Benchmark Study 1
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Medical technology<br />
IPP BENCHMARK REPORT<br />
V. 1.0<br />
Medical technology is another growth industry which will figure large in Saxony-Anhalt’s future. The<br />
regional network for neuromedical technology of the Magdeburg region, known as InnoMed (German<br />
Website), has evolved in association with Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, the Leibniz Institute<br />
for Neurobiology and the ZENIT Centre for Neuroscientific Innovation.<br />
The network marries a high level of expertise in the neurosciences with the latest developments in<br />
medical technology. The research institutions collaborate closely within the association with businesses<br />
from in and around Magdeburg.<br />
The InnoLife medical engineering and technology centre in Schönebeck-Bad Salzelmen is equipped<br />
with an excellent infrastructure and the latest in communication technology. 28<br />
Logistics<br />
The areas around Magdeburg, Halle and Dessau are important logistics centers which have attracted<br />
major enterprises of the calibre of the Otto group, the Rossmann chain of chemists and Edeka The<br />
Swiss mail-order pharmacy Zur Rose operates a modern customer service centre in Halle. The<br />
American computer giant Dell opened a sales and customer service centre in Halle in 2006.<br />
Its central location in the European market area, its proximity to eastern European markets and the high<br />
standard of its transport routes, in particular of its high-capacity roads, railways and waterways, and not<br />
least its accessibility by air, have created favourable infrastructural conditions and made Saxony-Anhalt<br />
a prime business location.<br />
Leipzig/Halle intercontinental airport plays its own important role in this. Unrestricted 24-hour operation,<br />
take-off and landing without payload restrictions and the construction of a second take-off and landing<br />
runway are persuasive arguments in favour of air-based logistics. 29<br />
Mining<br />
Mining and closely related industries have remained an essential feature of Saxony-Anhalt, whose<br />
natural reserves of raw materials offer the state an important advantage as an industrial centre.<br />
In the field of brown coal mining the MIBRAG mbH - Profen open-cast mine and ROMONTA GmbH -<br />
Amsdorf open-cast mine are the main companies. With regard to potash and rock salt extraction there<br />
are sites in Zielitz and Bernburg.<br />
28 http://www.sachsen-anhalt.de/LPSA/index.php?id=22622 downloaded on 11 November<br />
29 http://www.sachsen-anhalt.de/LPSA/index.php?id=22623 downloaded on 11 November<br />
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