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One of Europe’s leading suppliers of chemical products and services, the Netherlands is a global hub for the chemicals industry.

Chemicals Leaders Choose HollandThe Netherlands boasts more than 400 leading chemical companies across the entire supply chain. In fact, 19 out of the 25 top chemical companies in the world maintain significant operations in the Netherlands.

World-Class Resources for Chemicals CompaniesMajor players in the worldwide chemicals industry, such as LyondellBasell, SABIC, Teijin and Dow, benefit from a superior logistics infrastructure, access to important raw materials, robust R&D institutes and a tradition of inter-company integration and regional clustering.

At the Port of Rotterdam—one of the strongest refining and chemical clusters in the world—Netherlands-based chemical companies gain strategic access to the North Sea through Europe’s largest harbor.

The Chemical Gateway to Europe

The Netherlands has a lot to offer to companies wanting to set up business there, such as its central location in Europe, excellent infrastructure, and presence of seaports and airports, all of which are essential to a global company like Chemtura.”

Hans Wierbosch Amsterdam Site Manager

Chemtura Manufacturing Netherlands B.V.

Global chemicals company Chemtura Corporation opened a new production facility in Amsterdam in 2013, where it now employs more than 100 people. Commercial deliveries began in 2014 to customers across Europe, where the company sees the highest demand and fastest projected growth.

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Chemicals account for 17% of all Dutch exports.

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The Dutch Chemical Ecosystem

At the heart of the Dutch chemical ecosystem are robust public-private partnerships, cutting-edge open innovation R&D centers and world-class education institutes that encourage inter-company collaboration and innovation.

Resources range from the Bioprocess Pilot Facility in Delft—a multi-purpose facility where companies and knowledge institutions develop new, sustainable production processes, to the massive Chemelot campus in the southern part of the country—which brings together materials and chemical companies into a single, open innovation community of some thousand knowledge workers.

The Dutch Chemical Ecosystem

Rotterdam-Rijnmond Region’s No.1 Test Facilityfor Sustainable Process Technology

Plant One

Cutting-Edge Research & Open Innovation(Limburg)

Chemelot

Accelerating Bio-Based Business(Bergen op Zoom)

Green Chemistry Campus

Polymer Application Centre in theNortheast of the Netherlands

Green PAC

Speeding Up Innovation Processes

Institute for SustainableProcess Technology (ISPT)

Natural Home for InnovativeIndustrial Biotechnology

Biotech Campus Delft

Europe’s Petrochemical HubPort of Rotterdam

Pre-Competitive Research Into Polymersand their Applications

Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI)

International Public-Private Partnership DevelopingSustainable Industrial Bio-Based Solutions

BE-Basic Foundation

Unique Facility Where Companies and KnowledgeInstitutions Can Develop New Sustainable

Production Processes

Bioprocess Pilot Facility (BPF)

The Netherlands stood out for a variety of reasons, including its position as a European gateway, logistical considerations, corporate and personal tax structures, and nearness to our main customers.”

Brent Anderson General Manager

Midwest Rubber Europe

The Netherlands’ position as a European gateway was a major factor in the decision by Minneapolis-based Midwest Rubber Service & Supply Co. to locate in Utrecht, where it now maintains headquarters, manufacturing and logistics and distribution operations.

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The Dutch chemicals industry represents a €56 billion turnover, or 2% of GDP.

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• Organizing fact-finding missions

• Arranging meetings with relevant partners

• Providing personalized guidance and counsel on tax, government and permit procedures

• Exploring location options and business solutions

Visit our website to set-up a meeting with an NFIA representative near you.

The Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA) stands ready to help companies big and small at every stage of establishing or expanding operations here.

February 2016

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