LOCATION PROFILE DÜSSELDORF FACTS & FIGURES

SEITE 1 METROPOLITAN REGION WITH GREAT ECONOMIC STRENGTH DÜSSELDORF

SEITE 2 WHY DÜSSELDORF?

10 GOOD REASONS FOR DÜSSELDORF

SEITE 3 ECONOMIC STRENGTH

THE DÜSSELDORF AREA IS A POWERFUL ECONOMIC REGION IN EUROPE

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BUSINESS MARKET DÜSSELDORF – IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS NEW YORK, LONDON OR PARIS

RHINELAND REGION (1) GREATER LONDON (2) Inhabitants 8,6 Mio. Inhabitants 8,7 Mio. Area 12.278 km² / 4,741 mi² Area 1.594 km² / 615 mi²

PARIS – ILE DE (3) (4) Inhabitants 12,1 Mio. Inhabitants 8,6 Mio. Area 12.012 km² / 4,638 mi² Area 784 km² / 303 mi²

Sources: (1) IHKs V2016. (2) Office for National Statistics V2016. (3) Eurostat V2016. (4) U.S. Census Bureau V2015. Area: land area

DÜSSELDORF – METROPOLITAN REGION WITH GREAT ECONOMIC STRENGTH SEITE 5 ECONOMIC STRENGTH

STATE CAPITAL OF DÜSSELDORF AND THE METROPOLITAN REGION OF THE RHINELAND – LARGEST ECONOMIC CENTRE IN

DÜSSELDORF/RHINELAND REGION HAMBURG Inhabitants 8.6 m. Inhabitants 5.2 m.

Employees 4.5 m. Hamburg Employees 2.7 m. GDP in 331.5 bn. GDP in Euro 193.0 bn. REGION REGION BERLIN Düsseldorf- Inhabitants 5.7 m. Rhineland Inhabitants 6.0 m. Employees 3.1 m. Employees 2.9 m. GDP in Euro 242.4 bn. GDP in Euro 180.1 bn. Frankfurt REGION STUTTGART REGION MUNICH Stuttgart Inhabitants 5.4 m. Inhabitants 5.9 m. Employees 2.9 m. Munich Employees 3.4 m. GDP in Euro 225.9 bn. GDP in Euro 279.6 bn.

Sources: destatis 11/ 2016; AKVGR 2016.

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EASY ACCESS TO THE EUROPEAN MARKET

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DÜSSELDORF IS ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE CITIES IN GERMANY

Gross Domestic Product per employee in €

93.194 91.804 91.097 90.000 84.309 82.754 77.547 74.400 73.116

66.553 65.445 63.331 62.701

60.000 55.837 55.099

30.000

0 Frankfurt Munich Stuttgart Hamburg Düsseldorf Essen Cologne Bremen NurembergHanover, Region Berlin Dortmund Dresden Leipzig

Source: Working Group National Accounts, Gross Domestic Product per Employee V2015Q4 B2013.

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HIGH PURCHASING POWER OF DÜSSELDORFER INHABITANTS

Purchasing power index in selected cities, Germany = 100

140 132,6

118,3 120 115,1 112,9 110,4 106,6 103,9 102,6 100,0 97,8 95,7 100 93,0 91,4 90,0 85,5

80

60

40

20

0 Munich Düsseldorf Frankfurt Stuttgart Hamburg Cologne Nuremberg Hanover Germany Essen Bremen Berlin Dortmund Dresden Leipzig

Source: MB-Research GmbH V2016Q2..

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HIGH PURCHASING POWER OF DÜSSELDORFER INHABITANTS

Purchasing power index in selected cities, Germany = 100

140 132,6

118,3 120 115,1 112,9 110,4 106,6 102,6 100,0 97,8 100

80

60

40

20

0 Munich Düsseldorf Frankfurt am Stuttgart Hamburg Cologne Hanover Germany Essen Main

Source: MB-Research GmbH V2016Q2.

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WHY DÜSSELDORF IS ONE OF THE TOP CITIES IN GERMANY

Factors why Düsseldorf occupies at least 4th place in German cities with more than 200,000 inhabitants in the DekaBank Study 2014 . Source: DekaBank, City ranking 2014 V2014Q4. Own illustration.

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WIDE VARIETY OF STRONG INDUSTRIES AND CLUSTERS IN DÜSSELDORF

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SUCCESSFUL CORPORATES

The diversity of the industries within the region is one of its biggest assets

SEITE 13 STARTUPS IN DÜSSELDORF

URBAN INNOVATION IS FUELLED BY A GROWING STARTUP SCENE

Expanding Coworking Spaces 2015: about 3,500m² About 2017: about 45,000m² to come 300 events a year

Startup Unit of the City of Düsseldorf provides: • annual Startup week • Startup profiles and services at: startup-city.de • Investor-pitches Growing network of experts, business angels • a university-network to support startup ideas and financing partners

SEITE 14 DÜSSELDORF CENTRAL LOCATION, EASY ACCESS

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FAST CONNECTIONS TO EUROPEAN ECONOMIC CENTRES

Stockholm FROM / TO DISTANCE FLIGHT DÜSSELDORF ROAD TIME Glasgow Barcelona 1,390 km 135 min Berlin 559 km 70 min

Frankfurt 229 km 55 min Warsaw London Glasgow 1,201 km 100 min Düsseldorf Helsinki 1,853 km 140 min Prague London 563 km 85 min Vienna Madrid 1,767 km 160 min Paris Oslo 1,203 km 110 min Zurich Paris 502 km 75 min Prague 731 km 75 min Rome 1,447 km 120 min Rome Stockholm 1,371 km 120 min Barcelona Warsaw 1,096 km 100 min Madrid Vienna 936 km 90 min Zurich 610 km 80 min

Source: Falk Routenplaner, Düsseldorf Airport, Deutsche Bahn AG V2014Q2.

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FAST CONNECTIONS TO EUROPEAN ECONOMIC CENTRES

FROM DÜSSEL- ROAD FROM DÜSSEL- ROAD FLIGHT TIME FLIGHT TIME DORF TO DISTANCE DORF TO DISTANCE Amsterdam 228 km 55 min Milan 864 km 90 min Barcelona 1,390 km 135 min Moscow 2,340 km 190 min Berlin 559 km 70 min Oslo 1,203 km 110 min Brussels 203 km 154* min Paris 502 km 75 min Frankfurt 229 km 55 min Prague 731 km 75 min Glasgow 1,201 km 100 min Rome 1,447 km 120 min Helsinki 1,853 km 140 min Stockholm 1,371 km 120 min London 563 km 85 min Warsaw 1,096 km 100 min Luxembourg 236 km 45 min Vienna 936 km 90 min Lyon 753 km 85 min Zurich 610 km 80 min

Madrid 1,767 km 160 min * For Brussels, train time given in minutes

Source: Falk Routenplaner, Düsseldorf Airport, Deutsche Bahn AG V2014Q2.

SEITE 17 ZENTRALE LAGE, SCHNELLE ERREICHBARKEIT

DÜSSELDORF AIRPORT IN NUMBERS

Source: Flughafen Düsseldorf GmbH V2016Q2.

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WORLDWIDE NON-STOP DESTINATIONS FROM DÜSSELDORF

FLIGHT DESTINATIONS FROM DÜSSELDORF (EXAMPLES) Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Atlanta USA Chicago USA Dubai United Arab Emirates Hong Kong China Los Angeles USA Madrid Miami USA Moscow Russia New York USA Peking China St. Petersburg Russia Tel Aviv Israel Tokyo Japan

Source: Flughafen Düsseldorf GmbH V2015Q2.

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FASTEST ACCESS TO AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Road distance between city and airport in km

Düsseldorf 9,0 Airport Frankfurt 10,1

Hamburg 10,6 Exhibitio n Centre Hanover 11,7 9 km

Stuttgart 13,8 City Cologne 15,2

Leipzig 17,9

Paris Charles de Gaulle 21,8

Berlin Schönefeld 23,3

London Heathrow 28,3

Munich 38,1

0 10 20 30 40

Source: own research with map.de V2015Q2. Distance from respective main railway station. Paris from Gare du Nord. London from Waterloo Station.

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DUSSELDORF̈ – EASIEST TO REACH OF ALL MAJOR EUROPEAN CITIES

Average time for trips to 41 major European cities in minutes

300

255 250 241 232 226 221 222 206 201 204 205 196 200 200 186 189

150

100

50

0 Frankfurt Düsseldorf Berlin Cologne Essen Stuttgart Munich Hamburg Hanover Dortmund Nuremberg Bremen Dresden Leipzig

Source: BBR V2013Q2 B2012. Average travel time by combined car/air transport to 41 selected European agglomeration centers.

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COMPLETE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

s Sources: Deutsche Bahn AG, Office for Traffic Management of City of Düsseldorf, Neuss-Düsseldorfer Häfen GmbH & Co. KG. with reference to the 7 inland ports of RheinCargo. In each case V2015Q2.

SEITE 22 Size of Cities in Germany

DÜSSELDORF – COMPACT CITY WITH HIGH POTENTIAL

1.762.791 Hamburg

580.511 Dortmund 3.469.849 Berlin 573.784 Essen 604.527 Düsseldorf 1.046.680 Köln 717.624 Frankfurt

612.441 Stuttgart 1.462.584 München

Source: Destatis, 08/2016.

SEITE 23 INTERNATIONAL LOCATION DÜSSELDORF

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DÜSSELDORF IS ONE OF THE THREE LARGEST REGIONS FOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN EUROPE

Greater London 3. Düsseldorf region (160) (454) 1.

Ranking of European regions 4. Munich region (141) according to number of foreign 2. direct investments 2016 Paris – Ile de France (270)

5. Barcelona – Catalonia (117)

Source: Ernst & Young, European Investment Monitor, Direct investments V2017Q2. The Dusseldorf̈ region is formed here by the government region that corresponds to a NUTS 2 European regional classification. Foreign investments are included that created business premises and/or jobs in 2016.

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ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR GERMAN CITIES FOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS

Number of foreign direct investments that created new businesses and/or new jobs between 2011 and 2016

Source: Ernst & Young, European Investment Monitor, Direct investment to Germany V 2014Q2 B2013.

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DÜSSELDORF MAKES NRW NO.1 FEDERAL STATE FOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS

Direct investments in Germany‘s federal states in billions of € Hamburg Lower Saxony €30 billion €17 billion Berlin €21 billion

NRW €147 billion Hesse €66 billion

Bavaria Baden-Württemberg €97 billion €39 billion

Source: Deutsche Bundesbank, Direct foreign investments in Germany by federal state V2016Q2 B2014Q4.

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EDUCATING AN INTERNATIONAL GENERATION IN DÜSSELDORF

ISD International ISR International Wide range School of Düssel- School on the Rhine, of international schools dorf: 1,000 students Neuss: 700 students and kindergartens of 50 nationalities of 41 nationalities

the Lycée full Greek Japanese Français school International system School

Hanyuan Chinese 4 grammar schools language school (“Gymnasium”) with bilingual departments

several international and multilingual kindergartens

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DÜSSELDORF ENJOYS HIGH STANDING AMONG FOREIGN COMPANIES

NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA FOREIGN COMPANIES SCORES WITH: IN NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA: • social open-mindedness and tolerance • have a good business location • economic power • rate their business expectations as positive • technological know-how • show high investment activity • attractiveness for companies • significantly develop their business • sustainability • innovative potential • attractiveness for talented people NRW

Source: NRW.Invest, Ernst & Young, “Investitionsstandort NRW – Der Standort NRW im Urteil internationaler Unternehmen” Survey V2015Q1 B2014Q4. The positive location factors (left side) have been taken from the survey V2014.

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DÜSSELDORF IS VERY ATTRACTIVE FOR INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS

FOREIGN COMPANIES IN DÜSSELDORF (EXAMPLES):

139 France 176 companies countries India 46 companies invest in Japan 384 companies Düsseldorf Korea 70 companies Netherlands 514 companies P.R. China 480 companies Russia 106 companies United Kingdom 471 companies USA 217 companies

Source: Office of Economic Development Düsseldorf Monitoring V2016Q1.

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INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL COMPANIES SETTLE IN DÜSSELDORF

FOREIGN HEADQUARTERS IN DÜSSELDORF (EXAMPLES) Nokia Networks, BBDO Germany, Advertising U.S.A. Finland Telecommunications Telefónica Telecommunications Spain ORACLE Deutschland, IT U.S.A. Ericsson, Telecommunications Sweden Posco Europe Office, Steel Korea FUJIFILM Europe Japan Statkraft Germany, Energy Norway HSBC, Financing U.K. TATA Steel, Steel India Huawei, Telecommunications China The of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, UFJ Japan L'Oréal, Cosmetics France Toshiba Electronics Japan Vodafone Group, McKinsey & Co., Consultancy U.S.A. U.K. Telecommunications Nanya Technology Europe, IT Taiwan ZTE, Telecommunications China

Source: Office of Economic Development Düsseldorf V2015Q2.

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STRONGLY INTERTWINED WITH GLOBAL ECONOMY: EXPORT QUOTA 47 %

IMPORT EXPORT

The countries importing the The countries receiving the most exports most to North Rhine- from North Rhine-Westphalia: Westphalia: • Netherlands • Netherlands • France • People‘s Republic of China • United Kingdom • • Belgium • France • U.S.A. • Italy 44 % Düsseldorf The largest import sectors to North The largest export sectors from North Rhine-Westphalia: Rhine-Westphalia: • Mineral materials • Machines, equipment • Base metals and goods made from • Base metals and goods made from them them • Machines, equipment • Chemicals Industry products • Chemicals Industry products • Plastics and rubber (goods) • Means of transport • Means of transport

Source: ITNRW, statistics for the manufacturing sector and foreign trade statistics V2016Q3 B2015.

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DÜSSELDORF OFFERS AN ATTRACITIVE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES

40 33 consular authorities foreign chambers of commerce in Düsseldorf and foreign trade organisations including China, France, United Kingdom, including China, France, United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Netherlands, Czech India, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Turkey Republic, Turkey, U.S.A.

Source: Office of Economic Development Düsseldorf V2014Q4.

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PEOPLE OF ALL CONTINENTS LIVE IN DÜSSELDORF

Source: Statistical Office Düsseldorf, Register of Inhabitants V2014Q4 B2013Q4.

SEITE 34 TRADE AND EXHIBITION LOCATION DÜSSELDORF

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TOP TRADE LOCATION DÜSSELDORF

Auszeichnung „Stadt des fairen Handels“

Source: Office of Economic Development Düsseldorf V2016Q2. * Company Register

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SHOPPING PARADISE DÜSSELDORF WITH HIGH TURNOVER FOR RETAILERS

Strength of retail sales in German cities, (Sales index per inhabitant, Germany = 100)

Munich 146,8

Düsseldorf 141,0

Hanover 137,4

Stuttgart 135,9

Cologne 133,6

Hamburg 122,3

Frankfurt 121,0

Essen 120,5

100,0 125,0 150,0

Sources: GfK Nuremberg, Retail trade sales indicators V2014Q1.

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DÜSSELDORF’S TRADE FAIRS ARE A MEETING POINT FOR WORLD BUSINESS

Sources: Messe Düsseldorf V2016Q2.

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AROUND ONE THIRD OF TAXABLE TURNOVER COMES FROM TRADE

SECTOR WZ08 COMPANIES LIABLE TO PAY TAX TAXABLE TURNOVER* CODE In billions Share of Düssel- Share of Düssel- Number dorf economy € dorf economy

Automotive trade & 45 609 1.90 % 1.6 1.00 % repair

Wholesale 46 1,915 5.90 % 27.3 16.20 %

Retail 47 3,128 9.60 % 26.5 15.70 %

Trade on the whole 45 – 47 5,652 17.30 % 55.4 32.80 %

Source: ITNRW, VAT statistics V2015Q2 B2013Q4. WZ08 no: 45 – 47. * = The taxable turnover is calculated according to the head office and includes branches in other towns.

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IMPORTANT TRADE AND SALES LOCATION DÜSSELDORF

Examples of companies

Quelle: Office of Economic Development Düsseldorf V2015Q2.

SEITE 40 DÜSSELDORF TOP LOCATON FOR THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

SEITE 41 DÜSSELDORF – BEST PLATFORM FOR DIGITAL TRANS- FORMATION

SEITE 42 DIGITAL ECONOMY

ICT LOCATION DÜSSELDORF – HOTSPOT FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND DIGITAL NATIVES

Initiative for fibre optic connections in all industrial zones in Düsseldorf Ecosystem for digital innovation

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DÜSSELDORF’S DIGITAL INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM: INSPIRATION, COMMUNITY, TALENTS, MAKER SPACES

Digital Units Networks Corporates

Congresses Universities

BidsforBytes

DemoDays

Co-Workings/Innovation Labs Startup ecosystem 250+ startups, e.g.:

Innovation and Startup Unit – Office of Economic Development

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INCUBATION FOR IDEAS AND INNOVATION in DÜSSELDORF

You get connected within the city, the region, the state, the country, Europe and worldwide.

DIGITAL INNOVATION HUB • Successful corporates supporting the startup DÜSSELDORF/RHEINLAND GmbH ecosystem • Around 40 companies and institutions in the region • International support • Linking startups and international companies with corporates and SMEs

SEITE 45 NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA

THE BEST RESEARCHERS NETWORK

Düsseldorf and NRW

SMART offer the best BIG DATA CPS VR PROD. researchers network and skilled service BIELEFELD providers for cutting PADERBORN SMART edge digital solutions CITY BOCHUM DORTMUND

DÜSSELDORF WUPPERTAL IT SECURITY AACHEN

ROBOTIC / ENERGY LOGISTICS IoT AI

SEITE 46 HIGHLY QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES

DIGITAL TALENT POOL IN A WELL EDUCATED REGION

50,000 students in informatics, electro- and information-technology in the catchment area of Düsseldorf (Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Essen, Dortmund)

world-class local labour force 37 12 education in IT, with experience in private Max Planck engineering technology, industry universities Institutes and design and service huge expertise in City of Düsseldorf: basic network technologies embedded in 42,000 the densest university digital pacesetters and research landscape 35 in Germany public universities

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STRONG ICT LOCATION MOBILE HUB DÜSSELDORF

• Around 1,900 ICT companies with over 30,000 employees • Düsseldorf is the mobile capital of Germany. • Over 30 network operators in location • All three network operators in Germany are based in Düsseldorf • eTown award 2015

Düsseldorf is a hub for the Internet of Things: • In the STARTPLATZ with academy and laboratory • At the international IoT congress M2M summit • At the Cebit conference d!conomy

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DÜSSELDORF PRESENTS ALL THE VALUE CREATION STAGES OF THE MOBILE SECTOR

Networks, Infrastructure, Managed Services, Service Provider, End devices MVNEs a) Appliances Outsourcing MVNOs b), Branded Resellers

Content Value Added Mobile Marketing, Trade, Consultancy Providers Services, Mobile Advertising, Media Service, Apps & Solutions M-Commerce

a) MVNE = Mobile Virtual Network Enabler, b) MVNO = Mobile Virtual Network Operator

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TOP-LEVEL RESEARCH IN THE ICT REGION DÜSSELDORF

• Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf: – Data centre, Centre for IT and Media, Institute for Information Technology • Fraunhofer Institutes: – for micro-electronic circuits and systems – for software and systems technology – for laser technology • Institute for mobile and satellite telecommunications (IMST) • Cluster of Excellence Ultra High-Speed Mobile Information and Communication (UMIC) Research Centre • University Düsseldorf: – Institute for Media, Communication and Information Technology

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DÜSSELDORF IS NO. 1 TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOCATION IN GERMANY

Employees liable to social security contributions working in the telecommunications sector 2014

7.000 6.379

6.000

5.000 4.422

3.859 4.000

2.901 3.000 2.434 2.433

2.000 1.833 1.786 1.546 1.339 1.279

1.000 782 771 562 264

0 Düsseldorf Cologne Berlin MunichHanover RegionHamburg Bonn Frankfurt NurembergDortmund Leipzig Bremen Stuttgart Dresden Essen

Source: Federal Employment Agency, Employees liable to social security contributions V2015Q1 B2014Q2. WZ08 no.: 61.

SEITE 51 DÜSSELDORF – WHERE CONNECTED MOBILITY BECOMES REALITY

SEITE 52 CONNECTED MOBILITY

CONNECTED MOBILITY KNOW-HOW IN GREATER DÜSSELDORF

Join a unique cluster of platform and manufacturer-independent technology companies driving forward the development of connected and driverless mobility

Innovation park and Working on communication testing facilities between autonomous driving vehicles

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DÜSSELDORF – KoMoD: COOPERATIVE MOBILITY DIGITAL TESTFIELD DÜSSELDORF

The city facilitates testing of innovative 5G technology

12 project partners are involved:

Research • RWTH Aachen Testing facilities will be open for units: • Zentrum für external users from end of 2018 Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) for about 6 months. • FH Potsdam

SEITE 54 DÜSSELDORF THE REGION WITH EXPERTISE IN LIFE SCIENCES

SEITE 55 LIFE SCIENCES

DÜSSELDORF – LOCATION FOR LIFE SCIENCES

Source: Office of Economic Development Düsseldorf V2013Q3

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COMPETENCE CLUSTER REGION BIORIVER

Life Science networks in Düsseldorf region: • LifeScienceNet Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf) Bielefeld www.lifescience-dus.de Münster • BioRiver (Cluster Region Rheinland) www.bioriver.de Essen Dortmund • Bio.NRW (Raum NRW) Krefeld Bochum www.bio.nrw.de DÜSSELDORF

• MedTech.NRW (Raum NRW) Jülich Cologne www.medizin-technik-nrw.de Aachen Bonn

REGION BIORIVER

Source: Office of Economic Development Düsseldorf V2013Q3

SEITE 57 DÜSSELDORF FIRST-RATE INDUSTRY LOCATION

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KEY DATA ON DÜSSELDORF AS AN INDUSTRY LOCATION

SHARE OF TOTAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY REFERENCE YEAR NUMBER DÜSSELDORF

Industrial companies (Business Register) 2014 1,398 3.4 %

Industrial companies liable to pay tax 2014 1,412 4.3 %

Gross value added 2014 €3,724 m. 8.9 %

Gross value added per person employed 2014 €97,947 €82.705 (A)

Number employed 2014 38,002 7.5 % Turnover of companies with more than 20 2015 11.4 bn. n. a.* employees € Export share 2015 47.1 %

Source: Statistical Office Düsseldorf, Business Register V2016Q3 B2014. Working Group VGR, Gross Value Added and employees V2016Q4. ITNRW, Statistics of Manufacturing Industry V2016Q2 B2015 and VAT statistics V2016Q2 B2014. * = The total turnover achieved in the city is not recorded. (A) = city average value.

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DÜSSELDORF IS ONE OF THE 2 MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL CITIES IN NORTH-RHINE WESTPHALIA

Gross value added in manufacturing industry in billions of €

6,0 5,5

5,0

4,0 3,7 3,3 3,3 2,9 3,0

2,2 2,1 2,0 1,9 1,9 2,0

1,0

0,0 Cologne Düsseldorf Duisburg Aachen city Wuppertal Leverkusen Krefeld Dortmund Essen Bielefeld region

Source: Working Group National Accounts, Gross value added according to economic sectors, here manufacturing industry V2016Q4 B2014.

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REGION DÜSSELDORF – ONE OF THE LARGEST URBAN INDUSTRY CLUSTERS

Number of employed in manufacturing industry in regional comparison Hamburg 103.400

Hanover Region Berlin 74.400 119.900 Düsseldorf/Mettmann/ Neuss 121.900 Frankfurt / Main-Taunus / Hochtaunus 68.300

Stuttgart / Böblingen Munich 150,300 City and District 140,500

Source: Working Group Official Employment Statistics, employees according to economic sectors V2016Q2 B2014.

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EXAMPLES OF TOP MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS “Made in Düsseldorf”

COMPANY (EXAMPLES) PRODUCTS A.u.K. Müller Electromagnetic valves BASF Chemical raw materials Daimler Sprinter plant Eifeler Werkzeuge High-tech coatings Ericsson Mobile communications, network equipment Henkel Detergents, adhesives, construction chemistry Hille u. Müller (Tata Steel) Cold-rolled steel bands Komatsu Mining Construction machines Schmolz & Bickenbach Steel production, processing Teekanne Tea production, sales Terex / Konecranes Crane systems Vallourec High-tech tubing Vodafone Mobile communications, network equipment

Source: Office of Economic Development Düsseldorf, Monitoring V2017Q1.

SEITE 62 DÜSSELDORF IMPORTANT FINANCIAL LOCATION

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DÜSSELDORF IMPORTANT FINANCIAL LOCATION

Source: BaFin V2016Q4, VAT statistics V2016Q2, Business Register V2016Q3, Banking Association NRW V2016Q4, Federal Employment Agency V2016Q1, Office of Economic Development Düsseldorf Monitoring V2016Q4.

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DÜSSELDORF SECOND LARGEST BANKING LOCATION IN GERMANY

Key points

4.000 Number of large Annual balance sheet total in billion € 14 3.666,0 13 12 3.500 12

11 3.000 10 10

9 2.500 8 8

2.000 7 6 6 5 1.500 5 4 4 4 1.000 3 640,0 3 365,0 2 500 293,0 212,0 229,0 179,0 68,0 1 0 0 Frankfurt Düsseldorf Munich Berlin Stuttgart Hanover Cologne Hamburg

Source: diebank, The 100 largest German banks V2015Q3. * = Ranking extended with Portigon AG with head office in Düsseldorf, which was not taken into account in the study. The IKB Deutsche Industriebank was evaluated with sole office in Düsseldorf.

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DÜSSELDORF STRONG PRESENCE OF MAJOR GERMAN BANKS

Examples of international banks with a presence in Düsseldorf

HEAD OFFICES BRANCH OFFICES OF GERMAN BANKS IN DÜSSELDORF OF GERMAN BANKS IN DÜSSELDORF (according to balance sheet total) (examples in alphabetical order*)

NRW.Bank Commerzbank AG WGZ-Bank-Gruppe Deutsche Bank AG Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank eG Deutsche Genossenschafts-Hypothekenbank IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG Deutsche Postbank AG HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG Helaba Düsseldorf Portigon AG HSH Nordbank Targobank AG & Co. KGaA WL Bank AG Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf

Düsseldorfer Hypothekenbank AG

Sparda-Bank West eG Source: die bank, journal on banking policy and practice, The 100 largest German banks V2015Q3. Die Welt, Top 50 banks in Germany V2014Q2, Group report of Portigon AG B2014. * = without taking public banks into account with exception of Helaba as supervisory authority of NRW savings banks.

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IMPORTANT FINANCIAL LOCATION DÜSSELDORF KEY POINTS

• Düsseldorf is the no. 1 banking location in North Rhine-Westphalia and no. 2 across Germany.

• 277 financial institutions with head-office function (according to VAT statistics without WZ no. 663).

• A total of 501 financing institutions incl. branches and offices from the fields of central banking, lending, investment companies, trust institutions, funds, building societies, pawn shops, stock exchanges and other institutions (according to Business Register).

• 104 listed and financial service institutes under federal supervision (BaFin).

• The banking association for North Rhine-Westphalia, representing the interests of private NRW banks, has 61 members including 26 from Düsseldorf.

• There are 20,849 persons liable to social security contributions working in the financial sector in Düsseldorf.

• Financial institutions that have moved to Düsseldorf in recent years: Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, State Bank of India, Denizbank AG, Walser Privatbank AG, Helaba branch as new central bank of NRW savings bank, Sparda-Bank West (merger from other regions).

Source: BaFin V2015Q4, VAT statistics V2015Q2, Business Register V2014Q3, Banking Association NRW V2015Q4, Federal Employment Agency V2015Q1, Office of Economic Development Düsseldorf Monitoring V2015Q4.

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BANKING LOCATION DÜSSELDORF ENJOYS HIGH INTERNATIONAL CONFIDENCE

Examples of international banks with presence in Düsseldorf

International banking location Düsseldorf

Source: Office of Economic Development Düsseldorf Monitoring V2015Q4, Banking Association NRW V2015Q4.

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STRONG STOCK EXCHANGE IN DÜSSELDORF

Characteristics

SEITE 69 DÜSSELDORF HOTSPOT FOR CULTURE& CREATIVIVITY

SEITE 70 CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

DÜSSELDORF – A PLACE FOR CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION

Annual turnover of cultural Competence Center and creative industries in Düsseldorf (total): Cultural & Creative Industries • interdisciplinary team 7,000,000,000euros • mission: enable creativity • providing comprehensive advice, Particular Focus: individual services, support & promotion Advertising, • service agency for permits & real estate, Marketing specialising in intermediate uses networking & communication and Design • scientific research & reporting

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DÜSSELDORF FASHION INDUSTRY

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DÜSSELDORF FASHION WHOLESALE

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DÜSSELDORF FASHION RETAIL

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DÜSSELDORF ORDER LOCATION

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FASHION NET DÜSSELDORF

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DÜSSELDORF – ATTRACTIVE LOCATION COSTS

Placements of European cities in Mercer – Cost of Living ranking of 209 cities worldwide 2016

220 207

200 193

180 166 160 146 140 133 122 124 120 110 103 97 100

80

60

40

20

0 Hamburg Düsseldorf Berlin Frankfurt Brüssel München Amsterdam Paris London Zürich

Source: Mercer, Cost of Living 2016 V2016Q2

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DÜSSELDORF – LOW AVERAGE RENTAL COSTS IN COMPARISON

Quoted rents for accomodation in €/m² (Germany)

50,00 48,00

40,00 35,00

30,00

20,00

14,61 12,00 10,91 9,86 10,23 8,99 9,23 10,00

0,00 Berlin Düsseldorf Köln Hamburg Stuttgart Frankfurt München Paris London

Source: For Germany: CBRE based on data from empirica-systems V2016Q2 B2015 annual average. The quoted rent is the average rental price of the rental objects offered in the market for the period. For Paris: expatica.com/fr/housing/renting V2016Q2. For London: UK Government, Valuation Office Agency (VOA) V2016Q2. The weekly median (average for 2015) was converted into ¬ and monthly for an assumed area of 50 m², reference area: Inner London. SEITE 79 LOCATION COSTS

DÜSSELDORF – ATTRACTIVE COST OF LIVING

Placements of European cities in Mercer – Cost of Living ranking of 209 cities worldwide 2016

220 207

200 193

180 166 160 146 140 133 122 124 120 110 103 97 100

80

60

40

20

0 Hamburg Düsseldorf Berlin Frankfurt Brüssel München Amsterdam Paris London Zürich

Source: Mercer, Cost of Living 2016 V2016Q2

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DÜSSELDORF – ATTRACTIVE STAFF COSTS

Salary costs per employee in €

75.000 71.600 70.000

65.000

60.000 55.300 55.000 49.600 49.900 50.000 47.200 44.700 45.200 45.000 42.900

40.000

35.000

30.000

25.000

20.000

15.000

10.000 Köln Düsseldorf Hamburg Stuttgart München Frankfurt Ile de France* Inner London*

Source: Working party national accounts of the states, wage costs per employee V2015Q4 B2013. * The values for Ile de France (Paris) and Inner London are estimated values. They were calculated from the relation between the average household income of the government district Düsseldorf with that of these two areas (each NUTS2 regions) according to information from Eurostat for 2012. SEITE 81 LOCATION COSTS

DÜSSELDORF WITH ATTRACTIVE OFFICE MARKET PRIME RENTS

Prime rents for office space in €/m²/month

90,00 84,40

80,00

70,00 64,60

60,00 51,60 50,00 45,00 40,80 40,00 37,00 33,50 33,80 30,80 30,00 26,00 24,00

20,00

10,00

0,00 Berlin Düsseldorf Amsterdam München Moskau Frankfurt Mailand Luxemburg Stockholm Paris CBD London City Südachse Central CBD

Source: Cushman & Wakefield, “Office Market Snapshot” V2016Q2 B2016Q1. Annual figures were divided by 12.

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VERY AFFORDABLE DÜSSELDORF COMMERCIAL RENTS

Prime rents for logistic spaces in European city regions in €/m²/month

18,00 16,90

16,00

14,00

12,00 10,40 10,00

8,00 7,30 6,50 6,00 6,00 5,40 5,40 4,70

4,00

2,00

0,00 Berlin Düsseldorf Hamburg Frankfurt München Amsterdam Airport Paris London Heathrow

Source: Cushman & Wakefield, “Industrial Market Snapshot”, Prime Industrial Rents (Logistic Locations) V2016Q2 B2016Q1. Annual figures were divided by 12. The information on the Swiss locations relate to B2015Q3. SEITE 83 LOCATION COSTS

FAVOURABLE TRADE TAX MULTIPLIER IN DÜSSELDORF

Trade tax multipliers of German cities Trade tax rate Trade income (= profit including tax-

520 related additions and deductions) 520,00 x 3.5% x municipal assessment rate 490 475 Example for Düsseldorf: 15,40% 460 447 450 440 various large Cologne: 16,63% 420 cities in Frankfurt: 16,10% 420,00 410 Germany Hamburg: 16,45% Munich: 17,15% Berlin: 14,35%

320,00 Berlin Stuttg. Düsseldorf Nürnb. Dresden Frankfurt Köln MünchenDuisburg

Source: City administrations of the respective cities and senate administrations of city states V2016Q1. Cities with over 500,000 inhabitants are shown with the exception of Duisburg. Calculation of trade tax for stock corporations: trade tax = 5% of trade income x trade tax multiplier / 100 . SEITE 84 DÜSSELDORF HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE EMPLOYMENT LOCATION

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A UNIQUE TALENT POOL

world-class local labour force 37 12 education in IT, with experience in private Max Planck engineering technology, industry universities Institutes and design and service huge expertise in more than basic network technologies embedded in 42,000 the densest university digital pacesetters and research landscape 35 in Germany public universities

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EMPLOYEES WITH ABOVE-AVERAGE QUALIFICATIONS WORK IN DÜSSELDORF

Educational qualifications of employees liable to pay social security contributions in Düsseldorf compared to Germany as a whole

Germany Düsseldorf 100% 12,6% 19,2% Master's degree and higher level qualifications 80% 6,6% 5,9% Bachelor, Master and equivalent qualifications 60%

Recognized vocational training 58,0% 40% 48,8%

Without professional qualification 20%

11,7% 11,3% 0%

Source: Federal Employment Agency, Official Employment Statistics V2016Q1 B2015Q2. Information on professional qualifications only available for around 84 % of employed persons liable to pay social security contributions in Germany.

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MORE THAN 50,000 NEW JOBS IN TEN YEARS

People in gainful employment in Dü sseldorf 2004–2014

520.000 507.500 510.000 504.400 Increase 2004 – 2014: 499.600 500.000 495.800 +53,900 employees 492.500 491.200 488.200 490.000

480.000 472.200 470.000 462.500 457.900 460.000 453.600

450.000

440.000

430.000

420.000 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Source: Official Employment Statistics Working Group V2016Q3

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DÜSSELDORF – A CITY WITH HIGH LABOR PRODUCTIVITY

Gross domestic product per employee in

100.000 93.194 91.807 91.097

84.309 82.754 80.000 77.547 74.400 73.116

66.553 65.445 63.331 62.701

60.000 55.837 55.099

40.000

20.000

0 Frankfurt Munich Stuttgart Hamburg Düsseldorf Essen Cologne Bremen Nuremberg Hanover Berlin Dortmund Dresden Leipzig

Source: Working Committee for National Accounts, Gross domestic product per gainfully employed person V2015Q4 B2013

SEITE 89 EXCELLENT EDUCATION AND RESEARCH REGION DÜSSELDORF

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EXCELLENT RESEARCH PRESENCE IN GREATER DÜSSELDORF

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN GREATER DÜSSELDORF 35 public and 37 private universities Over 700,000 students in winter semester 2014/15 12 Max Planck Institutes Gelsenkirchen • 9 International Max Planck Research Schools • Dortmund Duisburg • • Essen 13 Fraunhofer Institutes • Hagen • Wuppertal 3 research centres of the Helmholtz Association Düsseldorf 11 institutes of the Leibniz Association • Cologne 13 Johannes Rau research institutes • Aachen DFG German Research Foundation • Bonn VDI Association of German Engineers North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts

Source: Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of State of North Rhine-Westphalia V2015Q1.

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COMPETENCE IN ACADEMIC EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN DÜSSELDORF

Examples in alphabetical order Source: Statistics Office and Monitoring Office of Economic Development Düsseldorf V2015Q1.

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DÜSSELDORF IS ONE OF THE INNOVATIVE CITIES IN GERMANY

Patent applications according to residence of inventor per 10,000 inhabitants 2009 – Feb. 2013

250 238

200

150

108

100 91

67 61 59

45 41 40 50 36 36 36 23 19

0 Stuttgart Munich Nuremberg Dresden Düsseldorf Hanover Essen Frankfurt Dortmund Cologne Hamburg Berlin Bremen Leipzig

Source: German Patent and Trademark Office DPMA, Online Register V2017Q1. The figures do not necessarily reflect the number of patent applications as one patent can also be filed by several inventors.

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INNOVATIVE AND SUCCESSFUL PATENT CITY DÜSSELDORF

Source: German Patent and Trademark Office DPMA, Online Register V2015Q1. The analysis of this presentation refers to patent applications based on inventor‘s place of residence per 100,000 inhabitants for German cities from 500,000 inhabitants.

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DÜSSELDORF TOP REAL ESTATE LOCATION

• One of the largest supplies of office space in Germany (9.21 m. m²)

• Stable office market, highly attractive for investors • Fast availability of office space • Many top architects‘ offices based here. Examples: HPP, Ingenhoven Architects, SOP Architekten, Kai 18, Petzinka & Pink, RKW, Eller+Eller Architekten • Sufficient office space in reserve • Chamber of Architects for North Rhine-Westphalia based here

Source: Office of Economic Development Düsseldorf V2013Q4.

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DÜSSELDORF TOP REAL ESTATE LOCATION

ARCHITECTS BUILDING William Alsop Colorium Bothe Richter Teherani Drei Hoch 5 Joe Coenen DOCK Sir Norman Foster ARAG Hochhaus Fürst Architects Light House Frank O. Gehry Der Neue Zollhof Ingenhoven und Partner Sky Office Düsseldorf Helmut Jahn Sign Daniel Libeskind Kö-Bogen Fumihiko Maki Maki-Solitär Richard Meier Feldmühlenplatz Renzo Piano FLOAT Claude Vasconi Grand Bateau

Source: Office of Economic Development Düsseldorf V2013Q4.

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DÜSSELDORF AWARD-WINNING ARCHITECTURE

BUILDING AWARD Stadttor MIPIM Award Business Center Victoria Tower Among the top 3 MIPIM Award Business Center Sevens MIPIM Award Shopping Center Stadtwerke Among the top 3 MIPIM Award Business Center Spherion Office of the year (femb) Stadtwerke Facility Management Award Bridge in Media Harbour NRW Prize from German Architects’ Assn BDA Kö-Bogen MIPIM Award 2014 Urban Regeneration Dreischeibenhaus MIPIM Award 2015 Best Renovated Building

SoPurace:p Oillofficen of Economic Development DüsselMIPdorf VIM2013 AwQ4. ard 2016 Best Refurbished Building

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SEITE 99 QUALITY OF LIFE

QUALITY OF LIVING RANKING - DÜSSELDORF SCORES HIGH

Düsseldorf (6) Zurich (2) Vancouver (5) Vienna (1) Munich (4)

Auckland (3)

Source: Mercer Quality of Living V2017Q1.

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QUALITY OF LIFE CATEGORIES IN WHICH DÜSSELDORF RANKED FIRST AMONG THE 15 LARGEST GERMAN CITIES

Source: ServiceValue GmbH V2012Q3.

SEITE 101 WELCOME TO DÜSSELDORF

D ÜSSELDORF WHERE BUSINESS WORKS!

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