AVANTIS European Science and Business Park
AVANTIS Science and Business Park is the first cross-border German-Dutch business park. Its location in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion, between the cities of Aachen and Heerlen, offers businesses and investors excellent opportunities in the market.
The purpose of AVANTIS is to give new technologies the space they need to develop and to make synergies between research, development and international management possible. The national border is no longer an obstacle – it’s an opportunity for innovative, modern enterprises from across Europe.
Companies that decide to locate at AVANTIS can concentrate on their core business. AVANTIS Services NV is responsible for managing the business park, offering every enterprise here a reliable partner for everyday facilities and services.
Your advantages:
- Location: AVANTIS Science and Business Park is the first cross-border German-Dutch business park. Its location in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion, between the cities of Aachen and Heerlen, offers businesses and investors excellent opportunities in the market.
- Taxation: You have a choice of acquiring land on either the German or the Dutch side of the border. The AVANTIS European Science and Business Park is the only cross-border business park where the third supplementary protocol concluded between Germany and the Netherlands concerning double taxation applies. That means that by choosing your location, you yourself decide which tax system (German or Dutch) will apply to your business.
- Quality: AVANTIS European Science and Business Park is not an ordinary business park. The design, by Aukett Associates of London, emphasises green surroundings, relaxation and an inspiring working environment. The landscaping and water features give the park an attractive, elegant appearance and serve to embed it into the open landscape beyond.
- High-speed connections: It’s very light, ultra-thin and currently offers the fastest technology for telecommunication and data transport: fibre-optic cable. The companies can easily order their Internet connection from Avantis Services NV, Avantis’s park and facilities management company.
- Financing: Choosing to locate at AVANTIS means you qualify for various different grants, depending on the type of business you run. AVANTIS can help you identify sources of Dutch, German or European funding relevant to you.
- Labour Force: The location of AVANTIS, close to where Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium converge, means that you have access to highly qualified employees in all three countries.