Many companies have found their way to this region on account of its favorable economic climate, relatively low costs for companies, transparent, reliable, and business friendly authorities, a competitive fiscal climate, flexible labor regulations, good connections with the hinterland via non-congested roads, water and railway, the no-nonsense attitude of the workforce and the favorable living-and-working conditions.
Many companies have found their way to this region on account of its favorable economic climate, relatively low costs for companies, transparent, reliable, and business friendly authorities, a competitive fiscal climate, flexible labor regulations, good connections with the hinterland via non-congested roads, water and railway, the no-nonsense attitude of the workforce and the favorable living-and-working conditions.
Chemical industry
Zeeland is especially strong in the chemical and process industry, agri-food, energy and logistics.
One of the largest chemical clusters in northwestern Europe is in Zeeland. In fact, the largest production facility of DOW Chemical outside the US is based in this region. In terms of employment, the entire industry sector employs more than 25,000 people. Major players in the worldwide chemicals industry benefit from the strategic location, superior logistics infrastructure and the many synergies that are created here. These assets make the Netherlands and especially Zeeland a smart choice for chemical companies looking to expand or accelerate their business operations.
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Food industry
The Netherlands is second only to the U.S. for agri-food exports worldwide.
From breeding to production, distribution, packing, warehousing, international transport and local retailers: Zeeland has strong food clusters. Zeeland is a major producer of potatoes and potato products. International players like Lamb Weston and McCain have production and office locations in Zeeland.
Onions are the largest export product in the Netherlands in volume. 80% of Dutch onion production and processing takes place in Zeeland. Besides the highest density in fruit production, Zeeland has the largest port in the Netherlands for transshipment of conventionally grown fruit and fruit juices.
Zeeland has a long history in seafood. In fact, national and international companies are leaders, not only in the breeding and cultivation of seafood, but also in its storage and transportation
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Energy industry
The energy sector in Zeeland is a strong one. Zeeland is surrounded by water and has the most sunshine hours per year of the Netherlands, which offers opportunities wind energy and solar energy. A strong and established cluster has been built around this industry and important players like Orsted have found their way to this region.
New commercial activity can further reinforce this cluster, producers of large objects, including their sub-contractors and service providers or logistics companies specialized in heavy lift operations are more than welcome!
Logistics
The logistics sector is an important enabler for the agri-food chemical and offshore industry in Zeeland. In Zeeland we have excellent hinterland connections with hardly any traffic jams via a multimodal infrastructure (water, rail and road).
With our central location between the world ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp we can provide excellent lead-times to Europe and the rest of the world. The port in Zeeland also plays an important role in this industry.
North Sea Port
North Sea Port is the 60-kilometre-long cross-border port area that stretches from Vlissingen to Ghent in Belgium. It’s a central hub in Europe, with multimodal access and is home to lots of specialized and value adding logistics companies.
As a unified port, North Sea Port is the leading port in Europe for Breakbulk, European number 3 in terms of added value (EUR 13 billion) and number 10 in terms of tonnage (62.3 million).
This area is good for 96,750 jobs across some 525 companies and has almost 1,000 hectares of land available for investors.
