More Business. Schleswig-Holstein
The economic conditions are just right for doing business in Schleswig-Holstein.This is evidenced by the large number of young and innovative technology-based companies. In this federal state (Land), businessmen and women are supported by a dense network of technology and business centres, as well as institutions that can provide capital.
Double hull tanker being built
© Lindenau GmbH Schiffswerft
Schleswig-Holstein is a centre for services and technology, with a good infrastructure, with good neighbourly relations with the world metropolis of Hamburg and a dense network for co-operation throughout the Baltic Sea region. Good transport links by road, rail and water mean destinations can be reached quickly.
Important future-oriented industries are well-represented in Schleswig-Holstein, amongst others: medical technology, the maritime industry, the food industry, mechanical engineering, companies involved in alternative energy technology and the healthcare sector with their enormous potentials for the 21st century.
Class instead of mass
The face of trade and industry in the Land between the seas is changing. Those who prosper here are those who insist on class instead of mass. The maritime industry may serve as an example: the world's most modern double hulled tankers rank among the innovative and technologically highly developed products made in Schleswig-Holstein as do the world's first submarines to be powered by fuel cells, internationally sought-after Ro-Ro cargo ferries, and mega-yachts and naval ships. The high-performance ports of Kiel and Lübeck offer an outstanding infrastructure for trading with the Baltic Sea region and the rest of the world.
High-quality
Farming and the food industry are another example: Schleswig-Holstein's farmers insist on high-quality and safe food–produced according to strict ecological standards and given reliable seals of quality. On top of that, Schleswig-Holstein's tourist industry scores points with top-flight Spa and health offers. Top achievements have helped medical researchers resident in the Land win numerous awards and the Land's efforts in pressing ahead with technology transfer between institutions of higher education and trade and industry, help keep Schleswig-Holstein's medical engineering companies, among other industries, one step ahead of the rest of the world.
Good structural policy
Thanks to the Land's good structural policy, jobs in Schleswig-Holstein are increasingly created in locations where people like to live. This means quality of life and social security. Businessmen and women are building upon a future in the Land and they include the people who live here. This is a tradition in Schleswig-Holstein. Rudolf Hell, for example, who invented the fax machine, founded his company in Kiel just after the Second World War – and was committed to the social needs of his employees from the outset.
Schleswig-Holstein's commitment to local industry, to research and to our natural areas makes this an attractive region. Thus, Schleswig-Holstein is and will always be a Land for all people, a multitude of innovative ideas, a region for a wide variety of industries.
Contact
Your contact for setting up your business in Schleswig-Holstein and for cooperation with companies and research institutes in Schleswig-Holstein:
Business Development and Technology Transfer Corporation
of Schleswig-Holstein WTSH
Lorentzendamm 24
D-24103 Kiel
Germany
Telephone +49 431 66 66 6-0
Telefax +49 431 66 66 6-7 67
info@wtsh.de
www.wtsh.de
