Industrial revolution in Germany and China

China’s domestic industry is currently undergoing a transformation. As part of its “China Manufacturing 2025” campaign, the government is facilitating Chinese businesses in setting up smart factories. Consequently, 20 SME executives from China who completed a four-week programme in Hamburg during the summer of 2017 showed enormous interest in discovering how German companies have embraced today’s shift towards Industry 4.0. Continue reading

University Hospital Defies the Crisis

Kharkiv is the second largest city in Ukraine and the country’s leading hub for science and education. Home to more than 40 higher education institutions, the city also has a university hospital with over 400 employees. These include Fatima Abdueva, a 36-year-old cardiologist. In 2015, Fatima participated in the MP to learn more about work practices at medical facilities in Germany and network with German hospitals. Continue reading

Economic Development and Promotion Made in Germany

This would have been a suitable motto for the four-week training course at DMAN within the framework of the Manager Training Programme (MP) for Kyrgyz entrepreneurs. The participants, most of them also the owners of the firms, represented very diverse small and medium-sized enterprises, mainly in Bishkek. The industries ranged from food, building, textile production, printing, gas and oil to rose-growing. And the participants’ interests were just as varied. Continue reading

Zhanajar Tapalov – Business success thanks to training in intercultural management skills

Zhanajar Tapalov decided he wanted to become self-employed back in the year 2000. With Infradin GmbH he established a small company for the production and maintenance of water, electricity and heating meters. At the time, meters were still a rarity in the central Asian country, which is blessed with oil and gas reserves and is one of the world’s largest oil exporters. Continue reading

Trade Fair Lessons

In Mai 2017, a group of 20 executives from China arrived in Germany to take part in the Manager Training Programme. On May 10, they visited the world’s largest packaging sector trade fair, the Interpack in Dusseldorf, a key event for a range of different industries. Participants prepared for the fair, completing a “How to Do Business” seminar the day before to learn how to take advantage of the exhibition, and establish contact with new business partners. Continue reading

Management Professionals from Egypt at ABB

As part of their manager training at AHP International, five MP groups have already had the opportunity to visit the vocational training centre hosted by ABB – the energy and automation technology group. The visit served to build on candidates’ existing knowledge regarding various HR management topics – from the recruitment of new members of staff through to apprenticeships and further training, as well as generating staff motivation. Continue reading

„Das sind gewaltige Dimensionen“

Der Münsterländer Maschinenbauingenieur Jens Wensing hat im November 2012 an einer Fortbildungsreise der GIZ im Rahmen des Programms „Fit für das Chinageschäft“ teilgenommen. Während des China-Besuchs schloss er einen Vertrag mit einem chinesischen Partner, inzwischen schickt er seine Anlagen an Automobilzulieferer im Reich der Mitte. Continue reading