Gelderland

The province of Gelderland is an industrial region and home to the well-known applied research clusters: Food Valley and Health Valley. Gelderland is strategically located, closely to Europe's largest market: Germany.

The province of Gelderland, the largest province of the Netherlands, has a land surface of 5,136.5 square kilometers with an average population density of 398 per square kilometer. More than 1.9 million people live in the four regions of the province (Veluwe, Achterhoek, Arnhem-Nijmegen and South-West Gelderland).

Its numerous office and business sites are home to more than 104,000 companies, including multinationals, internationally oriented high-tech companies and businesses specializing in distribution and logistic services. Gelderland has a highly educated workforce. The two universities, in Wageningen and Nijmegen, and the numerous colleges of higher education (higher vocational) and regional training centers (senior vocational) offer courses in a wide variety of subjects. There is an international primary and secondary school in Arnhem, the province's administrative center.

Key cities 

• Arnhem
• Apeldoorn
• Nijmegen
• Wageningen

Key industries  

• Food, Agro, Healthcare/Medtec, Logistics and Electronics

Access nationally / internationally  

• 1 hour reach to Schiphol and Düsseldorf International Airport
• Excellent highways and train connections
• Arnhem is a stop of the High Speed Train (HST) between Amsterdam and the German hinterland

Foreign companies  

• Apeldoorn: AEP Industries (USA), Banta Global Turnkey (USA), ModusLink (USA), Black & Decker (USA), Owens Corning (USA), Pacific International Group (China), Sakura Colour Product (Japan), Yokogawa Systems Center (Japan), Lite-on Automotive Electronics (Taiwan), MacAuto (Taiwan),
• Arnhem: Vitatron Medical (USA), Novartis, (Switzerland), CP Kelco (USA), Sitel (USA), Teijin Aramid (Japan), Wenger (USA), Polatechno (Japan), United Laboratories (USA),
• Barneveld: Calsonic Kansei (Japan), Infor (USA), Merchants (UK)
• Dinxperlo: TechSolo (China)
• Doetinchem: Hosokawa Micron (Japan)
• Ede: Kimberly-Clark (USA), Silliker (USA), PPD (USA), Invacake (USA), Yashin-Polymac (Japan),
• Elst: Heinz (USA)
• Geldermalsen PPG Industries (USA)
• Harderwijk: Alcoa (USA), Tohken (Japan),
• Hoevelaken: Arai Helmet (Japan), GE Healthcare (USA),
• Neede: Sankyo (Japan)
• Nijmegen: Lincoln Smitweld (USA), Mead Johnson (USA), MedImmune Pharma (USA), H.J. Heinz (USA), Nacco Materials Handling (USA), TDG (UK), Packard Bell (USA), Oriënt Plaza (Singapore), Formosa Food (Taiwan), Teklink/Macally (Taiwan), DHL Exel Supply Chain (Germany), Bosch Communications Center (Germany),
• Tiel: Microport Medical (China), Asahi Glass (Japan), PPG (USA)
• Wijchen: Trek Bicycles (USA), HKC Europe (China), Huawei Logistics (China), Sunfill (China), NEC Computers (Japan), Adda (Taiwan), Arima (Taiwan), Asrock (Taiwan), ECS (Taiwan), Foxlink (Taiwan), PC Chips (Taiwan), Tatung (Taiwan), Ultima (Taiwan), Winmax (Taiwan).

Demographic figures

• Population: 1,978,688 (2007)
• Labor force: 870,000 (2005)
• Unemployment rate: 5.8% (2005)

Regional development agency

• Development Agency East Netherlands (Oost NV) - www.oostnv.com
• For statistical information on Gelderland in relation to the whole of the Netherlands, please refer to: www.gelderlandfacts.nl/en/