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4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 1 GERMANY‘S SAARLAND HEARTBEAT of EUROPE 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 1 GERMANY‘S SAARLAND HEARTBEAT OF EUROPE Saarland is one of the 16 Federal States of Germany. One million inhabitants are spread over an area of 2,600 km2. It has much to offer and provides everything that defines the perfect business location. Its central location in the stable economic area of the EU makes Saarland the heartbeat of Europe. 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 2 YOUR BUSINESS LOCATION OF TOMORROW 3 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location THE CENTER OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA By road, rail and air – Saarland is well-connected to the metropolises of Europe. Fast connections make it very easy Amsterdam for you to reach your business London 474 km Berlin meetings. 564 km Cologne 733 km Frankfurt 40% of the EU‘s GDP is 240 km Paris 185 km generated within 400 miles of 394 km Munich Saarland, so the market for your Zurich 431 km products is right on our 341 km doorstep. Mailand 594 km Barcelona 1,160 km 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 4 A SMALL STATE WITH A GRAND HISTORY In 250 years, Saarland has changed its nationality eight times. We have switched between French and German nationality, and were also an independent nation. This has shaped our people‘s mentality and made them very accepting of other cultures. In 1952, Saarland participated in the Olympic Summer Games in Helsinki as a sovereign state represented by 36 athletes. In 1954, Saarland‘s national soccer team met the German national soccer team in a qualifying match for the World Cup. The game was hosted in Saarbrücken. We lost by one goal. Germany, however, went on to win the entire tournament. 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 5 THE CRADLE OF EUROPE GOOD NEIGHBORS – INTERNATIONALITY IS OUR DAILY BUSINESS Saarland is where Germany, France and Luxembourg merge into Europe. Here, a united Europe has been a long-practiced reality, and borders disappeared a long time ago in the minds of the locals. 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 6 QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES FOR YOUR BUSINESS 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 7 PEOPLE WHO SECURE YOUR GROWTH The European labor market has no borders. Companies in Saarland benefit from the open-border policy more than others. The workforce has strong language skills, is Workforce of often bilingual, and understands the customs of neighboring countries. 523,200 Production 21.7% Daily Construction 5.2% commuters 25,000 Retail, traffic, hotel and 24.6% Rhineland-Palatinate restaurant industry 20,000 Finance, insurance, housing 16.3% Lorraine Public and other services 31.9% Agriculture and forestry 0.4% 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 8 PEOPLE WHO SECURE YOUR GROWTH 31,000 17,000 Students Trainees Legal, economic and social studies 29.7% Industry and commerce 58.3% Engineering 17.6% Crafts 29.4% Human medicine/health sciences 30.1% Freelance professions 8.0% Mathematics, natural science 6.5% Agriculture 2.1% Other fields of study 14.8% Other fields of education 2.2% 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 9 INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE SHAPES THE WORK ETHIC High acceptance of Highly-qualified Strong identification with shift work employees the company The work ethic in Saarland is The diverse training opportunities The low rate of staff fluctuation shaped by the tradition of the at Saarland University, the allows companies to rely on their steel and coal mining industry. technical schools and colleges, as employees and conveniently plan This industrial heritage can be felt well as in the many healthy for the long-term. Whether office on the labor market. People are companies of the region offer or production workers, their high more accepting of shift work than high-quality training opportunities corporate loyalty gives local in other locations. and create a skilled work force. company‘s a competitive edge. 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 10 CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 11 11 7 10 CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH SYNERGIES THROUGH PROXIMITY 3 1 Korea Institute of Science Max Planck Institute for 7 1 and Technology (KIST) 2 Software Systems (MPI-SWS) 8 Max Planck Institute Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz 2 8 9 for Informatics (MPII) Center for Informatics 6 Fraunhofer Institute for Steinbeis Material Engineering 3 9 5 Nondestructive Testing (IZFP) Center Saarland (MECS) Fraunhofer Institute for Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical 4 10 Biomedical Engineering (IBMT) Research Saarland (HIPS) 12 Leibniz Institute for 5 11 CISPA – Helmholtz Center i.G. New Materials (INM) German Research Center for 6 12 Science Park Saar 4 Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 12 APPLICATION-ORIENTED RESEARCH IDEAS BECOME PRODUCTS Companies in Saarland benefit hugely from application- oriented research. Ideas are transformed into marketable products. Research institutions such as the Center for Mechatronics and Automation Technology (ZeMA) and the Competence Center Power4Production ensure that research results make their way onto the factory floors. 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 13 APPLICATION-ORIENTED RESEARCH IDEAS BECOME PRODUCTS Qbing Industrial Solutions Fraunhofer IZFP paragon semvox Smart Factory Nondestructive AI-based interaction From the registration to the sensor systems This voice recognition software storage of goods, this RFID turns the new AUDI A8 into a Robot-based inspection of the technology creates fully- well-connected and interactive mechanical characteristics of steel automated process cycles in the assistant. slugs and other materials. production plants. 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 14 APPLICATION-ORIENTED RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE COMPANIES Nanogate is a spin-off of the Leibniz Institute for New Materials, a research center at Saarland University. It has turned into a global market-leading developer and system producer of high-tech surfaces and components. You have most likely had contact with Saarland’s output in the past via the control panels and veneers in cars produced by AUDI, BMW or Mercedes-Benz. 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 15 INDUSTRIAL FUTURE PIONEER OF INDUSTRY 4.0 The German Research Center for In 2014, Bosch Rexroth put the Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in world‘s first assembly line enhanced Saarbrücken is considered the with Industry 4.0 into operation at birthplace of Industry 4.0. its Saarland-based plant. The Center for Mechatronics and Smart research laboratories in Automation Technology pursues Saarbrücken and Shanghai application-based research for industry pave the way for additional and medium-sized enterprises. Smart Factory Labs. 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 16 INDUSTRIAL FUTURE ENTERPRISES IN THE GLOBAL LEAD High-end steel Drive, control and and iron products assembly technology Production of Production of high-end heavy plates automotive transmissions Development and distribution Development and distribution of medical products of intelligent control systems 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 17 STRONG SECTORS 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 18 PRODUCTS FROM SAARLAND THAT YOU KNOW OF Queen Mary 2 China production Wagner stone-baked pizza Dillinger Villeroy & Boch Nestlé Wagner Produces steel plates for the A renowned producer and One of the largest producers biggest ships and tallest distributer of china and of frozen pizza in the world buildings worldwide. ceramic products since 1748. with 350 million pieces a year. 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 19 AUTOMOTIVE HEALTH IT SECTOR CARE SECTOR SERVICE E-COMMERCE LOGISTICS CENTERS 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 20 IT SECTOR AT A GLANCE 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 21 IT SECTOR AT A GLANCE Research institutes Computer science students 7 1,900 350 10,000 IT companies Employees 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 22 IT SECTOR SUCCESSFUL IN THIS LOCATION Development of user interfaces Software for the analysis and Software house and consultancy for new management of business processes business models and optimized processes Software and Solutions for automation processes, IT solutions for business consultancy process and network control technology mobile devices IT services Development of web technology, Voice recognition and hosting and consulting image processing software 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 23 IT SECTOR SUCCESSFUL IN THIS LOCATION User interface Institute for research projects design services (art and product design) Software to oversee all business Fiber optic technology processes within a company Analysis, optimization and ERP software verification of embedded systems solutions 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 24 INFORMATICS CAMPUS SAARLAND UNIVERSITY Competence Center Excellence Cluster 1 6 9 for Informatics for Informatics Max Plank Institute German Research Center 2 7 2 for Informatics for Artificial Intelligence 3 7 Max Plank Institute for Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz 3 8 4 Software Systems Center for Informatics 10 5 8 Intel Visual CISPA – 4 9 Computing Institute Helmholtz Center i.G. 6 1 Center for University 5 10 Bioinformatics IT Center 4/3/2020 Saarland – Your European Location 25 IT PLAYERS FROM SAARLAND GLOBALLY RENOWNED Prof. Dr. Dr. hc. mult. Prof. Dr. Dr. Prof. Dr. August-Wilhelm Scheer Wolfgang Wahlster Michael Backes Founder IDS Scheer and AWSi DFKI CISPA – Helmholtz Center i.G. University professor and successful University professor, entrepreneur and Once the youngest professor for entrepreneur from Saarbrücken. Creator member
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