The FrankfurtRhineMain region offers huge potential. Our strengths ensure our ability to compete at international level. We have joined forces to create a single entity that is responsible for communicating the unique range of services offered by the region across the globe. We are made up of 22 towns and districts, the state of Hesse, the chambers of industry and commerce and various other affiliated organizations.

TASKS & AIMS

• We can put you in touch with your preferred location (district, town, city).
• We offer comprehensive advice on setting up a company.
• We provide general information about tax and law.
• We support you in your search for suitable office premises or a corporate site that is tailored to your precise needs.
• We put you in touch with interesting networks.

"Frankfurt, the pace setter among German locations, offers a perfect tnfrastructure, a mix of Industries geared to the future and an international environment. Highly motivated workers committed to the success of your Company. Frankfurt, the ideal platform for your German and European business, offers everything that you need for your business to succeed: Market potentials, networks, art, culture - and Äppelwoi (delicious applewine)."

Dr. h.c. Petra Roth
Lady Mayoress of the City of Frankfurt am Main

SECTORS OF INDUSTRY

• Financial sector
• Biotechnology and pharmaceuticals
• Logistics and traffic management
• IT and telecommunications
• Media, advertising and film

Since 2005, Hessen Agentur has combined non-monetary business development activities on behalf of the State of Hesse. We promote opportunities for companies, develop economic potential and give people confidence in the state's capabilities for the future. We position Hesse's strengths and highlight its unique characteristics.

TASKS & AIMS

• Marketing the State of Hesse as a premium brand both at home and abroad
• Advising the government, the public administration, business and science
• Bringing together and networking the dedsion-makers in society, politics, business and science
• Focusing business development measures on next-generation fields of work
• Accompanying ongoing structural change

The IHK-Forum Rhein-Main is a network of 10 CCIs representing a business Community of more than 280.000 members employing 1.9 million people in the Rhein Main area. In many economically relevant fields the IHK Forum Rhein-Main takes care of the interests of the business community, especially when it comes to forming favourable regional conditions for the economy.

TASKS & AIMS

• Representing business interests toward politics and administration
• Improving regional and local business conditions
• Promoting regional business
• Incorporating business expertise into initiatives and projects
• Publishing the region's key economic figures

"The FrankfurtRhineMain region is unique throughout Europe. And if a Company locates its headquarters in Offenbach, right at the heart of the region, it is able to perfectiy Service both Europe and the world. This is a clear business advantage offered by the town."

Dietmar Siersdorfer
Executive Senior Vice President, Siemens AG Power Generation, Offenbach am Main

SECTORS OF INDUSTRY

• Automotive industry
• Automation (mechanical engineering, electronics, mechatronics, measurement & control)
• Chemicals
• Management consultancy
• Media, advertising, film

"The location of Wiesbaden has always and still contributes to the success of our Company, This is thanks both to its favourable Situation with respect to transport links and its attractive working environment for new employees from other regions of Germany. The fact that the Company still focuses heavily on research and development and also enjoys close links with regional Colleges, universities and research institutions is a guarantee of state-of-the-art performance."

Dr.-lng. Norbert Stein
President and sole shareholder of VITRONIC Dr.-lng. Stein Bildverar-beitungssysteme Wiesbaden

SECTORS OF INDUSTRY

• Consulting
• Insurance
• Media
• Chemicals
• Automation
• IT

"The Main-Taunus District has struck the right balance between traditional and modern. It provides a feeling of home and quality of life, combined with a diverse cultural scene and excellent business and traffic infrastructures. We offer com­panies the most attractive terms and conditions. Our reliable and prompt decision-making processes support both domestic and foreign companies when selecting a location."

Berthold R. Gall
Chief Administrative Officer Main-Taunus District

SECTORS OF INDUSTRY

• Finance
• IT and transportation
• Materials technology
• Automation (mechanical engineering, electronics, mechatronics, measurement & control)
• Management consultancy

"The future needs its origins. As a family Company since 1876, Veritas is aware of its roots and has always enjoyed close links with the region and its people. In the District of Main-Kinzig we find superbly qualified workers for whom loyalty to the Company, dedication and a willingness to perform and learn are not unfamiliar concepts, We are constantly investing in the training of young people in order to safeguard the future of this area."

Bernhard Beck
Spokesman for the Veritas AG Board of Directors

SECTORS OF INDUSTRY

• Chemicals
• Automation (mechanical engineering, electronics, mechatronics, measurement & control)
• Automotive industry
• Materials technology
• Logistics and traffic management

SECTORS OF INDUSTRY

• Financial sector
• Automotive industry
• Logistics and traffic management
• Automation (mechanical engineering, electronics, mechatronics, measurement & control)
• Medical technology

"The District of Offenbach is a growth region with strong potential for the future. Education - one of our state's most important resources - takes top priority. With modern schools that are being refurbished and run at a cost of millions via internationally recognised PPP projects, a center for lifetime study and an international school, we are investing in a location factor that will ensure that we are equipped to meet the challenges of the future."

Oliver Quilling
Chief Administrative Officer Offenbach District

SECTORS OF INOUSTRY

• Automation (mechanical engineering, electronics, mechatronics, measurement & control)
• Logistics
• Sales centers of international companies {e.g. Hitachi, Sony, Pepsi, Levis, Kenwood)
• IT

"In the center of Germany in the Rhine Valley, surrounded by the Taunus, Odenwald and Rhine / Hesse winegrowing region, lies the heart of the automobile industry.

As an automobile industry supplier, proximity to our customers and the perfect infrastructure are very important to us.

The excellent further education landscape ensures that we gain the suitable workers that we need to enable us to grow with our customers. As a location, the Groß-Gerau District offers us all these advantages."

Volker Schier
Managing Direktor of Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro GmbH

SECTORS OF INDUSTRY

• Automotive
• IT / Software
• Logistics
• Chemicals
• Media / Publishing

"Thanks to the location of Rolls-Royce Deutschland in Hesse, the Hochtaunus District wlth the town of Oberursel (Taunus) has made a significant contribution to the company's success. We continue to profit from the first-class infrastructure and the excellent cooperation with the town, the district and the state. Other significant advantages are the high motivation of the workforce, the high quality and reliability of their work and the resulting first-class productivity. With Support like this, Oberursel äs a location has developed into one of the leading production sites in the global Rolls-Royce group."

Michael Kern
Managing Director Operations, Rolls-Royce Deutschland

SECTORS OF INDUSTRY

• Pharmaceuticals / Chemicals
• Automotive industry
• Insurance and financial Services
• Electrical engineering and electronics
• Consulting

Wirtschaftsinitiative FrankfurtRheinMain (Frankfurt Rhine-Main Business Initiative) is a private grouping of over 150 renowned companies in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region. We have set ourselves the task of pooling our business competence and experience as a motor for the region and working out common positions for location profiling and identity.

TASKS & AIMS

• Increasing the region's attractiveness and competitiveness
• Promoting the formation of a regional identity:
• The business initiative as a driving force and platform of ideas in the process of shaping the future
• Further developing the region's knowledge, Innovation and cultural landscape
• Promoting regional fusion and location profiling with respect to the outside world
• Positioning the region in the international competition between locations

The Planungsverband Ballungsraum Frankfurt/Rhein-Main is a corporation under public law. In central areas of action, it brings together the interests of its 75 member municipalities and coordinates them with relation to regional planning matters. Its two main tasks are to create Germany's first regional land use plan and a landscape plan. Its highest decision-making body is the chamber of the association, making this planning association with its around 140 employees the only "constituted" political Institution in the Rhine-Main region.

TASKS & AIMS

• Promoting regional development
• Deriving a retailing concept
• Regional monitoring
• Drawing up a regional land use plan
• Involvement in the companies "Marketing of the Region", "Regional Park", "Region of Culture" and other organisations

A group of 200 member municipalities from Hesse, Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate, twelve districts, five chambers of industry and commerce, two craftsmen's guilds, seven Colleges, the Organization of Hesse Employer's Associations, the airport operator Fraport AG and others.

TASKS & AIMS

• Location Information for over 200 towns and municipalities in the region
• Networking to decision makers and information sources in the region
• Marketing commercial floor space of the member communities (special internet offers)
• Representing the region at the European level (office in Brussels)

"Our location in the region 'Bayerischer Untermain' is ideal. It enables us to superbly combine the advantages offered by FrankfurtRhineMain, such as an excellent traffic infrastructure and proximity to both clients and business partners, with the proverbial Bavarian conditions. In our opinion, the cooperation with the authorities is very good, the level of education is superb, and the quality of life is excellent."

Dr. Bernd Fakesch
General Manager Nintendo Germany

SECTORS OF INDUSTRY

• Automotive
• IT and telecommunications
• Logistics and traffic management
• Automation (mechanical engineering, electronics, mechatronics, measurement & control)

"When the Directors were faced with the decision as to where to found the Company, we looked at the map of Germany. In Bad Homburg, logistically and in terms of infrastructure we are in a very central position in both Germany and internationally, yet at the same time we are outside the big city and, on top of all that, we enjoy an attractive trade tax rate. Bad Homburg - there is no better location in Germany."

Christoph Pfeiffer
Chief Executive Officer Clarity AG

SECTORS OF INDUSTRY

• Biotechnology and pharmaceuticals
• Medical technology
• Management consultancy
• Financial sector
• IT and telecommunications

"In our town, creativity & inventive genius, research & development tradition & progress have always enjoyed a successful symbiosis. That is why Rüsselsheim occupies a leading position in the automotive and IT sectors. We will continue heading into the future together along this successful path."

Stefan Gieltowski
Mayor of Rüsselsheim

SECTORS OF INDUSTRY

• Automotive industry
• Materials technology
• Automation (mechanical engineering, electronics, mechatronics, measurement & control)
• Financial sector
• IT

”As an internationally operating precious-metal and technology company with firm roots in Hanau, HERAEUS contributes to giving the Rhine-Main region a high-tech profile. As a founder member of Materials Valley e.V. association – a competence network for materials research and engineering – we also promote the cooperation of companies in the Rhine-Main region. Qualified personnel and executives can find attractive working conditions and safe jobs here.“

Dr. Helmut Eschwey
Chairman of the Management Board of Heraeus Holding GmbH

SECTORS OF INDUSTRY

• Materials technology
• Chemicals
• Automotive industry
• Medical technology
• Logistics and traffic management

SECTORS OF INDUSTRY

• Automotive industry
• Materials technology
• Logistics and traffic management
• Biotechnology and pharmaceuticals
• Automation (mechanical engineering, electronics, mechatronics, measurement & control)

"Our scientists benefit from the proximity to the leading molecular-biology research centres in Heidelberg and the Rhine-Main region. The attractive historical atmosphere spurs the creativity our researchers require for their innovative work."

Dr. Holger Zinke
Founder and chairman of the board of BRAIN AG; holder of the 2008 German Environmental Prize awarded by the DBU (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt).

SECTORS OF INDUSTRY

• Automotive industry
• Biotechnology and pharmaceuticals
• Logistics and traffic management
• IT and telecommunications
• Automation
• Chemicals
• Medical technology

The Rhine-Main Chamber of Commerce offers competent consultation and support in all subjects concerning crafts. Our approximately 28.000 member companies represent some 160.000 employees and just under 11.000 trainees. The crafts in the Chamber's region, with more than 120 professions for which training is required, achieve an annual turnover of 13.5 billion Euros.

TASKS & AIMS

• Promoting the interests of crafts and ensuring a fair balance between the interests of the individual crafts and their organizations.
• Regulating Professional and further training, including training consultation and issuing examination Ordinances for journeymen and master craftsmen
• Supporting members by means of legal and company-related consultation
• Providing speciaList reports and also expert and arbitration Services
• Directing the role of crafts