Location

Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the German Bundesländer, bordering Denmark, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
Capital: Kiel

Contact

Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr des Landes Schleswig-Holstein
Johannes Hartwig
Düsternbrooker Weg 94
24105 Kiel
Germany

Tel.: +49 431 988 4733; Fax: +49 431 988 48 12
e-mail: johannes.hatwig@wimi.landsh.de;
http://www.landesregierung.schleswig-holstein.de/

Business Location

In recent years Schleswig-Holstein has undergone a very intensive structural change. Once dominated by agriculture, tourism and shipbuilding industries Schleswig-Holstein today is home to promising branches and modern technologies.
Information and communication technology, medical engineering and biotechnology have greatly gained in significance. Nowadays medical engineering for itself contributes on a bigger scale to regional value added and employment than shipbuilding industry, which has also developed to a high tech branch.

Key factor of the good performance of Schleswig-Holstein is the strong focus on creating a better traffic-, research- and especially technological- infrastructure. With regard to the latter one can identify an increasing number of high-tech start-ups established, as an crucial element and driving force in making contributions toward economic growth, employment and structural change. All in all the achieved success is also evidenced by the larger amount of investments of foreign companies in Schleswig-Holstein.

Beyond that the Baltic Sea, as an economic and cultural area, nowadays is an essential part of the Schleswig-Holstein policies and economic strategies.

Economic Data

Economy Sectors

Construction
Mechanical engineering
Food, beverages and tobacco
Electrical engineering, EDP
Motor vehicle construction
Chemicals
Energy
Precision and optical engineering

Main Companies

Deutsche Telekom AG
Drägerwerk AG
Howaldtswerke – Deutsche Werft AG
Motorola GmbH

Fraunhofer Institute

ISiT Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology, Itzehoe

Max Planck Institute

Max Planck Institute for Limnology, Plön

Research Institutions

BAM Federal Institute for Nutritional Research, Kiel
Borstel Research Centre for medical and biological sciences
FTZ Coastal Research and Technology Centre , Büsum
GEOMAR Research Centre for Maritime Sciences, Kiel
GKSS Research Centre for material and environmental studies
IfM Institute for Oceanography at Kiel University
Institute for Pedagogic of the Natural Sciences at Kiel University
Institute for World Economics at Kiel University
Medical Laser Centre at Lübeck Medical University

Education

Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel: www.uni-kiel.de
Medical University Lübeck: www.mu-luebeck.de
University of Flensburg: www.uni-flensburg.de
University of Applied Sciences in Flensburg: www.fh-flensburg.de
University of Applied Sciences in Heide: www.fh-westkueste.de
University of Applied Sciences in Kiel: www.fh-kiel.de
University of Applied Sciences in Lübeck: www.fh-luebeck.de
University of Applied Sciences in Wedel: www.fh-wedel.de
Nordakademie: www.nordakademie.de

Incubators

TÖZ Technik- und Ökologiezentrum Eckernförde: www.toez.de
Technologie- und Gewerbezentrum Eutin: www.egoh.de
Technologie- und Gewerbezentrum Flensburg: www.wireg.de
IZET Innovationszentrum Itzehoe: www.izet.de
TZL Technikzentrum Lübeck: www.tzl.de
CAT Centrum für angewandte Technologien: www.cat-meldorf.de
Itn Innovations- und Technologiezentrum Neumünster: www.kitz-kiel.de/itn
NIC Nordfriesisches Innovations-Center: www.nic-nordfriesland.de
GTZ Gewerbe- und Technikzentrum Raisdorf: www.wfa.de/gtz.html
Zentrum für Energie und Technik: www.zet-rd.de
Kitz Kieler Innovations- und Technologiezentrum: www.kitz-kiel.de
GITZ Geesthacht, Innovations- und Technologiezentrum

Technology Transfer

The network of technology transfer organisations, include:

Technologiestiftung Schleswig-Holstein (Technology Foundation)
Technologie-Transfer-Zentrale Schleswig-Holstein (Technology Transfer Centre)
Industrie- und Handelskammern Flensburg, Kiel and Lübeck (Chambers of Commerce and Industry)
Transfer offices at universities of Schleswig-Holstein

Publications

Technologieland Schleswig-Holstein