Lolland Municipality can now begin work on establishing a state-designated industrial park near Rødbyhavn.
The government and the parties behind the agreement on a fast-track scheme for manufacturing companies have designated the northern part of the area. Companies in the park will, among other things, gain access to a single state contact point intended to make regulatory procedures faster and easier.
Mayor Marie-Louise Brehm Nielsen sees significant potential in the designation.
- With the new industrial park, we are gaining a seal of approval and a new engine for growth that can bring thousands of additional jobs to the area, create favourable business conditions for both large and small manufacturing companies and help secure new activity and local development, she says in the press release.
At Femern Belt Development, CEO Stig Rømer Winther sees the park as part of a broader business corridor between Scandinavia and Germany.
- With the state’s designation of the Femern Port & Industrial Park in Rødbyhavn and Industrial Hub Zealand in South Zealand, eastern Denmark is in a very strong position on the attractive growth axis between Copenhagen-Malmö and Hamburg, he says.
The municipality has previously stated that market dialogue has been conducted with a large number of Danish and international companies. However, no binding agreements have yet been announced with companies planning to establish themselves in the park.
The designation initially covers the northern part of the overall industrial park area. Lolland Municipality can now begin developing this section.
The southern part, which includes the tunnel element factory and construction harbour for the Fehmarn project, will follow later once there is greater clarity about the future use of the facilities. The factory is currently expected to continue producing tunnel elements until the end of 2029.
The next step is to attract companies to the area. In October, the industrial park will be presented to international investors at Expo Real in Munich.
