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Spremberg – Where industry’s at home

� Spremberg – where induStry’S at home

The area around Spremberg in the Lausitz

(Lusatia) region is a major hub in Europe’s

transport corridors between the established

market environment in the west and growth

markets in Central and Eastern Europe.

Companies here produce goods “Made in

Germany” for European and global markets.

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Sachsen

Brandenburg

Thüringen

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Saarland

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Bydgoszcz/Bromberg

Warszawa/Warschau

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FrankfurtMainz

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Salzburg

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Brno/Brünn

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Poznan/Posen

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Three international airports, Berlin Branden-

burg International, Leipzig and Dresden, the

main rail links and A 13 and A 15 highways

provide you with fast connections to Berlin, to

Dresden, capital of the state of Saxony, and

to Germany’s seaports.

Numerous regional airfields mean you can

take off and land almost from your doorstep

(Welzow EDCY/EDUY).

Major Polish industrial areas are also just a

few hours’ drive away.

Spremberg – connected with the wider world

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welcome to Spremberg, a regional growth centre

Welcome to Spremberg, which has at-

tracted companies and investors for

centuries with its unique range of indus-

trial know-how and local acceptance

of industry. This tradition is founded in

the area’s favourable location in the

south of Brandenburg between Berlin

and Dresden, in the region’s rich re-

sources, and in the entrepreneurial ini-

tiative of its people.

Impressive industrial know-how and

acceptance of industry

Conditions are now excellent for industries

establishing themselves here, so Spremberg

has positioned itself as a regional growth

centre. This status means that companies

operating here profit from the best possible

funding and support. We also keep operating

costs low by offering investors comprehen-

sive, low-cost infrastructure in our industrial

park. The area’s existing business infrastruc-

ture offers you a range of clear advantages.

In the “Schwarze Pumpe” industrial park you

will find the kinds of industrial properties and

cost-effective media that are becoming in-

creasingly rare in Germany. Europe‘s most

modern coal-fired power plant is also here.

The area can also offer you eminently quali-

fied workers, who are experienced in industri-

al production and ready and willing to work

within a shift system, as well as low labour

costs. Major industries, such as the energy

and energy technologies industries, plastics,

chemicals, the paper industry and increasing-

ly also silicon production, make up Sprem-

berg’s industrial profile. Copper mining and

processing will also influence the region’s fu-

ture development dynamic.

Many renowned industrial enterprises are

already settled in Spremberg, among them

Vattenfall Europe AG, Papierfabrik Hamburger

Rieger GmbH & Co. KG, Siemens AG, BEA

Elektrotechnik und Automation Technische

Dienste Lausitz GmbH, Schmid Pilot Produc-

tion GmbH (SSP), Knauf Deutsche Gipswerke

KG, Linde AG and ThyssenKrupp Xervon

GmbH.

Family-friendly, with a wide range of

educational and training opportunities

It’s no coincidence that Spremberg is called

“the pearl of Lausitz”. Spremberg’s range

of educational and cultural institutions and

attractive landscape ensure that its 25,000

inhabitants enjoy a very high quality of life.

The region provides comprehensive con-

tinuing and advanced training and educa-

tion to fit all needs. Highly qualified personnel

are trained and educated at the Branden-

burgische Technische Universität Cottbus

(Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus),

Technische Universität Dresden (Dresden

Technical University), Technische Universität

Bergakademie Freiberg (Bergakademie Freib-

erg Technical University) and at various tech-

nical colleges in the area.

With its diverse range of social institutions for

residents, especially for children and families,

various recreational opportunities and a good

supply of attractive housing, Spremberg has

become established as a truly outstanding

“family-friendly community”.

Could Spremberg also be the ideal location

for your company? Come and see us and

we’ll be happy to convince you that it is!

Dr. Klaus-Peter Schulze mayor of Spremberg

� Spremberg – where induStry’S at home

Spremberg regional growth centre is home to

two industrial and two commercial complex-

es. Of these, the multifunctional “Schwarze

Pumpe” industrial park and industrial area of

Spreewitz offer the largest contiguous availa-

ble properties.

We can offer you fully developed lots of up

to 120 hectares, available immediately. All of

these industrial and commercial properties

are available at extremely favourable prices.

Network connections for process steam and

gas supplies, 110-kv electricity supply and

distribution, water supply systems, waste wa-

ter systems and railway sidings with their own

feeder systems are all available for industrial

uses.

Available, well-developed, inexpensive, subdividable:

industrial and commercial properties

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Regional growth centre status:

optimal conditions for investors

As an entrepreneur investing and creating

jobs in our town, you’ll be able to take advan-

tage of funding and incentives programmes

that are tailored to your needs and provide

the highest levels of support available in Eu-

rope for your activities.

Your subsidy and incentive benefits at

a glance Maximum subsidies and incentives for

companies in the location mean lower

equity capital and operating costs

Maximum subsidies and incentives for

improving location factors in the regional

growth centre also reduce operating costs

Optimal infrastructure for industrial

production

We can support you through processes

such as: Investment

The opening up of new markets

The development of new products and

other research and development projects

We can help you reduce your equity capital

costs: Through non-repayable investment

subsidies of up to 50 percent

Low-interest loans from Germany’s federal

and state governments

With equity capital assistance and

guarantees

We can support you in reducing your

overheads: With wage cost subsidies

Funding for qualification, training and

induction measures

Support for research and development

We’ll be happy to discuss your specific

needs as well as details of funding precondi-

tions and terms in a personal consultation.

Impressive prospects:

Funding, incentives, low labour costs, and a skilled workforce

Low labour and operating costs

Labour costs are extremely competitive in

Spremberg, averaging 19.76 euros an hour in

manufacturing industries. Comparable labour

costs in West German states are 33.59 euros

(Source: Zukunftsagentur Brandenburg ZAB,

2006, and IW Köln, 2007).

The annual average increase in hourly labour

costs in the manufacturing industries is also

at the lower end of international rankings, at

2.4 percent.

These low unit labour costs mean that Sp-

remberg offers investors an excellent price-

performance ratio with regard to labour costs

and productivity. Operating costs are also

comparatively low here. Media infrastructure

is already up and running in the “Schwarze

Pumpe” industrial park and our systems are

highly failsafe.

A qualified, loyal and motivated

workforce on hand

Spremberg’s ongoing industrial tradition

means that workers in the region are ready

and willing to work in a shift system and

are highly motivated and very loyal to their

employers.

Actors in the Spremberg regional growth

centre are pursuing a long-term strategy

of securing skilled personnel and industrial

know-how locally and intensifying measures

carried out in close cooperation with com-

panies, schools, training institutions, colleges

and universities so as to retain and further

qualify skilled workers.

The region’s many institutions also offer fur-

ther qualification programmes for the availa-

ble workforce. In cooperation with these insti-

tutions, ongoing qualification measures for

skilled staff can be individually adapted to

meet your company’s needs. We’ll be happy

to put you in contact with the partners you

need in this area.

� Spremberg – where induStry’S at home

The substantial deposits of brown coal,

ores, copper ore and raw materials near the

Earth’s surface here mean that the economic

structure of Spremberg and of the whole

region is dominated by the energy industries.

A Vattenfall Europe AG brown coal power sta-

tion with two 800 MW units is located here

and feeds energy into the power grid. The re-

gion is also home to the world’s first low CO2-

emission power plant, a unique pilot project.

Energy industry

Its substantial deposits

of brown coal and long

tradition of coal mining

and processing since

1850 mean that the Sp-

remberg region can offer

significant advantages

to the local energy industry. Suitable infra-

structure and the skills of its workforce make

Spremberg the first choice in the Lausitz en-

ergy region for energy companies such as

Vattenfall Europe AG and Alpiq Energie Deut-

schland.

Paper and packaging

The relocation of Ham-

burger Rieger GmbH &

Co. KG, part of Austria’s

Prinzhorn Holding, to

the “Schwarze Pumpe”

industrial park and the

start of production

in 2005 has created a cluster of raw paper

corrugated cardboard production and pro-

cessing industries that are now producing

products meeting the highest technical stand-

ards.

The plastics processing and chemical

industries

Plastics processing, es-

pecially thermosetting

plastics for decorative

and technical purposes,

has a long local tradition.

Among the location‘s

vital factors for these in-

dustries are the high levels of technical skills

among the area’s qualified workers and state-

of-the-art production methods. SPRELA

GmbH, Hippe KG, Deutsche Biomethanolfab-

rik Schwarze Pumpe GmbH and Linde Gas

Produktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG are

just some of the companies taking advantage

of these benefits.

Silicon production and processing

The most important pri-

mary product in solar

cell manufacturing is

produced in Spremberg.

The production of mon-

osilane and polysilicon

by Schmid Pilot Produc-

tion GmbH (SSP) has opened up excellent

developmental opportunities for the area. This

highly sought-after and expensive primary

product forms the basis for a complete value-

added supply chain, which ends with com-

plete solar modules for end users.

Future copper mining

Copper is one of the

most important metals

for industrial manufac-

turing. The future of

copper mining opens up

entirely new develop-

ment opportunities for

the region. Preparations are currently under-

way to start mining and processing copper

ore in 2016.

Supported, diverse, successful:

the regional growth centre’s main industries

“The “Schwarze Pumpe” industrial park offers us almost perfect condi-tions. All the media we need is avail-able on very favourable terms. We’ve been able to build up a quali-fied, motivated and very loyal local workforce whose experience in indus-trial production processes is ever so apparent, and that at comparatively low labour costs and in a very short period of time. The subsidies for our investment and high levels of accep-tance in the area have also been a great help to us. Spremberg has be-come an established part of Prinzhorn Holding. We’re building on it.”

Julian Laux, authorized represen-tative of Hamburger Rieger GmbH & Co. KG Papierfabrik Spremberg and spokesman for the industrial park community

“Local actors have provided outstand-ing support for our project. Sprem-berg and the whole Lausitz region are also providing us with an excel-lent pool of skilled workers. The ex-perience and acceptance of industrial production in the area also means a great deal to us. This as well as the perfect infrastructure in Spremberg and Lausitz open up the best possible prospects for our company and for the people of the region.”

Dr. Thomas Lautsch, Managing Director, KSL Kupferschiefer Lausitz GmbH

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A delightful landscape with wonderful

recreational possibilities

Spremberg lies in the scenic surroundings of

the Lausitz region, providing plenty of space

for a wide range of leisure activities.

The nearby Spreewald forest area offers

ideal conditions for water sports enthusiasts.

A perfectly developed network of cycle paths

connects individual towns throughout the

entire Lausitz region, inviting you to discover,

relax and reflect.

The region‘s formerly massive open-cut

mines are currently being transformed to form

the Lausitzer Seenland (Lusitanian lakelands),

a unique chain of lakes linked by navigable

canals.

Our region will also soon offer a wide range

of sport, leisure, working and living options

on water and on land, which will be unique in

Europe and will enable you to live in a float-

ing house and use the water landing place

(EDUY) or the harbour facilities for your boat.

The Euro-Speedway Lausitz hosts top events

for motorsport fans, and really serious fans

can even test the track themselves. Winter

sports enthusiasts will find suitable slopes in

the Snowtropolis indoor ski resort, even in

summer.

Recreational areas such as the Spreewald,

the “Saxon Switzerland” and the Lausitz lakes

offer cultural highlights and unique natural

wonders that are known and loved all over

Germany.

Family-friendly, safe, liveable

Spremberg has made a family-friendly envi-

ronment one of its highest priorities. This has

led us to set up a fund to provide children

from less well-off families with financial sup-

port, enabling them to take advantage of

sport and recreational facilities. Another ex-

ample of this attitude at work is the “Familien-

freundliche Unternehmen” (“Family friendly

company”) competition, which seeks to in-

spire managers to make it easier for their

employees to balance the demands of both

work and a family.

Spremberg – a lifestyle gem

Spremberg offers a great diversity of housing,

ranging from maisonnettes on the outskirts

of town through to the town centre‘s imposing

urban villas and townhouses dating from the

previous century. The town’s inhabitants and

businesses have made creating and maintain-

ing an attractive, clean and safe residential

environment a top priority. With this goal in

mind, they joined forces to form the City-Wer-

bering-Spremberg e. V. association, which

has been successfully working for the town’s

inhabitants and retailers over many years.

Their activities‘ success in creating a more at-

tractive and liveable Spremberg is confirmed

by the number of people moving to the town

from the area, as well as by the national

awards it has won.

A wide range of education and culture

Inhabitants of the “Pearl of the Lausitz” enjoy

a high quality of life. Situated on the banks

of the River Spree, the townscape is charac-

terized by historic and modern buildings

as well as the green of its many parks. To the

north of the town, Spremberg Dam offers

various leisure activity options. The town’s re-

constructed palace lies in a park among rare

trees and is an inviting place to visit at any

time of year. A wide range of schools and

pre-schools in the town provide education for

all needs. In addition to its day-care centres

and primary schools, Spremberg is home to a

vocational college and the Erwin Strittmatter

Gymnasium (grammar school) as well as spe-

cial education schools. These schools have

all been completely renovated and are ideally

equipped.

There are many attractive recreational activi-

ties on offer for young and old. Traditional

town festivals are held throughout the year

and the local and regional cinemas and the

town’s theatre offer high-quality entertain-

ment.

A centre of science and research

Spremberg regional growth centre and the

whole Lausitz region are home to a diverse

range of high-quality educational and scientif-

ic institutions. Various Fraunhofer scientific in-

stitutes are connected with the Brandenburg

University of Technology Cottbus, institutes

which, with their focus on various areas

of applied research, maintain a continuous

exchange with companies in the region.

The area’s proximity to Berlin’s universities,

the Technische Universität Dresden (Dresden

Technical University), Technische Universität

Bergakademie Freiberg (Bergakademie

Freiberg Technical University) and the Hoch-

schule Lausitz (FH) (Lausitz University of Ap-

plied Sciences) opens up a great potential for

future highly qualified skilled workers in the

region.

But it will take a visit to our region for you to

decide which of its facets appeal to you most,

so we look forward to seeing you in Sprem-

berg!

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