Flevoland

Flevoland is often called a 'man-made miracle'. Until 1940 this area was still part of the Zuiderzee. Gradually the Dutch reclaimed the land on the bottom of this former sea till in the beginning of the seventies of last century a surface of 1,425 square kilometers (550 square miles) of new land was realised. A modern, spacious region, with two mayor new towns and several villages, with its own airport, forests, recreation areas and in easy reach of Amsterdam. So Flevoland, as the eastern wing of greater Amsterdam, with a lot of space still being available is well suited to international companies.

Key cities

• Lelystad: capital
• Almere: fastest growing new town

Key industries

• Life sciences, food engineering, geomatics, ICT, composites, services

Access nationally / internationally  

• Own airport with international flights, easy access to Amsterdam and Schiphol ans the port of Rotterdam

Foreign companies  

• Almere: Arizona Chemical (USA), Arris (USA), C. P. Technology (Taiwan), Giken Seisakusho (Japan), Kobe Steel (Japan), Koyo Seiko (Japan), LG Electronics (Korea), Mitsubishi Caterpillar (Japan), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan), Pan Korea Express (Korea), Quanta Storage (Taiwan), Texas MicroSystems (USA), TYC Brother Industrial (Taiwan), Yakult Honsha (Japan), Yanmar (Japan)
• Emmeloord: Geesink Norba Group (of Oshkosh, USA)
• Lelystad: Giant (Taiwan), Primus Telecommunications (USA), Sylvan Prometic (USA)
• Nagele: CableScan (UK)

Demographic figures 

• Population: 370,700 (2006)
• Labor force: 182,700 (2007)
• Unemployment rate: 7.0% (September 2007)

Regional development agency

• Development Agency Flevoland - OMFL