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GPCCI events in 2012

* Company Visit at Santa Fe Moving and Relocation Services Philippines – Joint GPCCI / BFBC event *

Date… Thursday, 1 March 2012, 6pm
Venue… Santa Fe Moving and Relocation Services Philippines, Unit. 2 & 3, 1st Avenue (on the interior of East Service Road, SLEX Bicutan exit), Mañalac, Taguig, 1632. View vicinity map here.
Hosts… Santa Fe in cooperation with the German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Belgian-Filipino Business Club
Dress Code… Business Casual
Admission… Members 500 PHP / Non-Members 1,000 PHP
Program…
6:00pm Company Tour
7:30pm Snacks
8:30pm Live Band & Dancing
Note… Kindly register before February 26. We encourage our members to make reservations as early as possible. Registrations will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis. Kindly send the completed registration form to GPCCI:
info@gpcci.org  ·  phone: +63 2 336 6845 · fax: +63 2 889 7860

* Economic Forum *

Guest speaker… Gerald Frielinghaus, President and CEO of Lufthansa Technik Philippines
Title… “We help give wings to a growing economy: An Introduction to Lufthansa Technik Philippines”
Date… Thursday, March 15, 7pm
Venue…
German Club Manila
We encourage members and guests to make reservations as early as possible. Registrations will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis. Kindly send the completed registration form to the German Club:
manager@germanclub.ph  · fax: +63 2 892-8949  ·  phone: +63 2 817-3552
For general information about the “Economic Forum”, kindly click here.

* Lead Auditors’ Training Course *

Title… ISO 14064 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) / Carbon Footprint Reduction, Lead Auditors’ Training Course
Date… 26-30 March, 2012
Venue… Marriott Hotel, Newport Complex, Pasay City Manila (to be confirmed)
Investment Cost… PHP 50,000 + VAT
Hosts… TÜV Rheinland in partnership with GPCCI
About… Climate change and its effects are starting to be a BIG global concern, being the biggest threat. In response to this, government and private industries are setting target related to Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction, or more commonly known as Carbon Footprint Reduction. ISO 14064 is an international greenhouse gas accounting and verification standard which serves as solutions to account for GHG emissions and removals of the lack of clarity and consistency between them all… more.
Course Content… Part 1 – Quantification and reporting of organizational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals. Part 2 – Quantification, monitoring and reporting of project level greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions/removals.
Registration… For registration, kindly fill in the registration form and send it to GPCCI:
info@gpcci.org  ·  Tel: +63 2 336 6845 · Fax: +63 889 7860

* Annual General Meeting *

Date… Tuesday, March 27, 7pm
Venue… to be announced
Kindly note that the date mentioned in our newsletter “GPCCI on the move” of December 2011 has changed. The meeting will no longer be held on March 28 but on March 27. The official invitations will follow soon.

* Mabuhay Germany 2012 *

Date… October 12 – 14
Save the date in your calendar! Expect another big and colorful event!

Events in Germany

(mainly for Germans who are interested in the Asian market)

* Konferenz der Exportinitiativen Erneuerbare Energien und Energieeffizienz *

Tag… Donnerstag, 1. März 2012
Ort… Berlin, Deutschland
Art der Veranstaltung… Informationsveranstaltung
Veranstalter… Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie
Kontakt… Kora Töpfer, E-Mail: eee@bmwi.bund.de, Tel.: (030) 18 615 – 73 86, website
Weitere Infos… Die Exportinitiativen Erneuerbare Energien und Energieeffizienz des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi) unterstützen deutsche Unternehmen erfolgreich beim Export.
Im Rahmen einer Konferenz soll im Café Moskau (09:30 bis 16:30) über das vielfältige Angebot der Exportinitiativen zu den Themen Auslandsmarktinformation, Geschäfts- und Kontaktanbahnung im Ausland sowie Auslandsmarketing informiert werden. Unternehmer berichten zudem von ihren Erfahrungen mit den Exportinitiativen. Mit Experten aus verschiedenen Regionen sowie den Partnern der Exportinitiativen können Sie Fragen zum Markteinstieg diskutieren.

* CeBIT *

Day… 6-10 March 2012
Venue… Hannover, Germany
About… CeBIT as the heart of the digital world. – CeBIT is the digital industry’s biggest, most international event. Thanks to its unique combination of exhibition, conferences, keynotes, corporate events and lounges, CeBIT represents an unrivaled tool for doing business and sealing deals. More than 4,200 companies from over 70 countries participated at CeBIT 2011, including many firms which returned after a break of several years, such as Xerox, Canon, Epson, Siemens Enterprise Communications, HP and Motorola.
For more information… click here.
Contact… CeBIT Team, Deutsche Messe, Messegelände, 30521 Hannover, Germany.  Tel: 0049 511 89-0, Fax: 0049 511 89-32626.

* Effizienter Geschäftsaufbau in Asien, Schritt für Schritt! *

Tag… Mittwoch, 18. April 2012
Ort… Aschaffenburg, Deutschland
Art der Veranstaltung… Seminar
Veranstalter… IHK Aschaffenburg
Kontakt… Maria Schindler, E-Mail: schindler@aschaffenburg.ihk.de, Tel.: 06021-880151
Weitere Infos… Dieses praxisorientierte Seminar richtet sich an Unternehmen, die ihr Geschäft in Asien konsequent auf- und ausbauen wollen. Es gibt Einblick in die asiatische Geschäftswelt und vermittelt praktische Lösungsansätze zu allen wichtigen Themen eines Markteintritts. In dem Seminar werden Methoden und Kenntnisse aus der Praxis vermittelt, die durch Beispiele und Planspiele veranschaulicht und intensiviert werden…. mehr.

* 9. Niedersächsischer Außenwirtschaftstag 2012 – ASEAN-Region *

Tag… Dienstag, 24. April 2012
Ort… HANNOVER MESSE, Nord L/B Forum, Deutschland
Art der Veranstaltung… Informationsveranstaltung
Veranstalter…
Land Niedersachsen
Kontakt… Dirk.Hertrampf@nglobal.de, Tel.: (0511) 89 70 39 – 27
Weitere Infos… Im Mittelpunkt des 9. Niedersächsischen Außenwirtschaftstags stehen die Wirtschaftsbeziehungen mit der ASEAN-Region. Diese Region verzeichnet jährliche Wachstumsraten von über 5 Prozent. Hochrangige deutsche und asiatische Referenten werden über die politische und wirtschaftliche Situation in den ASEAN-Staaten informieren, die Geschäftsmöglichkeiten für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) beleuchten und über die zunehmend steigende Bedeutung der Region im Geflecht der internationalen Wirtschaftsbeziehungen diskutieren. Erfahrungsberichte von Unternehmen, die bereits in der Region tätig sind, runden das Programm ab. Ein weiterer Höhepunkt der Veranstaltung wird die Verleihung des 3. Niedersächsischen Außenwirtschaftspreises sein… mehr.

* 13. Asien-Pazifik Konferenz der Deutschen Wirtschaft *

Tag… 02.11.2012 – 03.11.2012
Ort… Neu Delhi, Indien
Art der Veranstaltung… Informationsveranstaltung
Veranstalter… APA, BMWi, AHK, OAV
Kontakt… Matthias Pfeiffer, pfeiffer@oav.de, Tel: 0049 (0) 40 35 75 59-33
Weitere Infos… sehen Sie hier.

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GPCCI welcomes the following new members:

Efftoo Inc. (www.scanally.com)
EFFTOO Inc. is a Manila-based German software company. They are the company behind ScanAlly, a product to efficiency capture data. Their clients are mostly manufacturing companies which they support in their quality measurement process.

Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. (www.global-imi.com)
Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. (IMI), a member of the Ayala group of companies, is a leading provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS) and power semiconductor assembly and test services. It serves diversified markets that include those in the automotive, industrial, medical, solar energy, telecommunications, infrastructure, storage device and consumer electronics industries. IMI has manufacturing and engineering facilities in Asia, North America and Europe. Its services encompass design and product development, manufacturing and order fulfillment. It is consistently ranked among the top 30 EMS providers in the world.

Manabat Sanagustin & Co, CPA’s (www.kpmg.com.ph)
Manabat Sanagustin & Co., CPAs is a Philippine partnership and a member firm of the KPMG network of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity.

Meister Solar – Sun at Work
Offers Solar Panels; Solar Installer.

Individual Members:

  • Ephraim N. Delos Santos
  • Leah Gatchalian
  • Miguel Leo Kramer Lorza Jr.
  • Frank Schoenherr
  • John Gonzales Tan