Want to
#expand
your business to
#Germany
? GTAI is the first port of call for anyone wanting to take full advantage of Europe’s largest economy and a €5 trillion market. At no cost because we’re a govt agency.
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Did you know that Germany is the European heart of the
#esports
scene? Eefje
@sjokz
Depoortere talks about how she ended up in esports and in Germany - and why there's no place else she'd rather be right now.
🇩🇪 has allocated €8bn+ to H2!
The Economy/Energy
@BMWi_Bund
and Transportation
@BMVI
Ministries have announced 62 major
#hydrogen
projects to receive funding as part of Germany's drive to become a world leader in the sector.
#environment
#renewables
NEW RECORD: Foreign Direct Investment (
#FDI
) in Germany. The
#US
is the number-one foreign investor in
#Germany
, and
#Brexit
makes UK firms relocate to
#Germany
.
Germany is investing big in
#hydrogen
as an energy carrier. And with 🇩🇪 occupying the EU's rotating council presidency, that means that H2 is going to be even more of an 🇪🇺 priority, too. From
@EURACTIV
:
Did you know? Germany increased its education spending by 30% from 2010 to 2018, allocating more than €310bn to teaching and learning in the latter year alone.
@BMBF_Bund
Germany's largest market researcher
@GfK
sees a broad recovery in
#consumer
sentiment and confidence in the country. One reason is the temporary reduction in VAT from 19 to 16%, which has led ca. 1/5 of those surveyed to say they plan on buying big-ticket items.
German is warming back up to the potential of
#Solar
power. And the government is investigating ways of making it an even bigger part of Germany's
#EnergyTransition
.
Germany's industrial scaling-up of green
#hydrogen
is an international undertaking. The country's Economics Ministry
@BMWi_Bund
has now allocated nearly EUR 1bn to this end.
The German Education Min.
@BMBF_Bund
has opened new offices in Bosnia-Herz., Brazil and Colombia to help people get professional qualifications recognized in Germany. Also stepping up efforts to recruit qualified labor in Egypt, Algeria, India, Iran, Italy, Poland and Vietnam.
Von wegen "nur kurzfristig hoher Anteil Erneuerbarer durch viel Wind Anfang des Jahres": Jetzt ist fast die Hälfte des Jahres 2020 vorüber und wir haben immer noch im Mittel weit über 50%
#Erneuerbare
(56,4% von 1.1. bis 15.6.2020).
#Energiewende
Happy
#GermanBeerDay
! According to
@destatis
, 8.7 billion liters of beer were brewed in
#Germany
in 2018 - that's up 2.2% over 2017. For more on Germany’s beverage industry, check out our fact sheet - preferably over a cold one!
It's
#hydrogen
day here at GTAI. We're hosting not one, but two live virtual tours of the German H2 sector from studios in Berlin and three of Germany's future
#energy
hubs. The guests are a veritable who's who of H2!
@DWV_H2
@Hy24partners
@news_nowgmbh
You know you've made it, when you get your very own arrow in your subway stop. Anyone visiting
#Berlin
can come visit GTAI just outside the Stadtmitte station on Friedrichstrasse. We're very easy to find🙂
Production of green
#hydrogen
is gradually taking shape. First hydrogen plants are already online. Next step will be to take
#electrolysers
to industrial scale.
More details:
🇩🇪💚H2O🚝
Germany is getting all aboard hydrogen-powered trains. The state of Lower Saxony unveiled the world’s first commercial hydrogen-powered train service in 2018. And the state of Hesse has ordered 27 of the vehicles.
Are you planning to visit this year's
#HANNOVERMESSE
next week (April 01 - 05)? Stop by and say hello, pick up a brochure or get in touch with one of our industry experts and find out why
#Germany
is a great place to do business!
@hannover_messe
Germany in general has come through the
#Corona
lockdowns strongly in terms of the number of new
#Businesses
founded, and
#Hamburg
is helping lead the way.
Hamburg posts sharp rise in new companies
The number of companies being set up in the metropolis on the Elbe has risen by 22 per cent over the same period last year.
According to the German industry association
@bdew_ev
BDEW a record 50.2% of
#Germany
’s power consumption in January to June was met from
#renewableenergy
sources.
More than half (51.8%) of all the
#electricty
fed into the German grid in the first 1/2 of 2020 came from renewable sources, says
@destatis_news
. That's an increase of 8.3% over 2019. Wind led the way with 29%. More👇
Many people rolled their eyes when
@Tesla
said it would get its new German gigafactory outside Berlin up and running within 2 years. But the initial progress looks promising indeed.
Bosch has announced it will start producing
#batteries
for
#EVs
in Germany at its plant in Eisenach. Production is set to commence in 2021.
@BoschPresse
Some non-corona good news to end the week. In this year's Global
#Financial
Center Index, Germany had more cities in the top 40 than any countries except the US and China. Frankfurt led the way at no. 13, and Hamburg was up 20 spots to 29.
@FMFdigital
@hkhamburg
@StgtFinancial
In May 2021, Germany
@DLR_de
is opening a national testing center for unmanned aircraft aka
#drones
. The German Aviation Association
@DtLuftfahrt
estimates the worth of the German drone market to be over €574m.
High
#energy
! Industry assoc.
@bdew_ev
calculates that €15.5bn were invested in Germany's electricty and gas infrastructure in 2018. That's 23% of all industrial investment in the country. More info on energy storage:
Clever! Scientists at the University of Paderborn (
@unipb
) are experimenting with
#Robots
who help teach German to young kids. Their work is being carried out with the help of the Ministry of Education and Reseach (
@BMBF_Bund
).
#AI
Berlin science network
@ResearchGate
has set up a community page where researchers of all disciplines can share work on the
#coronavirus
. Check it out here👇
Whether you call it
#agtech
,
#smart
farming or
#digital
#agriculture
- German farmers are tackling challenges like climate change by improving productivity and efficiency with digital tools and modern technology.
It's no secret that 🇩🇪 is going 🌲🥬💚
But how will
#business
be affected and where are the biggest
#opportunities
? Find out in our updated industry overview of
#environmental
technologies:
It's been 100 days since Germany's economic development bank
@KfW
started issuing emergency
#coronavirus
loans to businesses in the country. Total amount = €49.8bn. Applicants = 69,278. % of SMEs = 98.5.
@BMWi_Bund
@BMF_Bund
The
#hydrogen
research network of the German Economic Ministry
@BMWi_Bund
is up and running. More than 1000 participants took part in the openng ceremony. For more on H2 in 🇩🇪, see out interview with Germany's green hydrogen commisioner,
@StefanKaufmann
.
It's a big anniversary in
#Germany
today. The country's number-one, you-either-love-it-or-you-don't fast food, the
#Currywurst
, has turned 70. For more on what 🇩🇪s like to 🍴and 🍺, see our industry overview:
Doing business in
#Saxony
: Eastern
#Germany
's most populous state has grown by more than 20 percent since 2000. Whether it's car production, mechanical engieering or microelectronics - the region is a top-site for global companies.
Happy 70th Birthday🎉🍻 Federal Republic of
#Germany
#GG70
. Some numbers 1950-2018 courtesy of
@destatis
.
3.4% - average yearly growth
2.5 % - average yearly inflation
37.9% - increase in % of women in the work force
31.8 million - increase in total population
Modular
#hydrogen
electrolyzer manufactuer
@Enapter_
has announced it will start mass production at a new €100m facility in the western German town of Saerbeck. Company hopes to make
#green
H20 cheaper than fossil fuels. Read on:
Germany's billion-euro push to kick start the international
#hydrogen
#energy
market is opening up
#business
opportunities all over the country and abroad. Our new video tells you what you need to know. For the whole lowdown, click here:
With the new version of the Skilled
#Immigration
Act, which came into effect on March 1, 2024,
#Germany
is creating attractive prospects for international skilled workers. Find out more in our latest video in cooperation with
@MakeitinGermany
!
Want to find out more on how to do business in Germany? GTAI is partnering with
#CollisionfromHome
for a special event. Schedule an online one-to-one meeting here or join our workshop and live Q&A session at 2 PM EST on June 24:
#Corona
response: The German economics ministry
@BMWi_Bund
is offering to cover 50% of the costs for SMEs to institute
#Homeoffice
work. The program is called "go digital."
The Netherlands' AMG Group has begun construction of a €120m
#lithium
refinery in the eastern German regional state of
@sachsenanhalt
. And more investment is planned.
Germany aims to become the "world number one" in clean
#hydrogen
#energy
technology - with the government investing €9bn. Our new video looks at how international businesses can get involved in German
#environmental
H2. Or if you prefer words:
Germany's Robert Koch Institute
@rki_de
says that 30% of the country's local districts are reporting no new
#coronavirus
infections. 100% of districts reporting below 50 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants - one main government measure for success in managing the pandemic.
Germany added jobs for the 14th year in a row in 2019, says
@destatis_news
. The level of employment is the highest since German reunification nearly 3 decades ago. And Germany is stepping up efforts to attract qualified labor:
For decades
#Germany
has been the global pioneer in applying renewable energies and environmental technologies. Our team of industry experts will support your company to be part of this exciting development full of investment opportunities.
Did you know that
#Berlin
, the capital of
#Germany
, is one of the most dynamic business centers in
#Europe
and is constantly attracting more and more foreign companies?
@BerlinPartner
Are the doom and gloom economic headlines exaggerated?
#Construction
in
#Germany
was up 18.8% in March 2018 over the previous year, says
@destatis
. Employment in the industry also rose 3.1%. More info:
🇩🇪💕🚀 ❗️ The German government is on a mission to make the country Europe's leading new
#space
location. Innovative
#companies
like small
#satellite
launcher
@isaraerospace
are benefiting, and yours can too - see our new video. Or if you prefer words:
German-speaking Europe represents a large cluster of companies working on vaccines, tests and other responses to
#coronavirus
and
#Covid_19
, as this map from
@vfapharma
shows.
Die ganze Welt hofft auf therap. Medikamente &
#Impfstoff
|e gegen die von
#SarsCoV2
verursachte
#Corona
-Krankheit
#Covid19
. Forschende
#Pharma
- &
#Biotech
-Unternehmen in 🇩🇪, 🇦🇹& der🇨🇭 spielen dabei eine wichtige Rolle. Hier geht’s zur interaktiven Karte:
With a name like
@thoughtspot
you assume a firm would put a lot of brain power into choosing a German location. So congratulations to Duisburg, where the US search &
#AI
driven analytics company is setting up shop.
The 2019 German Entrepreneur Prize in the start-up catagory has gone to German
#Bionic
Systems
@germanbionic
. The Augsburg company builds exoskeletons that help people do heavy lifting. And they look really, really cool to boot. Congratulations!
#GERMANY
€104.8bn - or 3.1% of GDP. That's how much Germany spent on
#research
and
#development
last year, according to
@destatis_news
.
One example is government funding for green 💚energy technology testing:
Researchers in Leipzig and Jena say they've produced a 10-minute blood test that can determine whether people have contracted the
#coronavirus
and are now immune. Could be a major help in determining state of play in various populations.
@SenovaGmbH
@InfectoGnostics