Ekaterina Karpushenkova Representative of Economic Development Agency of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia Theme of speech: Short presentation about Economic Development Agency of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

1. 1 Industry 4.0 – Upgrading North Rhine-Westphalia as an industrial location, data: as of 11/19/2014
Industry 4.0 – Opportunities in North Rhine-
Westphalia (Germany)
Black Sea Summit, Odessa 19.09.2015

2. 2 Industry 4.0 – Upgrading North Rhine-Westphalia as an industrial location, data: as of 11/19/2014
NRW – the economic powerhouse of Europe
No. 61
NRW 2014
Area 34,110 km²
Population 17.6 million
GDP 624.7 bn €
Gainfully employed 9.1 m
Private consumption* 346.2 bn €
Exports 180.6 bn €
Imports 206.7 bn €
FDI** 196.6 bn €
*2013, **end of 2013
More than 156 million consumers
within a 500-kilometer radius

3. 3 Industry 4.0 – Upgrading North Rhine-Westphalia as an industrial location, data: as of 11/19/2014
NRW – Germany’s most densely populated
state
Sources: GTAI, IT.NRW, Stat. Bundesamt, July 2015
No. 5
Area
(in km2)
Popula-
tion
(in
millions)
Popula-
tion
density
(per km2)
Germany 357,340 80.8 226
NRW 34,110 17.6 515
EU-28
4,383,13
6
510.6 116
USA
9,826,67
5
318.5 32
Japan 377,915 126.7 335
Düsseldorf
Saarbrücken
Mainz
Wiesbaden
Stuttgart Munich
Dresden
Erfurt
Magdeburg
Berlin
Potsdam
Hanover
Bremen
Hamburg
Kiel
Schwerin

4. 4 Industry 4.0 – Upgrading North Rhine-Westphalia as an industrial location, data: as of 11/19/2014
1062 1057
966
669 655 625 602
562
516
430 428 412 407 401
GDP in international comparison
Source: World Bank 07/2015, figures in EUR billion 2014, *2013
No. 3
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5. 5 Industry 4.0 – Upgrading North Rhine-Westphalia as an industrial location, data: as of 11/19/2014
A global player’s place
No. 184
16 of the 50 top-selling companies in Germany are
based in NRW

6. 6 Industry 4.0 – Upgrading North Rhine-Westphalia as an industrial location, data: as of 11/19/2014
Leading location for industrial producers and
suppliers
Sales in 2013 (in EUR bn)
Source: IT.NRW; Sales figures apply to companies with 20 or more employees
Nr. 30 a
47,9
46,9
39,9
38,9
31,2
30,0
26,0
14,8
11,2
Mechanical engineering
Chemicals
Metal production and…
Food, drinks
Automotive
Metal goods
Electrical engineering,…
Rubber, plastic
Cokery and oil processing

7. 7 Industry 4.0 – Upgrading North Rhine-Westphalia as an industrial location, data: as of 11/19/2014
NRW’s key industries: Challenges and future
markets
Key
industries
Source: IKT.NRW 2013

8. 8 Industry 4.0 – Upgrading North Rhine-Westphalia as an industrial location, data: as of 11/19/2014
• 23,700 companies
• 203,000 employees
• Sales: 96.1 bn euros
• Leading trade fairs
Information and communications technology
in NRW
No. 585

9. 9 Industry 4.0 – Upgrading North Rhine-Westphalia as an industrial location, data: as of 11/19/2014
The industrial policy of the NRW state
government

10. 10 Industry 4.0 – Upgrading North Rhine-Westphalia as an industrial location, data: as of 11/19/2014
NRW.INVEST: foreign branch offices – locally
in important markets
St. Petersburg
Moscow

11. 11 Industry 4.0 – Upgrading North Rhine-Westphalia as an industrial location, data: as of 11/19/2014
Your contact partner
NRW.INVEST GmbH
Economic Development Agency
of the German State of
North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)
Völklinger Str. 4
40219 Düsseldorf, Germany
Phone: +49 211 13000-0
Fax: +49 211 13000-154
E-Mail: nrw@nrwinvest.com
www.nrwinvest.com