Of course, many handicraft businesses and regionally important companies are also located in Schwalbach am Taunus. However, its business structure is clearly characterized by the administrative headquarters of internationally active companies.

For instance, Procter&Gamble GmbH has its central administration for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, as well as its research and development center for paper products and beverages located here.

Continental Automotive GmbH , one of the world’s leading automotive suppliers of electronics and mechatronics, is also located in the Western Industrial Park (Gewerbegebiet West).
 
Today, Samsung is a globally operating company with ca. 200,000 employees and is represented worldwide in 67 countries at 285 locations. The first Samsung branch office in Germany opened in 1972 in Hamburg. Starting in 1975, more and more Samsung subsidiaries moved to the Frankfurt metropolitan area. Since 1997, 12 Samsung subsidiaries have been located in one building in Schwalbach am Taunus in the Northern Industrial Park (Gewerbegebiet Nord), most importantly, the Samsung European Headquarters. There, the business segments comprise, first and foremost, the electronics, semiconductor, steel, metal, and chemical sectors, as well as the finance and IT sectors. In December 2004, Samsung Europe reached the sales revenue milestone of $22 billion for the first time. Samsung currently has ca. 10,000 employees European-wide, 500 of these in Hessen.

Other internationally operating high-tech companies are also present such as BIT Analytical Instruments GmbH and SOC Technology GmbH & Co KG (microelectronics/development and sales of microchips).

Dow is one of the world’s largest chemical companies. Dow Deutschland GmbH & Co OHG has its sales and administrative offices in the Northern Industrial Park (Gewerbegebiet Nord).

More than ten companies involved in production and process technology as well as in information and communications technology are represented in Schwalbach am Taunus, for example, EMC2 Computer Systems Deutschland GmbH and Tektronix Network Systems GmbH . Tektronix, Inc., a US company, develops and sells measurement systems for the telecommunications, computer and semiconductor industries.
In addition, sales and distribution companies are also located in the „Am Kronberger Haag“ Northern Industrial Park (Gewerbegebiet Nord) including SANYO Component Europe GmbH , a sales and marketing company for electronic components, and Dade Behring Vertriebs GmbH & Co., as well as MISUMI Europa GmbH . Commercial enterprises such as the German headquarters of the Jaguar and Land Rover premium automobile brands, as well as the Central and Eastern European head offices of Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery are also located here. Hopf Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH and MISUMI Deutschland GmbH are located in the Camp Phönix Park Industrial Park (Gewerbegebiet Camp Phönix Park).

A market, opinion and sales research company, the Mafo-Institut is also based in Schwalbach am Taunus. Werner Wilke Zerspanungstechnik GmbH sells metal processing tools and clamping devices worldwide. Most recently, 76% of the employees subject to German social security contributions in Schwalbach am Taunus were involved in service activities.

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