Business and Investment in Germany

ICE Enlarge image (© picture-alliance/ dpa) Germany's location in the heart of Europe gives foreign investors and visitors to trade fairs access to the entire European Union market.

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Germany Trade and Invest

Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI)

Germany Trade and Invest is the foreign trade and inward investment agency of the Federal Republic of Germany. Germany Trade and Invest’s mission is to promote Germany as a location for industrial and technological investments and to identify investors for the German market.

E-Trade-Center

The database for finding business contacts

Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE Business & Economics

May 16, 2012 7:03 PM

Italy, Spain call for action in defense of euro

A sharp spike in yields of Spanish and Italian bonds has led the two countries' leaders to call for a strong message in defense of the euro project. Growth is pivotal, they say, and Greece must be kept in the eurozone.

May 16, 2012 6:32 PM

Investors like chances of profiting on Facebook

Social network Facebook aspires to become a heavyweight on the NASDAQ technology stock exchange. Investors eagerly await what's billed as a historic IPO, but the company's perspectives are unclear.

May 16, 2012 3:49 PM

Munich seeks to profit from Champions League final

European football is feverishly looking forward to the final. Munich hopes to benefit financially from the men's and women's Champions League games this week.

May 16, 2012 3:14 PM

A380 wing problems ground EADS profits

Fixing tiny cracks in its flagship Airbus A380 has weighed heavily on first quarter profits of European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS). Nevertheless, the firm's earnings are up and its prospects are bright.

May 16, 2012 11:50 AM

Euro currency hits lowest level in four months

The euro currency is dipping further against the dollar on financial markets and has reached its lowest level in four months in Asian trade. The drop comes amid rising worries over Greece's political future.

Business and investment in Germany

Association of the German Trade Fair Industry (AUMA)

As the central organisation of the German trade fair industry, AUMA is the combination of all those forces which are partners shaping the trade fair market, in other words, exhibitors, visitors, trade fair organisers and service companies.

The German Chambers of Industry and Commerce

The DIHK is the central organisation for 80 Chambers of Industry and Commerce in Germany. All German companies registered in Germany, with the exception of handicraft businesses, the free professions and farms, are required by law to join a chamber.