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Kazakhstan is facing one particular environmental challenge these days: hundreds of thousands of old tyres are stored at depots that have already grown to the size of small settlements. To date, virtually no tangible plans exist to deal with this waste product of mobility. In an attempt to combat this problem, the Kazakh government recently launched an incentive to reward the processing of old tyres. Continue reading

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

“Germany is a global leader in mechanical engineering and metalworking. I couldn’t miss out on the opportunity to visit German companies, gain new information and perhaps receive answers to my most urgent questions”, says Kuandyk Nurpeissov. Continue reading

Setting off for a month-long stay in Germany during the Ramadan is a special challenge for many entrepreneurs from Kazakhstan. With its many company visits the programme is highly structured, and getting through the daily routine without a snack in between can be difficult too. Continue reading

Kazakh executives like to give Kazakh chocolates to their German colleagues as gifts. In contrast, the German speciality of marzipan is largely unknown in Central Asia. The MP participants from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan therefore followed production of this delicacy with some amazement during a tour of Berlin-based Moll Marzipan GmbH. Continue reading

Recycling automobile tyres had been the primary business activity of Schynbolat Baikulow and his company KazKauchuk GmbH since 2010. They collected discarded tires and then had the Kazakhstan Rubber Recycling Plant process them to produce rubber granulate with various degrees of grain size. Continue reading

Future Energy is the theme of the Expo 2017 trade fair, which is to be held in the summer of 2017 in the Kazakh capital city of Astana. This is no coincidence, since renewable energy is a topic widely talked about in Central Asia. Continue reading

In mid-October 2015, managers from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan visited R.I.D. GmbH based in Kirchardt in Baden-Württemberg. Established in 2008 and on a consistent growth course ever since, R.I.D. GmbH specialises in supplying power generators and currently employs over 60 people. Continue reading

In the early summer months of 2015 the Manager Training Programme offered executives from Kazakh and Kyrgyz KMU the opportunity to attend a training course at the Export Academy Baden-Württemberg (EABW). Dastan Rustemow from NG Energy GmbH in Kazakhstan discusses his impressions. Continue reading

Energy efficiency is a highly topical subject in the countries of Central Asia. Thus, a workshop on this subject was right at the top of the wish list of Central Asian alumni of the BMWi training programme which took place in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Continue reading