The Future Prospects of Industrial Parks and Infrastructure Providers

Core Messages

• After a consequent restructuring/consolidation, the future prospects for industrial parks/infrastructure providers in Germany look positive.
• More competitive structures are necessary to enhance Germany as a location for industrial parks/ infrastructure providers.
• Users have a clear requirements specification, but are of the opinion that there is often a lack of competitive cost structure and insufficient cost transparency.
• For the most part, consequent restructuring/consolidation activities have not been carried out, but a concentration on core activities(e.g. infrastructure management, supplies and waste disposal) and the sale of peripheral areas (e.g. technical services) is being seen.
• Restructuring (outsourcing, sale) is done internally or with the support of an external partner.
• Internal restructuring requires clear objectives and the letting go of "old ties".
• The importance of industrial investors as external partners will increase (restructuring of the non-core activities through an external partner is usually more promising, as they will carry it out more consequently).
• There are already many examples of successful restructuring of sites in Germany (e.g. Henkel Dusseldorf, InfraTec Duisburg und the industrial park Oberbruch).
• Formation of regional clusters with regional growth through diversification is an interesting future strategy.