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Economic development organisations
WESt - Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft Steinfurt mbH (Steinfurt Economic Development Corporation)
The Steinfurt Economic Development Corporation has set itself the task of ensuring that the district of Steinfurt continues to gain importance as a business location in the future. In doing so, it has defined strategies for four fields of action that form the focus of its work: Entrepreneurship, digitalisation, securing skilled workers and location profiling.
Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft Steinfurt mbH (WESt) was founded in 2000. The sole shareholder is Beteiligungsgesellschaft des Kreises Steinfurt mbH, a subsidiary of the district of Steinfurt. The managing director is Christian Holterhues.
The tasks of WESt GmbH
Digitalisation
Supporting companies on their way to digitalisation
- Building digital infrastructure: 3 hub:satellites as spaces for the digitisation strategy in companies
- Imparting know-how: #Chefsache - series of events
- Digital advisory and funding programmes: Making them known to companies and promoting applications
- E-Government: Strategy of the district and cooperation with the municipalities
Skilled workers
Ensuring access to skilled workers for companies
- Company Plus Family competition: Good concepts for employee retention in companies are rewarded
- zdi-Zentrum Kreis Steinfurt: MINT promotion at the company-school interface
- CSR Competence Centre in Münsterland: Developing new concepts for companies
- Attracting skilled workers from abroad: organising talks between companies and regions of the world, e.g. Barcelona
zdi Centre Steinfurt District
- zdi robotics competitions
- Crowdfunding campaign for robotics systems
- Mobile robotics rental system for pupils in the Tecklenburg region
- zdi pupil laboratory: Learning workshop 4.0 at Rheine vocational college
- Practical workshops for teachers
- MINT rallies for pupils
- MINT workshop
- zdi-BSO-MINT: 41 funded courses, e.g. 3D printing
Entrepreneurship
Creating ideal framework conditions for founders and companies
- Knowledge transfer from the university to companies: TRAIN (Transfer in Steinfurt), GRIPS (Start-up and Innovation Park Steinfurt)
- Networking events: Entrepreneurial breakfasts, topic-related workshops
- Start-up events: New input and networking
- Start-up and subsidy advice - also on site
- Advice from business seniors
- Business angel network
- Information on funding and advisory programmes
Location profiling
Making the residential and business location more attractive
- Broadband expansion: 158 million in subsidies for expansion in outlying areas, support for municipalities in tendering procedures
- Commercial sites in the district of Steinfurt: Münsterland commercial site exchange, commercial site monitoring (in planning)
- Lobbying and public relations work for the business location: Infrastructure development (e.g. Lappwaldbahn rail transport), Expo Real.
- Land reactivation/re-use: example coal region Ibbenbüren
Contact
Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft Steinfurt mbH (WESt)
