Editing Schleswig-Holstein (section)

==Economy==
[[File:13-09-29-nordfriesisches-wattenmeer-RalfR-05.jpg|thumb|280px|Schleswig-Holstein's islands, beaches, and cities are popular tourist attractions. Shown here is the Isle of [[Sylt]].]]

The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the state was 62.7 billion euros in 2018, accounting for 1.9% of German economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 30,400 euros or 101% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 95% of the EU average. The GDP per capita was the lowest of all states in West Germany.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/10474907/1-05032020-AP-EN.pdf/81807e19-e4c8-2e53-c98a-933f5bf30f58|title=Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018|website=Eurostat|access-date=7 March 2020|archive-date=17 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417095003/https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/10474907/1-05032020-AP-EN.pdf/81807e19-e4c8-2e53-c98a-933f5bf30f58|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, Schleswig-Holstein had an export surplus for the first time since 1989: export 22.6 billion euros/ import 20.8 billion euros.

===Energy===
Schleswig-Holstein is a leader in the [[Renewable energy in Germany|country's]] growing [[renewable energy]] industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dw.com/en/northern-germany-spearheads-energy-transition/a-17144616|title=Northern Germany spearheads energy transition|author=Gero Rueter|publisher=Deutsche Welle|date=10 September 2013|access-date=21 August 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923225258/http://www.dw.com/en/northern-germany-spearheads-energy-transition/a-17144616|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, Schleswig-Holstein became the first [[states of Germany|German state]] to cover 100% of its electric power demand with renewable energy sources (chiefly [[wind power|wind]] 70%, [[solar power|solar]] 3.8%, and biomass 8.3%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldwatch-europe.org/node/285|title=Highlight of the Month: The First German State Achieves 100% Renewable Energy|author=Lisa Waselikowski|publisher=Worldwatch Institute|date=8 January 2015|access-date=21 August 2015|archive-date=3 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403044600/http://www.worldwatch-europe.org/node/285/|url-status=live}}</ref> By 2023, according to Schleswig-Holstein Netz, renewable energy sources were providing 204% of Schleswig-Holstein's electricity demand (the 104% surplus are exports).<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.shz.de/deutschland-welt/schleswig-holstein/artikel/so-viel-gruenen-strom-hat-schleswig-holstein-2023-exportiert-46511004 |title= So viel grünen Strom hat Schleswig-Holstein 2023 exportiert|language=de|page= |publisher=[[Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag]]|date= 2024-02-22 |access-date= 2024-05-27}}</ref>

The largest German oil field [[Mittelplate]] is located in the North Sea off the [[Dithmarschen|Dithmarsch]] coast and connected with refinery in [[Hemmingstedt]] and chemical plants in [[Brunsbüttel]] via pipeline. It produce ca. 1.4 million tonnes of oil annually.

==== Nuclear power ====
There were three nuclear power plants in Schleswig-Holstein: [[Krümmel Nuclear Power Plant|Krümmel]], [[Brunsbüttel Nuclear Power Plant|Brunsbüttel]], and [[Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant|Brokdorf]]. The last operating plant in Schleswig-Holstein, the [[Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant|Brokdorf-plant]] was shut down on new-years eve 2021.<ref name="NDR">{{Cite web|last=NDR|title=AKW Brokdorf ist in der Silvesternacht vom Netz gegangen|url=https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Stromproduktion-im-AKW-Brokdorf-ist-vorbei,akw376.html|access-date=1 January 2022|website=www.ndr.de|language=de|archive-date=1 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101171840/https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Stromproduktion-im-AKW-Brokdorf-ist-vorbei,akw376.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

There is also a nuclear research center known "Helmholtz-Zentrum [[Geesthacht]]" (rebranded as Hereon) with 2 research reactors, located right next to the Krümmel plant.<ref name="Reactors">{{cite web|title=Demolition of research reactor FRG-1|url=http://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Abbau-FRG-1-Geesthacht-Unterlagen-oeffentlich,forschungsreaktor104.html|language=de|access-date=7 April 2021|archive-date=6 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906223541/http://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Abbau-FRG-1-Geesthacht-Unterlagen-oeffentlich,forschungsreaktor104.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the 1990s, ten more cases of leukemia among children than was expected were identified in [[Elbmarsch]], near the Krümmel plant. Anti-nuclear activists believed it was due to the nuclear plant, which led to several investigations. The reported discovery of small spherical beads of nuclear material in the area led to further concern, as well as the presence of minute amounts of plutonium in the [[Elbe]]. The origins of the nuclear material were disputed, with one report determining them to not be that of the Krümmel plant. Another report claimed that they may have come from an undisclosed fire in 1986, however this theory has been questioned as it would have required a substantial government coverup. The Chernobyl disaster has also been suggested as a source, though is considered unlikely. The probable source of the material, especially in the Elbe, is nuclear reprocessing plants in France. A 2010 report exonerated the nuclear power plants on the Elbe as the cause of contamination. Further doubt was cast on the nature of the supposed beads of nuclear material, with a Federal commission chastising the original commission that claimed to have discovered the beads. The exact cause of the increased leukemia cases remains unknown, and could be due to other environmental factors, or even by chance.<ref name="Leukemia1">{{cite journal|title=Childhood leukemia in the vicinity of the Geesthacht nuclear establishments near Hamburg, Germany|year=2007|pmid=17589605|last1=Hoffmann|first1=W.|last2=Terschueren|first2=C.|last3=Richardson|first3=D. B.|journal=Environmental Health Perspectives|volume=115|issue=6|pages=947–952|doi=10.1289/ehp.9861|pmc=1892150|bibcode=2007EnvHP.115..947H }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Dickmann|first1=Barbara|title=Und niemand weiß, warum... Das rätselhafte Kindersterben. 2008.|language=german}}</ref><ref name="An almost perfect crime">{{cite news|title=An almost perfect crime|newspaper=Der Freitag |url=https://www.freitag.de/autoren/der-freitag/ein-fast-perfektes-verbrechen|language=de|access-date=7 April 2021|archive-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226235334/https://www.freitag.de/autoren/der-freitag/ein-fast-perfektes-verbrechen|url-status=live |last1=Wetzel |first1=Wolf }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Urban|first1=Martin|title="Atomperlen aus Geesthacht. Die "Atombombe in der Aktentasche": Forscher glauben, Ursache der Kinder-Tumore in der Gemeinde Geesthacht entdeckt zu haben. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 2. November 2004."|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wie kommt das Plutonium in die Elbe?|date=13 August 2010 |url=https://www.shz.de/lokales/norddeutsche-rundschau/wie-kommt-das-plutonium-in-die-elbe-id2401636.html|language=german|access-date=7 April 2021|archive-date=22 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522051336/https://www.shz.de/lokales/norddeutsche-rundschau/wie-kommt-das-plutonium-in-die-elbe-id2401636.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The nuclear plants have further been questioned as a source of the cases due to comparison to the [[Savannah River Site]] in the United States. Despite release of radiation at the Savannah River Site, there is no increase in cases of leukemia around it. Alternative hypotheses for the cause of the cases have included [[electromagnetic field]]s, parental [[radiation]] exposure prior to conception, other [[carcinogen]]s, and [[benzene]] exposure; however, none have been supported by the existing evidence. Intriguingly, a larger case-control study in [[Lower Saxony]] found a correlation between the "untrained immune system" (as judged as contact with other children, vaccinations, etc.) and leukemia risk, suggested that an immature immune system that has not been challenged is at greater risk for developing malignancy, possibly secondary to an undetermined environment factor.<ref name="Grosche 1999">{{cite journal|last1=Grosche|first1=B|last2=Lackland|first2=D|last3=Mohr|first3=L|last4=Dunbar|first4=J|last5=Nicholas|first5=J|last6=Burkart|first6=W|last7=Hoel|first7=D|year=1999|title=Leukaemia in the vicinity of two tritium-releasing nuclear facilities: A comparison of the Kruemmel site, Germany, and the Savannah River site, South Carolina, USA|journal=Journal of Radiological Protection|volume=19|issue=3|pages=243–252|doi=10.1088/0952-4746/19/3/302|pmid=10503702|bibcode=1999JRP....19..243G|s2cid=250912929}}</ref><ref name="HoffmannTerschueren2007">{{cite journal|last1=Hoffmann|first1=Wolfgang|last2=Terschueren|first2=Claudia|last3=Richardson|first3=David B.|year=2007|title=Childhood Leukemia in the Vicinity of the Geesthacht Nuclear Establishments near Hamburg, Germany|journal=Environmental Health Perspectives|volume=115|issue=6|pages=947–952|doi=10.1289/ehp.9861|issn=0091-6765|pmc=1892150|pmid=17589605|bibcode=2007EnvHP.115..947H }}</ref><gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
File:Kernkraftwerk Kruemmel Side retouched.jpg|NPP Krümmel
File:Lce1.jpg|View form Elbe: left is NPP Krümmel, right is the Research Center.
File:Skizze cluster.gif|KKK – NPP Krümmel, GKSS – Research Center
File:AKW Brokdorf.jpg|Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant
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===Tourism===
Located between the [[North Sea]] and the [[Baltic Sea]], Schleswig-Holstein is also a popular [[Tourism in Germany|tourist destination in Germany]]. Its islands, beaches and cities attract millions of tourists every year. It has the second highest tourism intensity per local among the German states, after [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]], but in absolute value it is rank 6th and only 1/3 of top destination [[Bavaria]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2019/10/PD19_N003_45212.html|title=Tag der Deutschen Einheit: Tourismus in neuen Ländern wächst seit 2008 langsamer als im Westen|website=destatis.de|language=de|access-date=4 May 2020|archive-date=23 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723212129/https://www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2019/10/PD19_N003_45212.html|url-status=live}}</ref> According to a ruling by the [[Federal Administrative Court (Germany)|Federal Administrative Court]], everyone has the right to free access to the beach. Nevertheless, most of the seaside resorts kept cashing in (2-€3 /day/person).<ref>{{cite news|title=Die große Abzocke an deutschen Stränden|newspaper=Die Welt|date=5 February 2018|url=https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article173201979/Kurtaxe-Badeorte-erheben-trotz-Urteil-weiterhin-Gebuehren.html|language=de|last1=Fründt|first1=Steffen|access-date=9 April 2021|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001141944/https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article173201979/Kurtaxe-Badeorte-erheben-trotz-Urteil-weiterhin-Gebuehren.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

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File:Haithabu 009.JPG|[[Haithabu]] Museum
File:Matthias Suessen Amrum-4590.jpg|[[North Sea]] Coast at [[Amrum]]
File:2021-04-03-Sylt Kampen Rotes Kliff.jpg|Red Cliff ([[Sylt]])
File:Lübeck, Aussicht vom Turm der St.-Petri-Kirche -- 2017 -- 0353.jpg|[[Lübeck]] City Hall
File:Lubeck widok na Stare Miasto 1.jpg|Historic City Center of [[Lübeck]]
File:Timmendorfer Strand 2020-05-05.jpg|[[Baltic Sea]] Coast at [[Timmendorfer Strand]]
File:Helgoland Lange Anna 2902.jpg|Island of [[Heligoland]]
File:Heringstage Panorama2 Kappeln2008.jpg|[[Kappeln]] Herring Day
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===Agriculture===

63% of land in Schleswig-Holstein (990 403 ha) is used for agriculture (national average 47%).<ref>{{cite web|title=Umbruch auf dem Acker|url=https://story.kn-online.de/landwirtschaft/|language=de|access-date=10 April 2021|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121203039/https://story.kn-online.de/landwirtschaft/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Cultivated crops:<ref name="Schleswig">{{cite web|title=Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg – Landwirtschaft|url=http://www.heimatundwelt.de/kartenansicht.xtp?artId=978-3-14-100263-8&stichwort=Sonderkultur&fs=1|language=de|access-date=10 April 2021|archive-date=10 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410115403/http://www.heimatundwelt.de/kartenansicht.xtp?artId=978-3-14-100263-8&stichwort=Sonderkultur&fs=1|url-status=live}}</ref>

* Wheat, 208 000 ha
* Maize for [[silage]], 176 000 ha
* Winter [[rapeseed]], 112 000 ha
* [[Sugar beet]], 7 500 ha
* [[Potatoes]], 5 500 ha

There are some special cultivation regions:
* [[Elbmarschen]], west of [[Hamburg]] for fruits cultivation
* [[Dithmarschen|Ditmarschen]] for [[cabbage]]
* Between [[Mölln, Schleswig-Holstein|Mölln]] and [[Lübeck]] for [[asparagus]]
* [[Pinneberg (district)|Pinneberg]] for tree [[Plant nursery|nurseries]] and flower garden (especially, [[rose]]s of [[Rosen Tantau]] and [[W. Kordes' Söhne]]), 2 931 ha. These 2 companies have over 50% of the world cut roses market. There is a German Nurseries Museum ("Deutsches Baumschulmuseum").<ref name="Schleswig"/>

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File:Rosa Iceberg 1.jpg|Rosa Iceberg ("World-favorite Rose", 1983) from W. Kordes' Söhne
File:Baumschule Pinneberg.jpg|Tree nursery in Pinneberg
File:Rape-fieldSH.jpg|Rapeseed
File:Gewächshaus Tantau.jpg|Greenhouse of Rosen Tantau
File:Apricola (Kordes 2000).JPG|Rosa Apricola ("Goldenen Rose", 2005) from W. Kordes' Söhne
File:Schuelp kohlfeld einspruehen.JPG|Cabbage Field
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===Animal husbandry===
[[File:Posing - Flickr - Tobi NDH.jpg|thumb|A Holstein heifer]]
The dairy and cattle farming in connection with fodder cultivation is mainly concentrated on the marshland and the bordering Geest areas. In 2020, around 1 million cattle including 360,000 dairy cows were counted in Schleswig-Holstein, rank 4th of German states. Livestock is continuously declining.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rinderbestand in Deutschland nach Bundesländern in den Jahren 2018 bis 2020|url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/28792/umfrage/rinderbestand-in-deutschland/|language=de|access-date=10 April 2021|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506045203/https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/28792/umfrage/rinderbestand-in-deutschland/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Schleswig-Holstein is home of the most productive dairy cattle: [[Holstein Friesian cattle|Holsteins]], which produce an average of {{Convert|8125|l|gal|abbr=on}} per year of milk. It is now the main dairy cow around the world.

Pig breeding is mainly found in the [[Schleswig-Holstein Uplands]]. In principle, Schleswig-Holstein is one of the regions with relatively few pigs (a total of around 1.6 million; in comparison [[Lower Saxony]]: over 8 million). Poultry and sheep are also of little importance in animal husbandry.<ref name="Schleswig"/>

Schleswig-Holstein had Europe's largest snake farm in [[Uetersen]] with over 600 venomous reptiles, but it closed in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Giftlabor schließt|date=22 May 2019|url=https://www.abendblatt.de/region/pinneberg/article219673443/Warum-Europas-groesste-Schlangenfarm-am-Ende-ist.html|language=de|access-date=10 April 2021|archive-date=10 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410113849/https://www.abendblatt.de/region/pinneberg/article219673443/Warum-Europas-groesste-Schlangenfarm-am-Ende-ist.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Fishing and Aquaculture===
[[Image: Krabbenkutter_Ivonne_Pellworm_P5242390jm.JPG|thumbnail|Shrimp cutter near Südfall]]
Total production from fishing in North and Baltic Seas was 40 780 tonnes in 2019, ca. 1/3 German production.<ref name="Fish">{{cite web|title=Fischerei in Schleswig-Holstein|url=https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/Landesregierung/Themen/Landwirtschaft/Agrarstatistik/ZahlenFakten/Fischerei/Fischerei.html|language=de|access-date=10 April 2021|archive-date=10 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410143602/https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/Landesregierung/Themen/Landwirtschaft/Agrarstatistik/ZahlenFakten/Fischerei/Fischerei.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the [[Baltic Sea]] total production amounted to 10377 tonnes (2019), of which 5432 tonnes of [[European sprat|sprat]], 2568 tonnes of [[flatfish]] and 1190 tonnes of [[atlantic cod|cod]].<ref name="Fish"/>

In the [[North Sea]] the numbers were 19,487 tonnes of [[Mytilidae|mussels]], 3560 tonnes of [[Crangon crangon|North Sea shrimp]], 1166 tonnes of [[herring]] and 7062 other fishes.<ref name="Fish"/>

The one important aquaculture product is [[Mytilidae|mussels]], 16864 tonnes.<ref name="Fish"/>

Inland fishing and aquaculture is not significant with 221 and 250 tonnes in 2019 respectively.<ref name="Fish"/>

===Companies===
The largest company headquarters in Schleswig-Holstein with annual sales over 1 billion euros are:
* Wholesaler Bartels-Langness, [[Kiel]] 5.3 billion €
* Conglomerate Possehl, [[Lübeck]] 3.8 billion €
* Medical equipment manufacturer [[Dräger (company)|Drägerwerke]], [[Lübeck]] 3.4 billion €
* Telecommunication service provider [[Freenet AG|Freenet]], [[Büdelsdorf]] 2.9 billion € 
* Oil refinery Heide, [[Hemmingstedt]] 2.4 billion € 
* Submarine shipyards [[ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems]], [[Kiel]] 1.8 billion €
* Drainage and water solutions [[ACO Group]], [[Büdelsdorf]] 1 billion €

The unemployment rate stood at 5.0'''%''' in October 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/DE/Navigation/Statistiken/Statistiken-nach-Regionen/Politische-Gebietsstruktur-Nav.html|title=Arbeitslosenquote nach Bundesländern in Deutschland {{!}}|language=de|access-date=9 April 2021|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129125713/https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/DE/Navigation/Statistiken/Statistiken-nach-Regionen/Politische-Gebietsstruktur-Nav.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===Industries===
* '''Shipbuilding'''. Ca. 20% of German shipbuilding. The biggest ship yard [[ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems]] situated in [[Kiel]] and build submarines of [[Type 212 submarine|212]] and [[Type 214 submarine|214]] types. In [[Flensburg]] [[Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft|FSG]] yard build [[ferry|ferries]]. Famous luxury [[megayacht]]s are built by [[Lürssen|Lürssen-Kröger Werft]], [[Schacht-Audorf]], and [[Nobiskrug]], [[Rendsburg]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/technik-motor/motor/deutsche-werften-geniessen-unter-superyacht-eignern-exzellenten-ruf-17372158.html|title=Deutsche werften geniessen unter superyacht eignern exzellenten ruf|newspaper=Faz.net|language=de|last1=Krall|first1=Marcus|access-date=9 June 2021|archive-date=9 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609042305/https://www.faz.net/aktuell/technik-motor/motor/deutsche-werften-geniessen-unter-superyacht-eignern-exzellenten-ruf-17372158.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Shipyards in [[Lübeck]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Flender Werft: 800 Mitarbeiter fürchten das Aus|date=4 June 2002 |url=https://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/artikel/a-199204.html|language=de|access-date=7 April 2021|archive-date=17 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617002949/https://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/artikel/a-199204.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and Caterpillar-MaK marine engine plant were closed.<ref>{{cite web|title=chon im kommenden Jahr werden Caterpillar-Motoren nicht mehr in Kiel, sondern in Rostock und China produziert|date=25 September 2014 |url=https://www.shz.de/regionales/schleswig-holstein/wirtschaft/caterpillar-entlaesst-237-mitarbeiter-in-kiel-id7773241.html|language=de|access-date=7 April 2021|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924053315/https://www.shz.de/regionales/schleswig-holstein/wirtschaft/caterpillar-entlaesst-237-mitarbeiter-in-kiel-id7773241.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Raytheon Anschütz deliveries navigation equipment, autopilots, and radars to shipyards.
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File:Lurssen-Kroger Werft, Büdelsdorf (P1100446).jpg|[[Lürssen|Lürssen-Kröger]] [[Shipyard]] [[Rendsburg]]
File:Hafen Kiel 2010 PD 013.JPG|[[ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems|Thyssen-Krupp Marine Systems]] [[Shipyard]]s [[Kiel]]
File:Werft FSG Flensburg 2015 HDR.jpg|[[Flensburg]] [[Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft|FSG]] [[Shipyard]]
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* '''Locomotive'''. Vossloh Locomotives (owned by Chinese [[CRRC]]) manufactures three models of diesel-hydraulic (G6, G12, G18) and two models of diesel-electric (DE12, DE18) locomotives. Other manufacturer was Voith Turbo Lokomotivtechnik, but closed in 2014 year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kiel Voith Verkauf endgueltig gescheitert|url=https://www.kn-online.de/Nachrichten/Wirtschaft/Kiel-Voith-Verkauf-endgueltig-gescheitert|language=de|access-date=7 April 2021|archive-date=25 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425223631/https://www.kn-online.de/Nachrichten/Wirtschaft/Kiel-Voith-Verkauf-endgueltig-gescheitert|url-status=live}}</ref> Both firms are in [[Kiel]].

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File:VL G 12 ( 4 120 001).jpg|Vossloh G 12
File:Vossloh DE 18 Hannover.jpg|Vossloh DE 18
File:Vossloh G 2000 BB im Essener Hauptbahnhof.jpg|Vossloh G 2000 BB
File:Lueneburg Sued Voith Gravita 15L BB 6132 Torsten Baetge.jpg|Voith Gravita 15L BB
File:Voith Revita.jpg|Voith Revita
File:Voith Maxima.JPG|Voith Maxima
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[[File:20181018 Draeger Hauptsitz min.jpg|left|thumb|Headquarters of [[Dräger (company)|Dräger]] in [[Lübeck]]]]
* '''Industrial equipment'''. Fish and poultry processing machinery from Baader, [[Lübeck]], bottle washers and pasteurizers from Krones, [[Flensburg]], grinding machine tools from Peter Wolters, [[Rendsburg]], machinery to manufacture human-made fibers, and non-woven textile from Oerlikon Neumag and Oerlikon Nonwoven, [[Neumünster]].
* '''Medical and labor equipment'''. [[Dräger (company)|Drägerwerk]], [[Lübeck]] manufacture breathing equipment, medical ventilators and monitors, anesthetic machines, neonatal incubators, gas detectors, drug testing equipment, diving equipment, rebreathers, and breathalyzer. The company delivery breathing devices for reanimation [[COVID-19]] patients. Euroimmun, [[Lübeck]], produces test systems with which antibodies can be determined in the serum of patients and thus autoimmune and infectious diseases (including COVID-19) as well as allergies.
* '''Chemical'''. Almost all chemical industry concentrate around [[Brunsbüttel]]. [[Covestro]], with 650 employee, produced annually 400,000 tonnes [[methylene diphenyl diisocyanate]], which using in synthesis of [[polyurethane]]. [[Yara International|Yara]] (214 empl.) produce [[nitrogen fertilizers]], but, with special process, instead of using natural gas, it use heavy oil, which allow also manufacture as byproduct [[vanadium oxide]] and [[sulphur]]. Heavy oil is source material to produce [[bitumen]] by [[Total SE|Total Bitumen]] (130 empl.). Other plant is [[Sasol]] (520 empl.), which produce [[Fatty alcohol|fatty]] and Guerbet alcohols, [[Paraffin wax|paraffin]] and high-purity [[aluminium oxide]], [[aluminium hydroxide]] and [[triethylaluminium]]. Other important location of chemical industry is [[Neumünster]] with [[Ems-Chemie|EMS-Griltech]], which manufacture technical fibers from [[polyamides]] and [[polyesters]], adhesives, and powder coatings.