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Our stories about the Bremen economy

Travel with us through Bremen and Bremerhaven - and discover stories about the people who shape this region. About companies whose ideas define industries. And about places that are second to none.

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Success Stories


Überseestadt (New Harbour District)
8 October 2024
Spending the night in a former rice warehouse: the John & Will Silo-Hotel in Bremen's Überseeinsel district

Bremen has had a new hotel since the first of August 2024 – but not just any hotel. With its unique architecture and innovative sustainability principles, the John & Will Silo-Hotel by Guldsmeden stands out as a flagship project in Bremen's Überseestadt district. A place that offers far more than just accommodation and can play an important role in Bremen's tourism.

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Real estate
2 October 2024
State of Bremen at Expo Real 2024: property market stable and robust despite recent crises

The State of Bremen will present itself as having a forward-looking property market that can withstand turbulent times at the Expo Real 2024 trade fair (Europe's leading property event) in Munich, Germany. From the 7th to the 9th of October 2024, 27 companies from Bremen and Bremerhaven will showcase their pioneering, sustainable real estate projects on a joint 200 square metre stand at the fair.

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Startups
25 September 2024
12 Examples of AI in Medicine and the Health Sector

Detecting cancer earlier or avoiding accidents at work - AI will make our lives easier and easier in the healthcare sector. In Bremen, a strong AI landscape is developing in the healthcare sector, as these 12 examples show.

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Startups
10 September 2024
A Space for Innovations and Ideas in Bremen City

Six years ago, Arne Stehnken was still a new founder himself; today he is part of the management team at the software company syniotec in Bremen's city centre. To make the start easier for other founders, start-ups and creative people and to offer them a place to work, network and exchange ideas, he and his company have opened a creative and innovation centre - a source of inspiration for fresh ideas in the heart of Bremen´s city centre.

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Letters from ...
29 August 2024
Letters from Vietnam: Summer 2024 – Are German companies underestimating Vietnam?

Are German companies underestimating investment opportunities in Vietnam? And is Cambodia stealing the limelight from Vietnam? You'll find details about all this and more in our summer 2024 Vietnam newsletter.

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ECOMAT / lightweight construction
28 August 2024
From the sun of southern France into the northern German summer: an internship at ECOMAT

What is it like to be a intern at the technology centre ECOMAT? Éva Perrier comes from Montpellier – and quickly finds her feet in Bremen. What she loves about Bremen.

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Digitization
5 August 2024
These Bremen companies are developing autonomous systems

Self-driving cars, drones, robots - in Bremen, autonomous systems are a focus of numerous focus of numerous companies. A look at the diverse corporate landscape and where the committed players can be found.

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Letters from ...
25 July 2024
Letters from the United Kingdom: What does the new government have to offer?

Four years after Brexit and just a few days after the general election: What opportunities does the UK offer companies - and how does the local economy see itself positioned? UK expert Peter Decu clarifies this in our new country letter.

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Investing in Bremen
17 July 2024
“We’re blazing our own trail”

SAACKE is a hidden champion renowned the world over for its combustion systems, which can be relied upon on tankers in international waters and in continuous operation in car factories. Leading the way in technology, the Bremen-based business has been setting a global example by using hydrogen for over 40 years.

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Investing in Bremen
11 July 2024
The new ECOMAT CRYOLAB: Working at “Absolute Zero”

To enable aircraft to fly CO2-free on hydrogen in the future, aircraft tanks must be developed for extreme conditions: lightweight, robust, impermeable to hydrogen and at temperatures close to absolute zero - a challenging task. Bremen's ECOMAT now has a new laboratory to test the materials for this.

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Success stories
2 July 2024
20 Years of Bremen in China

The Bremeninvest office opened its doors in Shanghai two decades ago. As the international brand of the WFB, Bremeninvest had set itself the goals of reinforcing the economic links between Bremen and China and inspiring Chinese businesses to consider relocating to Bremen. Since then, more than 150 companies have set up premises in the Hanseatic city.

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Bremen in numbers
26 June 2024
Did you know...?

...Bremen has the highest export ratio of all German states.

Facts and figures
Aerospace
26 June 2024
On the Way to Space

A space rocket that can take off and land like an aeroplane: That is the idea being pursued by the Bremen-based start-up Polaris. Small test models are already flying and "Aurora" is due to take off in 2028. The invention could revolutionise the market, as the spacecraft can be reused up to 200 times - and can take off into space from any airport.

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Letters from ...
18 June 2024
Letters from Turkey: Summer 2024 edition

Turkey has discovered railways and is building on infrastructure. A way to greater resilience and a path out of the crisis? And ... how Bremen is refocussing its economic development strategy in Turkey.

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Aerospace
4 June 2024
Why Aircraft Designers Are so Interested in Starfish

Bremen's rise to become one of the leading aircraft construction centres in Europe began a hundred years ago with the launch of the "Focke Wulf A 16", the first industrially manufactured aircraft "made in Bremen". Pioneering work is still being carried out in the Hanseatic city today. Starfish also play a role here.

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