Lower Saxony
Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) is Germany’s second biggest state, in respect of its area
of around 47,618 km2, and the fourth biggest with regard to its population of
more than 8 millions.
Hannover is the state capital and, at the same time, the largest city of the state with
around 517,000 inhabitants.
Following to the break-up of the Eastern bloc and the expansion of the European
Union, Niedersachsen now finds itself at the centre of Europe. With its excellent
motorway and rail links, Niedersachsen has developed into an important junction
and logistics centre between Eastern and Western Europe as well as North Europe.
Additionally, there is a an international airport capable of expansion in Hannover-
Langenhagen, numerous seaports with direct access to the international network
of sea transport paths and a well developed network of inland water-ways. With the
future JadeWeserPort, the mega project of a deep sea port for super containerships
of the future, a new turntable for commerce and economy from North- and
Eastern Europe to the point of Far East will be created in Wilhelmshaven until
2009/2010.
The economy of Niedersachsen is characterised by the dominant role of the automotive
industry and its component suppliers.
The highly productive agriculture and the nutrition industry which processes the agricultural
products, are of great importance.
Aside, a diversity of trades with numerous important enterprises and large settlements
of German as well as foreign groups have developed over several decades. This
includes the chemicalindustry, which ranks 6th in the manufacturing industry in
Niedersachsen in terms of turnover.
The product range of Niedersachsen’s chemistry is diversified. It ranges from
non-organic and organic basic materials to pharmaceutical products, scents and
flavours, paints, varnishes, detergents and personal hygiene products, insecticides
and pesticides, to special coating and special synthetic materials, as well as a
multitude of other products.
The association ChemCoast was created at the beginning of 2005. This institution
aims to support and coordinate the participating chemical enterprises in their joint
search for new ways to strengthen their economic power and sustainability, improve
their competitiveness and the security of employment.
As the first step, the cross linking of locations with an ethylene pipeline and the
connection to the existing raw material networks has been tackled.
One of ChemCoast’s important tasks for the future is the development of a marketing
strategy across the federal states that should combine the interests of the individual
chemical locations and jointly market them throughout the world.
The government of Niedersachsen supports the aim to strengthen the local chemical
site.
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