Trade and transport: East Netherlands Investment

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Key Competitive Attractions

Trade and Transport

The East Netherlands Development Agency (Oost NV) supports investors across the East Netherlands, a combined geographic area of over 8000 km sq and a population of over three million people.

Located between the Randstad in the Netherlands and the Ruhr in Germany, the East Netherlands completes a golden triangle with a highly competitive, knowledge based economy focused on Agrofoods, Life Sciences and High Technology.

The East Netherlands area is centrally located within the European market and is a short distance from the Schiphol, Munster-Osnabruck, Dusseldorf and Weeze international airports. Combined with a modern high speed rail infrastructure, this makes the East Netherlands a top destination for trade and transport.

Quality of life in the East Netherlands is extremely high, with the largest national forest in the country. Oost NV provides further support in this with a dedicated Expat service to assist expatriates. Expatriates from over 150 countries make use of the region’s international schools.

Assistance and Support For New Business Investors

Oost NV provides a full range of support options for investors.

This includes:

Identifying applicable funding and grant programmes.
Liaising with local business partners
Arranging fact finding trips
Advising on locations suitable for your project
Helping to locate qualified staff and existing training programmes.
Consulting with government on regulations

The East Netherlands has particular expertise in the three areas of Agrofood, Life Sciences and High Technology. Oost NV has a proven track record with providing assistance to companies in these sectors.

Major firms which have established business activities with the assistance of Oost NV include Echostar, Cannondale, Lucent, Scania, Texas Instruments and Timberland.

Existing Business Base

The East Netherlands has a very stable business environment with a reputation as “The Gateway to Europe” - it is a major distribution hub for the continent. The region also has a strong international business community that hosts multinational companies including: