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Flourishing economy in a romantic landscape

The “Landkreis Ansbach” in the state of is an The Imperial City administrative area in the middle of Southern . Festival in the world- Situated between the conurbations of Nuremberg/ Fürth/ wide known town of Rothenburg ob der Erlangen and Stuttgart/ Heilbronn the administrative area tauber (left) around Ansbach is a dynamically growing region with 183.000 inhabitants. More than 4.500 businesses and two Universities of Applied Sciences are located there. 64.000 employees and more than 1.500 students, who get their academic education within the district of Ansbach, reveal the importance of this region. More than 900.000 guests per Well connected in- year show the district’s attraction for tourists and the existing dustrial sites along quality of life. the motorways.

Basics for the economy The economic region Ansbach has an excellent infrastructure. The Motorway A6 - an arterial road running from West to East Germany – and the Motorway A7, Europe’s most important north-south-axis, are crossing here. This important junction is a foothold for all economic activities. Without any problem the conurbations of Nuremberg/ Fürth/ Erlangen and Stuttgart/ Heilbronn can be reached within one hour. It takes 90 minutes to reach Mannheim and two Industrial sites for all purposes hours to go to Frankfurt or Munich. More than 4.5 million square meters of the administrative There are two railway routes running through Ansbach: region are dedicated to trade and industry. The size of the the route from Munich to Würzburg and from Nuremberg to individual industrial sites vary from 2.000 up to 200.000 Stuttgart. square meters. Therefore the most different demands and Furthermore, there are four international airports within easy desires can be met at the most reasonable prices for the land. driving distance. You can reach the international airports in Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart within 90 minutes, while it takes only 40 minutes to arrive at the international airport in We decided to locate our business in the Ansbach area

Ambassadors for the County

For more than 24 years PLAYMOBIL has made the hearts of children from all over the world beat faster. PLAYMOBIL is one of the top-selling toy brands in the world and is distributed in more than 65 countries world-wide. Parents, teachers and above all children appreciate the little toy- playmate for an active and imaginative role play. About 600 employees work with more than 200 state- of-the-art injection molding machines, among them machines using materials of 2, 3 or 4 different colors. Annual raw material requirement: approximately 9,000 metric tons.

Horst Brandstätter, head of Geobra company: PLAYMOBIL has its production site in the Ansbach area, because of the close distance to the head- quarters in Zirndorf and to the conurbation of Nu- remberg-Fürth-Erlangen and the availability of in- dustrial sites at reasonable prices is perfect.

Pan-plast Pan-plast in Aurach produces moulded plastic parts of the highest technological standard for the electrical, automotive and medical industries. The spectrum of Pan-plast services includes injection moulding, prototyping, design of injection moulds suitable for plastics and realistion in precision die- and mould-making, development of peripheral units, e.g. fixtures for handling, punching, assembling, up to final assembly and packing of the - possibly sterile - product. Further more electronic data processing is used in all processes from the receipt of an order to the delivery of an order. Fully automated material supplies for the production machines, and removal of moulded parts by industrial robots, guarantees a smooth production sequence under optimised conditions and are specific to this company with 43 employees.

Mr. Lechner and Mr. Niedermeier: Our site in the Ansbach area is perfect, because here we find best conditions for our development and the infrastructure is very good. Competence in Plastics

Würzburg

There are more than 250 companies of the plastic processing 470 industry with more than 4.000 employees in the Ansbach Adelshofen area. As a result, this industry has developed into the most important in the region. This industrial branch is unique all 21 over Bavaria because of two reasons: – its concentration and 25 – its infrastructure. Rothenburg 22 34 o.d.Tauber 9 All technologies and 15 Rehart Ehingen industrial branches are www.rehart.de located here: 16 Plastolen-Kunststoffformen A7 Dinkelsbühl Automotive Industry www.plastolen-kf.de 1 Bosch 28 Ansbach Medicals and Pharmaceuticals www.bosch.de 17 Oechsler Schillingsfürst 2 Wilisch & Sohn Ansbach 39 Ansbach www.m-o-s.de Wettringen www.wilisch.de Dombühl 3 18 Heinlein 43 Sellner Ansbach Wörnitz 31 4 www.heinlein-plastik.de 10 30 www.sellner.de 44 19 4 PanPlast 19 Aurach Richard Fritz Aurach Aurach www.panplast.de www.fritz-gmbh.de nach 5 Gentner 45 6 Schwäbisch HallSchnelldorf 13 32 www.gentner-gmbh.de Heilbronn 20 12 6 Rehau 14 Feuchtwangen www.rehau.de 7 14 Tyco AMP Schopfloch Dinkelsbühl www.amp.com 20 Rehau Packaging Feuchtwangen 26 Dürrwangen www.rehau.de August Benker 25 Construction and Mould making 7 www.ab-benker.de 16 3 8 27 Buck Materials, Compounds Polyden 24 Dinkelsbühl Rügland 33 37 www.buck-formenbau.de and Accessories www.polyden.de Ulm 9 Polynova 21 PTS-Marketing 28 Kaiser Tiefziehtechnik Colmberg Steinsfeld Leutershausen Wört www.polynova.de www.pts-marketing.de www.ek-tiefziehtechnik.de 10 Isar GfK 22 Ebalta 29 Rheinische Kunststoffwerke Wörnitz Rothenburg o.d.T. www.isargfk.de www.ebalta.de www.rkw-folien.de 11 Hapa 23 Goltzsche 30 FAB Petersaurach Wörnitz www.hapa.de Tel. 09872/8585 Tel. 09868/ 93796 12 Plastolen-Kunststofftechnik 24 Vau-ess-plastik 31 Böhme Clopay Wieseth Dinkelsbühl Dombühl Tel. 09822/7408 www.vau-ess.de www.clopay.com 13 Preform 25 Werdenfelser 32 VP Feuchtwangen Wassertrüdingen Feuchtwangen www.preform.de www.wff-farben.de www.vpfeu.de 14 Heibi-Metall 33 ESBE Plastic Schopfloch Dinkelsbühl www.heibi-metall.de www.esbe-plastic.de Flughafen Berlin Nürnberg

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A73 13 Heilsbronn 27 A9 38 42 14 1 München 2 1 23 Petersaurach 17 2 29 18 Ansbach Neuendettelsau 3 Environment 43 Reber A6 Windsbach Wettringen 5 466 www.reber-kg.de 11 44 Herrieden Wolframs- 36 Planex Eschenbach Aurach www.planex.de 45 Weidenbach- Chemowerk Bayern Triesdorf Electronics Merkendorf www.chemowerk.de 36 35 Helukabel Windsbach Education Centers www.helukabel.de 1 37 Rudolf Geitz University of Applied Science Ansbach 13 Dinkelsbühl Ansbach www.geitz-gmbh.de phone +49(0)981/4877-0 www.fh-ansbach.de 15 Sports and Leisure 2 School for Mechanical Engineering Ansbach n Ehingen Ansbach 38 Ortlieb phone +49(0)981/97098-0 fränksichen Heilsbronn www.maschinenbauschule.de Seenlandzum www.ortlieb.de 3 39 Vocational school C.F. Maier Rothenburg o.d.T – Dinkelsbühl Schillingsfürst Dinkelsbühl www.c-f-maier.de phone +49(0)9851/3442 25 http://home.t-online.de/home/bs-rothenburg/ Wassertrüdingen Toys and Gifts 40 Geobra PLAYMOBIL Dietenhofen www.playmobil.de Household 41 Herpa and Cosmetics Dietenhofen www.herpa.de 34 AEG Rothenburg o.d.T. 42 Fleischmann www.aeg-hausgeraete.de Heilsbronn www.fleischmann.de 35 GEKA Brush Bechhofen www.geka-brush.com Transfer of Technology and Cooperation

Numerous institutes of technology transfer and education Vocational School centers emphasize the regional and national demand for a Rothenburg o.d.T – Dinkelsbühl close cooperation between science and economy. The specialized branch of schooling for the binary training University of Applied Science Ansbach system in process engineering for plastics- and latex (Fachhochschule Ansbach) technology in the administrative districts of Middle Frankonia and Swabia is located at the Dinkelsbühl site of the vocational school Rothenburg o.d.T. – Dinkelsbühl. With high-quality-training and education the competence in plastics is strengthened further. Students of industrial- Currently more than 400 trainees are educated, most of them engineering is offered the special degree “plastic-technology” live in Dinkelsbühl during the training period. at the University of Applied Sciences in Ansbach. This has Specially trained teachers and sophisticated technical been implemented in close cooperation with the industry and equipment for plastic treatment is available. The school staff is the promising base for future developments. is in close contact with apprenticeship companies and business institutions alike. Courses in the “plastic-technology“-degree: The focus in the first and second year of vocational chemistry and physics of polymers training is: construction and engineering of tools shaped parts production and preparation of plastics semi-finished materials processing of plastics (e.g. injection mouldings, extruding) multi-layer latex parts adding technology of plastics and surface techniques components polymer-mechatronic The focus in the third year of vocational training is: polymer-information systems shaped parts semi-finished materials University of Applied Science Ansbach (Fachhochschule Ansbach) Vocational School Rothenburg o.d.T – Dinkelsbühl plastic-technology (Staatliche Berufsschule Rothenburg o.d.T – Dinkelsbühl) Mr. Prof. Dr. Ing. Hermann Kirchhöfer Mr. OStD Dr. F. Nichterlein Residenzstraße 8, 91522 Ansbach Bezoldweg 32, 91541 Rothenburg o.d.T phone: +49(0)981/48 77-300 phone: +49(0)9861/3094, fax: +49(0)9861/1836 fax: +49(0)81)/48 77-302 Mr. Gerhard Meier www.fh-ansbach.de Nördlinger Straße 22, 91550 Dinkelsbühl phone: +49(0)9851/3442, fax: +49(0)9851/2857 School for Mechanical Engineering SKZ (Süddeutsches Kunststoff Zentrum) For more than a hundred years mechanics and technicians in mechanical engineering are educated and trained at the Maschinenbauschule Ansbach, a group of vocational schools. SKZ (Sueddeutsches Kunststoff-Zentrum) is a professional service provider to the plastics industry specialized in training The Maschinenbauschule has a strong reputation as a practical for specialists and executives, recognized testing procedures orientated institution (Technikschmiede), that combines sturdy for plastic materials, development and research. mechanical engineering with modern technology and team spirit. SKZ works together with the suppliers of raw materials, production companies, machine builders and system builders School for Mechanical Engineering throughout the world. Other areas of involvement are (Maschinenbauschule Ansbach) examinations, type approval and development of plastic Mr. Director Wolfgang Wechsler components and monitoring the production of component Eyber Straße 73, 91522 Ansbach parts. Today SKZ is the market leader in Europe and monitors phone: +49(0)981/97098-0 more than 900 plastic products from more than 400 companies fax: +49(0)981/97098-60 throughout the world. www.maschinenbauschule.de SKZ (Süddeutsches Kunststoff Zentrum) Mr. Prof. Dr. Burghard Schmitt Frankfurter Straße 15-17, 97082 Würzburg phone: +49(0)931/4104-0, fax: +49(0)931/4104-177 Business Promotion “Landkreis Ansbach“

The “Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft”, the business promoting agency within the administrative district Ansbach, provides any help you may need. If you think of setting up or establishing a business in this area, the above mentioned association will assist you with respect to sites, available industrial areas and real estate. Furthermore, the prospective entrepreneur can get information as far as transport facilities and financial aid are concerned. Apart from these activities, the business promoting agency offers support regarding the cooperation of businesses and authorities, matches local initiatives and helps to get in touch with partners. Wirtschaftsförderung Landkreis Ansbach GmbH: Crailsheimstr. 1, 91522 Ansbach phone: +49(0)981/468-250 fax: +49(0)981/468-252 [email protected] Example of a successfull www.landkreis-ansbach.de settlement: In 2000 Richard Fritz GmbH has chosen the Rudolf Schwemmbauer Ansbach area as site for its modern production plant. For the automobile industry extruded Head of the district authority sealings for window glasses are made with PU- “In the district of Ansbach RIM technology. economie policy is my The competence in plastic in the Ansbach region priority. Our region offers and the central location to all major automobile very good opportunities. manufacturers in Southern Germany had an I‘m glad to meet you“ essential effect on this choice of site. Another positive locational advantage was the fast licensing procedure and the availability of attractive industrial sites in vicinity of the Motorway A 6 at reasonable prices. Chamber of Commerce-UserClub New materials

The “UserClub New Materials” of the Chamber of Commerce with its working group “plastics and compounds” works as a place for contacts, information and exchange between manuf- acturers, users, and developers within the plastic industry. Regulary meetings serve as a platform for new results from research and development and the latest trends in technology. Members of the UserClub also show own competence and current and future projects and problems and thereby create a vivid regional network of competence in plastics. Chamber of Commerce Nuremberg (IHK Nürnberg für Mittelfranken) Chamber of Commerce-UserClub New materials (IHK-AnwenderClub Neue Materialien) Mrs. Dr. rer. nat. Elfriede Eberl Hauptmarkt 25-27, 90403 Nürnberg phone: +49(0)911/1335-431 fax: +49(0)911/1335-122 www.ihk-nuernberg.de