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From mining to biotech: Central Asian delegation at the German-Eurasian SME Day in Duisburg
Delegates from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan met with German SMEs at the 5th German-Eurasian SME Day in Duisburg, returning home with firm commitments for future cooperation.
Building trust twenty thousand times: Dr Rajkumar Yadav and the power of face-to-face meetings
Partnering in Business with Germany welcomes its 20,000th participant at the Hannover Trade Fair. The experience he has gained when meeting German business representatives provides insights into the programme.
Technology partners in high demand: CCI Stuttgart Region hosts talks with Vietnamese firms
Managers from Vietnam met with companies from the Stuttgart region to engage in talks about specific opportunities for cooperation, sign agreements on confidentiality and forge new partnerships in the fields of circular economy and environmental technology.
Ägyptische Unternehmen zu Gast bei POLIFILM in Sachsen-Anhalt
Drei ägyptische Unternehmen sind zu Gast beim Folienhersteller Polifilm in Weißandt-Gölzau – und entdecken Potenziale bei den Themen Kreislaufwirtschaft und Recyclingtechnologie.
Networking event in Chişinău: face-to-face encounters and AI strengthen German-Moldovan business relations
The future of Moldovan-German business cooperation builds on the combination of technological innovation and personal contacts. The Partnering in Business with Germany programme makes an indispensable contribution to this – as a catalyst for knowledge transfer, networking and economic integration.
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Building trust twenty thousand times: Dr Rajkumar Yadav and the power of face-to-face meetings
Partnering in Business with Germany welcomes its 20,000th participant at the Hannover Trade Fair. The experience he has gained when meeting German business representatives provides insights into the programme.
Hannover Messe 2026: international cooperation as key to success for German SMEs
The Hannover Messe 2026 trade fair, which attracted around 110,000 visitors, impressively showed the extent to which industrial transformation is characterised by international cooperation. It is becoming more and more obvious for German SMEs that economic success increasingly depends on access to new markets and innovative partners.
Global networking on our doorstep: women entrepreneurs from India visit ROWE Mineralölwerk GmbH
Reaching out into the regions to launch international cooperation with German enterprises: one example is the recent visit of women entrepreneurs from India to ROWE Mineralölwerk GmbH in the context of the Partnering in Business with Germany programme. The aim of the visit was to foster the dialogue between regional companies and international female decision-makers and to open up specific possibilities for cooperation.
Partnering in Business with Germany at MEDICA 2025: high level of participation and strong international interest
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) presented the Partnering in Business with Germany programme at MEDICA in Düsseldorf from 17 to 20 November 2025. At the stand, visitors had the opportunity to inform themselves about the programme’s scope and objectives for structured business initiation with currently 22 partner countries.
Digitalisation, efficient energy solutions and hydrogen technologies are paving the way for the future - Networking boosts Indo-German business relations
At the end of March 2025, during a major networking event organised by Partnering in Business with Germany in Mumbai, 80 Indian business leaders actively explored new opportunities for long-term economic cooperation. To discuss this topic, they met with representatives from India’s foremost business associations – the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) – as well as delegates from the German Embassy, the German Consulate General, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and the well-established German business community.
A further deepening of economic relations with India
India has been an important partner country for the implementation of the external economic policy instrument Partnering in Business with Germany since 2009. This is stressed by the Joint Declaration of Intent signed by the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck and the Minister of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of India Piyush Goyal in New Delhi on 24 October 2024.
Partnering in Business with Germany supports companies promoting circular economy
A circular economy is becoming increasingly important globally and the need for technologies and solutions for a closed-loop circular model is increasing – using resources more efficiently, questioning consumption and recycling resources. Having this in mind, the industry group Circular Economy from India visited German companies during the BMWK program Partnering in Business with Germany to exchange ideas on a circular economy.
Networking event in India: A look into the future
Almost 100 alumni and other representatives from politics and business accepted the invitation of the Indo-German Manager Training Programme to the networking event “Forming Long-term Partnerships” on 21 and 22 July 2023 in Bangalore, India. The focus was on the opportunity to connect with German institutions in India, such as AHK Bengaluru, VDMA India and also the Fraunhofer Institute from Bengaluru.
