Economy in Peine

Facts• Population: 48,484 (As of: Dec 31, 2012)

Male: 23,767 (49.0 %), Female: 24,717 (51.0 %)

• Unemployment rate: 6.2 % (As of: Dec 01, 2013)

• Employment rate: 55.3 % (As of: Jun 30, 2012)

Number of people living in the districtof Peine

143.068

138.712

134.510

119.097

1968 1970 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2008 2013

People with a background of migration per 1.000 inhabitants

2,0

3,7

2,3 2,2

7,4

1,5

3,6

2,3

1,4

10,4

2,2

3,8

2,4 2,5

6,2

Germany Lower Saxony Region of Brunswick Metropolitan region H-B-G District of Peine

Economic strength

agriculture/forestry/

fishing

1,01

agriculture/forestry/

fishing

1,48

manufacturing

industry

34,16

manufacturing

industry

38,49

services sector

64,09services sector

60,5

District of Peine Lower Saxony

Percentage of employed persons by business sectors

Usage of renewable energy as stepinto the future

Industries from this sector are growing bigger and bigger in Peine

Energy efficiency is very important -

for example with:

• Wind power plants

• Solar energy

• Biomass energy

• Energy saving

Biggest Companies in Peine• Peiner Träger (Steelwork)

• Härke Brauerei (Beer)

• Rausch (Chocolate)

• Röchling Automotive

The long time to endure the "brown cloud“ that was produced in the steel industryalready ended in Peine in 1964 with the opening of the new basic oxygensteelmaking. In 1996, the ultra-modern electro steel mill was introduced andsecured the future of the „Peiner Träger". This well-known product of the same name "Peiner Träger GmbH" has an excellent reputation in the steel business andwill play an important role worldwide - in the construction of skyscrapers in Hong Kong or in Berlin at the newly built Potsdamer Platz, which is founded on morethan 6000 “Peiner Träger “.

Already in 1798 a restaurant with a brewery started ist business that has beendeveloped since 1890 by the family Härke into a modern company. The Härke beer specialties gained an excellent reputation and are among the top products of theGerman brewery tradition. In the center of the town the old building of thebrewery is now an industrial heritage in which beer is still brewed.

Already in 1982 the company moved its main site from Berlin to Peine andproduced finest chocolate and pralines. Visitors can experience a coffeeshop, a show factory and a chocolate museum.

In 1995 another showpiece was added: the world's firstchocolate volcano

The company Röchling Automotive manufactures plastics for the automotiveindustry in Peine. A an example air intakes for car engines and the interiors in general, motorakustics and motorcooling as well as parts for the passenger and theluggage space are produced at the factory in Peine.

Due to its proximity to the VW factories in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig, Hannover andSalzgitter many other companies of the automotive supplier industry as Benoac, Aksys, Rüttgers or Faurecia have settled down in Peine.

313 1.092 2.656

0 1.000 2.000 3.000 4.000

Edemissen

Hohenhameln

Ilsede

Lahstedt

Lengede

Peine

Vechelde

Wendeburg

District of Peine

250 and more 50 - 249 employees

10 - 49 employees 2 - 9 employees

0 or 1 employee

Number of enterprises by employment groups

But in general Peine is a city of small enterprises:

Educational Institutions• Elementary schools: 11

• Secondary schools: 2

• Secondary modern schools: 2

• Grammar schools: 4

• Special schools: 5

• Vocational schools: 2