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Dortmund campus with Technology Center and Park. Source University of Dortmund
4.4 The Dortmund-Project
To explain the establishment of the initiative Dortmund-Project (Dortmund-
Project
2000
) one has to go back to the year 1997 and the decision of the two
biggest steel producing companies in Germany ''Thyssen'' and ''Krupp Hoesch''
to merge and to close steel production in the City of Dortmund. Within a Mem-
orandum of understanding both companies agreed upon certain activities to sub-
stitute and replace the lost jobs, including the establishment of an automotive
supply factory in Dortmund. After some counseling, the ThyssenKrupp AG
engaged the consulting firm McKinsey & Company to development a 10 year
strategy for the City of Dortmund to halve the unemployment rate.
In June 2000, as a first step of implementation, the Dortmund City Council
voted to establish the Dortmund-Project under the direct supervision of the Lord
Mayor and reserved budgets of approx. €5 Mio. p.a. up to the year 2010. From the
very beginning the Dortmund-Project was supported by ThyssenKrupp AG and the
Economic
and
Employment
Promotion
Dortmund.
The
overall
strategy
was
described in six goals:
• Set up new anchor industries in Dortmund.
• Strengthen companies resident in Dortmund.
• Expand training programs, skills upgrading plans, and R&D of an international
standard.
• Turn the City of Dortmund into a modern business city with a high quality of
life and unrivaled leisure amenities.
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