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Basel named 'European City of the Future'

The magazine Foreign Direct Investment (fDi) published by the Financial Times has named Basel 'European City of the Future – Switzerland 2004/2005'. With this award fDi and the jury, made up of leading experts in the field of business consultancy, acknowledge the successes and efforts to develop the region.

As being a world's banking, logistics and pharmaceutical center, Basel won this award in competition with more than 140 other regions and now ranks ahead of Geneva and Zurich.

Outlook

Business success relies on the goods, which are produced getting from manufacturer to consumer efficiently and undamaged. Transport and logistics are thus essential prerequisites for the prosperity of a business region.

Precisely in the pharmaceutical industry (the primary industry in the Basel region), where the rapid supply of medicines can save lives and where very exacting demands are made with regard to the production and delivery of goods, logistics plays a key role in the success of a company. It therefore comes as no surprise that the Basel region is also Swiss champion in this sector.

International Transport Links

The major European railway lines meet in Basel. The city has three railway stations, directly linked with one another; apart from the Swiss SBB railway station, it also has a Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) railway station, serving Germany, and an SNCF station, serving the French national railways. High-speed lines from Germany (ICE) and France (TGV) thus reach via Switzerland's dense rail network to Italy and Austria.

The German North-South motorway A5 connects seamlessly with the Swiss motorway system in Basel and leads directly to the south of Italy. The French motorway A35, too, joins the Swiss (and German) motor-ways here.

The EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg offers regular daily flights to all important European centers. It is used by numerous international airlines and is the headquarters and home airport of the national airline SWISS.

The Basel region has by far the greatest freight traffic in the whole of Switzerland, whether for imports or exports. Bulk goods and parcel goods are shipped up the Rhine from North Sea ports to the Basel Rhine ports, which offer efficient trans-shipment facilities (container terminal, tank farms, bulk silos, and extensive storage facilities, as well as direct access to rail and road).

Most Attractive Business Location in Switzerland

Transport logistics today contributes almost 4% to Switzerland's gross domestic products, employs close to 26,000 people and achieves total sales of around CHF 23.5 billion. As much as 45.5% of this is accounted for by the Basel region, which is thus considered the logistics platform of Switzerland.

The above achievements in goods carriage and logistics, combined with well-trained human resources, make Basel area an attractive location for investments and setting up companies.

MB GROUP provides personalized assistance in obtaining authorizations you might need to incorporate your company in Switzerland, and serving as your contact agent for the local government structures.

We are here to help you succeed in Switzerland. You can benefit from our experience in setting up foreign businesses and from having to deal with only one representative throughout the entire procedure.

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Basel – gateway to Switzerland

As a border city, and as a city of
commerce and industry (home of
major international corporations),
Basel has always attracted people
from other parts of the world.

The number of languages spoken
in Basel has increased over the
centuries. Today, people from
some 150 nations live in the
canton. These make up about
27% of the total population.

The high standard of education,
which the resident population
enjoys, ensures that English-
speakers are in the majority in
Basel.

Links around the world

Travelers have passed through
Basel since time immemorial.
These have continuously brought
fresh know-how to the city, as
have countless waves of
immigrants.

Today, Basel has links around the
world: as a European center of
research and development; as a
trade fair city, staging world-class
exhibitions; as a key transport
hub, etc.

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