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Do you plan to invest in Berlin, start a company here, or relocate your headquarters here? Smart move!

Berlin's advantages at a glance

  • Highest concentration of researchers and academics in Germany (per capita);
  • High productivity at low labor costs
  • Excellent infrastructure throughout the capital region
  • Attractive real estate in all locations
  • Home of the Bundestag (Germany's parliament), the federal government, and of the top central industry associations
  • Highly qualified and highly flexible labor force
  • A science and research landscape that is unparalleled within Germany
  • Efficient business networks and centers of excellence
  • Family-friendly environment
  • High quality of life

TRACK RECORD: Over 1,223 companies have located to Berlin or invested here between 2001 and 2011

In 2011, 159 companies established new locations in Berlin or expanded their Berlin-based location. The companies that have moved to the city since 2001 include:

Manufacturing, Mobility & Clean Technologies
MTU Aero Engines | Coca-Cola GmbH | Vattenfall Europe Generation | Corning Cable Systems GmbH & Co. KG | TNT Logistics Deutschland GmbH | Mahle Nockenwellen GmbH | ASKANIA Uhren AG | Rollei GmbH | Inventux Technologies AG | Global Solar Energy Deutschland GmbH | TAKATA-PETRI AG

Services
core connection GmbH & Co. KG | BASF Shared Services Europe GmbH | norisbank GmbH | Sitel GmbH | Skandia Versicherungen | DMS GmbH | Grupo Intercom Berlin GmbH | PHORMS Berlin gGmbH | Miami Ad School Europe GmbH | MICE AG | arvato services | Mercedes-Benz Bank

Media, Information and Communications Technology and Creative Industries
Anschutz Entertainment Group | Jamba | Universal Music Group | MTV Networks Germany | Four Music Productions GmbH | BREAD & butter GmbH | SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG | Hitachi Software Engineering Europe AG | Axel Springer Verlag AG | Bild Redaktion (Axel Springer Verlag) | arvato AG | IMAX Corporation | Sykes Enterprises

Life Sciences
Scienion AG | Capsulution Pharma AG | Pfizer Pharma GmbH | LS Shire Deutschland | Wyeth

(Source: Berlin Partner GmbH, 2011)

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Contact

Establishing a business location in Berlin
http://www.businesslocationcenter.de/en/div/K/i/seite1.jsp
Investor Services by District
http://www.businesslocationcenter.de/en/div/K/i/seite1.jsp
Industry and Mobility
http://www.businesslocationcenter.de/en/div/K/i/seite2.jsp
Services
http://www.businesslocationcenter.de/en/div/K/i/seite3.jsp
Communications
http://www.businesslocationcenter.de/en/div/K/i/seite4.jsp
Life Sciences
http://www.businesslocationcenter.de/en/div/K/i/seite5.jsp

International articles

CNBC - Berlin's new techno beat
http://www.cnbcmagazine.com/story/berlins-new-techno-beat/1417/1/
The Economist - Music and Technology: Berlin is the Future
http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2011/03/music_and_technology
abc NEWS - Berlin: Germany’s High-Tech Startup Capital
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=13753267#.Te903SujdvQ;twitter
TechCrunch - WITN: London Is Gonna Be Pissed, But We Prefer Berlin for Startups
http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/22/witn-london-is-gonna-be-pissed-but-we-prefer-berlin-for-startups-tctv/
Hollywood Reporter - How Berlin became the Coolest City On The Planet
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/berlin-became-coolest-city-planet-97748

Studies

Major Business Magazines Rank Berlin High On Lists
http://www.businesslocationcenter.de/en/Start/popupseite7.html

Berlin - the place to be

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