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Automotive industry in NRW

NRW is one of the most important automotive locations in Germany. Every year, approx. 800,000 passenger cars and commercial vehicles are produced here for the world market, as well as trailers, bodies, containers, vehicle parts and accessories. In total, i.e. including suppliers that do not produce exclusively for the automotive industry, the industry encompasses approx. 800 companies employing over 200,000 people. The three largest manufacturers in NRW are Daimler AG in Düsseldorf, Ford-Werke GmbH in Cologne and Adam Opel AG in Bochum. Besides the traditionally important subject areas in conventional automotive engineering, the state also offers great potential in the field of electric mobility: The Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region with centers of excellence in Aachen, Dortmund and Münster was selected as one of eight model regions for electric mobility in Germany.

Number of companies * NRW's share of German companies	239 17.7 %
Employees * NRW's share of German employees	81,561 11.3 %
Sales * Thereof foreign sales NRW's share of German sales	30.4 EUR bn 64.6 % 9.5 %
Average monthly earnings	3,827 EUR
Exports ** NRW's share of German exports	15.7 EUR bn 9.9%
Imports ** NRW's share of German imports	13.3 EUR bn 19.1 %

Source: IT.NRW; data: as of 2010
* the figures refer to manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (C 29) and companies with 20 and more employees; they are based on the new "Classification of Economic Activities (WZ 2008)"
** the figures refer to foreign trade statistics North Rhine-Westphalia

 

The most important buyer countries (in %)

The most important supplier countries (in %)

Source: IT.NRW, Foreign trade statistics North Rhine-Westphalia; data: as of 2010

• Brochure „ElektroMobil.NRW / Electric mobility in North Rhine-Westphalia“
• Company database electric mobility North Rhine-Westphalia (ZIP-File)
• www.autocluster.nrw.de
• www.elektromobilitaet.nrw.de

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