April 2013
Mr. Frank Remmen (法兰克‧雷蒙)
Account manager at Economic Affairs Department (经济事务组 行政专员)
Municipality of Den Bosch (荷兰王国斯赫托根波希市)
Content presentation
• Relationship with Jiangsu/Wuxi
• Advantages of the Netherlands
• Advantages in our region and
city
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Relationship with China
• Long lasting relationship
Jiangsu-North-Brabant province
• In 2007 signing ceremony WuxiDen Bosch: a letter of intent on
the establishment on friendly
and cooperative relationships
• Missions in 2011 and 2012
• Both provinces are strong in the
field of food, health and
innovative industry
• City council agreed on MoU with
Wuxi in March 2013
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Why invest in the Netherlands ?
• Strategic location in
Europe
• International Business
Environment
• Superior logistics and
technology infrastructure
• Highly educated,
multilingual and flexible
workforce
• Quality of life
• Favorable fiscal climate
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Brabant / Den Bosch: a perfect location for international business
Province Brabant, Den Bosch or
‘s-Hertogenbosch is the capital
3 intercontinental (Amsterdam.
Brussels, Düsseldorf)
and 5 international airports within
1,5 hrs.
In the middle of the harbours
Rotterdam and Antwerp
Ruhr area in Germany: 1 hrs
Availablity of inland container
terminal
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FDI: Brabant strong in FDI
> 1400 Foreign companies with 90.000 employees
20% of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in the Netherlands
> 25 newcomers each year with strong growth from Asia
Sales, service, logistics, manufacturing and R&D
Examples of foreign investors are:
Strenghts/advantages of our region
• strong industrial base
• strong industrial networks
• Development projects which are
(partly) financed by the
authorities
• Strong innovative sectors
• (Technical) Universities and
Universities of applied science
• Availablity preseed en seed
capital
• High quality development zones
• Growing labour force
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Important innovative players in the region (example food and health)
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Facts and figures of Den Bosch
Facts and figures:
– 64,200 working population
in the city
– 95,000 jobs
– 8 % unemployment
– 10,000 companies
– region of 500,000 inhabitants
– 825,000 m2 office space
– 800 ha industrial grounds
– junction of highways,
waterway and rail
– yearly over 4 million visitors
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Food and Health Campus Den Bosch
Educational Boulevard:
- 20,000 students
- 5 educational
institutions
And:
Jeroen Bosch Hospital
ZLTO
Has en Stoas
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Important Chinese (mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong) companies in the city of Den Bosch
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Acer Computers / A-Open (宏基)
Linden Computech
Lexcom
First International Computer (F.I.C.)
Europe (大众电脑)
Comserve Network holding BV
Power Quotient International Ltd
Viewsys / PowerView Technology BV
Headtron Technology Co. Ltd.
Super Micro Computer Inc.
Sring BV / Topmarch
Easy Tech
Promocean
Chant Europe
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Other Asian companies:
Japan:
India:
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Ricoh
Panasonic Netherlands
Shimadzu Benelux
Omron Manufactoring
Omron Europe (Logistics)
Asahi Glass company
Koyo International
Canon (Océ)
RVJ Food/RVJ Services
Russia:
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Gazprom
Infowatch
Kaspersky
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Thank you for your attention
Xie Xie
谢谢
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