NRW.INVEST

The referred from a state economic development agency of the federal state of North Rhine -Westphalia (NRW). The Company is responsible for the acquisition and support of foreign companies and international marketing for the business location North Rhine -Westphalia. As a central point of contact for foreign investors NRW.INVEST supports international companies in their investment projects in North Rhine -Westphalia. NRW.INVEST Germany is headquartered in Dusseldorf. In addition to the subsidiaries in Japan and the United States under the Company holds offices in China, India, Korea, Russia and Turkey. The sole shareholder of referred from the state of North Rhine -Westphalia.

In 2010, the state economic development NRW.INVEST celebrated its 50th anniversary. When it was founded in 1960, the then " Rhenish- Westphalian Industrial Promotion Agency " received by the State of North Rhine -Westphalia commissioned to advertise successor industries, which had run into crisis mining industry.

Tasks / Service

Worldwide locations compete economy to foreign direct investment (FDI ) in order to remain competitive in the global competition. Here competes North Rhine-Westphalia, among others, European metropolitan areas such as London, Paris or the Dutch Randstad and other metropolitan areas around the world. In order to market the country internationally as a business location in Europe, offers NRW.INVEST foreign investors services throughout the settlement process in. The company works closely with the state government and the regional and local economic development organizations in North Rhine -Westphalia.

NRW.INVEST is organized in specialized country and sector teams. Both the teams of NRW.INVEST Germany in Dusseldorf as well as the staff in the field offices and local subsidiaries inform companies interested in settling on North Rhine -Westphalia as an investment location, the economy of North Rhine -Westphalia and the industry cluster in the country, as well as tax and legal aspects of the business base in Germany.

Besides imparting general information supports NRW.INVEST potential investors and to specific questions. On request NRW.INVEST analyzes investment projects and helps in the search for a suitable location. For this free service the industrial area gantry belongs German site. Under germansite.com investors can search for available commercial space in North Rhine -Westphalia. This allows users to have detailed spatial information of approximately 1,000 vacant commercial space together with the associated contact information. Also information on regional economic and industrial structure of the environment can be retrieved.

The settlement company supports investors by applying for visas, on the researching market data, to start-ups and individual approval processes. Frequently NRW.INVEST also mediates between investors and management, such as the Federal Employment Agency, the Immigration Office and building authorities. Even after the settlement NRW.INVEST supports foreign investors with information and training events and consulting services for extensions, new and spin-offs.

Foreign activities

In addition to its headquarters in Dusseldorf, the company has an international presence with two subsidiaries and eight field offices. You work as a contact office for business, politics and administration in the respective countries, advertise on North Rhine -Westphalia and investors acquire locally. Since 2007 NRW.INVEST has increased its international activities in the growth markets of India and Turkey. Due to the increasing integration of these economies into the world economy a significant increase in foreign investment is expected. Therefore, the company in mid-2007 opened two offices in the Indian cities of Mumbai and Pune and in January 2008 became the first German state of a branch in Istanbul.

The relevance of the field offices of NRW.INVEST shown by the example of Japan. The efforts of the subsidiary NRW Japan KK and the intensive acquisition activities of NRW.INVEST have significantly contributed to the state of North Rhine -Westphalia become a major location for Japanese companies. The settlement of more than 500 Japanese companies throughout NRW has the state capital of Dusseldorf nicknamed " Little Tokyo " introduced. More representative offices NRW.INVEST in Nanjing, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul and St. Petersburg. A second subsidiary opened NRW.INVEST, 2008 in Chicago.

Foreign Direct Investment in North Rhine -Westphalia

North Rhine- Westphalia attracts companies from home and abroad. 17 of the 50 most actively traded German companies have their headquarters in North Rhine -Westphalia, including the Bayer AG, Bertelsmann, German Post DHL, German Telekom, E.ON, Metro AG, RWE, Rewe Group and ThyssenKrupp. Throughout Germany, the state recorded the most foreign direct investment.

With 27.1 percent ( 200.6 billion euros ) recorded Nordrhein-Westfalen in 2011 by far the highest proportion of all 16 states to the direct investment in Germany.

Around 14,000 foreign companies from the main investor countries control of North Rhine- Westphalia from their Germany or European operations. This means that almost every fourth foreign operation in Germany in North Rhine -Westphalia is located. Among them are many international global players such as BP, 3M, Ericsson, Ford, LG Electronics, QVC, Sany, Toyota and Vodafone. The companies employ more than 750,000 workers.