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Infrastructure Hessen in the Center of Europe

The Largest Airports in Europe

Hessen in Germany

Economic Structure The 100 Largest Enterprises in Hessen

Comparison of Selected Structural Data among German States

Hessen and Its Government Districts

Financial Center Frankfurt Banking Institutions

Trade Fairs and Exhibitions Messe Frankfurt

Trade Fairs Calendar 2014 / 2015

Employment

Development of Employment Rates

Employment Rates in the Industry and Service Sector

The Ten Largest Employers in Hessen

Hessen International

Hessen – GDP Compared to Selected Countries

The Most Important Export Goods

The Most Important Trade Partners

Foreign Direct Investment in Hessen

Research and Development

R&D Investment – Comparison among German States

Universities and Research Institutes

Selected Universities and Universities of Applied Sciences

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INFRASTRUCTURE Hessen in the Center of Europe

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Hessen – the gateway to Europe: 504 million consumers within the EU

Hessen – the center of European markets: 35 million consumers in a 200 km radius surrounding Frankfurt

Hessen – the hub of Europe: Connections to all major European cities within 2.5 h

Source: Financial Times, Federal Statistical Office

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INFRASTRUCTURE The Largest Airports in Europe

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Traffic performance 2013

Aircraft Movements

In 1,000

Cargo (Total traffic)

In 1,000 t

Passengers (Total traffic)

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Paris Charles de

Gaulle 478.3 2,257 62.1

Frankfurt Main 472.7 2,095 58.0

London Heathrow 471.9 1,515 72.4

Amsterdam 440.1 1,566 52.6

Istanbul 406.5 683 51.2

Munich 382.0 288 38.7

Madrid 333.1 371 39.7

Frankfurt Airport among the Global Top 12 by passengers in Europe and the world

One of the leading global intermodal transportation hubs: Airport City offers the highest mobility through its optimal net-work of airplanes, trains, and cars.

108 airlines serving 9,150 weekly passenger flights to 295 destinations in 105 countries (Summer Schedule 2014)

58 million air passengers

2.1 million tons of air freight

Largest hub in Europe (55 % transfer passengers)

Source: ACI Europe, Business Report Fraport AG

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INFRASTRUCTURE Hessen in Germany

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Distances in km to from Frankfurt from Kassel

Berlin 560 380

Bonn 175 260

Bremen 475 285

Dresden 464 350

Düsseldorf 230 235

Erfurt 269 190

Hamburg 539 310

Hanover 357 165

Kiel 599 400

Magdeburg 426 232

Mainz 40 225

Munich 423 508

Potsdam 515 319

Saarbrücken 204 415

Schwerin 607 411

Stuttgart 210 406

Wiesbaden 35 220

Hessen in the Intercity Railway Network

Hessen in the Federal Highway Network

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ECONOMIC STRUCTURE Hessen’s 100 largest companies

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The sector analysis demonstrates a clear emphasis on the industry sector in which 35 percent of the Hessian workforce is employed. Out of the five largest employers four are logistic companies: Lufthansa, Deutsche Bahn, Fraport and Deutsche Post. Hessen‘s known financial services industry is the state’s third largest sector with 15 percent of all jobs listed in the ranking.

Nearly half a million people (489,000) work for the 100 largest companies which compromise approximately 15 percent of all employees in Hessen. Lufthansa German Airlines alone employs 37,400 people, clearly making it the company with the largest staff in Hessen. The ranking shows that the ten biggest enterprises already make up 200,000 jobs.

For the recent study visit: www.hessen-agentur.de.

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Selected German States 2012 Germany Hessen

Baden- Württemberg Bavaria

Lower Saxony

North Rhine- Westphalia

Area in km² 357,121 21,115 35,751 70,550 47,614 34,110

*Population per 1,000 82,076 6,123 10,868 12,698 7,927 17,838

*Residents per km² 225 285 296 177 163 515

**Unemployment Rate as % of the dependent labor force

6.9 5.8 4.1 3.8 6.6 8.3

Per Employee GDP

in the respective prices (EUR) 65,429 72,605 69.460 69,530 62,122 67,167

Gross Value Added in billion EUR 2,454 211 365 365 214 538

***Third Sector in % 69.0 75.8 60.7 65.8 67.2 70.8

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE Comparison of Selected Structural Data among German States

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Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Statistics Office), Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Office), Arbeitsgemeinschaft VGR der Länder, own calculation * Date: December 2012, ** Reporting month: February 2013, *** Third Sector measured in gross value added

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ECONOMIC STRUCTURE Hessen and Its Government Districts

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Administrative District Area in km² Population* per 1,000 Residents* per km²

Kassel 8,289 1.22 147

Giessen 5,381 1.04 194

Darmstadt 7.445 3.81 511

Hessen 21,115 6.07 285

Labor Force Subject to Social Security*

Administrative District Total Manufacturing Industry in % Service Sector in %

Kassel 428,274 33.6 65.8

Giessen 333,171 35.1 64.4

Darmstadt 1,532,497 20.7 79,0

Hessen 2,293,942 25.2 74.4

Administrative District Kassel

Administrative District Giessen

Administrative District Darmstadt

Darmstadt

Giessen

Kassel

Source: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (Statistical Office), own calculation * Date: December 31, 2012

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Banks with Headquarters in Frankfurt 190

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Domestic Banks 46

Foreign Banks and Subsidiaries of Foreign Banks

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Employees in the financial sector 62,200

(June 30, 2013)

FINANCIAL CENTER FRANKFURT Banking Institutions

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With more than 190 German and foreign banks, as well as the German Central Bank and the European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt enjoys the leading position in Germany and a promi-nent position on the European continent:

Approximately 62,200 people work in Frankfurt’s financial services sector

More than 90 % of the total German stock market turnover is earned in the financial center Frankfurt

Stock exchange trade: among the world’s largest stock exchanges

The Euro currency sector is managed by the ECB from Frankfurt

EUREX: Europe’s No 1 stock exchanges for Futures

House of Finance – Center for finance-related research and qualification, „Germany’s University for Finance“

Source: German Central Bank www.bundesbank.de

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TRADE FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS Messe Frankfurt

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Frankfurt International Trade Fair – Growth at home and abroad

With 578,000 square meters, Messe Frankfurt is the third largest trade fair grounds in the world and offers the best conditions for exhibitors and visitors from all over the world with its leading global trade fairs for consumer goods, lifestyles, textiles, automo-tive technology, architecture and technology.

A geographically central location, the best travel connections, di-rect flights from and to international airports, around 24,000 parking spaces, and more than 110,000 beds make Frankfurt an attractive exhibition venue.

In Frankfurt, the trade fair association recorded 36 trade fairs and events with about 38,000 exhibitors and 2.17 million visitors. Bringing in 544.8 million Euros, it reached its highest ever sales in the Group’s history.

Summary 2013 Number

Trade Fairs and Exhibition 36

Exhibitors 37,876

thereof:

Own Events 19,320

Guest Events 18,557

Leased Area in millions of square meters

1.38

Visitors in million 2.17

Source: Frankfurt Fair, www.messefrankfurt.com

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2014 10/08 - 10/12 Frankfurt Book Fair - International Trade and Consumer Fair for Books, Multimedia and Communication - Main Focus: Finland Frankfurt am Main 10/28 - 10/30 AIRTEC – International Aerospace Supply Fair Frankfurt am Main 11/25 - 11/28 EuroMold - World Fair for Moldmaking and Tooling, Design and Application Development Frankfurt am Main

2015 01/14 - 01/17 Heimtextil - International Trade Fair for Home and Contract Textiles Frankfurt am Main 01/30 - 02/03 Christmasworld - International Trade Fair for Seasonal and Event Decoration Frankfurt am Main 01/31 - 02/03 Creativeworld - International Trade Fair for Art and Craft Supplies Frankfurt am Main 01/31 - 02/03 Paperworld - International Trade Fair for Paper, Office Supplies and Stationery Frankfurt am Main 02/13 - 02/17 Ambiente - International Consumer Goods Fair for the Sectors Dining - Giving - Living Frankfurt am Main 03/08 - 03/10 I.L.M. Winter Styles - International Leather Fair Offenbach Offenbach am Main 03/10 - 03/14 ISH - The World’s Leading Trade Fair for Sanitary, Building, Energy, Air-conditioning Technology, Renewable Energies Frankfurt am Main 04/15 - 04/18 Musikmesse - International Fair for Musical Instruments, Sheet Music, Music Production and Music Business Connections Frankfurt am Main 04/15 - 04/18 Prolight + Sound - International Trade Fair of Technologies and Services for Events, Installation and Production Frankfurt am Main 05/19 - 05/21 IMEX - Worldwide Exhibition for Incentive Travel, Meetings and Events Frankfurt am Main 06/15 - 06/19 ACHEMA - World Forum and Leading Show for the Process Industries Frankfurt am Main 09/17 - 09/27 IAA Cars - Leading International Trade Fair for Mobility, Transportation and Logistics Frankfurt am Main

TRADE FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS Trade Fairs Calendar 2014 / 2015 for Hessen

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International Trade Fairs and Exhibitions (selection)

Source: Offenbach Fair www.messe-offenbach.de | Frankfurt Fair www.messefrankfurt.com

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EMPLOYMENT Development of Employment Rates

Source: Statistical Office Hessen, own calculations | www.statistik-hessen.de

Annual Average Fluctations 2002 – 2012 in %

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EMPLOYMENT Employment Rates in the Industry and Service Sector

Hessen total Hessen in % Germany total Germany in %

Industrial Sector including: 550,724 23.6 8,349,853 28.0

Manufacturing Industry 437,090 18.7 6,624,835 22.2 Construction Sector 113,634 4.9 1,725,018 5.8

Services including: 1,783,581 76.4 21,460,011 72.0

Automobile Trade, Maintenance and Repair 329,667 14.1 4,251,895 14.3

Transportation and Storage 157,914 6.8 1,543,028 5.2

Hotel and Restaurant Industry 74,387 3.2 983,616 3.1

Information and Communications 85,791 3.7 915,132 3.1

Financial and Insurance Services 140,620 6.0 1,018,754 3.4

Economic Services 374,181 16.0 4,190,279 14.1

Public Administration, Defense; Social Security 134,794 5.8 1,728,665 5.8

Education and Instruction 87,395 3.7 1,143,874 3.8

Health Care and Welfare 266,567 11.4 3,829,833 12.8

Other Services, Private Households 83,833 3.6 1,092,965 3.6

Total number of labor force subject to social security 2,334,305 100.0 29,809,864 100.0

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Source: http://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de

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Ranking Company* Branch of Trade Employees in Hessen

1 Deutsche Lufthansa AG Transportation 37,400

2 REWE Group Trade 29,000

3 Deutsche Bahn AG Transportation 25,100

4 Fraport Konzern Transportation 20,700

5 Deutsche Post Gruppe Logistics 18,000

6 Commerzbank AG Banking Industry 16,000

7 Deutsche Telekom AG Telecommunikation 14,500

8 Continental AG Automobile Supplier 14,500

9 Volkswagen AG Automobile Industry 14,500

10 Adam Opel AG Automobile Industry 12,800

EMPLOYMENT The Ten Largest Employers in Hessen

Source: Joint compilation by Hessen Agentur and HELABA (State Bank of Hessen and Thuringia) *Commercial employers

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HESSEN INTERNATIONAL Hessen – GDP Compared to Selected Countries

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Gross Domestic Product per Capita in 1,000 Euro

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HESSEN INTERNATIONAL The Most Important Export Goods

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Group of Goods (finished goods)

Exports 2013 in million €

Imports 2013 in million €

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Goods

14,437 10,329

Vehicles, Vehicle Parts and Accessories

6,700 11,150

Machinery 6,570 7,773

Electrical Goods 5,778 11,181

Fine Mechanical and Optical Goods

4,006 4,453

Iron and Metal Goods 3,526 4,708

Goods from Synthetics 1,658 1,192

Paper and Paper Goods, Printing Goods

1,130 706

Textiles und Fur Products 426 1,634

Total 57,527 80,208

Chemical, pharmaceutical and automotive products represent Hessen’s most important trade goods

Chemistry and pharmaceuticals are by far the Hessian export hits. They lead the ranks of the most important export goods with a total volume of 16.4 billion Euros. This is equal to more than one quarter of all Hessian exports. It is followed by products from the engineering and automotive manufacturing industries as well as from the electronic engineering industry.

The most important import goods are vehicles and vehicle parts as well as electrical, chemical, and pharmaceutical products and machinery worth 35.5 billion Euro.

In 2013 the Hessian economy exported goods worth 57.5 billion Euros and could increase the level of the previous year in a difficult economic environment. On the import side, Hessen recorded a growth of 2.7 percent with an import volume of 80.2 billion Euros.

Source: www.statistik-hessen.de

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HESSEN INTERNATIONAL The Most Important Trade Partners

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Country Hessen

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Share of total in %

United States 6,238 10.8

France 4,555 7.9

United Kingdom 4,212 7.3

Netherlands 3,508 6.1

Italy 3,136 5.5

People's Rep. of China 2,638 4.6

Austria 2,563 4.5

Belgium 2,414 4.2

Switzerland 2,083 3.6

Spain 2,010 3.5

Total 57,527 100

Export: Growing Importance of the Foreign Trade with Asia

USA has been the intended destination for 10.8 percent of all Hessian exports in 2013, and, in return, Hessen imported 9.7 per-cent of its goods from the United States. France occupies the second place with 7.9 percent, followed by the United Kingdom with 7.3 and the Netherlands with 6.1 percent.

Most exports to countries outside Europe went to Asia in 2013, with a total value of 9.3 billion EUR. Among the Asian countries, China is the most important customer for Hessen’s exports with a share of 4.6 percent.

Source: www.statistik-hessen.de

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Country Hessen

in million €

Share of Total in %

United States 7,810 9.7

People's Rep. of China 6,403 8.0

Netherlands 5,909 7.4

France 5,668 7.1

Italy 5,091 6.4

Switzerland 5,039 6.3

Belgium 4,323 5.4

United Kingdom 3,495 4.4

Japan 2,739 3.4

Austria 1,956 2.4

Total 80,208 100

Import: Growing Importance of the Foreign Trade with Asia

In the meantime, China has become Hessen’s third most important foreign trade partner with a further increasing trend. Despite the high growth rates in international trade with Asia and America the majority of Hessian foreign trade still takes place with trade partners in Europe.

In 2013, more than 64 percent of all exports went to Europe and over 66 percent of Hessen’s exports came from European countries. The imports from the Eurozone slightly increased in 2013 compared to the previous years and reached a volume of 28.7 billion EUR. Imports from countries which are not part of the Eurozone decreased by 5.9 percent.

Import 2013 According to Selected Countries

Source: www.statistik-hessen.de

Hessen 15 %

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Baden-Württemberg

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Bavaria 20 %

Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen

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Other 9 Federal States 14 %

HESSEN INTERNATIONAL Foreign Direct Investment in Hessen

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Share in the Total Holdings in the Federal Republic of Germany

Federal Republic: 597.3 Billion € Hessen: 88 Billion €

Country in billion € Share in %

Netherlands 22.1 25.1

United Kingdom 10.6 12.0

France 9.1 10.3

Luxembourg 8.2 9.3

Switzerland 7.0 8.0

Ireland 5.1 5.8

United States 5.0 5.7

Republic of Korea 3.9 4.4

Italy 3.1 3.5

Austria 2.4 2.7

Total 88 100

Origin of Foreign Investment December 31, 2012

Source: Deutsche Bundesbank (German Federal Bank)

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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT R&D Investment – Comparison among German States

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Share of the business sector in R&D investment in %

Baden-Württemberg 80.7

Hessen 78.0

Bavaria 76.5

Rhineland-Palatinate 70.3

Lower Saxony 68.5

Average 67.7

North Rhine-Westphalia 60.3

Hamburg 56.4

Schleswig-Holstein 48.4

Thuringia 46.3

Saxony 43.1

Berlin 39.0

Saarland 36.0

Bremen 35.9

Mecklenburg-West Pomerania 32.7

Brandenburg 32.4

Saxony-Anhalt 28.7

High-tech region Hessen

Ranked among the TOP 10 regarding the most innovative regions in Europe

Higher-than-average R&D spending: 3.1 % of Hessen’s GDP (Germany: 2.8 %, EU-27: 2 %)

Above-average number of universities: 5.8 universities per million inhabitants (Germany: 5.3 per million inhabitants)

High share of corporate R&D spending: 80 % of the R&D investment is represented by companies (Germany: 68 %, EU-27: 62 %).

Source: Eurostat | calculation by Hessen Agentur, 2011

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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Universities and Research Institutes

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7 Universities

15 Other Universities

13 Universities of Applied Sciences

1 Helmholtz Association Research Center

5 Max-Planck-Institutes

8 Fraunhofer-Institutes

4 Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Research Institutions

29 Other Research Institutes

Universities and Research Institutes

Kassel

Fulda Giessen

Marburg

Wiesbaden

Darmstadt

Frankfurt

Source: Hessen Agentur

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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Selected Universities and Universities of Applied Sciences

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Majors (selection)

Universities and Universities of Applied Sciences

Number of Students Winter Semester 2012/13

Engineering Mathematics, Natural Sciences

Medicine Law, Economics, Social Sciences

Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main 42,310 x x x Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen 25,847 x x x Technische Universität Darmstadt 24,126 x x x Philipps-Universität Marburg 22,876 x x x Universität Kassel 21,524 x x x Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Gießen 13,575 x x x h_da Hochschule Darmstadt (FH) 12,779 x x x Fachhochschule Frankfurt am Main 10,616 x x x Hochschule RheinMain Wiesbaden 10,186 x x x Hochschule Fulda (FH) 6,327 x x x European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel 1,833 x x Hochschule Fresenius, Idstein 1,628 x x x x Frankfurt School of Finance & Management 1,284 x x

Total Students at Universities in Hessen 215,520

Source: www.statistik-hessen.de

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