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The Canadian cell phone manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM), the Japanese aroma specialist Takasago and the Chinese construction machinery corporation Sany all received the NRW.INVEST AWARD 2009 from North Rhine-Westphalia's Economics Minister Christa Thoben in June 2009. In the presence of 360 international guests from business and politics who had taken up NRW.INVEST's invitation to the Meilenwerk in Düsseldorf, the award was presented in the categories 'Innovation', 'Expansion Investment' and 'New Investment'. The award in the 'Innovation' category went to the Canadian BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM).
Last year, Economics Minister Thoben succeeded in convincing the company that it should open its fi rst European development center in Bochum. The first product to be developed entirely in Bochum is already due for market launch in the fall. In the 'Expansion Investment' category the award went to the Japanese company Takasago. The specialty supplier of fl avors and fragrances opened its European headquarters in Zülpich in 1999. Over the past ten years, it has grown into a European development and production center. Most recently, the new research and development laboratories were inaugurated in spring 2009.
The award in the category 'New Investment' went to the construction machinery corporation SANY. As part of the largest Chinese investment in North Rhine-Westphalia, a production plant, a research center and a training facility are being built in Bedburg/Bergheim-Mühlenerft. With an investment volume of around 100 million euros, hundreds of new jobs will be created in the coming years.
"The NRW.INVEST AWARD honors the achievement of foreign investors in our state", emphasized Petra Wassner, Chief Executive Offi cer of NRW.INVEST. She added that the award winners are representative of all the foreign companies based in North Rhine-Westphalia, whose numbers are fortunately growing from year to year.
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