Strong infrastructure geared towards the chemical industry

With its deep roots and strong infrastructure, Basel-Landschaft is an important location for the chemical industry.  The industrial area at Schweizerhalle represents the flagship of the sector.

The Swiss chemical industry is a major economic sector with over 29,000 employees. It generates important added value. The roots of the industry are to be found in the Pratteln salt mine which opened in 1837. To this day, salt is being mined in the areas close to the banks of the Rhine river. The chemical industry gave rise to a particular infrastructure, including ports on the Rhine with their hubs for handling dangerous goods, dedicated industrial zones and its dock railway.

The industrial areas at Schweizerhalle and Infrapark are the flagships of the Swiss chemical industry, offering fully-fledged infrastructural facilities, from waste water treatment to freeway feeder roads. Both established and up-and-coming chemical players have settled in the immediate vicinity, such as Clariant with sales of over CHF 6 billion and 18,000 employees or newcomer vanBaerle AG with some 120 employees.