamber of Commerce in Germany President Giovanni de Zotti Press Dr. Adriana Milani Immermannstrasse 45 C and Industry in Düsseldorf Since 1911, the chamber has tended to D-40210 Düsseldorf Kettenhofweg 65 Düsseldorf is the center of all things German-Italian economic relations from D-60325 Frankfurt/Main Phone +49 (0) 211 6307 60 offices in Berlin, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Fax +49 (0) 211 3601 82 Japanese in Germany. Of the 928 Japa- Phone +49 (0) 69 9714 5210 I-Net www.jihk.de (JA) nese companies that have set up shop in Hamburg and Leipzig. Business ties Fax +49 (0) 69 9714 5299 E-Mail [email protected] the Federal Republic, nearly one-third, between the two nations are close: 13.6% I-Net www.itkam.de (IT) some 304, are based in the western of Italy’s 2005 exports went to Germany, E-Mail [email protected] city. No wonder, then, that the Japanese while 18.1% of the country’s imports – chamber of commerce is headquartered not to mention a large number of tour- there as well. ists – originated in the Federal Republic.

Chair Jürgen O. Wöhler German-Korean Business Association (DKW) German-Turkish Chamber of Commerce President Kemal Sahin Press Dr. Suha Isic Am Hauptbahnhof 2 and Industry (TD-IHK) Since its inception in 1980, the DKW D-70173 Stuttgart Im Mediapark 2 has fostered business ties between Around 2.7 million Turks live in Germany, D-50670 Cologne Phone +49 (0) 711 1277 4040 two countries that long shared the Fax +49 (0) 711 1277 4777 together employing 350,000 people Phone +49 (0) 221 54022 00 I-Net www.korea-dkw.de same fate. For South Korea, the united in 60,000 Turkish-owned firms. The Fax +49 (0) 221 54022 01 E-Mail [email protected] Germany is by far the most important Turkish-German Chamber of Com- I-Net www.td-ihk.de (TR) trading partner in the European Union. merce and Industry represents their E-Mail [email protected] interests. 49 48 05 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY IN GERMANY 05

Bilateral Trade Associations

Director Dr. Mehpare Bozyigit Association of Turkish Industrialists and Spanish Chamber of Commerce for Germany President Juan José de Vicente Caballero Press Vanessa Jung Märkisches Ufer 28 Businessmen/German Office (TUSIAD) Among Spain’s trading partners, Germany D-10179 Berlin Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 56 The association is the leading voice of is second only to France in importance, D-60325 Frankfurt/Main Phone +49 (0) 30 288786 300 with the volume of trade between the two Fax +49 (0) 30 288786 399 Turkey’s business community. From its Phone +49 (0) 69 74 3 4 810 I-Net Iwww.tusiad-de.org (TR) Berlin office, it tends to relations with nations totaling 58bn Eur in 2005. The Fax +49 (0) 69 74 3 4 8155 E-Mail [email protected] the country’s most important trading chamber is an excellent port of call for I-Net www.spanische-handelskammer.de (ES) partner worldwide. In fact, bilateral the latest facts and figures on German- E-Mail [email protected] trade volume between the two nations Spanish business ties. reached a record 21bn Eur in 2005.

President Gunnar Grosse Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Germany Did you know that … ? Press Göran Svensson Swedish companies are surprisingly Berliner Allee 32 … Germany is the world’s second-largest hub for research investments by multinational D-40212 Düsseldorf ubiquitous in Germany – and not just IKEA, the well-known furniture enterprises, with annual investments of 12.1bn Eur? Phone +49 (0) 211 8620 200 Fax +49 (0) 211 3244 88 retailer. Sweden exported goods and I-Net www.schwedenkammer.de (SW) services worth 11.3bn Eur to the Federal E-Mail [email protected] Republic in 2005, more than any other country except the United States. Did you know that … ?

… half of all European nanotechnology firms are based in Germany? President Prof. Dr. Bertram Schefold Swiss-German Business Club Press Christel Göbbels Meeting in Berlin, Dresden, Düsseldorf, An den sieben Bäumen 28 D-65760 Eschborn Frankfurt, Hanover and Munich, the club seeks to promote economic exchange Phone +49 (0) 6173 966 555 Fax +49 (0) 6173-966 556 between Germany and its southern neigh- I-Net www.sdwc-ffm.de bor. The club need not fear a shortage E-Mail [email protected] of potential members, either, with some 1,900 Swiss companies active in Germany. 51 50 06 ECONOMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTES IN GERMANY 06

Center for European Economic Research (ZEW) President Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Franz Press Gunter Grittmann Few researchers can claim to know as L 7,1 much about Germany’s role in the Post Box 103443 European economy as those at the ZEW. D-68034 Mannheim

Known for its closely-watched index of Phone +49 (0) 621 1235 132 investor sentiment, the institute main- Fax +49 (0) 621 1235 222 tains databases that are used by resear- I-Net www.zew.de chers the world over. E-Mail [email protected] (EN)

German Business Institute (IW) President Dr. Hans-Dietrich Winkhaus Direktor Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther An influential voice in debates on eco- Press Karl Schawinsky

nomic reform, the IW is closely linked Gustav-Heinemann-Ufer 84–88 to the private business sector in Germany. D-50968 Cologne

Its research generally promotes private Phone +49 (0) 221 4981 531 initiative and market mechanisms as a Fax +49 (0) 221 4981 504 means to foster economic growth. I-Net www.iwkoeln.de E-Mail [email protected]

German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) President Prof. Dr. Klaus Zimmermann Press Renate Bogdanovic Founded in 1925, the DIW is the largest Königin-Luise-Strasse 5 economic research institute in Germany. D-14195 Berlin Beyond macroeconomic analysis, the Phone +49 (0) 30 8978 9249 Berlin-based institute investigates issues Fax +49 (0) 30 8978 9200 involving the information society and I-Net www.diw.de (EN) Germany’s capacity to innovate. E-Mail [email protected] ThyssenKrupp Dortmund ThyssenKrupp 52 53 06 ECONOMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTES IN GERMANY 06

President Prof. Dr. Ulrich Blum Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) President Prof. Dr. Klaus F. Zimmermann Press Dr. Manfred Packeiser Press Holger Hinte Of the six main German economic re- Researchers at the IZA are chiefly con- Kleine Märkerstrasse 8 Schaumburg-Lippe-Strasse 7/9 Post Box 11 03 61 search institutes, IWH is the only one cerned with economic analyses of na- D-53113 Bonn D-06017 Halle located in eastern Germany. Founded tional and international labor markets. Phone +49 (0) 228 389 4222 Phone +49 (0) 345 77 53 720 in 1992, the institute initially focused Fax +49 (0) 228 389 4510 Fax +49 (0) 345 77 53 718 on the economic transformation of East I-Net www.iza.org (EN) I-Net www.iwh-halle.de (EN) Germany and coun tries in Central and E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] Eastern Europe. Today, it has widened its focus to include pan-European and international issues.

President Prof. Dr. Thomas Straubhaar Hamburg Institute of International Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW) President Prof. Dennis Snower Ph.D Press Elzbieta Linke Economics (HWWI) Press Dr. Jürgen Stehn The IfW conducts empirical analyses Neuer Jungfernstieg 21 Düsternbrooker Weg 120 D-20354 Hamburg Where better to study the relationships of current economic policy issues, with D-24105 Kiel particular emphasis on creating solu- Phone +49 (0) 40 3405 7615 that intertwine to constitute today’s global Phone +49 (0) 431 8814 331 Fax +49 (0) 40 3405 7676 economy than in Hamburg, Germany’s tions for urgent problems in global Fax +49 (0) 431 8814 500 I-Net www.hwwi.org (EN) “gateway to the world”? The HHWI has economic affairs. It also boasts the I-Net www.ifw-kiel.de (EN) E-Mail [email protected] studied foreign trade and the internat- world’s largest library for economics E-Mail [email protected] ional economy since its inception in and social science. 1908. A special highlight of the institute is its press archive – the largest publicly accessible such archive in Europe.

President Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sinn Ifo Institute for Economic Research at Rhine-Westphalia Institute for President Prof. Dr. Christoph M. Schmidt Press Anette Marquardt the University of Munich Economic Research (RWI Essen) Press Joachim Schmidt Poschingerstrasse 5 Hohenzollernstrasse 1–3 Post Box 86 04 60 No one knows the prevailing mood in Founded in 1926 by the steel barons D-45128 Essen D-81631 Munich the German economy better than Ifo, of the Ruhr valley, the RWI’s plans for Phone +49 (0) 201 8149 292 Phone +49 (0) 89 9224 1604 whose closely-watched business climate the first decade 21st century include Fax +49 (0) 201 8149 438 Fax +49 (0) 89 9224 1267 index makes headlines around the world. conducting research focused on indi- I-Net www.rwi-essen.de (EN) I-Net www.ifo.de (EN) The institute sees itself as both a think vidual prosperity and economic policy E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] tank and an active participant in eco- in times of demographic and social nomic policy debates. change. 55 54 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY IN GERMANY 07

07 Facts

Spending on research and development (2004) 55.1bn Eur Spending on research and development by universities (2004) 9.0bn Eur Public spending on research and development (2004) 7.5bn Eur Business spending on research and development (2004) 38.6bn Eur Total secondary schools (2005) 372 Universities (2005) 102 Universities of Applied Sciences (2005) 167 Art colleges (2005) 52 Educational colleges (2005) 6 Theological colleges (2005) 15 Administrative colleges (2005) 30 Students (2005) 1,963,108 International students (2005) 246,334

Did you know that … ?

… Germany has more universities than any other country in Europe? ESA Cologne

Did you know that … ?

… German companies and institutions register a new patent every 23 minutes at the European Patent Office?

Did you know that … ?

… German firms have registered more biotech patents at the European Patent Office than companies in any other European nation? 57 56 07 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY IN GERMANY 07

Key Research Institutions

President Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Bullinger Fraunhofer Society for the Advancement of Max Planck Society for the President Prof. Dr. Peter Gruss Press Franz Miller Applied Research Advancement of Science Press Dr. Bernd Wirsing Hansastrasse 27 c Hofgartenstrasse 8 D-80686 Munich The 80 research units that comprise The scientists who work at Max Planck D-80539 Munich

Phone +49 (0) 89 1205 1300 the Fraunhofer Society undertake are among the best in the world. Since Phone +49 (0) 89 2108 0 Fax +49 (0) 89 1205 7513 applied research for the direct benefit of 1911, the society and its predecessor Fax +49 (0) 89 2108 1111 I-Net www.fraunhofer.de (EN) businesses. The society is perhaps best organization have produced 30 Nobel I-Net www.mpg.de (EN) E-Mail [email protected] known for inventing the MP3 file format. laureates – more even than the 25 lau- E-Mail [email protected] reates boasted by California’s world- renowned Stanford University. Research Funding

President Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mlynek Helmholtz Association Donors’ Association for the Promotion of President Dr. Arend Oetker Press Thomas Gazlig Science and the Humanities in Germany Press Michael Sonnabend Fifteen times excellence and research Berlin Office Barkhovenallee 1 Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Strasse 2 from A to Z. The 15 Helmholtz Asso- The association includes around 4,000 D-45239 Essen D-10178 Berlin ciation institutes conduct scientific- companies, industrial associations and Phone +49 (0) 201 840 1181 Phone +49 (0) 30 2063 290 technical and biological-medical research private individuals that have banded Fax +49 (0) 201 840 1459 Fax +49 (0) 30 2063 2959 in fields ranging from astrophysics to together to promote science, technology I-Net www.stifterverband.de I-Net www.helmholtz.de (EN, CN, RU) cell biology. An association of superla- and teaching. E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] tives, Helmholtz’s research center at Jülich boasts the fastest computer in the world, used exclusively for civilian research.

President Prof. Dr. Ernst Theodor Rietschel Leibniz Association Federation of Industrial Cooperative President Johann Wilhelm Arntz Press Christoph Herbort-von Loeper Research Organizations “Otto von Guericke” Press Silvia Behr The Leibniz Association has 84 associate Berlin Office Bayenthalgürtel 23 Friedrichstrasse 81 facilities researching everything from The federation promotes applied re- D-50968 Cologne D-10117 Berlin the humanities and education to the search and development for the benefit Phone +49 (0) 221 376 8055 Phone +49 (0) 30 2060 4948 physical sciences and environmental of small- and medium sized compa- Fax +49 (0) 221 376 8027 Fax +49 (0) 30 2060 4955 research. Part of the association has nies. With its help, Germany’s small I-Net www.aif.de (EN) I-Net www.wgl.de (EN, FR) its roots in the former East Germany’s business community should remain E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] academy of science. what it already is: A success story. 59 58 07 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY IN GERMANY 07

Research Funding Social Research

President Prof. Dr. Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker German Research Foundation (DFG) Allensbach Institute for Public Opinion Directors Prof. Dr. Dr. Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann Press Dr. Eva-Maria Streier Research Prof. Dr. Renate Köcher Supporting Germany’s best and brightest, Press Dr. Edgar Piel Kennedyallee 40 D-53175 Bonn the DFG is the central research funding Allensbach asks Germans about every- Radolfzeller Strasse 8 organization for cutting-edge research D-78472 Allensbach Phone +49 (0) 228 885 2250 thing from federal elections and European Fax +49 (0) 228 885 2777 at universities and other publicly financed integration to New Year’s resolutions. Phone +49 (0) 7533 80 50 I-Net www.dfg.de (EN) research institutions in Germany. From its headquarters on the shores Fax +49 (0) 7533 30 48 E-Mail [email protected] of Lake Constance, the institute has I-Net www.ifd-allensbach.de E-Mail [email protected] been taking the pulse of German public opinion since 1947. Exchange Programs

President Prof. Dr. Theodor Berchem German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) President Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kocka Press Julia Kesselburg Press Dr. Paul Stoop For 75 years, DAAD has helped the The largest social science research insti- Kennedyallee 50 Reichpietschufer 50 D-53175 Bonn world’s best and brightest come to tution in Europe studies selected problem D-10785 Berlin Germany. Its alumni include Jeffrey areas of special concern to German Phone +49 (0) 228 882 0 Phone +49 (0) 30 25 49 15 09 Fax +49 (0) 228 882 444 Eugenides, Imre Kertézs, Mario Vargas society in cross-border comparison. Its Fax +49 (0) 30 25 49 15 43 I-Net www.daad.de (EN, ES and Llosa, Kenzaburo Oe, Susan Sontag core areas of interest include develop- I-Net www.wz-berlin.de (EN) 19 other languages) and Wangari Maathai. mental trends, problems of adaptation E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] and possibilities for innovation in modern democratic societies. Research Information

Director Jürgen Abel Scientific Information Service (IDW) Rent a German I-Net www.rentagerman.de (EN) Universität Bayreuth The leading information portal for Ger- If you are looking to acquire special in- Pressestelle D-95440 Bayreuth many’s scientific community keeps sights into the German soul, there is only tabs on the latest research projects one option: Rent yourself a German. “Rent Phone +49 (0) 921 55 5323 Fax +49 (0) 921 55 5325 being conducted in the “land of ideas.” a German” offers you your own personal I-Net www.idw-online.de specimen to guide you through the E-Mail [email protected] intricacies of the Teutonic mind. 61 60 08 BUSINESS PRESS IN GERMANY 08

Börsen-Zeitung Circulation undisclosed Editor-in-chief Claus Döring Coverage focuses strongly on financial markets. Düsseldorfer Strasse 16 D-60329 Frankfurt/Main

Phone +49 (0) 69 2732 0 Fax +49 (0) 69 2322 64 I-Net www.boersenzeitung.de Deutsche Welle Berlin Deutsche Welle E-Mail [email protected]

Brand Eins Circulation 85,063 copies sold (fourth quarter 2005) Editor-in-chief Gabriele Fischer Current business-related topics, back- ground reports and features. Schauenburgerstrasse 21 D-20095 Hamburg

Phone +49 (0) 40 323 316 0 Fax +49 (0) 40 323 316 20 I-Net www.brandeins.de E-Mail [email protected]

Capital Circulation 204,031 copies sold (fourth quarter 2005) Editor-in-chief Dr. Klaus Schweinsberg Focuses include finance as well as business-relevant topics and reports. Eupenerstrasse 70 D-50933 Cologne

Phone +49 (0) 221 4908 00 Fax +49 (0) 221 4908 555 I-Net www.capital.de E-Mail [email protected] 62 63 08 BUSINESS PRESS IN GERMANY 08

Circulation 101,393 copies sold (fourth quarter 2005) Financial Times Deutschland Manager-Magazin Circulation 124,550 copies sold (fourth quarter 2005) Editor-in-chief Steffen Klusmann Editor-in-chief Dr. Arno Balzer The German sister paper of the epony- Coverage focuses on companies and Stubbenhuk 3 mous London-based business daily. the people who run them. Dovenfleet 5 D-20459 Hamburg D-20457 Hamburg

Phone +49 (0) 40 31990 0 Phone +49 (0) 40 308005 0 Fax +49 (0) 40 31990 310 Fax +49 (0) 40 308005 49 I-Net www.ftd.de I-Net www.manager-magazin.de E-Mail [email protected]

Circulation 367,076 copies sold (fourth quarter 2005) Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Wirtschaftswoche Circulation 181,822 copies sold (fourth quarter 2005) Business publisher Holger Steltzner Editor-in-chief Stefan Baron The prestigious Frankfurt daily’s busi- Presents weekly analyses of the German Business editor Heike Göbel ness pages are considered some of the economy. Kasernenstrasse 67 Hellerhofstrasse 2–4 best in Germany. D-40213 Düsseldorf D-60327 Frankfurt/Main Phone +49 (0) 221 887 2122 Phone +49 (0) 69 7591 0 Fax +49 (0) 221 887 97 2122 Fax +49 (0) 69 7591 2333 I-Net www.wiwo.de I-Net www.faz.net E-Mail [email protected]

Circulation 142,964 copies sold (fourth quarter 2005) Handelsblatt Die Zeit Circulation 481,461 copies sold (fourth quarter 2005) Editor-in-chief Bernd Ziesemer Editor-in-chief Giovanni di Lorenzo In-depth coverage of the German econ- The voice of intellectual Germany – in- Business editor Dr. Uwe Jean Heuser Kasernenstrasse 67 omy – every day. cluding extensive culture and business D-40213 Düsseldorf sections. Pressehaus Speersort 1 Phone +49 (0) 211 887 0 D-20095 Hamburg Fax +49 (0) 211 887 2989 I-Net www.handelsblatt.de Phone +49 (0) 40 3280 0 E-Mail [email protected] Fax +49 (0) 40 3271 11 I-Net www.zeit.de E-Mail [email protected] 65 64 BUSINESS JOURNALISM IN GERMANY 09

09 Associations and Clubs

Bundespressekonferenz Chair Werner Gössling Press Roswitha Kreutzmann The Bundespressekonferenz, or federal Pressehaus/0103 press conference, is made up of ac- Schiffbauerdamm 40 credited journalists working in the Ger- D-10117 Berlin

man capital. The independent group Phone +49 (0) 30 2207 9919 invites leading public figures from Fax +49 (0) 30 2207 9922 politics, business and society to field I-Net www.bundespressekonferenz.de questions from it members. E-Mail [email protected]

German Journalists’ Association (DJV) Managing director Hubert Engeroff Press Hendrik Zörner Counting over 40,000 members, the Pressehaus 2107 DJV is the leading profession organi- Schiffbauerdamm 40 zation for journalists in Germany. It D-10117 Berlin

represents the political and economic Phone +49 (0) 30 7262 7920 interests of the profession and its practi- Fax +49 (0) 30 7262 79213 tioners in all media. I-Net www.djv.de (EN) E-Mail [email protected]

Berlin Business Journalists’ Club (CBWJ) Chair Dieter Grahammer Rüdesheimer Platz 11 German and international journalists D-14197 Berlin reporting on business in the German capital and its surrounding state of Phone +49 (0) 30 822 1555 Fax +49 (0) 30 821 9725 Brandenburg meet at the CBWJ. I-Net www.cbwj.de Leipzig Fair Leipzig Founded in 1968, the club traces its E-Mail [email protected] roots back to the legendary luncheons held by Berlin’s business press during the 1920’s and ’30s. 67 66 09 BUSINESS JOURNALISM IN GERMANY 09

Chair Hans Verbeek German Foreign Press Association (VAP) Munich Business Press Club Chair Christoph Hardt Pressehaus/1306 c/o Handelsblatt Founded in 1906, the VAP is Germany’s The club is the leading forum for busi- Schiffbauerdamm 40 Josephspitalstrasse 15 D-10117 Berlin oldest journalism organization. Today, ness journalists working in the Bavarian D-80331 Munich it counts 425 accredited journalists from metropolis, sponsoring a variety of Phone +49 (0) 30 2248 9547 Phone +49 (0) 89 5459 0720 Fax +49 (0) 30 2248 9548 61 countries among its members. events that often receive widespread I-Net www.wirtschaftspresse-muenchen.de I-Net www.vap-berlin.de coverage in the city’s press. E-Mail [email protected]

Chair Hans-Jörg Wiedenhaus Hamburg Business Journalists’ Club Stuttgart Business Press Club Chair Dietmar Krepper Press Hartmut Heinicke c/o SWR With its 200-strong membership, the The club brings together journalists Alter Wall 22 D-70150 Stuttgart D-20457 Hamburg Hamburg-based club bills itself as the reporting from Stuttgart, the center largest single entity of its kind in Germany. of Germany’s automotive industry, Phone +49 (0) 711 929 3544 Phone +49 (0) 40 3692 3375 Fax +49 (0) 711 929 3724 Fax +49 (0) 40 3692 1737 for meetings with entrepreneurs and E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail [email protected] managers in the Baden-Wuerttemberg region.

Managing director Bernd Wittkowski Frankfurt International Business Pfingstbornstrasse 20 B Journalists’ Club Did you know that … ? D-61273 Wehrheim The club is a meeting place for business Phone +49 (0) 6081 585 433 … Germany’s media scene is among the most vibrant in the world, with several hundred Fax +49 (0) 6081 585 436 journalists reporting from Europe’s newspapers published daily. Specialist magazines and international publications are E-Mail [email protected] leading finance center. available everywhere. 69 68 Imprint Concept, textConcept, andlayout Director ofMarketing and Communications In cooperation with Project director Supported by Supported Management Publisher Notice E-Mail Phone I-Net I-Net Fax (April (April press timeofgoingto was atthe available andup-to-date are from that drawn data allfacts stated, otherwise Unless GmbH Berlin &Friends Scholz www.land-of-ideas.org GmbH FC Deutschland Land ofIdeas 11019 ofEconomicsandTechnology Federal Ministry Eva Henkel Knape Bettina Maier Gerhart law German inaccordance with content Responsible the for [email protected] www.invest-in-germany.com + + D- Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Strasse Invest inGermany GmbH suggestions to: [email protected] to: Pleasesendyour correctness. and questions their liability for 49 49 10178 ( ( Berlin 0 0 15 ) ) Berlin Berlin , 30 30 2006

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