Border Location: Many U.S. and EU / D-usual service provider are available in this region (trustee, adviser, banks, insurance companies, freight forwarders, etc.)
Traffic: Connection to the German motorway network (10 minutes). Proximity to Zurich airport (30 minutes). Proximity to Zurich HB (38 minutes by train every hour).
Export-driven high-tech industry: high-tech export products from leading companies such as Georg Fischer, SIG, Cilag (Johnson & Johnson), Unilever, Abbott Laboratories, Alcon / Grieshaber, etc.
Various international headquarters functions: headquarters functions from top companies such as Wal-Mart, Accenture, John Deere, DSM, Citrix, Tektronix, Hercules, Kennametal, etc.
Taxes: No taxes on inheritance and gift tax for direct descendants. Lowest taxation of holding companies and domiciliary companies. Below-average corporate tax.
Labor market: The total wage costs 50-10% lower than in Germany. Average annual working hours: 1856 hrs (D: 1683 hours). High level of training. German frontier potential.
Real Estate Market: A versatile offering that provides both for life in the city as well as everything in the open. The real estate and land prices are much lower here than in other regions of Switzerland.
Smallness as a strength: Direct access to government and administration, flexible authorities to quickly support new settlements, its own tax jurisdiction. Easy, quick approval process.
Highest quality of life: Beautiful residential areas, beautiful recreation areas. Schaffhausen and Stein am Rhein - two old towns of national importance. Rhine Falls and landscape, soil and undersea. Rich cultural and gastronomic offer. Large leisure facilities, 10 golf courses in 30 minutes distance, Polo Club, etc.