Facts and figures about the PrimeSite Rhine Region

The site

• The PrimeSite Rhine Region covers an area of 205 hectares, which is equivalent to about 300 football fields.
• 177 hectares of the PrimeSite Rhine Region lie within the town boundary of Euskirchen, while 28 hectares belong to the municipality of Weilerswist.
• The PrimeSite Rhine Region is part of the LEP (Landesentwicklungsplan = state development plan) of North Rhine-Westphalia.
• In terms of planning law, all the necessary permits are in place or can be procured at short notice.
• Development facilitates supply according to individual specifications: Electricity from an on-site sub-station, drinking water, industrial water and groundwater well, waste water disposal, high-pressure natural gas pipeline, and broadband Internet are provided.
• Further reserve areas are available on demand.

 

The infrastructure

• The A1 and A61 freeways are 5 kilometers away and accessible without passing through built-up areas.
• The private railway siding links the PrimeSite Rhine Region directly to Germany's largest container rail terminal Cologne Eifeltor (30 km).
• 4 international airports serve the region:
  • Cologne/Bonn (30 km)
  • Düsseldorf (65 km)
  • Frankfurt am Main (140 km)
  • Maastricht (80 km)
• The Rhine ports in Cologne (30 km) provide direct access to the North Sea, the Baltic and the Black Sea.

 

The Rhine Region

• The PrimeSite Rhine Region lies in the triangle formed by the cities Cologne, Bonn and Aachen.
• Facts and figures:
  • Population: approx. 8 million
  • Area: nearly 13,000 km²
  • Population density: 590 people per km²
  • Gross domestic product: around 237 billion euros p.a.
  • 27 universities and universities of applied sciences
  • 8 Fraunhofer Institutes, 8 Max Planck Institutes, and over 100 other research facilities
  • Approx. 7,500 foreign companies, including 3M, Procter & Gamble, Ford, Toyota, UPS, QVC and Vodafone control their German and European activities from here.
• By comparison:
  The region is larger than the Paris metropolitan area. It has more inhabitants than Switzerland and is more densely populated than the Netherlands. The region generates a gross domestic product comparable to that of Austria.