Crafts and trade in Vorpommern: traditions from the Hanseatic period combine to form new ideas and creative implementations. Many companies are family-run, closely connected to both their locations and their employees.

Regional manufacturers and handicraft companies produce healthy foods and offer services in the fields of health, energy and mobility, or are active in the construction and supplier industries. These services range from chalk and algae cosmetics, craft beer and veggie products, to thatched roofers and traditional boat builders.

In Vorpommern the facets of machine and metal construction range from highly specialised steel deformation to plant engineering to handcrafted production of stairways and gates.

There are countless small and medium-sized craft and industrial companies in the fields of architecture, energy technology, vehicle technology and mechanical and system engineering that consolidate the region’s industrial backbone and maritime sector. They are highly specialised, and they too are firmly anchored in international markets.

Boats and ships have been built along Vorpommern’s coasts for centuries. Right up to today. Here the maritime industry remains one of the regional key sectors. New construction and repair yards, ports, yacht and boat builders, as well as maritime suppliers and service providers, all do their work here on ships worth dreaming about and boats for falling in love with.

At the MV shipyards in Stralsund, this is where Endeavor Class ships are created – the world’s largest “ice class” megayachts. In addition, large sections for the two largest cruise ships in the world – capable of carrying almost 10,000 passengers each – come from Stralsund. And HanseYachts AG, the world’s second largest manufacturer of sailing yachts, is based in Vorpommern. The company has grown rapidly in recent years – it employs more than 800 people in Greifswald.

The food industry of Vorpommern is on a course for growth. All by itself it generates a third of all turnover in the region, and is as such the strongest industry in the manufacturing sector. The increasing exports indicate that the food produced and processed here is competitive not only domestically but also abroad.

With 1,300 eco-certified companies and a figure of 13 % of the agricultural area in Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, compared to the rest of the country, is also at the top of the organic food sector. Vorpommern offers optimal conditions, and on top of that the necessary scientific and technological know-how, for sustainable production. Young companies use the resources available in the region for innovations. Many also rely on processing legumes, oily plants, herbs, fruits and vegetables. For growing enjoyment.

Vorpommern, with its central location in the Baltic Sea region, is an important logistic hub for flows of goods from and to Northern and Eastern Europe. The metropolises of Berlin and Hamburg, as well as Szczecin in Poland, are quickly accessible.

The modern traffic infrastructure includes well-developed motorways and Federal highways and regional train and ICE connections, as well as a network of ports. Add to this the airports in Rostock-Laage, Stralsund-Barth and Heringsdorf (Usedom).