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Expandeers is gladly welcoming our new partner for ASEAN countries: Niels resides in Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia and will bring a wealth of experience to strengthen Expandeers' position as our partner for ASEAN and also in the segments of M&A. Niels presently works as an interim CFO for the Venture Capitalist Digital Way Ventures Limited with various participations in Industry 4.0 related industries as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain technologies as well as many other participations in Automotive, Health Care and Digital Retail. Niels is also the Co-founder and CEO of Kinslager (M) Sdn. Bhd., a design and bespoke tailoring specialist.

Es ist uns eine große Freude und Ehre, Sie zum 2. Hamburger German Malaysian Round Table (GMRT) am Mittwoch, den 24. Oktober 2018 um 14:30 Uhr in die Hafencity einladen zu dürfen.  Der GMRT freut sich, diese Veranstaltung nach einer langen Pause zusammen mit Expandeers' Geschäftsführer Michael Fisahn-Reinhard sowie Hamburg Invest als neue Initiatoren fortzuführen.

To start of with: Together, the German SME sector generates a considerably higher turnover than the 30 major companies listed on DAX combined and range among the most innovative SMEs in Europe.  Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the focal point in shaping enterprise policy in the European Union (EU). The European Commission considers SMEs and entrepreneurship as key to ensuring economic growth, innovation, job creation and social integration in the EU.

Expandeers is very pleased to announce that it has joined the German Association for Small and Medium-sized Businesses (BVMW) and thus becomes part of one of the largest organizations in Germany.

Cluster Industrial is the specialized means of communication for excellence in the Automotive Industry in Mexico and the world. Cluster Industrial and Expandeers  agreed to a business partnership and will work closely together. Cluster Industrial is the specialized means of communication for excellence in the Automotive Industry in Mexico and the world. 

Germany is Malaysia’s largest investor and trading partner in the European Union. More than 400 German companies are active in Malaysia and over 12 Billion Euros of trade exchanges between Germany and Malaysia.

The GMRT understands itself as an informal, intensive and personal platform for German Business or groups interested in bilateral (non-political, non-religious) discussions to gain information.

After having suspended the GSP in 2010 for almost seven years, the EU recently has granted Sri Lanka better access to the EU for its exports back again in May 2017. It did so under the EU's Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+). Being able to export more to the EU will help Sri Lanka's economy develop and create more and better jobs for its people. The GSP+ scheme is conditional on Sri Lanka advancing human and labour rights and working towards sustainable development.

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CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) is a new trade agreement between the EU and Canada. It makes it easier to export goods and services, benefitting people and businesses in both the EU and Canada. On 21 September 2017 CETA entered into force provisionally. As such most of the agreement now applies.

Business Development - Malaysia 2.0: In November we had our last Malaysian conference and speeches on Expansion into Europe in Kuala Lumpur. Since then Expandeers has successfully taken over expansions of many mid sized companies to and from Malaysia.

Due to that great echo we received, this March we did it again and went further North towards the border with Thailand. In conjunction with KTPC (Kulim Hi-Tech Park) and MATRADE (Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation) the event in Penang and Kulim hosted almost 200 representatives of mid sized Malaysian companies. They all were eager to learn about the potentials and hear about exciting opportunities to enter European markets as well as to get to know options on how to enter and also associated pitfalls. In a following panel discussion two experienced managers from ViTrox Technologies Berhad and Amiran Tech Berhad were interviewed by Dr. Annuar Mohamad Safar from Kulim Technology Park about their experiences and goals as well as their decision on why they work together with Expandeers in this respect. A networking lunch was rounding up that event. This whole event brought again the two continents Asia and Europe a bit closer and surely lead to further exciting opportunities on all sites.

Following that event, further seminars and workshops of Expandeers took place in Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

We are inviting any SMB and also interested Partners to join us on March 15: Matrade and MIDA together with Kuhlim High Tech Park (KHTP) and Expandeers Global Network proudly present another seminar on expansion into Europe. This time it takes place in the high tech region of Penang at the West Coast of Malaysia. 

In September 2010 the EU Member States approved the launch of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. One month later, negotiations were launched in Brussels. After seven rounds, negotiations were put on hold in April 2012 at Malaysia's request. A stocktaking exercise is being finalized to assess the prospect to resume negotiations. In 2016, Malaysia remained the EU's 22nd largest trading partner in goods. Bilateral trade between the EU and Malaysia is dominated by industrial products. The EU mainly imports machinery and appliances and mainly exports electrical equipment and machinery (both ways industrial products account for more than 90% of trade). Other sectors of relevance in terms of EU imports from Malaysia are plastics and rubber and animal and vegetable fats and oils and in terms of exports, mechanical products. That balance however may change, as Malaysia is a High Tech spot in many segments including software, robotics and cloud based solutions. 

Join us in Penang to hear more about the relationship of EU and Malaysian trade.