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====Other==== [[File:Frankfurt Herriotstraße 4.20130511.jpg|thumb|Headquarters of [[Colt Technology Services]] and [[Nintendo of Europe]] in the Lyoner Quartier]] [[File:Industriepark Höchst, Leunabrücke.jpg|thumb|Industriepark Höchst]] [[File:Mainova - Müllheizkraftwerk Nordweststadt - Frankfurt am Main.jpg|thumb|[[Mainova]] heating plant]] Frankfurt is home to companies from the chemical, transportation, telecommunication and energy industries. Some of the larger companies are: *'''Industriepark Höchst''' — An [[industrial park]] in [[Höchst (Frankfurt am Main)|Höchst]]. It is one of Germany's largest with over 90 companies from the [[Pharmaceutical industry|pharmaceutical]], the [[Chemical industry|chemical]] and the [[biotechnology]] industry, including [[Celanese]], [[Clariant]], [[BASF]], [[Merck KGaA]] and [[Siemens]]. It was founded by chemical company [[Hoechst AG]] in 1874. At the beginning of the 1980s Hoechst AG was the largest pharmaceutical corporation and Industriepark Höchst was known as "the pharmacy of the world". Hoechst AG merged with [[Rhône-Poulenc]] to become [[Aventis]] in 1999 and in 2004 Aventis merged with [[Sanofi-Synthélabo]] to become [[Sanofi-Aventis]]. In 2005, around 22,000 people worked at Industriepark Höchst. In 2011, [[Ticona]] now part of [[Celanese]], an international manufacturer of engineering [[polymer]]s, moved to Industriepark Höchst. *'''Deutsche Bahn''' – Deutsche Bahn subsidiaries [[DB Fernverkehr]], [[DB Regio]], [[DB Stadtverkehr]], [[DB Netz]], [[DB Schenker]] and the corporate development department of Deutsche Bahn are Frankfurt-based. *'''[[Deutsche Telekom]]''' – Deutsche Telekom's subsidiary [[T-Systems]] is Frankfurt-based. *'''[[COLT Group|COLT]]''' – telecommunications company with Frankfurt-based German headquarters *'''[[Nintendo]]''' — In 2014, [[Nintendo of Europe]] moved its headquarters from [[Großostheim]] to Frankfurt.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 June 2014 |title=Nintendo Europe closing Großostheim headquarters, 130 jobs lost |language=en-gb |work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-europe-closing-grossostheim-headquarters-130-jobs-lost |access-date=2 November 2022 |archive-date=2 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102225030/https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-europe-closing-grossostheim-headquarters-130-jobs-lost |url-status=live }}</ref> *'''[[CenturyLink]]''' — [[internet service provider]] with German headquarters in Frankfurt *'''[[DE-CIX]]''' – Frankfurt is an important location for [[electronic communication]], especially the Internet. It is home to [[DE-CIX]], the world's largest [[internet exchange point]]. *'''[[Mainova]]''' – The largest regional [[Energy supply|energy supplier]] in Germany with about one million customers in [[Hesse]]. It provides electricity, gas, heat and water. Its headquarters are Frankfurt-based. In addition, several [[Cloud computing|cloud]] and [[Financial technology|fintech]] [[Startup company|startups]] have their headquarters in Frankfurt.<ref>{{cite web |title=Global Startup Ecosystem Survey – Startup Genome. Frankfurt among the global startup capitals. |url=http://startupgenome.com/report2017/ |access-date=21 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322014620/http://startupgenome.com/report2017/ |archive-date=22 March 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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