Steinbeis Transfer Center East-West Joint Ventures

• Consulting on business opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe
• Organization of effective sales partners
• Setting up of research and development partnerships
• Development of investment concepts
• Recruitment of engineers and skilled workers to work in Germany
• Forging contacts with decision-makers in business, politics, and local administration

• Current and future sales markets in Central and Eastern Europe
• Successful production abroad
• Efficient supplier development
• Technology transfer based on demand
• Intercultural project management

• Location evaluation in preparation for a direct investment in the metal processing industry: comparison between Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Ukraine
• Search and selection of a production partner in Romania for manufacturing plastic parts for a German injection molding company; preparation for acquiring a majority share of equity of the Romanian partner
• Analysis of the Romanian supply market on behalf of a large German company in order to answer demand for plastic and metal parts. Follow-on project: analysis of Ukraine as a supply market.
• Preparations for a German mechanical engineering company to enter the Romanian market for surface coating machines and water treatment plant
• Search for and selection of distributors in Romania for machines produced by a German mechanical engineering company
• Search for and selection of suppliers and production partners for producing metal parts for a German mechanical engineering company
• Search for and selection of a distributor in Romania for a German producer of wall clocks and table clocks
• Search for and selection of a joint venture partner for the production of printed materials in Romania; securing of EU funding
• Staff training for a large German company in preparation for a work assignment in Romania
• Recruitment of a CEO for the subsidiary of a German company in Moscow
• Recruitment of engineers in Eastern Europe for a German automotive company

• Sustainable development of the village of Mitreni in Romania - involvement in project management courses at a German university; business degree
• Specialist support and involvement in the planning, preparation, and running of meetings for business leaders:
• German-Belarusian cooperation meeting in Minsk (all sectors of industry)
• German-Romanian cooperation meeting in Bucharest (municipal services, IT)
• Advisory services for chambers of industry, trade, and agriculture in Calarasi, Romania, looking at the funding of small and medium-sized companies through the development of international partnerships
• Management of technical assistance for the two-year PHARE program looking at technology transfer and quality management in Romania
• Advisory services for small farms on financially viable orchard operation
• Setting up of a model center for television education used in vocational training in Ukraine

Steinbeis Transfer Magazine

• Presence, pragmatism and perspective for sustainable cooperation (Transfer 1/2026)
  Transfer under extreme conditions: How companies can identify viable entry points in Ukraine today
• Strategic foresight in foreign production (Transfer 3/2024)
  Steinbeiser Jürgen Raizner advises companies on how to internationalize their business