As of: 24.11.2010Germany Trade and Invest

   www.gtai.com

General Profile

Mission: Promotion of Germany as a location for industrial and technological investments and identification of investors for the German market. The organization advises and supports foreign companies seeking to expand into the German market and assists German companies looking to enter foreign markets.

Status: Foreign trade and inward investment agency of the Federal Republic of Germany

Employees: 350 professionals working in Berlin and Cologne, among them about 60 foreign based correspondents

Activities

• Foreign correspondents' reports on selected RETech target markets
• Information on export markets in target countries ( Up-to-date economic data sheets, reports on trends of the all-over cyclical and economic situation, industry reports, etc.)
• General investment and distribution guides, legal and tariff information
• Information on international tenders and projects
• Advice on export markets
• Betreuung of the German internet portal for foreign trad iXPOS    www.iXPOS.de (including a comprehensive event calendar)
• Management of the internet portal    www.e-trade-center.com (International networking service for business partners) and    www.german-business-portal.info (Information about Germany for the international business community)
• Advice and support for foreign companies seeking to expand into the German market

Available reports, studies, etc.

Germany Trade and Invest information on "Environmental Technologies, Protection of the Environment and Waste Management" as of 2. Juli 2008 (see database query at   www.gtai.de):

• 169 Studies and Reports
• 374 Articles by foreign correspondents (available free for download)
• 320 Tender announcements
• 2038 Project announcements

Contact

Department "Industries"
Martin Wiekert
Telephone: (0228) 24993 - 220
Telefax: (0228) 24993 - 212
Email:    Martin.Wiekert@gtai.de

iXPOS Internet portal on foreign trade (www.iXPOS.de)
Bianka Knartz
Telephone: (0228) 24993 - 219
Telefax: (0228) 24993 - 212
Email:    Bianka.Knartz@gtai.de

e-trade-center (www.e-trade-center.com)
Marion Walzer-Rippel
Telephone: (0228) 24993 - 359
Telefax: (0228) 24993 - 212
Email:    Marion.Walzer-Rippel@gtai.de

German Business Portal (www.german-business-portal.info)
Dr. Dirk Krumbiegel
Telephone: (0228) 24993 - 422
Telefax: (0228) 24993 - 212
Email:    Dirk.Krumbiegel@gtai.de

Webpage:    www.gtai.de