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ChemCoast Park – industrial variety on the Lower Elbe
Schleswig-Holstein’s largest integrated industrial zone lies less than 100 kilometres from Hamburg. Covering over 2,000 hectares, this extensive site is notable for offering innovative strength, thirst for action, and scope for visions
Chemical and oil companies, energy producers, logistics companies and other industrial sectors have been producing and trading at Brunsbüttel as an industrial and trading centre for more than 40 years. They all profit from its favourable location for logistics on the Elbe and Kiel Canal, and proximity to Hamburg as a dynamically developing metropolitan region.
MORE THAN 12,600 JOBS
ChemCoast Park Brunsbüttel now contains a large number of companies from the chemical/energy sectors and logistics. Together, they generate add- ed value, jobs and additional regional economic im- pacts in the area. Companies in the zone help se- cure over 12,600 jobs in the region, 4,500 of these in Brunsbüttel itself.
GROWTH OF BRUNSBÜTTEL AS A HUB
IS BOOSTING PLANS FOR EXPANSION OF THE RAIL SPUR LINE
Added value of around 870 million euros is generat- ed here. This gives Schleswig-Holstein’s industrial zone a vital role for the whole state, and its Ministry of Economics aims to boost this. “We need to act to- gether with Hamburg to see that enterprises that cannot be accommodated there are won for the pe- riphery. Yet for that we need appropriate industrial sites,” declared economics minister Dr. Bernd Buch- holz at the latest Industrial Round-Table in Brunsbüt- tel this autumn. ChemCoast Park meets this require- ment: Around 450 hectares of fully serviced plots designated as an industrial area stand ready, even for major projects.
LOGISTICS ADVANTAGES
The Ports of Brunsbüttel are of especial significance for the region. Its location where the Elbe meets the
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