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On May 5th, 2022, ticommunication and Expandeers jointly held an online event on the topic Vietnam as an attractive upcoming marketplace.

Gerhard Leypoldt, Expandeers Associate Partner for Vietnam and Axel Mierke, intercultural trainer at ticommunication with focus on Vietnam, held an informing and entertaining presentation based on a decade of experience in the country.

 Why Vietnam? With this question Gerhard Leypoldt started his lecture and gave us an overview.

Over the past two decades, the country has undergone very rapid development and is one of the fastest growing economies in the world.  The country has a population of 98.7 million inhabitants, which is even more populated than Germany with 80.5 million inhabitants.

Business Development - Märkte - Chancen: treffen Sie Ihre Experten online am 4. Mai!

Dubai 16.00 - 17.15 CEST -  Experte: Michael Fisahn-Reinhard, Expandeers Global Network GmbH

Malta 17.30 - 18.45 CEST - Experte: Alfons Schwarte, Geschäftsührer EuroTax Consulting Ltd.

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Im Zuge der globalen Trends eröffnen sich gerade für deutsche mittelständische Unternehmen völlig neue Chancen, um von weltweiten Märkten zu profitieren oder um sich konkrete Wettbewerbsvorteile über ausländische Standorte zu verschaffen. Jedoch ist der erste Schritt ins Ausland oft sehr komplex, bürokratielastig, es fehlt an Fachwissen oder schlicht an den richtigen Kontakten im Zielland. Um Ihnen den Schritt  ins Ausland zu erleichtern bieten wir Ihnen Online-Sprechstunden an, in denen Sie sich individuell und konkret mit unseren KolllegInnen vor Ort online austauschen können: ob es um Business Development, Joint Ventures, der Suche nach Netzwerkpartnern oder um Firmengründungen oder sonstiges Business geht.

Am 4. Mai bieten wir Ihnen gleich 2 Online Sprechstunden an.

Expandeers new Associate Partner for France and Spain!

We are very pleased to announce that Etienne has joined Expandeers Global Network GmbH. He will represent Expandeers in France and Spain.

Etienne has been successful in the sector of international export for over 25 years. Etienne has a genuine international educational and professional background:

• born and raised in Spain
• went to High School and University in France
• worked and studied in the Netherlands for more than 5 years, worked 1 year in the UK, 4 years in Spain and almost 2 years in the US
• he acquired a BBA (1996) from the E.C.E. (Ecole de Commerce Européenne) in Bordeaux-France majoring in International Business
• he also followed courses in several European universities in the UK, the Netherlands, and Spain during his studies

Eine gemeinsame Veranstaltung von ti communication und Expandeers Global Network GmbH am

5.Mai 2022, 9h - 10-30h CEST

Vietnam – das bessere China? 

Seit einigen Jahren lässt sich auf dem globalen Markt eine Bewegung beobachten. Eine Bewegung, die von China immer weiter in Richtung Süden geht.

Die Rolle Chinas in der Welt verändert sich, ausländische Unternehmen wandern zunehmend von China nach Südostasien ab. Unternehmen aus einer Vielzahl von Ländern und Branchen entscheiden sich für einen Umzug. Große Firmen wie Apple, Samsung oder IBM verlegen ihre Produktionsstätten von China nach Vietnam. Denn mittlerweile bietet Vietnam deutlich bessere Konditionen für die Produktion als das große Nachbarland.

In dieser gemeinsamen Veranstaltung von ti communication und Expandeers Global Network nähern wir uns der Frage, ob und warum es sich lohnt, in Vietnam zu investieren. Unsere zwei Keynote-Speaker sind Experten für den vietnamesischen Markt und geben Ihnen einen umfassenden Überblick über Chancen und Perspektiven für Ihren wirtschaftlichen Erfolg in dem ostasiatischen Land.   

Save the date: 29. März 2022

9:00 - 10:30 CET

 Hiermit möchten wir sie zu unserer folgenden Veranstaltung einladen:

"Digitaler Außenwirtschaftsgipfel für Skandinavien, Malaysia-Südostasien &Bulgarien".

Diese Veranstaltung ist speziell zugeschnitten auf KMUs und Start-Ups mit Interesse an Business Development, Markteintritt, Expansion.

Folgende Redebeiträge sind geplant:

• Andreas Jahn, Mitglied der Bundesgeschäftsleitung, Ressort Politik, Außen- und Volkswirtschaft, Public Affairs und Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit (BVMW).
• Götz Bittner, Leiter des Wirtschaftsregion Berlin/Brandenburg Süd-West, (BVMW)
• Außenwirtschaftliche Vertreter (Botschaft / Konsulat) der jeweiligen Zielländer.
• BVMW Auslandsrepräsentanten des jeweiligen Ziellandes.

Im Anschluß besteht die Gelegenheit zu ausgiebigen direkten Gesprächen mit den Auslandsrepräsentanten des BVMW und allen anderen Teilnehmern (Mix-meet-and-great).

Registrieren Sie sich jetzt unter folgendem Link!

Bei Fragen, wenden Sie sich gerne an info@expandeers.com

SAVE THE DATE: 7th of April 2022 Global DFC

The Digital Future Congress (DFC) is a virtual congress around international business development and digitalization where contemporary and future technologies are combined with global business know-how. The DFC is interesting for companies from all over the world who want to optimize their operational processes, establish cross-border trade relations and expand with their own portfolio.Business experts and specialized IT providers will give practical, user-oriented presentations. The dedicated speakers will present in their nat ive language. The presentations are  available in English or German audio and additionally automatically subtitled by AI  into the following 8 languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, German, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish. If you'd like to attend the DFC, you can participate live or view on demand.

Expandeers Middle East (Dubai) and Expandeers Southeast Asia PLT (Kuala Lumpur) will present at the Digital Future Congress on 7th of April on stage 1 at 9.50 am CEST (Malaysia) and 3.20 pm CEST (Dubai).

With regard to the Ukraine crisis the DFC has decided to provide free worldwide access.

This comprises:

• Participation in all lectures and workshops
• Visit of the virtual exhibition
• Virtual networking

You can book your free ticket here.

We look forward to welcoming you as our guest at the Global DFC! For any information you may require, please contact us at info@expandeers.com

Wichtigste Änderungen im internationalen Handel 2022

Ein Artikel von Expandeers Partner EuroZOLL.

Zum Jahreswechsel 2021 / 2022 ergeben sich beim internationalen Warenverkehr einige Änderungen. Dazu gehörten die Einführung der neuen Zolltarifnummern, also die neue Version der Kombinierten Nomenklatur (KN) 2022, die technische Umsetzung des Impostverfahrens für Kleinsendungen sowie eine veränderte Meldung der Intrahandelsstatistik.  

 5 important questions you should ask yourself before expanding locally or abroad. Download our Free White Paper  below from our Managing Partner Gerrit.

 TO EXPAND or NOT EXPAND - HOW? IS THE QUESTION

More and more SMEs rely on internationalization in order to grow sustainably. Expandeers is official representative of the BVMW in Malaysia, Singapore, UAE, Dubai and accredited by the German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA). As a leading provider and enabler for internationalization, we have substantial experience in expanding businesses globally and would like to share with the White Paper from Gerrit some insights and considerations, a company should make. It all starts with questioning. Important questions you should ask yourself beforehand:

EXPANDEERS ist vom Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA) offiziell für die Beratung zur Internationalisierung von KMU akkreditiert.

Hierdurch haben Sie die Möglichkeit, mit uns bis zum 31.12.2022 eine staatliche Förderung für Projekte zu erhalten. Bestehende mittelständische Unternehmen sowie junge Unternehmen und Start-Ups erhalten auf Antrag, der vor einer Beauftragung von Expandeers erfolgen muss, eine Förderung.

Lesen Sie mehr über die Förderung des BAFA, z.B. was genau gefördert wird, wer förderberechtigt ist, wie hoch die Förderung ausfallen kann) auf http://bafa-berater.net/  

Get to know our new Service: Local Country Management for your company in any market in the world you seek assistance for.

The objective of our a Local Country Management is to show presence abroad and thus build up trust and confidence in your company, your brand and products you offer abroad.

With our services you maintain your own presence globally, grow your markets  and increase sales and expand even further into the world without even being abroad yourself physically, having to traveling to your outlets or having the need to staff own personnel.

You can decide on your individual level of support. We fully customize our services to your needs, e.g. to be accessible, to have a point-of-contact in the market, to follow up on your sales pipeline or to coordinate legal, marketing, digital or processual activities.

Happy Holidays from Expandeers!

As the holiday season - and for many of us Christmas - is about to begin, we would love to wish all of you a Merry, peaceful and joyous Christmas!

During the last year, Covid-19 has continued to dominate our lives. However, in 2021 events such as the Olympic Games in Tokyo, UEFA Euro2020, Expo 2020 World Exhibition in Dubai were taking place and describe people's deep desire for normality. This was before we learned about the Omicron variant.

In these unprecedented times, it is more important now than ever to come to support and assist one another. Business wise we support SME worldwide as we have done before: Our approach of an outsourced country management is highly appreciated around the world, as traveling, staffing, sourcing and maintaining own operations abroad are all restricted if not impossible in many cases.

With our Corona-Packages midsize companies can -despite the pandemic- operate with our local support abroad. We are looking forward to a new exciting year 2022 together with you and wish you and your loved ones a very happy holiday season: Merry Christmas and a good, healthy and successful start into 2022!

Your global expansion experts from Expandeers!

Covid-19 has shown us countless weak points in cross-border value chains. Once the backbone of globalization, they are prone to disruption from trade conflicts or international crises such as pandemics. China's role in the world is changing, the country is reinventing itself as a world investor.  Foreign companies are increasingly migrating from China to Southeast Asia. Firms from a wide variety of countries and industries decide to move: US toy maker Hasbro closed its Chinese factory in favor of facilities in Vietnam; the Japanese electronics giant Sony has relocated its operations to Thailand, Samsung and Apple are investing billions in Vietnam.

Even Chinese companies are now leaving the country to invest in lower-cost countries. Wages in China are more twice as high than in Vietnam and reach nearly 70% of South Korea's wages. The labor shortage has also made it difficult to keep production costs down. The time when China was the cheapest factory and workbench in the world is over.

Moreover, the fierce competition in the Chinese market from local manufacturers has made the country less attractive as a production location. Example: A decade ago, Samsung had a market share of 20% of the Chinese market with its Galaxy phone; today it is less than 0.5%. This is one of the reasons why the Korean global corporation has largely withdrawn from China.