Germany Business Features & News

"Rostock and its port have given Liebherr the opportunity to manufacture maritime products at a volume and speed that was not previously possible. We can load our cranes and components directly from the factory to the ship, meaning that we can enter new market segments, such as offshore” said Thomas Müller, branch manager of Liebherr-MCCTEC Rostock GmbH.  Established in 1949, the Liebherr Group started their business by producing affordable tower cranes and expanded their... more...

North Rhine-Westphalia’s capital is consistently strengthening its position as the most important location for the mobile phone market in Germany. In the Düsseldorf region, about 5,000 employees work in over 1,500 ICT businesses, while more than half of Germany's SIM cards come from Düsseldorf. In 1989, the Düsseldorf company Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH was the first privately owned business to be granted a digital mobile network licence. The D2 mobile network... Mobile Capital Düsseldorf...

Leipzig is set to become an even more relevant automotive location, with Volkswagen optimising the Leipzig factory of its partner Porsche. Michael Macht, Volkswagen’s production executive, told German automotive magazine Automobilwoche that the Leipzig factory had a “very good chance” to be expanded to a fully-fledged automotive factory. This also increases the possibility for Porsche’s small SUV Cajun to be produced in Leipzig. The Volkswagen headquarters in... Read more on the expansion

NRW Investment Award 2011 North Rhine-Westphalia is the economic centre of gravity in Germany and one of the largest recipients of inward investment in the world. In addition, the region is the world's top trade fair location. Every year, over 60 events, including the investment awards, attract almost 6 million visitors. The awards are used to demonstrate the strong position the area enjoys in terms of investment attraction. In 2011, companies from Japan, Poland and USA received the... more

Every year, the Wind Energy Network Rostock invites over 200 national and international industry representatives for a wind energy summit. The effort is part of a strategy to pool information and know-how within the wind energy sector. The wind energy network is the biggest contact point for offshore-wind energy in Germany, and consists of a partnership between 93 individual companies. The network works for the expansion of offshore power networks and for further increases in research and... more