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[December 30, 2009]

Hessen, Germany's Center for High Tech, Participates in CES International, 1/7-1/10/2010, Las Vegas, NV

NEW YORK --(Business Wire)-- German State of Hessen U.S. Office for Economic Development will participate in the CES (News - Alert) International in Las Vegas, NV; January 7-10, 2010 hosted by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). CES, the largest consumer technology tradeshow and educational forum, expects visitors from over 140 countries. CES helps companies, expand their businesses, understand new technology and discuss hot industry trends.

Hessen, with the Greater Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region, is extremely advantageous to North American companies that are looking to expand their operations overseas. In order to make the process of setting up a foreign subsidiary easier, Hessen offers cost-free location advisory services.

Hessen, titled by analysts as the "Center of the German software industry", is a leader in Germany's ICT industry with the densest network of software companies. Its infrastructure speaks for itself: world-wide 2nd largest internet exchange DE-CIX (News - Alert) in Frankfurt Europe-wide 2nd largest Data Center Market in Frankfurt (165,600 qm) Broadband: VDSL and HSDPA widely available in FrankfurtRhineMain Long Term Evolution test beds in Darmstadt and Frankfurt Hessen's Information and Communication Technology Industry encompasses approximately 10,100 companies, 94,000 employees, �31 billion sales and an export rate of 28%. Hessen's Electro industry comprises 62,995 employees with a turnover of �12.3 billion. Its largest ICT-employers include: Deutsche Telekom (News - Alert), Siemens, Friedhelm Loh Group, Bosch Gruppe, Accenture, Arcor, Avaya, CSC Deutschland.

Over 900 U.S. companies have successfully located to Hessen including Amazon, Computer Associates (News - Alert), Cisco Systems, Dell, IBM, Microsoft, Motorola, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, and QVC.

The "TOP 10" innovation region with its long research tradition, is an attractive location for North American companies especially with the specialized Universities like the TU Darmstadt, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics (IGD), Darmstadt,Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT), Darmstadt, Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability (LBF), Darmstadt. Additional knowledge-based clusters in Hessen include Finance and Logistics Center Frankfurt, Renewable EnergyTech, MedicalTech and Biotechnology located throughout the state.

To meet Hessen at the CES International; Las Vegas, NV, January 07-10, 2010 please contact Kristina.Garcia@hessen-agentur.de.

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