Strength and potential

The Central German Metropolitan Region is one of Europe's most dynamic economic regions and as a global competitior it has a lot to offer as a place to do business.

A location with a most of advantages

For years now growth rates in GDP and productivity here have been well above the average for Germany as a whole. In addition to the strong position in traditional industries such as vehicle manufacture and mechanical engineering, chemicals and plastics processing, Central Germany has for a number of years now increasingly become a major location for high-tech companies and the renewable energy industry. As a global competitor the region can pride itself on a variety of advantageous features as a highly-competitive economic and scientific centre:

• a central location and proximity to the growth markets of central and eastern Europe
• excellent links to the European transport network
• cutting-edge production facilities and infrastructure
• a dense network of research and development facilities with close links to industry
• a large workforce consisting of well-qualified and highly-motivated specialists
• flexible working times and low unit production costs
• targeted promotion of relocations and start-up companies
• fast and unbureaucratic approvals‘ procedure
• favourably-priced real estate and commercial property.