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Press release from 07.04.2008
Düsseldorf/Gelsenkirchen, 7 April 2008 – For the eighth time, NRW.INVEST GmbH invited representatives of Nordic firms based in NRW to the Business Breakfast. Some 30 investors took up the invitation and came to the VELTINS Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen.
Peter E. Glaessel, managing director of NRW.INVEST GmbH, pointed out that there are about 400 Nordic companies based in North Rhine-Westphalia. These firms employ approx. 34,000 people and generate sales amounting to around 18 billion euros. "This puts the Nordic companies in fifth place among the foreign direct investors, with an investment volume of 8.2 billion euros", Glaessel emphasized.
Mayor Frank Baranowski and Gerhard Rehberg, Honorary President of the legendary soccer club FC Schalke 04, welcomed the guests in the "Blauer Salon" VIP lounge in Europa's most modern multi-purpose arena. "We are delighted to welcome the Nordic investors here at Schalke as our guests today", said Baranowski. Even though public discussion over the last few months has focused very much on Nokia, it is particularly the investors from the Nordic countries who contribute towards sustainable structural change in Gelsenkirchen and throughout the Ruhr region." Two examples of this are the Danish company BANTEX GmbH in Gelsenkirchen and the Norwegian firm Norske Skog Walsum in Duisburg with a total of around 600 employees. Schalke's honorary president Rehberg underlined: "No matter whether at the Veltins Biathlon World Team Challenge or in the Schalke soccer team – which includes Søren Larsen and Peter Løvenkrands – or at this morning's Business Breakfast, we are delighted to welcome our Nordic guests here, AufSchalke."
Guido Schneider, regional director of VICTORIA-Versicherungen, and Kristina Polzin, managing director of the Swedish management consultancy scandiSearch, explained what soccer, insurance and headhunting have in common and subsequently invited everyone present to join them for breakfast.
The event concluded with a guided tour of the VELTINS Arena AufSchalke and a sweepstake for a soccer shirt signed by the players of FC Schalke 04.
About NRW.INVEST
NRW.INVEST GmbH serves as the central contact point for settlement projects and investments in North Rhine-Westphalia. It provides potential investors from Germany and abroad with a one-stop service ranging from locational information and business premises searches to arranging and guiding through negotiations and approval procedures. NRW.INVEST works closely with the state government and regional and local facilities for economic development in North Rhine-Westphalia. Investors who have already set up business in NRW receive special support with regard to expansion, start-ups and spin-offs.
Parallel to this, NRW.INVEST conducts international marketing on behalf of North Rhine-Westphalia as a business location in Germany and abroad with the aim of acquiring investments.
The sole shareholder of NRW.INVEST GmbH is the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In addition to subsidiaries in Japan and the USA, NRW-INVEST operates foreign branch offices in China, India, Korea, and Turkey.
Further information:
Annette Peis, Press and Public Relations
Tel.: +49 (0) 211-130 00 162
e-mail: Peis@nrwinvest.com
NRW.INVEST GmbH
Economic Development Agency
of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)
Völklinger Str. 4
40219 Düsseldorf
