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WHAT THE CITY OFFERS Dear Reader,

2 A Business Location for Visionaries Halle (Saale) is a dynamic city of culture, the birth- spin-offs from research facilities. Wein- place of Georg Friedrich Handel and 's berg Campus, the second largest - 3 Excellent Reasons in Favour of Halle (Saale) greenest major city offering a wide range of facilities logy park in eastern Germany, supports in- for sport and leisure. Culture, business and science novative fields of the future and promotes 4 Top Location – Outstanding Transport Connections form an irresistible trinity here. They provide the ba- new developments in the bioscience and sis for the promising future of this growing cosmopo- nano industries. The university institutes 6 A Dynamic Labour Market litan city with its celebrated universities and research on the campus alone are home to 8,000 institutes. Further features of the city are its distin- up-and-coming natural scientists. The 8 Benefits of the Location – the Facts guished cultural and artistic institutions, including campus is also the meeting place for start- an opera house, theatres, choirs, the Staatskapelle up businesses and entrepreneurs on the 10 Life and Leisure in Handel's Birthplace orchestra, museums, art galleries and cinemas. The one hand and on the other researchers annual international Handel Festival is a special high- from the MLU, Max Planck, Fraunhofer light in the city's calendar. and Leibniz institutes as well as the Helm- holtz Association. So far over €1 billion has SECTORS OF INDUSTRY & LOCATIONS As a business location Halle (Saale) offers a vibrant been invested here. More than 100 com- mix of traditional and future-oriented sectors of in- panies and institutes with around 5,600 12 Industry & Logistics dustry. The city is home not just to internationally suc- employees are already established here. cessful multimedia and biotechnology enterprises, 16 Technology & Innovation but also to market leaders in the service industries, Halle (Saale) is also home to a number of institutions the foodstuffs and luxury goods industry, logistics with national and international operations. These in- 18 Hotels, Service & Retail and start-ups in the fields of design and IT. Compa- clude the Leopoldina National Academy of Sciences nies with global operations have established a base and the Federal German Cultural Foundation (Kul- 20 Cultural Industries for themselves on the Star Park Halle Industrial Park turstiftung). In the Franckesche Stiftungen (Francke and are experiencing strong growth there. They be- Foundations) Halle has a baroque centre of educa- nefit from direct links to the nearby airport, motorway tion and the cradle of Pietism spanning the gap bet- and rail freight terminal. In addition to its excellent ween the and the Enlightenment. FULL–SERVICE infrastructure Star Park offers investors land for im- mediate . The city attaches value to fast Halle (Saale) has positioned itself as a city for active 24 Central Contact Persons approvals processes and providing central contact people from all generations and a special location for partners as a service to business throughout the enti- culture, business and science – in other words, just re municipal area. the city for you and your operations.

Halle (Saale) is the largest city in Saxony-Anhalt with a I am delighted to welcome you to Halle (Saale)! population of over 238,000. As a centre for the scien- ces and business innovation the city is home to Mar- Dr. Bernd Wiegand tin Luther University of Halle- (MLU), pres- Mayor of Halle (Saale) tigious research institutes, the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle and numerous

1 A BUSINESS LOCATION EXCELLENT REASONS IN FOR VISIONARIES FAVOUR OF HALLE (SAALE)

POTENTIAL LOCATIONAL BENEFITS

Halle (Saale) represents a successful interdisciplinary trinity of cul- ture, business and science. Outstanding locational advantages, in- A CENTRAL LOCATION AND HIGHLY-QUALIFIED PERSONNEL AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED novation and quality of life all combine to create outstanding condi- LOGISTIC LINKS · Well-trained specialist workers thanks RESEARCH LOCATION · in the heart of to extensive educational facilities · The Leopoldina German National Academy tions. Successful entrepreneurs confirm that the preconditions for · Halle / international airport · Competitive cost structure · of Sciences the achievement of bold visions are perfect here. and the European hub of the DHL Group · University graduates with · Institutes of all major German research only 12.5 km away a wide range of specialisations organisations · A direct connection to the newly expanded · The city's university is over 500 years old · Eastern Germany's second-largest A14, A9, A38 and A143 motorway network · Further universities of applied technology park In Halle (Saale) international and regional companies Successful entrepreneurs in Halle (Saale) confirm that · New train formation depot: the latest sciences in the immediate vicinity · A positive climate for innovation benefit from made-to-measure infrastructure. The their decision in favour of this location was the right €500-million investment by · with nearly 22,000 students · A fertile start-up landscape and business performance capacity of the location is confirmed by one. The city is home not just to internationally suc- incubator with the focus on media and dynamic business development which benefits from cessful multimedia and biotechnology enterprises, technology-oriented innovation fast access to Europe's major cities and business but also to market leaders in service industries, the · A university, two universities of applied centres. Visionaries can be sure here that the right foodstuffs and luxury goods industry, logistics and sciences framework conditions are in place, the development start-ups in the fields of design and IT. These and opportunities are good and the support from local many more success stories speak for themselves, and government is efficient. confirm the ideal preconditions which visionaries and

investors find here – in the heart of Germany and at the centre of Europe. A OUTSTANDING EUROPEAN THE GREENEST MAJOR CITY IN GERMANY Hannover ECONOMIC AREA · With the best quality of life Halle · A historically developed industrial location and attractive leisure opportunities (Saale) “We're in Halle because it can offer us · Investment of billions, particularly in · Handel's birthplace, with the Handel Leipzig well-qualified staff. In the engineering Dusseldorf infrastructure, logistics and industry Festival and a diverse music and field the potential is tremendous here.” · One of the best-performing locations theatre scene am Main in the heart of Europe · The most populous city in Saxony- DANIEL GOLLMANN · International brands such as eBay, Anhalt with constantly growing CEO of Gollmann Kommissioniersysteme GmbH Coca Cola and DELL and companies such population numbers of some 238,000 as BMW, Porsche, Linde and QCells

“In Halle top performance is easy: Dell Halle is now the backbone of Dell Deutschland.”

SANYAI TYAGI Executive Director & General Manager Dell Germany GmbH

2 3 TOP LOCATION - OUTSTANDING Berlin Hamburg 170 km Bitterfeld-Wolfen TRANSPORT CONNECTIONS Löbejün Berlin Wettin

INFRASTRUCTURE Saale 14 Oppin Airpot Halle (Saale) 9 Only an hour away from Berlin, greater Halle is one of the fastest growing regions in eastern Landsberg Delitzsch Germany. Its modern infrastructure makes a major contribution to this growth. 14 Leipzig-Halle International-Airport Frankfurt 143 380 km Frankfurt Modern, made-to-measure infrastructure makes a Munich 14 major contribution to growth in Halle (Saale). The 38 Leipzig city's location at the heart of central Germany and Weiße Dresden Saale excellent global transport links enable effective pro- Elster Lauchstädt Buna duction, sales and working operations. Important INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT Merseburg Bad infrastructure components are Leipzig / Halle airport, Dürrenberg Leuna 9 Dresden the A9, A14, A38 and A143 motorways, and an excel- Prag 38 lent rail network. 14 DHL HUB WITH 24/7 OPERATIONS SIZE AND POPULATION & NIGHT-FLIGHT PERMIT 38 City area 135 km² Pleiße 38 Green spaces & waterways 57 % Residents per km² 1,759 Munich THE LARGEST TRAIN FORMATION DEPOT 9 0 5 10 km Foreign proportion 7.69 % IN EASTERN GERMANY* 450 km

As of: 2016 *under construction, completion in 2018

AIR TRANSPORT ROAD TRANSPORT RAIL NETWORK

LEIPZIG/HALLE MOTORWAYS HALLE (SAALE) MAIN STATION INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT motorway network modern ICE connection Germany's second-largest freight air- · A9 Munich – Halle – Berlin · The most important transport port and the fifth largest in Europe · A14 Dresden – Halle – hub in Saxony-Anhalt 2,500 km Distance from Halle (Saale) 18 km/14 min · A38 Göttingen – Halle – Leipzig · High speed: the extension of the ICE Sprinter 2,000 km Flights in 2015 65,061 · A143 Halle western bypass (under construction) line will connect Berlin – Halle – Munich (linking A14 and A38) (infrastructure investment of €700 million, New Flights per week up to 250 1,500 km · A14 northern extension Magdeburg – completion in 2017) 6,350 km Oslo Freight/postal volume 2015 988,240 t 953 km Helsinki · IC, ICE and CNL night-train lines 940 km 1,256 km 1,000 km Passengers in 2015 2.32 million · MDV Central German Transport Authority network 500 km Moscow · 24-hour operations for airfreight · Halle-Leipzig urban rail (S-Bahn) connection 1,740 km 7,500 km Hamburg Copenhagen · DHL European hub every 30 minutes

London Halle · Home airport to AeroLogic (joint venture bet- 836 km (Saale) ween Cargo and DHL Express) The Hague Warsaw HALLE (SAALE) RAIL FREIGHT DEPOT · Central terminal with integrated airport rail ICE SPRINTER Construction of the largest train for- Frankfurt Luxembourg terminal for local and long-distance transport BERLIN – HALLE – FRANKFURT* mation depot in eastern Germany Prague · Construction of a train formation depot withs- Munich Bratislava 743 km Budapest HALLE-OPPIN AIRFIELD 30 minutes to Berlin yard, completion in 2018 Bern Air taxi and charter flights 2:45 hrs to Frankfurt · Regional airfield, 6 km from Halle (Saale) HALLE (SAALE) CONTAINER TERMINAL 3:30 hrs to Munich · For small aircraft and helicopters at Halle-Trotha (up to 12.5 t) *under construction, · Transshipment of containers, swap bodies and Rome completion in 2017 Madrid 1,070 km 1,743 km trailers with separate parking areas for refrige- 1,720 km rated, tank and hazardous goods containers · Storage facility for 1,650 TEU

4 5 A DYNAMIC LABOUR MARKET

LABOUR COSTS & SKILLED WORKERS

Whether it's traditional industries or innovative new sectors: Halle (Saale) has the necessary STUDENTS brainpower. The city offers an enormous pool of skilled personnel, providing the right basis for STUDENT NUMBERS IN HALLE (SAALE): every investment. on the increase

2015/2016 21,625 In Halle (Saale) you can always be sure of finding flexible, EMPLOYEES highly skilled personnel. In addition you can cooperate 2012/2013 21,477 locally with experts from the universities and univer- EMPLOYEES PAYING sities of applied sciences, recruit new personnel for SOCIAL 2010/2011 20,284 your company, and access the practical experience Overall 95.155 of the region's engineers, scientists and specialist per- Agriculture, forestry, fisheries 0.04% sonnel. MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY Manufacturing industry 12.20% HALLE-WITTENBERG Services 69.30% Total 19,717 Retail, transport and hospitality 18.50% Chemistry 489 Biochemistry 449 LABOUR COST BENEFITS: tremendous By sectors of industry in Halle (Saale), (as of: 2015). Source: Federal Employment Agency Pharmacy 912 Students at Comparative labour costs Martin Luther Mathematics/Informatics 438 University Eastern federal states 61.72 % COMMUTERS Biology 561 Halle-Wittenberg Commuter balance +11,641 Western federal states 100 % Geosciences 975 Commuters to Halle (Saale) 39,969 Agriculture 919 As of: 2015 Source: Institute of German Industry, Cologne Commuters from Halle (Saale) 28,328 Physics 374 Employees paying social insurance. (as of: 2015). Source: Medicine 2.257 Federal Employment Agency LABOUR COSTS IN MANUFACTURING Winter semester 2015/2016. INDUSTRY: highly competitive Source: Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in euros/hour RATE 2009–2016: BURG GIEBICHENSTEIN falling steadily Eastern Germany 23.93 % UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN HALLE Total 1,055 Great Britain 24.41 2016 10.8 % Faculty of Art 385 2013 12.5 % USA 25.93 Faculty of Design 657 Winter semester 2015/2016. 2009 14.6 % 27.61 Source: Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design

Netherlands 34.45 City of Halle (Saale) (as of: January 2016) PROTESTANT UNIVERSITY OF SACRED MUSIC Source: Federal Employment Agency Total 68 36.39 Winter semester 2015/2016. Source: Protestant University of Sacred Music Western Germany 38.77

Norway 56.46 STUDENTS

VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS Source: Institute of German Industry IN HALLE (SAALE) Total 6,727 Metalworking, electrical and building technology 2,032 Retail / hotel & catering 1,243 Commerce / administration 1,889 Production of electric motors Health / body care / social education 1,563 in the Hallesche 2015/2016 school year. KSB Pumpenwerken Source: City of Halle (Saale), statistics at start of school year

6 7 BENEFITS OF THE LOCATION - THE FACTS

TRADE STATISTICS, CHARGES, TAXES

COMMERCIAL STATISTICS ENERGY AND UTILITY COSTS INVESTMENT SUPPORT WAGE-COST SUBSIDIES FROM THE NATURE CONSERVATION FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT AGENCY COMPANIES BY For attractive electricity, gas, heating and energy ser- Non-repayable subsidies can be provided Subsidies are available for activities and SECTOR OF INDUSTRY vice products together with a price calculator, please for building or expansion projects, in par- Subsidies, e.g. in the form of integra- projects implemented by public sector or- Total 12,819 see: www.evh.de ticular in manufacturing and processing tion subsidies, may cover up to 30% of ganisers, associations, clubs and legal en- Agriculture and forestry 17 and a number of business-related services. earnings and can normally be granted for tities in the fields of emissions reduction, For customers with high energy requirements or spe- These subsidies can be combined with fe- a period of 12 months, depending on the waste management, water and energy Services 10,764 cific energy use, an individual offer can be obtained deral loan programmes and those of the employability status of the employee. supplies. of these: from EVH GmbH: Saxony-Anhalt Investment Bank. Sales, maintenance and 2,783 LOANS, LOAN GUARANTEES AND EU SUBSIDIES repair of automobiles T +49 345 581-2401 FRAMEWORK PLAN AND TAX CONCESSIONS Hospitality 807 T +49 345 581-2500 STATE REGULATIONS Loans from the European Investment Bank Manufacturing 1,898 If the relevant requirements are met, busi- (EIB), non-repayable subsidies or low- of these: Apart from supplying energy EVH GmbH also plans The minimum investment volume is €50,000 ness investment may qualify for loans from interest loans for social measures, energy Construction 1,167 energy facilities and implements the procurement, pro- the Federal Development Bank (KfW), the projects, competitiveness projects, new duction and – if required – operation of energy facilities, SUBSIDIES BASED ON CAPITAL Saxony-Anhalt Investment Bank and loan technology and many more. Processing 538 including maintenance and repairs: EXPENDITURE guarantees from the Bürgschaftsbank Others 140 Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH. An investment al- T +49 345 581-2629 Basic rate of subsidy lowance may be granted as a tax concessi- SECTORS OF INDUSTRY AS A PERCENTAGE: Highest on to specific industries. Strong services DRINKING WATER for small businesses 25 % VOCATIONAL TRAINING/ Services 84 % for mid-sized businesses 15 % Standing price: 0.097 € per p.e. per day QUALIFICATION for large businesses 5 % 14.8 % Manufacturing Quantity price: 1.30 €/m³ Leasing subsidies are GA compatible. For this purpose subsidies may be availab- 1.1 % Miscellaneous Under an allocation system for investments le from the European Social Fund or from the basic rates of subsidy can be increased by WASTE WATER up to 10% and by up to 5% in the case of wage the Federal Employment Agency. 0.1 % Agriculture and forestry cost subsidies 5% increase. Dirty water: 2.91 €/m³ SME PROMOTION PROGRAMMES Rainwater: 1.16 €/m² WAGE COST BUSINESS REGISTRATIONS AND SUBSIDY The state government's subsidy program- DEREGISTRATIONS Prices are indicated net mes include the promotion of small and Source: Hallesche Wasser und Stadtwirtschaft GmbH Under the GA job-creation scheme up to mid-sized enterprises in the private sector Business registrations 2015: 1,384 15% of gross wage costs for newly appoin- by providing: (only new registrations without relocations) ted employees can be paid over the first two years. 1. subsidies for consultancy services Business deregistrations 2015: 1,664 Please note: the requirement for this is in terms of management or export (closing down only, without relocations) confirmation of basic entitlement to subsi- operations dy by the Investment Bank. 2. marketing support Source: City of Halle (Saale), (As of 31.12.2015) 3. subsidies for participation in trade Definition of company size fairsand exhibitions

TAXES small: up to 50 permanent employees 4. subsidies for the development of new products and processes mid-sized: 50 to 249 permanent employees Trade tax rate: 450 % 5. KMU loan fund Land tax A: 250 % large: from 250 permanent employees Land tax B: 500 % The max. subsidy is €40 million per individual case. Source: City of Halle (Saale)

8 9 GERMANY'S GREENEST MAJOR CITY 300 years the Botanical Gardens of Martin Luther LIFE AND LEISURE University Halle-Wittenberg have provided the uni- Of all of Germany's large cities Halle (Saale) has the versity with a rich collection of plants for teaching and largest proportion of waterways, woods, parks and research purposes. The Doelauer Heide woods are an IN HANDEL'S BIRTHPLACE leisure areas (57%). For centuries now the people of ideal place to enjoy peace and quiet, while long walks Halle have greatly appreciated their 'islands of green'. in the Saaletal/Klausberge landscape conservation For example, since the mid-19th century Peißnitz Is- area do wonders for body and soul. RETAIL, CULTURE & GASTRONOMY land has served local people as a popular park. For

Halle opera house Handel's birthplace has a lot to offer: theatres, an opera house, art galleries, cabarets, museums, cafes, restaurants, pubs, bistros and discos – together with a flourishing retail sector ranging from owner-operated boutiques to international chains. For families Halle (Saale) provides a range of leisure and excursion facilities.

A relaxing picnic by the Saale

The pub and music scene

The historic old city is an attractive shopping centre The ‘Little Uli’ with ideal retail facilities around the market square, pub district Leipziger Straße, Kleinschmieden, Große Ulrichstraße and the surrounding area. Size approx. 80 ha, the inner city has developed over the centuries into a residential, working and cultural centre. Its characteristic features are large department stores, shopping precincts with well-known domestic and international retail chains, and owner-managed boutiques mixed with traditional craftsmanship. The special flair of the shopping centre is rounded off by a colourful range of restaurant and cultural facilities in historic buildings.

“Halle has great cultural wealth and diversity. I am fascinated by the city's classical music scene with its many professional musicians, as well as the many children and young peop- CULTURAL DIVERSITY le who simply enjoy making music.” BY THE SAALE www.kultur.halle.de FRIEDERIKE DUDDA Violin maker 10 11 THE TREND IS CLEARLY UPWARDS

INDUSTRY & LOGISTICS

Halle (Saale) is making its with extensive investment, strong exports and an increasingly “Our customers are retailers and global brands, for whom speed is vital. From Halle prominent presence on European markets. New businesses are being developed, particularly in we have fast access to motorways in all traditional plant and mechanical engineering as well as in the fields of technology and foodstuffs. directions and – especially importantly – to the DHL hub at the airport.”

PLANT AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ULF BELLERSHEIM A STABLE AND SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRY Programme Manager · Millions have been invested in the acquisition Radial of new sites for planned expansion projects and leading-edge installations and testing technology, e.g. KSB AG · Manufacturers offering highly specialised pro- ducts, e.g. AWH Armaturenwerk Halle GmbH

THE SOLAR INDUSTRY – AN INDUSTRY OF THE FUTURE CONTINUES TO GROW · International enterprises in the solar industry with innovative technologies, e.g. Hörmann ITS Cell GmbH The production facili- ties of the Enka Tecnica GmbH spinneret works THE FOODSTUFFS INDUSTRY – on Star Park A14 A TRADITIONALLY STRONG BUSINESS · With an approximate total investment in the future of €100 million companies in the food and bever- ages sector are reinforcing their market position New, modern business segments are being develo- · e.g.: Coca-Cola, Halloren Schokoladenfabrik AG ped, particularly in traditional plant and mechanical and cake-mix producer KATHI engineering as well as in the fields of chemicals and Rainer Thiele GmbH foodstuffs: INFRASTRUCTURE/TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY – A SECTOR WITH A SECTOR SHOWING RAPID DEVELOPMENT POSITIVE GROWTH AND HUGE POTENTIAL · Expansion of the local infrastructure, transport · The foundations for further growth: the US chemical links, establishment of the DHL airfreight hub and corporation DOW and the central German oil refine- extension of the rail freight system ry of Total Deutschland GmbH are established here. · Good logistics networks, fast access by air, road · Many new companies have been attracted to the and rail Value Park and the immediate surroundings of the · Leading logistics companies such as Finsterwalder, chemical corporations Fiege, Hellmann and DHL

MACHINERY AND VEHICLE · S.M.A. Metalltechnik THE FOOD AND BEVERAGES ANLAGENBAU CONSTRUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE/ LOGISTICS · WBT Weets Bahn Transport PRODUCTION GmbH & Co. KG INDUSTRY · ABB AG · Friedrich Vorwerk TRANSPORT · A&A Logistik GmbH & Co. KG · Weiße Transport GmbH · ELH Eisenbahnlaufwerke Halle · WMB Werkzeugmaschinenbau · Coca-Cola Area Leipzig-Halle · AWH Armaturenwerk Halle GmbH · GP Günter Papenburg AG · Envia Mitteldeutsche Energie AG · FIEGE Logistik Holding Stiftung · Zur Rose Pharma GmbH GmbH & Co. KG Halle GmbH · Halloren Schokoladenfabrik AG · Bauer Elektroanlagen GmbH Halle · J&J Bau und Bauträger GmbH · EVH GmbH & Co. KG · KSB AG · · KATHI Rainer Thiele GmbH · Sonotec Ultraschallsensorik Halle · Rohrleitungsbau GmbH & Co. KG Energieversorgung Halle · Finsterwalder Transport und · Maschinenbau Jacobs GmbH · Rondo Food GmbH & Co. KG GmbH · Rohrbau Halle GmbH · HAVAG Hallesche Verkehrs-AG Logistik GmbH TECHNOLOGY · MSG Maschinenbau und Service · Ultraschalltechnik Halle GmbH · Schreck-Mieves Halle GmbH · Stadtwerke Halle GmbH with · Hermes Logistik Gruppe Halle · Enka Tecnica GmbH THE SOLAR INDUSTRY GmbH Ammendorf · Scholz Bau GmbH subsidiaries · Hellmann Worldwide Logistics · Greatview Aseptic Packaging · Hörmann ITS Cell GmbH · Rubicon Gummitechnik und · Tief- und Spezialbau Halle GmbH & Co. KG Manufacturing GmbH · Maschinenbau GmbH · GmbH · Simon Hegele Gesellschaft für · Logistik und Service mbH · · ·

12 13 STAR PARK A14 INDUSTRIAL PARK

INDUSTRY & LOGISTICS

Halle (Saale) offers a wide range of promising investment locations. Star Park A14 is ideally designed for large and medium-sized technology, logistics and industrial enterprises: 230 ha of fully developed premium business sites with maximum construction flexibility In infrastructure terms Star Park Halle A14 (Star All the facts at a glance and all-round services. Park) is in an ideal location: direct connections to the A14 motorway and the rail network of Deutsche FEATURES OF THE INDUSTRIAL PARK “The consultation process, planning and Bahn, as well as the nearby intercontinental airport MOTORWAY CONNECTION · Total land area: 230 hectares sale of the land all went smoothly. of Halle / Leipzig with its DHL and Lufthansa Cargo AND ACCESS ROAD · Available area: 139,3 hectares It took only 13 months from the first phone air freight hub ensure reliable access to all European · A designated industrial park park call to the operational start-up by eBay business markets. · Approved development plan Enterprise, today Radial - which indicates · Land from a single source that in Halle the service for project deve- On 230 ha of level land the Industrial Park offers out- · Construction possible immediately lopers and investors works perfectly. This standingly good construction and operational condi- CLOSE TO · Cubic index: 10 is without a doubt one of the reasons why tions, a fully developed infrastructure and completed LEIPZIG/HALLE AIRPORT · Permitted construction height: 40 m the region is among the top 10 regions for ecological setoff activities. All network facilities are · Ecological setoff measures - completed investment in Germany.” available – in redundant quantity. Accordingly Star Park · All-round irrigation system CHRISTOF PRANGE meets all the requirements of a modern Industrial Park Head of Business Development, and is available for immediate construction operations. WHAT UTILITIES ARE AVAILABLE? Goodman Germany A 230 HA AREA WITH FULLY · Drinking water: 630 m³/h Hörmann ITS Cell and 's Greatview Aseptic DEVELOPED INFRASTRUCTURE · Waste water: 612 m³/h Packaging have set up technologically advanced · Electricity: 52 MW connected load, processing and production facilities on Star Park. In can be increased to 260 MW addition to the Enka Technica spinneret works and a · Gas: max. 40,000 m³/h logistics centre operated by Radial (previously eBay) · Redundant passive fibre-optic cable as a provider of e-commerce solutions in the fulfil- ALL TECHNICAL ment sector, Fiege Logistics and Hellman Worldwide FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE WHAT'S THE INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE? Logitics have also chosen this Industrial Park as their · Direct access to the A14 motorway

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2 “The ready acceptance of technology, the technical courses and an uncomplicated INNOVATION – approach to establishing new companies form a nucleus which enables new and innovative business models.”

PROF. DR. RALF B. WEHRSPOHN HALLE’S DRIVING FORCE Head of the Fraunhofer Institute for the Microstructure of Materials and Systems

TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

Weinberg Campus is among Germany's top 10 technology parks and is the largest in central Germany. Here business receives valuable stimulus from research operations.

University University Science Hospital Campus Life-Science Campus

WEINBERG CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY PARK FACTS AND FIGURES ON THE WEINBERG CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY PARK Halle's Technology Park is the germ cell for the deve- lopment of the city from a traditional industrial centre · Area: 134 ha to a high-tech location of the future. Cooperations · 250,000 m² land for construction between research institutes and companies together · 26,700 m² rental area with joint projects between university and non-uni- · Investment: approx. €1 billion The beautifully situated versity institutions are the key to the successful im- · 5,500 employees, 8,000 students Weinberg Campus contains over 100 compa- nies and institutions with more than 13,500 plementation of this development. Weinberg Campus · Nine specialist company incubators employees and students offers founders of start-up companies and investors · Bio Centre and Bio-Nano Centre top-class research and development partners and the · Laboratory and office facilities at favourable rents opportunity to benefit from local synergies. Networks · Residential and leisure facilities nearby develop here in an interdisciplinary and multi-dimen- sional form. Weinberg Campus is only 2.5 km from the RESEARCH INSTITUTES Halle (Saale) is committed to promoting key technolo- Partnership on the road to success is provided by city centre. At present more than 100 visionary tech- gies. The brains behind this development manage suc- Halle's Technology and Business Incubator (Technolo- nology enterprises benefit not just from the local con- · Fraunhofer Institute for the cessful companies, provide business with innovative re- gie- und Gründerzentrum) and Bio Centre. Thanks to centration of innovative potential and R & D in close Microstructure of Materials and Systems search results and benefit from a wide and multilayered investment of around one billion euros up to 2014, the contact with business, but also from high-capacity · Fraunhofer Centre for Silicon Photovoltaics (CSP) network of contacts. This is what Weinberg Campus has Technology Park today is home to over 100 companies transport links and the parklike landscape in which · Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and to offer. Here the founders of start-ups and entrepre- and institutions, with more than 5,500 employees and the campus is located. The advantages provided by Immunology (IZI) neurs are in close contact with researchers from Martin approx. 8,000 students. this location include not only fully developed business · Leibniz Institute for Plant Biochemistry (IPB) Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and prestigious re- sites but also favourable rents for laboratories and of- · Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Development in search institutes. fice space, a cutting-edge telecommunications net- Transition Economies (IAMO) work, consulting and seminar facilities. · Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) · Max Planck Institute for Micro-structure Physics BIOTECHNOLOGY / LIFE · Endomedica GmbH ENVIRONMENTAL SOLAR TECHNOLOGY SCIENCES · Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzen- TECHNOLOGY · GP Solar GmbH · BioSolutions Halle GmbH biochemie · GNS – Gesellschaft für · Second Solar Century GmbH · GALMED GmbH · Pharmazeutisches Kontroll- und Nach­haltige Stoffnutzung mbH · GMBU e. V. Herstellungslabor GmbH SERVICES · Heppe Medical Chitosan GmbH · Scil Proteins GmbH PROCESS ENGINEERING · Univations GmbH · Icon Genetics GmbH · ECH – Elektrochemie Halle GmbH · TGZ Halle Technologie- und · Probiodrug AG NANO AND MICRO · HKS Prozesstechnik GmbH Gründerzentrum Halle GmbH TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS INCUBATOR · Skinomics GmbH ­TECHNOLOGY · Bio-Zentrum Halle GmbH WEINBERG CAMPUS · NH DyeAGNOSTICS GmbH · SmartMembranes GmbH · Univations GmbH www.tgz-halle.de · Wacker Biotech GmbH

16 17 GET STARTED AT THE ARCHITECTURE The competition for the urban planning design of of the modern city. (...) The result is streets, alleys, RIEBECKPLATZ was won by the prestigious firm of squares and sets of steps which are in spatial pro- RIEBECKPLATZ Max Dudler architects, and then developed into a portion both to the old city and to Riebeckplatz. (...). detailed over all plan with the planning of ficer s of the Their use is oriented inwards, but the focus remains City of Halle. Max Dudler describes the design de- in place, in the same way as Frankfurt's alleys all HOTELS, SERVICE & RETAIL veloped by his company as follows: "We are dealing end at the banks of the Main and Hamburg's streets with planning structures which on the one hand lead to the Binnenalster." display all the attributes of traditional European urban development and on the other (...) the scale

The urban project with huge potential for office, hotel, retail and residential units. Here new and established enterprises will find top locations – fast and without bureaucratic hurdles. Design for the new Riebeck- platz development by Max Dudler Architekten AG. Hub and urban space for your vision.

Riebeckplatz Halle (Saale) − at the heart of the Region of Central Germany, on the Berlin-Halle-Munich ICE-Sprinter axis

Riebeckplatz is the city's most striking square and at the office, hotel and service sectors. You benefit from the same time the heart of its infrastructure. Located bet- top location ready for building operations close to the The 1 km pedestrian precinct ween the city centre and the main railway station, this city centre and railway station and owned by the mu- in Leipziger Straße links area features not only optimum transport links but a nicipality, which enables fast and targeted marketing. Riebeckplatz with the market sofar unused building land potential of around 40,000 The success of the ongoing development process of the and the historic old city. m². This makes it one of the most important deve- square is indicated, for example, by the latest hotel buil- lopment locations in eastern Germany for investors in ding project by the Intercontinental Hotel Group.

POTENTIAL USE OF SPACE AREA D · approx. 5,000 m2, suitable for services, admi-

AREA A nistration, housing, sport and leisure, retail A E · approx. 10,000 m2, suitable for services, ad- AREA E ministration, housing, sport and leisure, retail · approx. 15,000 m2, suitable for logistics, AREA B congress centre, trade, sport and leisure, C B · New hotel construction by transport (multi-storey car park) · IHG Intercontinental Hotel Group AREA F AREA C · approx. 7.000 m2, suitable for hotel, services, F D · approx. 2,000 m2, suitable for services, retail, transport (bus station) housing, retail

18 19 CREATIVITY IS AT HOME HERE

CULTURAL INDUSTRIES

Around 1,000 companies in the media, cultural and creative industries generate an annual A wide range of well-established and young institutions HALLE (SAALE) AS THE IT-LOCATION turnover of over €240 million in Halle (Saale) and the surrounding region – a figure which is involved in music, theatre, film and modern media, as · The IT and new media sub-sectors account for rising all the time. 260 of these companies belong to the sub-sectors of information tech- well as the tradition-rich Burg Giebichenstein with its around 260 companies unique combination of applications-oriented art and · 75% of these IT companies operate in the core nology and new media. design establish the ideal preconditions for creative- fields of retail and IT consulting, software produc- business scenarios. tion, digital media. · There are also numerous small, highly specialised With its 100-year tradition Burg Giebichenstein Univer- IT developers and major players in the IT industry sity of Art and Design Halle is one of the most celebra- such as the service and sales centre of computer ted academies of art in Europe. The 'Designhaus' of the manufacturer Dell, GISA GmbH as a certified SAP Burg provides ideal conditions for activities in the de- Hosting Partner, and the European market leader sign, fashion, photography and IT development sectors. for demand & supply chain management, TXT e- solutions GmbH Celebrated international events such as the Handel Festival and 'Women in Jazz' inspire audiences of HALLE (SAALE) AS THE CENTRE FOR ART AND DESIGN thousands every year. · Courses in art and design at the prestigious Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle · Faculty of Art, incl. painting, graphics, sculpture · Faculty of Design, incl. industrial design, interior decoration, communications design, fashion de- A moderne media city in the heart of the sign, multimedia/virtual reality design historic old town HALLE (SAALE) AS THE MEDIA LOCATION · A modern media city and the largest radio location in central Germany · The 'Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk' radio station, the publishers 'Mitteldeutsches Druck- und Verlags- haus' with the biggest daily newspaper in Saxony- Anhalt, and a number of production companies in the film, radio and TV sectors have all made their home here. · Under the umbrella of STUDIO HALLE: 10 media International cinema enterprises with around 100 employees combine productions in Europe's forces and implement tasks ranging from project most cutting-edge sound-mixing facilities financing via production to worldwide sales opera- tions. · Institutions: Mitteldeutsches Multimediazentrum (MMZ) and Medienanstalt Sachsen-Anhalt (MSA)

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY / · IT-Consult Halle GmbH DESIGN MEDIA (central radio station of the 3-state organisation) NEW MEDIA · Kapelan GmbH Agentur für neue und · a&m creative services GbR · 42 Film GmbH · Mediengruppe Mitteldeutsche Zeitung GmbH · CST – Datentechnik GmbH interaktive Medien · BRACHMANN · ARRI Media GmbH · Monarda Arts GmbH · Celloon GmbH · Löwenstark GmbH · büro büdel innenarchitektur+design · digital images GmbH · Monarda Publishing House Ltd. · Datameer · Moving Elements · Formliebe – Studio für Design · Funkhaus Halle GmbH & Co. KG · Motion Works GmbH · DELL Halle GmbH · MSU Solutions GmbH · Nimtschke Design · International Academy of Media · NFP media rights GmbH & Co. KG · ESC – Electronic Service Center GbR · NetCon Solutions AG · Studio vertijet and Arts Halle · Radio Corax · GISA GmbH · NOWTILUS Onlinevertriebsgesellschaft mbH · Studio CUGAT ID · Lettow TV Medienproduktion · Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv · HL Komm Telekommunikations GmbH · Oxid eSales AG · ROMY KRAFT fashion & accessoires · Maz & Movie GmbH · Studio Halle GmbH · HMS GmbH Zentrum für Multimedia · Port GmbH · VVERK · Metrix Media GmbH · Sunday Filmproduktions GmbH · Immoware 24 GmbH · Wichmann Datentechnik · Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk · TV Halle Fernsehgesellschaft mbH

20 21 “What we like about Halle is that it unites elements which would appear to be contradictory – PODIUM FOR CREATIVE on the one hand a relaxed atmosphere, and on the other a bustling scene featuring universities, START-UPS theatres, stylish shops and promotion of creativity”

JANA REINHARDT AND FRIEDRICH HANISCH Video game developers, Rat King Entertainment CULTURAL INDUSTRIES

Mitteldeutsche Multimediazentrum is an urban business incubator for the creative industry. Under one roof it together production, communication, teaching, research, develop- ment and innovative networks – enabling workflows which are efficient and unique in this particular form.

MITTELDEUTSCHES MULTIMEDIAZENTRUM MMZ MITTELDEUTSCHES MMZ-Studios in the Mitteldeutschen Multimediazen- MULTIMEDIAZENTRUM trum Halle (Saale) are among the most modern post- www.mmz-halle.de production facilities in Germany. At its core is the Dolby Atmos cinema mixing unit which can be used for both sound and image processing. This is supplemented by a 4K Color-Grading Studio and an Atmos Editsuite. This makes it possible to carry out all stages of post- production operations in one location. The portfolio of the municipal start-up and business incubation centre, which was set up specially for the media and creative industries, is supplemented by events facilities, the Fa- culty for Media and Communications Sciences of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, and a network of more than 50 companies which have established them- selves here.

Thanks to its unique combination of production, re- search, teaching and creative surroundings the MMZ attracts producers and creative spirits from the whole of Germany.

Mitteldeutsches Multimediazentrum – a business incubator for media enterprises

SUPPORT FOR CREATIVE TALENT · IHK Industrie- und Handelskammer Halle-Dessau – www.halle.ihk.de · City of Halle (Saale) - Dienstleistungszentrum für Wirtschaft und · Kreativwirtschaft Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. – www.kwsa.de Wissenschaft – www.wirtschaft.halle.de · Sachsen-Anhalt Medien e.V. – www.medien.sachsen-anhalt.de Mitteldeutsches Multimediazentrum (MMZ) – www.mmz-halle.de · International Academy of Media and Arts e.V. – www.iama-halle.de · Univations – www.univations.de · IT-Branchentreff – www.it-mitteldeutschland.de “For 100 years now Burg Giebichenstein · Designhaus Halle – www.burg-halle.de/designhaushalle · Medienstammtisch – www.medienstammtisch-halle.de and its teachers, students and graduates · Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) – www.mdm-online.de have shaped the art and design scene in · Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt – www.ib-sachsen-anhalt.de Halle.” · Kunststiftung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt – www.kunststiftung-sachsen-anhalt.de PROF. DIETER HOFMANN Rector, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle 22 23 PERFECT SERVICE FOR VISIONARIES

CENTRAL CONTACT PERSONS

DIETER GÖTTE Managing Director

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NICOLE JACOBSHAGEN Front Office

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MAXIMILIAN Chief Marketing & Communication Manager

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MANUELA HINNIGER Business Development Manager

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DIPL.-ING. THOMAS MÜLLER Head of Project Development and Project Management

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24 25 PHOTO CREDITS Alle Motive: © Stadt Halle (Saale), Foto: Thomas Ziegler

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