NRW.INVEST Award
NRW.INVEST honors exemplary investments in North Rhine-Westphalia with the NRW.INVEST Award. At the same time, this acknowledgement is extended symbolically to all investors who have opted for North Rhine-Westphalia as their business location. Over the years since its inception, the NRW.INVEST Award has gone to either an individual company or several companies for their exemplary commitment to North Rhine-Westphalia and their contribution to the economic development of the state.
- Award Winners 2011
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Awards in the categories Innovation, Expansion Investment and New Investment:
Innovation
The winner of this year's NRW.INVEST AWARD in the "Innovation" category is the American firm Edgetech Europe. The company opened its first German plant in Heinsberg for the production of innovative, energy-saving plastic spacer systems for insulation glazing
Expansion Investment
The award for "Expansion Investment" goes to the Japanese automotive supplier DENSO Automotive Deutschland GmbH, which considerably expanded its research and development center in Wegberg-Oval.
New Investment
The winner in the "New Investment" category is the Polish company SECESPOL Deutschland GmbH, which opened its first German office in Düsseldorf in March 210.
- Award Winners 2010
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Awards in the categories Innovation, Expansion Investment and New Investment:
Innovation
The winner of this year's NRW.INVEST AWARD in the "Innovation" category is the American firm Edgetech Europe. The company opened its first German plant in Heinsberg for the production of innovative, energy-saving plastic spacer systems for insulation glazing
Expansion Investment
The award for "Expansion Investment" goes to the Japanese automotive supplier DENSO Automotive Deutschland GmbH, which considerably expanded its research and development center in Wegberg-Oval.
New Investment
The winner in the "New Investment" category is the Polish company SECESPOL Deutschland GmbH, which opened its first German office in Düsseldorf in March 210.
Awards in the categories Innovation, Expansion Investment and New Investment:
Innovation
The Australian company Ceramic Fuel Cells receives the award for its new fuel cell production operation in Heinsberg.
Expansion Investment
The Japanese manufacturer of power tools and petrol-driven garden equipment Makita invests 30 million euros in its new German headquarters in Ratingen.
New Investment
The three investors Danone Waters, Garbe Logistic and Reiner Bohnen Internationale Spedition are honored jointly for their new logistics center in Duisburg Port.
- Award Winners 2009
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Awards in the categories Innovation, Expansion Investment and New Investment:
Innovation
The Bochum-based development center of the Canadian Blackberry manufacturer Research in Motion Deutschland GmbH (RIM) is recognized as the most innovative new location
Expansion Investment
The award for expansion investment goes to the Japanese flavor and fragrance manufacturer Takasago in Zülpich.
New Investment
The Chinese construction machinery manufacturer SANY invests 100 million euros in the construction of a new production plant in Cologne and Bedburg/Bergheim - Mühlenerft.
- Award Winners 2006
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Four Nordic companies:
Norway
Statkraft for an investment of 500 million euros in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Finland
Rhein Papier is honored for its sustainable environmental protection in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Denmark
Genan for an exemplary innovation in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Sweden
Atlas Copco receives the award for its decades of commitment to North Rhine-Westphalia.
- Award Winners 2005
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QVC (USA) for over 2,500 jobs created in North Rhine-Westphalia.
- Award Winners 2004
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The British vacuum cleaner manufacturer Dyson for the establishment of its German headquarters in Cologne.
- Award Winners 2003
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Bonduelle Frische GmbH (France) and NBV/UGA GmbH for their investment in Straelen.
