Schweinfurt is located within 200 miles of over half the population of Germany and in the heart of Europe, with just in time (JIT) access to customers and suppliers in Germany and the Eastern EU countries of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.

The Maintal Technology Park and Industrial Park Hafen-Ost are parts of an intermodal transportation hub, where trucking, rail, international water ways and airfreight meet. Major trucking and logistics networks already covering Schweinfurt’s industries ensure that your products are shipped and received around the world within 24 hours.

Consider these advantages and benefits:

• Convenient on/off ramp to Autobahn A70 (Interstate)
• Proximity to major airports: Frankfurt, Nuremberg and Munich
• Direct harbour access to the Rhine-Main-Danube waterway (connecting the Atlantic with the Black Sea and the Mediterranean)
• Optional rail access with connection to transship terminal
• Competitively priced utilities, including water, sewer, electric, natural gas, district heat and broadband. All streets are fully paved with curb, gutter and storm sewers ...

Available high-tech workforce: Well-trained specialists are available. The local University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (FHWS) adapts its study programs to the needs of industry: electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, mechatronics. The FHWS offers also combined studies (vocational training with studies), studies with intensified practice (studies with integrated practical/internship phases) or the I.C.S. Model (International Cooperative Studies).

The Contor Study 2010, which was commissioned by the manager magazine, confirmed the city of Schweinfurt best development opportunities. Rank of 63 in 2007, the city is in the European rankings to the considerable level space Rank 16 – shot up – even before the Swedish capital Stockholm. For the elaborate study of more than 1,100 regions in the European Union were analyzed by means of 25 location factors. These factors are inter alia the demographic development, economic dynamics, the level of education, technology, density of each region, the standard of the efficiency of labor markets, the agglomeration of knowledge and value creation in high technology.

The Maintal Technology Park and Industrial Park Hafen-Ost  are zoned as industrial/commercial classification according to §8 and §9 BauNVO of the German building code, permitting the location of diverse manufacturing, R&D, design and service based businesses in the park. There are only few restrictions concerning architectural design and styling.