NRW.INVEST News 2011-02

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Trade between Japan and North Rhine-Westphalia through the ages

The exhibition "Partners in Trade for 150 years" from 21 to 28 May, 2011 at NRW-Forum Düsseldorf highlights economic relations between Japan and Germany.

Japanese robot suit an opportunity for the German healthcare market

The first clinical trials in Germany with the robot suit HAL® are due to start shortly at Bergmannsheil University Hospital in Bochum.

Yamato Scale now in Germany for 25 years

The Japanese company Yamato Scale celebrated its 25th year in Germany at interpack 2011 in Düsseldorf.

Multi-million investment creates 150 jobs

On May 19, 2011, the American company Edgetech opened its 12,000 square meter production facility in Heinsberg for metal-free spacer systems.

Business location North Rhine-Westphalia presents itself in Poland

As part of the Poland & North Rhine-Westphalia Year a delegation from North Rhine-Westphalia visited Germany's eastern neighbor. The purpose of the trip was to strengthen the exchange between the two states and to present the business location.

Clean local transport in the Rhineland

Transport company Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH is commissioning the first completely zero-emission hydrogen hybrid buses in the Rhineland. The pioneering project was realized with the help of European cooperation partners.

New energy storage devices for electric cars

At the MEET battery research center at the University of Münster the green light has been given for an international research project, the purpose of which is to develop a new kind of energy storage device based on lithium-air technology.

Vanguard of wind power and climate protection

The proportion of power supply in North Rhine-Westphalia accounted for by wind is to be increased from the current level of three to 15 percent by the year 2020. Two percent of the state's land area are to be provided for this purpose.

Advertising for the logistics location North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia presented itself with a state pavilion at the world's largest logistics trade fair

Technology and natural science
studies increasingly popular

One first-year student out of five in Germany now wants to become an engineer, while one in six prefers mathematics and the natural sciences.

Trade between Japan and North Rhine-Westphalia through the ages

The exhibition "Partners in Trade for 150 years" from 21 to 28 May, 2011 at NRW-Forum Düsseldorf highlights economic relations between Japan and Germany.

The exhibition focuses on key aspects of economic relations between Japan and Germany. Numerous exhibits graphically illustrate how joint trading has changed everyday life in the two countries. The organizers of the anniversary exhibition are the Japanese Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Düsseldorf and NRW.INVEST in cooperation with the Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy, Construction, Housing and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

In addition, one of the topics of the Business Forum Japan in Düsseldorf on May 27, 2011 is "current and future investment areas for the German and Japanese economy". In terms of technology, the event focuses on future industries such as e-mobility and mobile telecommunications, as well as nano-, micro- and biotechnology.

The exhibition and the business forum are taking place during this year's Japan Week in Düsseldorf. Both are official agenda items of the friendship year "150 Years of Germany and Japan" which is being held under the patronage of Federal President Christian Wulff and His Imperial Highness Crown Prince Naruhito.