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Economics in Neuss

Neuss has a long restaurant tradition as Roman camp. Already in the first century a settlement of craftsmen and remote dealers developed in the today's center. The grant of the in the year 1475 underlined the economic meaning - also in the entire region - already in the Middle Ages. Under French occupation 1806 were by Napoleon lively also a north channel between Neuss and Maas were planned, built however only a section to Neersen.

Apart from the textile, paper and aluminum production Neuss is well-known for its oil mills. The Neusser oil mills already called of Brockhaus the encyclopedia of 1846 the most important in Germany. Wide areas in the dockland and in the south of the city offered and offer also today still sufficiently place to industry for a settlement.

Neusser economics in figures

Year	Numbers of inhabitants
Liable to social security persons employed	58.468
Producing trade	17.019
Trade, guest trade and traffic	20.116
other services	20.961
without indication	4
Conditions: 06/2004Quelle: National office for data processing and statistics North-Rhine/Westphalia
Unemployed person altogether	12.794
Conditions: 05/2005Quelle: Agency for work Moenchengladbach

In the year 2005 the purchasing power of the Neusser amounted to citizen 116% of the Federal average.

Port

The geographical location of Neuss with the proximity to the Rhine accelerated already early the growth of the city and led 1835 to the development of a port in former Rhine arms. In August 2003 the port company fused after long negotiations with the port to "the Neuss ports GmbH ". The Neusser port maintains the Neusser railway company.

Europe/Germany addresses

Neuss is popular due to its proximity to the state capital Duesseldorf and to the former capital Bonn for addresses of foreign enterprises in Germany and Europe. Due to the high density at asiatic - Japanese in particular - companies in the area Duesseldorf, many asiatic enterprises their agency in Neuss (see also GermanJapanese relations).

Economic sectors

Banks & insurance

Enterprise: Creditreform, RCI Banque (Renault bank, Nissan bank), Rhine country insurance

Chemistry & pharmacy

Enterprise: 3M Germany GmbH, Janssen Cilag

Services

One finds many Neusser Dienstleister only in the small print. The sport news service spreads sport messages and leads e.g. many interviews with sportsmen, who by large medium houses (the MIRROR, daily papers) are taken over.

Enterprise: Leasing plan, sport news service

Trade

Enterprise: ASICS Germany GmbH, MG Rover Germany, QVC GmbH, Toshiba Europe GmbH, Yakult Germany GmbH, Yamaha engine Germany

Information & communicationses

Enterprise: Abacho AG, Ikegami Electronics (Europe) GmbH, Imation Germany GmbH, Lanier Germany GmbH & CO. Kg, NextiraOne Germany GmbH, Xerox

Food/feed industry

Enterprise: Brata kg, KOFU Tiernahrung Kottmann GmbH, light mountain sauerkraut factory GmbH, Plange & mills GmbH & CO. Kg (diamond flour), Thomy Nestle, Wilhelm who cock mills kg

Oil mills: Walter Rau Neusser oil & fat AG, O. & L. Sels GmbH & CO., Thywissen GmbH

Logistics

Enterprise: Dachser GmbH & CO. Kg, United batch service

Metallurgy

Enterprise: Eternit flat roof GmbH, hydraulic aluminum Germany GmbH, chase mountain AG, Schindler of elevators

Paper industry

Enterprise: Teleprinter cardboard GmbH, Procter & Gamble Germany (speed handkerchiefs), SIG Combibloc of system GmbH

Maintenance

Strengthened one sets in Neuss on investments within the maintenance range. A multiplex cinema (1999) and the Neusser ski-resound (2001) (official name: Jever ski-resounds Neuss) was established.