Wenn man Elena Krumholz fragt, ob sie eine deutsche oder eine russische Geschäftsfrau ist, gerät sie kurz ins Grübeln. Denn die Unterscheidung fällt schwer, so sehr ist die gebürtige Russin in beiden Märkten verankert und in beiden Ländern gleichermaßen zuhause. Continue reading
Partner countries
Botschafterin zwischen den Ländern
Astrid Vonhoff ist viel herumgekommen in ihrem Leben. Krankenschwester, Schiffskrankenschwester auf der MS Europa sowie als Angestellte in einer Leitungsposition in Saudi-Arabien – das sind nur einige der vielen Stationen der gelernten Krankenschwester und studierten Pflegemanagerin. 2012 war sie mit dem MP in China. Nicht zum ersten Mal besuchte sie das Reich der Mitte. Continue reading
Globaler denken
Mit Geschäftspartnern aus Osteuropa hatte Florian Hees gute Erfahrungen gemacht, bevor er 2006 am Programm „Fit für das Russlandgeschäft“ teilnahm. Nach drei Wochen in Sankt Petersburg zog es ihn dann immer wieder nach Russland. Mittlerweile ist aus den so gewonnenen Kontakten ein Großprojekt geworden. Continue reading
Biomasse sticht Kohle
Das chinesische Sprichwort „Wer fragt, gewinnt“ hat sich Hans Sanzenbacher zu Herzen genommen, als er im Oktober 2015 die Metal Eco City in Jieyang besuchte. Continue reading
Uzbekistan’s Textile Industry and German Technology
The textile and clothing sector will be remaining one of Uzbekistan’s most important industries for foreign investment and cooperation in future. State-based modernisation programmes are supporting the growth in the domestic textile industry. The search for new technologies has led Schachzoda Egamberdiewa, the representative of the respective authority in Uzbekistan, to Germany. Continue reading
Turnover tripled through clever management
If companies wish to grow, they must recruit employees. And learn to delegate. These, says Shykhmyrat Ovezov, are the two most important lessons that he learned in Germany. Continue reading
Working as a Self-Employed Business Consultant
Anh Nguy was 27 when she participated in the Manager Training Programme (MP). The MBA graduate was working as a project manager at a German business consultancy based in Ho Chi Minh City, a metropolis with eight million inhabitants situated in the south of Vietnam. She established her own business in her early 30s. The MP helped her to make this jump, Anh Nguy says today. Continue reading
Steam boilers for Africa
Aymen Dimassi is the Managing Director of a small company that produces steam boilers and also offers complementary products for boiler plants. In the food industry, the boilers are used to sterilise milk or brew beer, for example. Steam boilers also have their applications in the automotive industry and agriculture. Continue reading
Organic herbs from Tunisia served in German dining rooms
Leith Tlemcani is a biologist. He studied in France and has lived, researched and worked there. Four years ago the 35-year-old microbiologist returned to Tunisia and founded his own company there, thereby entering a sector that is still just emerging in Tunisia. He produces organic oils, herbs and extracts, primarily for the German market. Demand is so great that production could not keep up, so he has recently upgraded and expanded. Continue reading
Upgrading From the Shell to the Fruit
Anis Zelleg founded the Sotuged company based in Gabes, a large city on the Tunisian Mediterranean coast. He recently reorganised his company to produce apricot kernels for a German customer. Continue reading




