magazine for business and investment - Innovatives Niedersachsen

Foreign Trade Prize
Niedersachsen Global 49
Experts in the controlled drainage of surface water work
at Hydrotec Technologies AG in Wildeshausen. The
company produces drainage channels for car parks and
for many other sealed surfaces. The company is known
worldwide for its manhole covers - popularly known as
gully tops and which are manufactured in many different
sizes. Wildeshausen represents design and development
and companies in China, India and Turkey produce the
drainage, gas & water supply products on commission
orders. The 85 employees in Wildeshausen generate
around €50 million every year.
Heller-Leder GmbH
Symrise AG
Ge:Net GmbH
Piccoplant Mikrovermehrung GmbH in Oldenburg is the world’s
market leader in lilac production. The company has 300 varieties of
lilac alone in its product portfolio including some rare Russian varieties.
Piccoplant also supplies azaleas, rhododendrons and bamboos.
All the plants are produced biotechnologically in a natural way in small
test tubes and without the use of chemicals. This leads to the creation
of six million seedlings per year which range from rare poplars
through asparagus up to virus-free elite plants and renewable resources
as sustainable, perennial biomass-plants as a replacement for
corn. 80 percent of production is exported, to most EU countries but
also to China and Russia. Piccoplant employs 70 people in Oldenburg.
Purplan GmbH in Wallenhorst is a system
builder for tanks, liquid mixing containers and
reaction systems for synthetic resins. The chemicals
industry uses Purplan tanks for liquid
plastics. Purplan’s operations are virtually
worldwide, with the exception of Australia and
Argentina and in Wallenhorst 120 employees
generate around € 16 million revenue per annum.
(See interview on page 46.)