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BRAZIL: Exporter of industrial products       

Being the largest country by population as well as land area in South and Central America, Brazil shipped an estimated $224 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2019. That dollar amount reflects a -6.6% decline (YOY) from 2018 but a 17.2% growth since 2015.

Ways out of the crisis for medium-sized / Mittelstand companies and start-ups

Without any doubts society, politics and businesses around the world are currently experiencing an unprecedented challenge. From one day to the next nothing seems to be the same as the day before. Events overturn and existing structures are put to a strength test. It is not a war, but the effects feel that way. Few of us have experienced a major war in our lives. But you can imagine how strongly such events could possibly affect everyday life.

Under the subject line "Germany: Your gateway to the European market", Expandeers had organized together with our sponsors three full days of conferences in Mexico, taking place in Querétaro and CDMX / Mexico City.

The conference gave an overview of alternatives beyond the USA, which industries are particularly attractive for business in Europe and how to achieve success with a global mindset with the lecture from Expandeers associate Nancy Bravo about Cultural intelligence in business.

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Expandeers (Mexico) will be holding three days of conferences together with the German Center Mexico (Santa Fee offices / CDMX) and COMPARMEX Querétaro (Qrtr).

As Expandeers is the reliable partner for global expansion of Startup-companies and Small/Midsize businesses (SMB) during the meetings and conference many insights will be shared. If you and your company intend to expand your business from Mexico to Europe, e.g. to Germany, join us on Feb. 11 to 14 in Querétaro and CDMX and talk to our experts and professionals in person:

February 11, 2020 at COPARMEX Querétaro from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

February 13 and 14, 2020 from 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. in the German Center of Mexico City (Santa Fe)

You'll also have the opportunity to subscribe for an individual business talk and first consultancy free of charge with our experts on site.

Please contact nbravo@expandeers.com for registration and further information on the events.

EUROLATINA is not operated by consultants but by entrepreneurs. This stands for the highest possible practical relevance. Their clients do not want theories, but quick, tangible and sustainable results. That is what makes EUROLATINA a perfect fit with Expandeers, as we also offer pragmatic support for expanding internationally. In 2019, EUROLATINA celebrated its 25th foundation anniversary. The company was initially a sheer consulting firm, founded by Karlheinz K. Naumann, the former managing partner of a subsidiary of an international management consultancy in São Paulo, headquartered in Germany.  Since 1994, EUROLATINA has been helping predominantly German and Austrian companies to do business in Brazil.

It has been an exciting year for us at Expandeers: Many new associates and strategic partners have joined us, offering many new options to our clients to access further countries: Amongst others, we now are (more) present in Turkey, Russia, Iran, Morocco, Spain, Colombia, Peru, Mexico and UAE to mention some of them.  We expanded our own enterprise by founding our subsidiary Expandeers (SoutheastAsia) PLT in Kuala Lumpur and took up the representation for the BVMW (Association of German SME) in Malaysia. For them we also held some Entrepreneurs' Days (of many to come) in Germany and had our annual German Malaysian Round Table (GMRT) in Hamburg.  Also, for stressing out the importance of Russia, Expandeers hosted the German Russian Roundtable (DRRT).

We held our annual Global Partners Convention in Dubai and also expand our own operations in UAE now. Next year, we'll connect Asia and Europe and will probably meet in between. Keep you posted.

And of course, we took over many new exciting projects this year ranging from gear technology, flow control devices, packaging, mobile phone recovery to mobile Apps (e-learning and mobility), POS software, ERP programs, digital consulting, and artificial intelligence in many application fields .... 

We would like to thank all of our clients, our partners worldwide, our employees and potential customers in 2020 (!) for an amazing year 2019 with exciting new situations, questions asked, solutions being found and growth being achieved! We wish all of you a healthy, prosperous and successful year 2020 - with or without us.

On December 4th/2019 over 20 participants followed our invitation to join the 3rd German-Malaysian Roundtable (GMRT) in Hamburg. Again, the venues of Rödl+Partner formed a great surrounding for this event.

This time, ASEAN as a whole and especially the role of Malaysia as a hub and gateway to the ASEAN market stood in focus of presentations and discussions. The Southeast Asian community ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) is becoming increasingly important for European companies as a regional alternative or an addition to China and India. ASEAN has now concluded several free trade agreements, including with China and India. The EU is currently negotiating bilateral agreements with individual member states.

What a great experience: This years' Global Partners Meeting of Expandeers took place in in Dubai for four full days. Over 25 partners from more than 12 nations gathered in Dubai, discussing options, opportunities, new strategies, Expandeers growth path, new ideas and business models. This year, focus was on sustainability. Making crude oil efficiently from recycled plastic (Thailand), recovering mobile phones after water contact (Mexico) that reduces electronic waste, Freshpacks that preserve food more effectively and thus reducing food waste and plastic usage (Mexico), a Laser technology for measuring profiles of tires so they last longer and take less time to check are just few of the opportunities. These were presented, discussed and planned for global market entrance. The two day workshop was also offering many 1:1 exchanges about bilateral import/export from and to around the world.