The region's industrial heritage forms the basis for the current capabilities of high-tech companies in our digital age.
Over the past 20 years, Schaffhausen has developed into a preferred location for international companies. The canton has pursued a consistent location promotion strategy and has attracted around 600 companies to settle in Schaffhausen. Many companies have set up their international headquarters and central business units in the region. Today, these stand alongside innovative high-tech companies that specialize in advanced manufacturing or research and development - and are part of the local business landscape.
Where the first industrial companies ushered in a new era 150 years ago, today software sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT) are being developed, global marketing strategies devised and international value chains managed. The image of Schaffhausen's economy has changed dramatically: Whereas in the last century the region was dominated by the chimneys of the iron and aluminum industry, today it is the innovation drivers from the life sciences and medical technology or the packaging industry, which shape regional production with plastics processing or precision engineering expertise and are successful worldwide.
Over the past 20 years, Schaffhausen has developed into a preferred location for internationally active companies. Thanks to the canton's reliable and active location policy, over 600 internationally active companies have established a company headquarters in Schaffhausen. Today, the many international headquarters with their various functions are just as much a part of the Schaffhausen corporate landscape as the innovative production and development companies.
Economic crisis, negative mood, lack of prospects: In the 1990s, the canton of Schaffhausen was caught in a negative spiral with high unemployment, emigration and falling tax revenues. Thanks to an active location policy, the story took a different course. Today, Schaffhausen can look back on an economic success story.
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