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Founded by Johannes Schmalz in 1910, the company of the same name has been family-run ever since – now in the third generation. When the electric shaver revolutionised the market after World War II, Schmalz GmbH gave up its razor blade business and focused on transport equipment for use in the agricultural and industrial sectors. Gradually, the firm developed into the leading manufacturer of vacuum technology for the most diverse industrial uses. In the meantime, many MP participants have got to know Schmalz as a particularly good example of a medium-sized enterprise in a rural region. Continue reading

Washing up brushes from Mexico gaining ground in Germany

Carcal is a Mexican family-run business with an over sixty-year history that specialises in the production of cleaning brushes. The colourful washing up brushes, scrubbers, nail and toilet brushes have ensured cleanliness from Mexico to Australia for many years now. Since recently, they can also be found in Germany. Continue reading

Luis H. Sánchez Ocampo is a project manager in the automotive industry. He has studied in Spain, Mexico and the U.S.A. Three years ago he and his father founded Metalistik, a tool making works. In the following interview he reflects on his experiences, new plans and investments in connection with industry 4.0. Continue reading

Elisabeth Rosado is not your typical entrepreneur. At the age of 17, she decided that she wanted to study anthropology. She never imagined that she would one day take over the family business and that the work would even fascinate her. Today she is 32 and knows pretty much every beekeeper on the Mexican Yucatan peninsula in person. The fact that honey from Yucatan sweetens the breakfasts of many Germans is thanks to her and her family’s commitment. Continue reading

In future, countries in Eastern Europe, Africa and Latin American will benefit from the new knowledge and experience on energy efficiency in industry that the seventeen managers bring home with them from their four weeks at GICON®-InTraBiD GmbH as part of the Manager Training Programme. Continue reading

“All the knowledge we have now gained can be put to good effect and help us in our objectives: specifically, those of buying or selling products and doing business with Germany.” Continue reading

The Manager Training Programme (MP) with Mexico is developing at a rapid pace. The Latin American country has only been a partner in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy’s (BMWi) programme for three years; it has not even been two years since the bilateral cooperation was sealed with a Memorandum of Understanding in Cologne. Continue reading

Of all fruits, it turned out to be the sea buckthorn – a type of berry largely unknown in Mexico – that was the centre of attention for Mexican executives who visited the company Christine Berger GmbH & Co. KG in Petzow at Potsdam, in late September of 2015 as part of their management Training Programme. Continue reading

A visit to Hermann Paus Maschinenfabrik GmbH in Emsbüren

At the entrance, the Indian, Mongolian, Russian and Mexican flags are flying; there was no flag pole for the Kyrgyz flag. Continue reading

In summer 2015, an international group of managers from the health care sector completed the manager training programme at Baden-Württemberg International (bw-i). Continue reading