The state of Saxony-Anhalt, home to Burgenlandkreis and Saalekreis, is especially known for its chemicals parks – in Leuna, Schkopau and Zeitz, with Leuna being home to Germany’s largest chemical park. The country’s chemical parks have a long tradition of serving national and international markets with chemical, petrochemical and other sector-related products.
Thanks to its advantageous geographical location, Saxony-Anhalt is one of Germany’s top three regions for wind and solar power. Sixty-two percent of the state’s electricity needs are already met by renewable sources, and it is regarded as a global model region for a sustainable bioeconomy.
Location Advantages
Chemicals parks in Saxony-Anhalt enjoy a peerless reputation that attracts investment from around the globe. As the ostensible home of the chemicals park concept, the state is a pioneer in the plug-and-play concept and integrated materials networks that allow member companies to concentrate on their core business. Excellent road, rail, pipeline, and air connections to the European transportation network facilitate easy market access. Complete chemicals value chain coverage – infrastructure, IT and logistics services to security management and a skilled workforce – allow companies to fully concentrate of their activities from the earliest stage and provide a benchmark for business success.
Recent and planned investment projects in the region pave the way to transform the region but also the Germany economy in general to a greener future. Companies also profit from the region’s strong industrial base and public and private R&D facilities.
Business Case: Leuna Chemical Complex
There are a number of attractive business and industry sites awaiting you in Burgenlandkreis and Saalekreis. The Leuna Chemical Complex can look back on more than a century-long tradition of chemicals production. Today, the InfraLeuna-managed site rightly enjoys a reputation as one of the world’s top addresses for modern chemicals production. Over 100 on-site companies produce 12 million metric tons of goods at the complex every year. The Hydrogen Lab Leuna is helping realize new green hydrogen production and e-fuel projects, while pioneering and sustainable chemicals concepts are taking place.
Finnish paper, pulp and timber company UPM is building the world's first biorefinery in Leuna. Biochemicals will be produced from sustainably sourced hardwood at the 220,000 tons next generation biochemicals refinery. These enable a wide range of applications, including textiles, plastics, rubber, cosmetics and medicines, and significantly reduce both the consumption of fossil raw materials and CO2 emissions.
As part of a region in transformation, proactive location development is seeing the development and creation of new platforms including the Center for the Transformation of Chemistry, the BioEconomy cluster hub, and the Technology Platform Power-to-Liquid-Fuels being built by the German Aerospace Center to develop power-to-liquid fuels on an industrial scale. With science, research and industry actors all active on one site, knowledge transfer and swift times-to-market are guaranteed.
Contact the Taskforce Transformation team to find out more about attractive business cases and market opportunities in Burgenlandkreis and Saalekreis.
