Record number of foreign investors
IBM’s 2010 annual Global Location Trends reported 261 new foreign investment projects in the Netherlands, primarily located in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area.
American dominance
Most new companies originated in the United States with China coming in second.
"These results on the one hand confirm that the stable Dutch business climate remains attractive to foreign investors,” says Roel Spee of IBM, who coordinates the global study.
He adds: "To an increasing degree, it is small services companies that the Netherlands is attracting, and less and less, production or research and development, the business functions that contribute much added value."
Chinese companies
The IBM report sees China becoming an important investor. "That country generated 23 new establishments in the Netherlands with 300 new jobs. This puts it at number two as investing country, after the United States, which was again the most important investing country with 82 establishments and nearly 2,000 jobs.
Amsterdam Area
Western Netherlands received 3,000 new jobs, 500 more than in 2009, whereas the rest of the country saw a decline. "The Amsterdam Area dominates with 124 projects, followed at a distance by Rotterdam (21) and The Hague (20) and then the towns in Brabant."
By sector, it is Information and Communication Technology (17 %), Business Services (13 %) and Logistics (10 %) that yield the most investments. "Industrial operations which are more strongly export-oriented and therefore add more value to the national economy are opting less and less for the Netherlands."
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