Group presentation

Lower Saxony:

            -Home to Volkswagen

            -5 plants in Lower Saxony

            -20% of Volkswagen is owned by the Local government

            -Mining of Silver ore, iron ore and salt as early as the 12^th century

            -radioactive waste storage in Salzgitter (high level)

Bremen:

            -second largest Airbus assembly plant located here

            - Mercedes-Benz

            -Beck & co’s and St. Pauli Girl beer brewed here

            -lesser known to house the 1^st and 3^rd Space company in the European Union

Saarland:

            -home to Coal mining in the past

            -now home to steel and ceramic industry

            -also known for computer science and information systems technology (server computers and database software)

 

sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saarland#Economy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremen#Economy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfsburg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Saxony

http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Nuclear-Fuel-Cycle/Fuel-Recycling/Processing-of-Used-Nuclear-Fuel/