in the Capital Region Berlin-BrandenburgPLASTICS AND CHEMICALS

Ten top benefits for your investment

Distinguished chemical and industry sites with leading

companies

Qualified, motivated and available experts

Excellent traffic and telecommunications infrastructure

Highest research density in Germany

High productivity

Proximity to growth markets in Europe

Attractive cost-benefit ratio

Low business rents and property prices

Exceptional quality of life

Fast and unbureaucratic licensing procedures

Consolidated expertise in plastics and chemicalsThe Capital Region Berlin-Brandenburg is an important loca-

tion for the European chemical and plastics industries. It is

marked by its dynamic growth and a climate conducive to in-

novation. With around 400 companies and 11,600 employees,

the plastics and chemistry cluster is a mainstay of industry.

Companies here work closely with scientific institutions, conti-

nuously evolve their products and thus increase their interna-

tional competitiveness.

The products offered range from premium automotive paint

used around the world via innovative machine components to

system-critical components for the aerospace industry. At the

same time, the chemical and plastics industry in the region

can look back on a long history: a factory in Erkner was the

first in the world to produce plastic components at an indus-

trial level, and to this day, premium resins are developed and

produced for technical applications at Dynea Erkner GmbH.

Seminal companies located in large chemistry parks in

Schwedt/Oder, Premnitz, Guben and Schwarzheide shape the

industry’s profile. Alongside major players such as BASF, Tre-

vira, PCK Raffinerie and Goodyear, the industry is represented

by a large number of innovative medium-sized companies.

Products such as man-made fibres, films, tyres, components

for household appliances and wind turbines, polyurethane

base products, agricultural pesticides, water-based paints

and technical plastics are in demand around the globe.

Berlin-Brandenburg Capital Region – Close proximity to our partners

Berlin Potsdam

Prague 360 km

Vienna670 kmBern

900 km

Paris 1.090 km

Brussels770 km

Amsterdam 550 km

London 1.020 km

Dublin 1.485 km

Lisbon2.900 km

Madrid 2.500 km

Rome1.500 km

Athens2.650 km

Istanbul 2.193 km

Bucharest1.340 km

Budapest 880 km

Warsaw620 km

Vilnius1.000 km

Riga 980 km

Tallinn 1.270 km

Helsinki 1.420 km

Stockholm 1.100 km

Oslo 1.110 km

Moscow1.750 km

Minsk 1.070 km

Kiev 1.660 km

Copenhagen460 km

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Plastics and chemistry sites in Berlin-Brandenburg (selection)

Industrial estates

Selected chemical

companies

Selected plastics and rubber

processing companies

Selected research

institutions

Inland harbours

International airports

District border

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The Network of your successSelected research institutions and companies in the Capital Region Berlin-Brandenburg

1. Industrial estates 1 Guben industrial estate

www.wsg-guben.de2 Premnitz industrial estate

typo3.premnitz.net/wirtschaft-arbeit/ wirtschaft-in-zahlen 3 Schwarzheide industrial estate

www.basf-schwarzheide.de

4 Schwarze Pumpe industrial estate www.industriepark.info5 Schwedt/Oder industrial estate

www.ipsdt.de6 Adlershof Technology Park

www.adlershof.de/startseite

2. Selected chemical companies1 Atotech Deutschland GmbH

www.atotech.de2 ATT Polymers GmbH Werk Guben

www.att.grupaazoty.com3 BASF Schwarzheide GmbH

www.basf-schwarzheide.de4 Beiersdorf Manufacturing Berlin GmbH

www.beiersdorf.de5 Berlin Chemie AG

www.berlin-chemie.de6 Brillux GmbH & Co. KG

www.brillux.de7 CAPAROL Farben Lacke Bautenschutz GmbH

www.caparol.de8 Diessner GmbH & Co. KG Lack- und Farbenfabrik

www.diessner.de9 Dynea Erkner GmbH

www.dynea.com10 Ferak Berlin GmbH www.ferak.de11 Gleitsmann Security Inks GmbH www.gsi-gmbh.com12 Greibo Chemie GmbH www.greibo-chemie.de13 Kryolan GmbH de.kryolan.com14 Lacufa GmbH Werk Fürstenwalde www.lacufa.de15 Lankwitzer Lackfabrik GmbH www.lankwitzer.com16 Linde Gas Produktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG www.linde-gas.de17 Märkische Faser GmbH www.maerkische-faser.com18 Megaflex Schaumstoff GmbH www.megaflex-schaumstoffe.de19 PCK Raffinerie GmbH www.pck.de20 PolyAn GmbH www.poly-an.de21 Prignitzer Chemie GmbH & Co. KG www.prignitzer-chemie.de22 Salzenbrodt GmbH & Co. KG www.collonil.com23 Trevira GmbH Werk Guben www.trevira.de24 Velind Chemie GmbH www.velind.de25 VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG Werke Schwedt/Oder www.verbio.de

3. Selected plastics and rubberprocessing companies

1 Bepla Kunstoffverarbeitung GmbH & Co. KG www.alpla.com

2 BOSIG Baukunststoffe GmbH Werke Bad Liebenwerda + Elsterwerda www.bosig.de3 BRUSS Kunststofftechnik GmbH & Co. KG

www.bruss.de4 Constin GmbH

www.constin.de5 Cuba Kunststoffverarbeitung

www.kunststoff-cuba.de6 Deventer Profile GmbH & Co. KG

www.deventer-profile.com7 EHLEBRACHT BERLIN GmbH + Co. KG

www.ehlebracht.de8 ESE GmbH Werk Neuruppin

www.ese.com9 Feurer Febra GmbH Werk Schwarzheide

www.feurer.com10 Fränkische Rohrwerke Gebrüder Kirchner GmbH & Co.KG Werk Schwarzheide www.fraenkische.com11 Freudenberg Schwab Vibration Control GmbH & Co KG www.freudenberg-schwab.de12 GALATEA GmbH www.galatea-bad.de13 GIZEH Verpackungen GmbH & Co. KG Werk Elsterwerda www.gizeh.de14 GKT Gummi- und Kunststofftechnik Fürstenwalde GmbH www.gkt-gmbh.com15 Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH Werk Fürstenwalde www.goodyear.eu/gd_de/16 GuK Technische Gummi und Kunststoffe GmbH www.guk.de17 Hermann Römmler Kunststofftechnik GmbH & Co. KG www.roemmler-kunststofftechnik.de18 HESCO Kunststoffverarbeitung GmbH www.hesco.de19 INDIA-DREUSICKE Berlin www.india-berlin.com20 Johns Manville, Berlin www.jmeurope.com/home2012.asp21 Kingspan Unidek GmbH www.gefinex.de22 LINPAC Packaging Rigid GmbH Werk Beeskow www.linpac-plastics.co.uk/de23 Marquardt – Kleb-, Dicht- und Beschichtungsstoffe e.K. www.marquardt-kdb.de24 MaTec Gummiwerk GmbH www.gummiwerk.de25 MKF Folien GmbH Minderjahn u. Kiefer www.mkf-folien.eu26 Motzener Kunststoff- und Gummiverarbeitung GmbH www.kunststoff-gummi.de27 NOVAPAX Kunststofftechnik Steiner GmbH & Co. KG www.novapax.de28 Orafol Europe GmbH www.orafol.com29 PAS Deutschland GmbH www.pas-net.com30 PTO PolymerTechnik Ortrand GmbH www.pto-net.de31 puralis GmbH www.puralis.de32 raro plastics GmbH www.raro.de33 RB Spritzgusswerk KG Richard Rassbach GmbH & Co. www.spritzgusswerk-rassbach.de

34 Rotasin Kunststofftechnik GmbH www.esku.de35 Ruppiner Papier- und Folienwerke GmbH www.victorgroup.eu36 SPRELA GmbH www.sprela.de37 TIK Technische Industriekunststoffe GmbH www.tik-gmbh.com38 Vakuplastic Kunststoff GmbH & Co. KG www.vakuplastic.de39 Vestas Blades Deutschland GmbH Werk Lauchhammer www.vestas.com40 Werkzeugbau + Kunststofftechnik SWK GmbH & Co. KG www.swk-info.de41 WEHA-Gummiwaren-Fabrik Holzberg GmbH & Co. KG www.weha-gummi.de42 Wilhelm Dreusicke GmbH & Co. KG www.dreusicke.de43 Wirthwein Nauen GmbH & Co. KG www.wirthwein.de/index.php?id=3144 Würfel Kunststofftechnik GmbH www.wuerfel-kt.com

4. Cooperation networks

Plastics and chemistry cluster Brandenburg www.kunststoffe-chemie-brandenburg.de

Kunststoff-Verbund Brandenburg Berlin e.V. www.kuvbb.de

5. Selected research institutions1 BAM - Federal Institute for Materials Research

and Testing (Berlin) www.bam.de2 Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin,

University of Applied Sciences (formerly TFH Berlin) www.beuth-hochschule.de3 Brandenburg University of Technology

Cottbus-Senftenberg www.b-tu.de4 Fraunhofer Research Institution for

Polymeric Materials and Composites PYCO www.pyco.fraunhofer.de5 Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research

www.iap.fraunhofer.de6 Fritz-Haber-Institut der

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft www.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/7 Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien

und Energie (HZB) www.helmholtz-berlin.de8 Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht GmbH,

Centre for Materials and Coastal Research www.hzg.de/institute/biomaterial_science/index.html.de9 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin)

www.hu-berlin.de10 Institute for Thin Film and Microsensoric Technology www.idm-teltow.de11 Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces www.mpikg.mpg.de12 Technische Hochschule Wildau (FH), Technical University of Applied Sciences www.th-wildau.de13 Technische Universität Berlin www.tu-berlin.de14 Universität Potsdam www.uni-potsdam.de

Unbeatable in research and development In research and development, the Capital Region Berlin-Bran-

denburg is a European heavyweight. 52 universities and other

institutes of higher education with more than 200,000 students,

24 institutes of the Leibniz Association, 8 Fraunhofer-Gesell-

schaft institutes and 8 institutes of the Max Planck Society to-

gether make Berlin and Brandenburg an international centre

for researchers, scientists and technology experts. Research

interests of significance to the chemicals and plastics indus-

tries include biopolymers and lightweight composites.

The many research institutions in the Capital Region and ef-

ficient technology transfer form a solid basis for strong inno-

vation performance within companies and thus for economic

success.

Highly qualified and available expertsThe labour market in Berlin-Brandenburg comprises the lar-

gest proportion of highly qualified experts in Germany. You

are sure to find your future experts from among the approxi-

mately 35,000 students who graduate every year.

The German Capital Region also offers a wide selection of

training centres for occupations relating to specific industries.

Hands-on training in close cooperation with business, the in-

volvement of students in companies’ innovation projects and

the attractive support offered by active business development

programmes guarantee highly trained employees.

Top local conditions

The Capital Region Berlin-Brandenburg is a centre of excel-

lence with a high quality of life. It offers companies an ideal

basis for their economic success, experts and managers out-

standing leisure opportunities in addition to ideal professional

prospects. The high level of productivity is above all a con-

sequence of modern capital asset management. In terms of

turnover, the State of Brandenburg has a capital outlay ratio of

4.1 per cent, the third-highest in all of Germany. In 2011 alone

and not least due to tailored funding, the companies in Bran-

denburg invested over a billion euros in new plants, machines

and buildings – an increase of 31 per cent on the previous

year. This has enabled the production facilities to achieve a

level of modernisation not seen since German reunification. In

2012, Brandenburg emerged victorious in the German state

dynamism ranking for the third time in a row.

Skilled experts, BASF Schwarzheide GmbH

Modern conditions, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg

Where investment makes sense

Berlin-Brandenburg offers excellent and customized funding programmes for busi-

nesses which are new to the region or excel in innovation. Investment incentives

come in the form of direct subsidies. Funding programmes pool resources from

the EU, the German federal government and the states of Berlin and Brandenburg.

High quality of life

The region offers the unique combination of Berlin’s international metropolitan flair and

Brandenburg’s fascinating countryside and historical places of interest. A nightlife like

no other, renowned large-scale events, more than 170 museums, 150 performance ve-

nues and around 500 palaces, churches and parks – all these add up to an irresistible

location. The region also offers unlimited sporting and leisure activities such as golf,

horse riding, water sports and flying. Living costs, infrastructure and leisure activities

are considerably more affordable than in other comparable metropolitan regions.

Investment made easy

The two economic development corporations, Berlin Partner for Business and Tech-

nology and the Brandenburg Economic Development Board (ZAB), will provide ex-

tensive support in establishing your business: competently, quickly, without red tape,

confidentially and free of charge.

Location: facts and figures on the Berlin-Brandenburg business region

Personnel: support in recruiting and training new employees

Property: assistance in searching for properties to lease or buy

Financing: advice on funding options and financing methods

Contacts: public authorities, banks, chambers of commerce, associations,

company networks

The Berlin-Brandenburg Capital Region: Locational advantages, facts, services

Your point of contact in Brandenburg:

Brandenburg Economic Development BoardPhilipp Rutaproject manager Clean Technologies, plastics, chemicalsSteinstraße 104 -10614480 Potsdam Tel.: +49 (0)331 660 - 3161Fax: +49 (0)331 660 - 3222philipp.ruta@zab-brandenburg.dewww.kunststoffe-chemie-brandenburg.de

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Publisher: Brandenburg Econo-mic Development Board (ZAB) on behalf of the Ministry of Economics and European Affairs of the state of Brandenburg

Design: Schweiger Design

Last updated: September 2013

Cover: PCK Raffinerie Schwedt (© H. Hirsch)

Photographs: Foil wrapping machine (ZAB); scientific research (ZAB); modern conditions (ZAB); skilled experts (BASF);Berlin, Potsdamer Platz (fotolia); Potsdam, Glienicke Bridge (TMB Fotoarchiv/Boettcher); Cottbus, Altmarkt (ZAB)

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