Representatives from FrankfurtRheinMain are travelling to Mumbai and Goa / focus on film and pharmaceutical industries

Frankfurt am Main, November 2011. A delegation of experts from film and pharmaceutical industries will be in India from November 21 – 25, 2011 to promote the FrankfurtRheinMain region as an attractive business location.

During the trip, the FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH International Marketing of the Region will be organising investment seminars led by experts in Mumbai and Goa.

Dr. Hartmut Schwesinger, President and CEO of FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH International Marketing of the Region: "Our seminars offer an ideal platform for Indian companies to learn about business advantages of the FrankfurtRheinMain region, gain valuable information about setting up their businesses and acquire new contacts. The participants are companies who already have trade relations with eastern and western Europe and would like to expand their operations in Europe with Germany as their headquarters. Through this trip, we hope to rejuvenate old contacts and at the same time, develop new ones.”

India has experienced rapid economic growth in recent years. The Indian economy is booming and Indian companies are showing great interest in investing in Germany. “To strengthen the image of FrankfurtRheinMain region amongst Indian investors and businesses, FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH will be opening a liaison office in Pune very soon. We are proud to announce the appointment of Mrs. Disha Shah as the new India Representative.” says Dr. Hartmut Schwesinger.

With more than 6,000 Indians living in FrankfurtRheinMain, the Indian community in the region is one of the strongest in Europe. At the same time, around 200 Indian companies operate out of the FrankfurtRheinMain region.

More than 450 promising Chinese companies have settled in FrankfurtRheinMain region

Beijing, November 7, 2011. FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH International Marketing of the Region will join this year's China Overseas Investment Fair and, in co-operation with the China Industrial Overseas Development & Planning Association plus seven German partners, will host a seminar for Chinese enterprises interested in investing in Germany. The partners include: the accounting firm BDO AG, Deutsche Boerse AG, Ernst & Young GmbH, Germany Trade and Investment, Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen, Hessen Agentur GmbH and the law firm Taylor Wessing.

Time: November 8, 14:00 - 16:00

Venue: China World Exhibition Hall, Conference Room 5.

"We have participated in the COIF for three consecutive years and held “invest in Germany” forums. Since the scale of our seminar has been expanded this year I believe there will be even more useful information for Chinese companies when going global”, Mr. Bertram Roth, Director China of FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH, said. "With its unique and convenient transportation infrastructure, Germany´s economic and financial center FrankfurtRheinMain attracts nearly 40 Chinese enterprises each year. Mainly from the machinery manufacturing industry, such as Shenyang Machine Tool Group, Shanghai Edunburg Elevator, the auto and automotive suppliers industries, such as Brilliance Jinbei Automotive, Yanfeng Visteon Automotive, the photovoltaic industry such as Suntech and Shanghai Chaori, the ITC industry, such as TP-Link, Vtion Technologies and Huawei, household appliances such as Haier and Midea, and aviation industry such as Air China, China Southern Airlines, etc. We sincerely welcome Chinese enterprises at our forum or at our booth no. 2059.

Markus Frank, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, and Dr. Hartmut Schwesinger, Managing Director, report on a successful financial year 2010

Frankfurt am Main, 17.02.2011. The financial year 2010 was an overall success for FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH International Marketing of the Region. The regional site marketing company contacted some 7,140 companies in the course of a total of 84 presentations in the target regions (trips by delegations, site seminars, road shows, trade fairs, conferences). Advertisements in various publications and trade magazines allowed FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH to again reach more than 1.5 million people, while about 4 million contacts were generated via the internet. The company has therefore successfully represented and positioned FrankfurtRhineMain as a centre of business. Positive outcome: The marketing company was able to generate 328 leads, and in-depth discussions about possible settlement were held with 47 companies. Added to which, FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH helped 40 companies to settle in the region last year, compared with 31 companies in 2009.
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