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German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (<strong>AHK</strong>)<br />
Celebrate “A Night in Style“<br />
proudly<br />
sponsored by<br />
Due to our members’ popular demand, the<br />
German-Australian Chamber of Industry and<br />
Commerce will host a Gala Dinner in Sydney<br />
again on 18 November 2010. Brace yourself<br />
for “A Night in Style” and celebrate this year’s<br />
most exclusive event with us at the glamorous<br />
Doltone House in Pyrmont. The evening<br />
will spark excitement with enthralling entertainment<br />
and present the elegance of German<br />
business. Furthermore, the German Deputy<br />
Minister for Economics and Technology Dr<br />
Bernd Pfaffenbach will join 200 members<br />
and friends as our Guest of Honour. During<br />
<strong>AHK</strong> EVENTS<br />
19 Oct Visa Updates, LAFHA and more -<br />
breakfast seminar, Sydney<br />
21 Oct HWL Ebsworth “At Home” function,<br />
Melbourne<br />
26 Oct WHK Horwath breakfast seminar:<br />
Recent Changes in Immigration Law<br />
and Taxation of Expatriates,<br />
Brisbane<br />
27 Oct St George Private Clients “At Home”<br />
function, Sydney<br />
29 Oct Junior Chamber and Goethe Institut<br />
Bas Boettcher @ Berlin Dayz, Syd.<br />
17 Nov European Chambers Women’s<br />
Networking Evening, Melbourne<br />
18 Nov Gala Dinner “A Night in Style”,<br />
Sydney<br />
24 Nov Cruise with the Europeans, Sydney<br />
25 Nov “Berlin Dayz event” together with<br />
German Consulate and Goethe<br />
Institut, Melbourne<br />
30 Nov Seminar with Coface on risk<br />
mitigation and debtor control,<br />
Sydney<br />
Dec Christmas Drinks at the <strong>AHK</strong>,<br />
Sydney<br />
Dec Blick Creative “At Home” function,<br />
Melbourne<br />
www.germany.org.au<br />
his first official visit to<br />
Australia, Deputy Minister<br />
Pfaffenbach will address<br />
the German-Australian<br />
business community on<br />
economic development<br />
and bilateral cooperation.<br />
Our guests can look<br />
forward to an exquisite<br />
three course menu that<br />
will artfully merge taste<br />
with style. A spectacular<br />
fashion show by our<br />
Full speed ahead - 10 years of cruising<br />
2010 will mark the 10th anniversary of the<br />
“Cruise with the Europeans”. On 24 November<br />
2010 the successful annual sea-borne event<br />
of Sydney’s European Chambers will kick off<br />
at Circular Quay and take our members on a<br />
spectacular sunset journey across the world’s<br />
most stunning harbour. Celebrate ten years of<br />
cruising on board of the MV Sydney 2000, the<br />
largest sightseeing and cruising restaurant<br />
A <strong>NIGHT</strong> <strong>IN</strong> <strong>STYLE</strong><br />
Dr Bernd<br />
Pfaffenbach,<br />
German Deputy<br />
Economics<br />
Minister<br />
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outsourcing, tax and audit needs. Call Accru Felsers<br />
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Vol. 09 No. 4 October - December 2010<br />
member Herringbone will<br />
be the evening’s entertaining<br />
highlight.<br />
Strutting down the<br />
catwalk, models will<br />
showcase the vanguard<br />
of style and sophistication.<br />
We strongly recommend<br />
making your booking<br />
early as seat numbers are<br />
limited. To register log onto<br />
www.germany.org.au.<br />
Immerse in<br />
style with the<br />
evening’s<br />
exclusive<br />
fashion show<br />
vessel ever built for Australian waters. Enjoy<br />
networking with more than 500 European<br />
Chamber members and watch Sydney’s<br />
dazzling skyline fade into dusk before turning<br />
into a cluster of neon lights. Moreover, a<br />
fine selection of drinks and canapés will be<br />
served. The event is proudly supported by the<br />
Lufthansa Group. We look forward to seeing<br />
you there!<br />
“Successful German businesses... …know how to<br />
read the signs”<br />
© BMWi<br />
<strong>GALA</strong> D<strong>IN</strong>NER<br />
18 NOVEMBER 2010<br />
Chartered Accountants + Business Advisors
NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA<br />
German technologies energise All-Energy Australia 2010<br />
From left: Tina Thoms and Anja Kegel<br />
(both <strong>AHK</strong>) at All-Energy 2010<br />
The All-Energy Conference and Exhibition,<br />
Australia’s leading energy industry event,<br />
returned to the Melbourne Convention &<br />
Exhibition Centre on 6 and 7 October 2010.<br />
As official supporters, Germany Trade & Invest<br />
and the German-Australian Chamber of<br />
Industry and Commerce (<strong>AHK</strong>) established the<br />
German Clean Energy Portal at the exhibition<br />
to showcase the compelling advantages of<br />
Germany’s clean energy industry.<br />
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All-Energy Australia 2010 doubled its<br />
exhibitor and visitor numbers compared to<br />
its debut last year. With 3000 visitors and<br />
179 exhibitors from 14 countries, All-Energy<br />
positioned itself as Australia’s biggest and<br />
most significant energy event, exceeding all<br />
expectations. The exhibitors represented all<br />
renewable energy sectors while there was a<br />
strong focus on solar energy.<br />
The German Clean Energy Portal received an<br />
overwhelming response as Australian industry<br />
representatives were highly interested in Germany’s<br />
renowned expertise and experience.<br />
Phoenix Solar, PricewaterhouseCoopers and<br />
Vitronic Machine Vision joined the <strong>AHK</strong>’s<br />
stand as co-exhibitors. Altogether 19 German<br />
companies were present at the exhibition.<br />
The <strong>AHK</strong> also provided support in exhibition<br />
preparations to a group of German companies<br />
who were not yet represented in Australia.<br />
The <strong>AHK</strong> is already preparing to bring more<br />
German companies to the next All-Energy<br />
event in 2011.<br />
...towards a<br />
sustainable<br />
future.<br />
Bilateral trade update<br />
Despite averting a recession,<br />
Australia still felt the impacts<br />
of the global financial crisis as<br />
merchandise trade depreciated.<br />
However mineral exports to<br />
Germany rose by 38 percent.<br />
Currently Australia’s economy cashes in on<br />
rising mineral prices such as the value of gold<br />
which peaked at US$1300 for an ounce this<br />
September. Economic anxiety and unpredictable<br />
stock markets have fuelled a run for this<br />
precious metal. These concerns also drive the<br />
Australian dollar towards parity level with<br />
the US dollar. Due to debt problems within<br />
the Euro zone, the EUR/AUD exchange rate<br />
reached an all-time low in the third quarter<br />
of 2010 before stabilising at A$1.41. However,<br />
German exporters of cars and specialised<br />
machinery benefit from a weak Euro: More<br />
affordable prices boost Australian demand<br />
for high quality products “made in Germany“.<br />
For the next year German-Australian trade is<br />
expected to rise further, stirred by Germany’s<br />
ascending demand for resources and a slowly<br />
recovering global economy.<br />
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Interview with John Mutton, Managing Director,<br />
Herringbone / van Laack Australia Pty Ltd<br />
John Mutton, Managing Director,<br />
Herringbone / van Laack Australia Pty Ltd<br />
What inspired you to leap into the<br />
fashion world and start Herringbone<br />
in 1997?<br />
At the time I was living in London and there<br />
was a huge revival of the Jermyn Street shirt<br />
(mostly double cuff). I came home to visit my<br />
sister who was having her first child and I<br />
walked the streets of Sydney and at the time<br />
I could not find a double cuffed shirt to buy.<br />
There was a huge hole in the market and that<br />
was the reason to “get busy” and enter the<br />
“fashion world”.<br />
Having directed Herringbone for 13<br />
years, what were the most memorable<br />
highlights for you?<br />
There have been many but the most<br />
memorable was the first day we opened our<br />
first store. Seeing the Herringbone name<br />
above the door and the concept materialized<br />
was a very proud moment. Of course watching<br />
the shopping bags full leaving the store<br />
with customers after that moment made it all<br />
worthwhile.<br />
How would you describe the merger<br />
with the German company van Laack<br />
in 2009?<br />
Bringing two different cultures together is<br />
challenging but we both have a common<br />
interest and that is to make the best possible<br />
clothes we can. This is a shared love and it is<br />
easier to overcome cultural challenges when<br />
you both have such a clearly shared mission,<br />
this is in my opinion the wonderful thing<br />
about business. I have to say also my perception<br />
of the German approach to business<br />
is to do things with consistency, in this regard<br />
the merger has been a consistent approach to<br />
doing things well, and if it can, better.<br />
Have you dealt much with<br />
Germany before that?<br />
Not other than as a consumer<br />
of German products and of<br />
course as a tourist to your lovely<br />
country.<br />
Do you think the global<br />
financial crisis will have<br />
long-term effects on the<br />
fashion industry and<br />
change the way this<br />
industry operates?<br />
Yes, I think it will. It makes us all sharper. It<br />
forces us all to rationalize cost structures,<br />
rethink processes and reevaluate efficiency in<br />
general.<br />
What is the philosophy behind your<br />
market strategy?<br />
Our philosophy is to provide the market with<br />
products that are distinguished by detail<br />
starting with the shirt that is the cornerstone<br />
of our brand. Thus it is really quite simple, in<br />
each market we are in we want our customers<br />
to wear the best shirt in the world and<br />
this is very carefully made by us in our own<br />
factories, completely vertical to the van Laack<br />
group.<br />
What are the main advantages of<br />
the Australian fashion market?<br />
It has to be our creativity. As a result of being<br />
so far from the rest of the world and in a<br />
market that is relatively small in numbers but<br />
high in competition we are forced to think<br />
and express ourselves in more creative ways.<br />
<strong>IN</strong>TERVIEW<br />
What will be major trends for the<br />
fashion industry in 2011?<br />
I think the world consumer demands a more<br />
relaxed way of dressing. I believe as the years<br />
roll forward the need for wearing ties as an<br />
example will gradually diminish. We will not<br />
become any less sophisticated in fact the<br />
opposite, the consumer will become more<br />
sophisticated in a casual but serious sense.<br />
In your opinion what were the best<br />
and worst fashion trends in recent<br />
years?<br />
Not easy... In my opinion the best was the<br />
resurgence of the tailored suiting look for<br />
both men and women. The worst: low cut<br />
jeans!<br />
Which public figures convey a great<br />
sense of style?<br />
For the men in my opinion no one wears a<br />
suit better than Kofi Annan and for the ladies<br />
I do not like to highlight just one but I have<br />
always been a fan of Elle MacPherson’s style.<br />
Which celebrity would you love to<br />
give a Herringbone makeover?<br />
All are welcome!<br />
Where do you see Herringbone in<br />
ten years?<br />
Hopefully penetrating many world markets<br />
with great success.<br />
www.germany.org.au 3
NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA<br />
Future Proofing Property Conference:<br />
Greening the design, delivery and operation of properties<br />
On 8 and 9 November 2010 the Future Proofing<br />
Property Conference will take place at the<br />
Brisbane Conference and Exhibition Centre.<br />
German specialists of sustainable building<br />
design and implementation, work space<br />
specialists, urban planners and residential<br />
property experts will mix with Australian<br />
politicians, property experts, community housing<br />
providers and investors to present cutting<br />
edge insights for the property industry.<br />
One of Germany’s most prominent architects,<br />
Jürgen Mayer H., and HOCHTIEF’s CEO Dr<br />
Herbert Luetkestratkoetter will join the panel<br />
of expert speakers. The summit will attract the<br />
property industry’s key stakeholders, including<br />
property developers and investors, project, asset<br />
and facility managers, property government<br />
bodies as well as property consultants such as<br />
architects and engineers.<br />
Held under the patronage of the German<br />
Ambassador to Australia Dr Michael Witter, the<br />
event is organised by BCI Australia in<br />
collaboration with the Green Building Council<br />
of Australia, the German-Australian Chamber<br />
of Industry and Commerce, the Goethe Institut<br />
and HOCHTIEF.<br />
The topics of the conference will deliver a<br />
unique understanding of how to design, deliver<br />
and operate green buildings. The conference<br />
will start with an insight into current state of<br />
play in both countries including expert presentations<br />
regarding the impacts of emission<br />
trading schemes on the property industry. In<br />
German energy efficiency<br />
trade delegation arriving<br />
this November<br />
A trade delegation from<br />
Germany’s energy efficiency<br />
industry will be visiting Sydney<br />
on 4 and 5 November 2010 to<br />
inspect Australia’s green building<br />
market. The German-Australian Chamber of<br />
Industry and Commerce will organise meetings<br />
between the six German companies and potential<br />
Australian business partners.<br />
Insulation and energy efficiency have been<br />
buzzwords in 2010. The Federal Government<br />
withdrew its home insulation scheme after a<br />
4<br />
a more visionary session, Audi Future Award<br />
Winner of 2010 Jürgen Mayer H. will present<br />
his futuristic new Metropol Parasol project for<br />
Sevilla. Dr Herbert Luetkestratkoetter will<br />
illustrate corporate responsibility of one of<br />
the world’s largest construction service<br />
providers. On its second day, the conference<br />
will present four different perspectives of<br />
green building by developers, investors and<br />
operators. The summit will also cover retrogreening<br />
office buildings, affordable housing<br />
and sustainable urban design, focusing on the<br />
most pressing issues of the built environment.<br />
The impact of the property industry on the<br />
environment is dramatic. Beyond the obvious<br />
use of land for buildings and infrastructure,<br />
the built environment is globally responsible<br />
for a staggering 40% of greenhouse gas<br />
emissions and 50% of the solid waste going<br />
to landfill. According to a report of the World<br />
Resources Institute, the world total greenhouse<br />
gas emissions in 2005 are estimated to<br />
be at 44,153 MtCO² equivalents. Building<br />
operations were accountable to 16.5% of<br />
these emissions - 10.2% for residential and<br />
6.3% for commercial buildings. Building<br />
construction industries were accountable for<br />
24.4% of these emissions.<br />
Furthermore the property industry has<br />
become an international business. Future<br />
Proofing Property is a high-visibility initiative,<br />
which intends to strengthen the exchange<br />
between Australia and Germany - two<br />
countries with great synergetic potential.<br />
series of fires due to faulty installation and<br />
lacking qualifications. However green building<br />
technologies remain being one of the most<br />
effective remedies to curb carbon emissions<br />
by saving energy. Energy efficiency is the key<br />
to energy conservation and prosperity as fuel<br />
prices are set to skyrocket.<br />
German companies are global market<br />
leaders in energy efficiency. Their industry<br />
represents decades of practical expertise as<br />
well as innovative technologies and services.<br />
With the ambitious plan of becoming the<br />
world’s most energy efficient nation, the German<br />
government rolled out supportive policies<br />
and pledged to invest billions of Euros.<br />
Germany’s Energy Efficiency Plan comprises<br />
programs and initiatives to cut total energy<br />
consumption by 9 percent between 2008 and<br />
Germany is a country with a long standing<br />
history of environmental and building<br />
regulation and expertise in the fields<br />
of energy efficiency, highly efficient work<br />
spaces, urban planning principles and financing,<br />
development and delivery of low cost<br />
rental residential building stock. Australia is a<br />
growing economy, with a great potential for<br />
years to come. Salient strengths of Australia’s<br />
property sector are world-class efficiency in<br />
property development and management as<br />
well as best-of-class marketing of sustainable<br />
buildings. There is a great fit between<br />
the two countries. Future Proofing Property<br />
will capitalise on this fit by bridging the gap<br />
and bringing together decision makers from<br />
both countries in a high-profile one and a<br />
half days forum. The conference is to be held<br />
in Australia and Germany, 12 months apart,<br />
with the inaugural event in Brisbane this<br />
November.<br />
The conference has been developed by wellknown<br />
Swiss-born Sydney-based architect<br />
Nicolas Perren in close collaboration with the<br />
German Consul General Dr. Hans-Guenter<br />
Gnodtke, Dr. Matthias Krups, German-born<br />
industry specialist and CEO of Australia’s<br />
leading construction information service BCI<br />
and Karl Reinitzhuber, Director of HOCHTIEF<br />
and Alternate Director at Leighton Holdings<br />
Limited. Future Proofing Property will establish<br />
a new perspective to the green building<br />
industry and highlight new possibilities for<br />
a win-win situation for all involved parties,<br />
particularly the environment. For further information<br />
about program and speakers please<br />
visit www.futureproofingproperty.org.<br />
2016. Additionally the German government’s<br />
Integrated Energy and Climate Program is<br />
expected to drastically cut emissions.<br />
Australian businesses can explore collaboration<br />
opportunities with German green building<br />
companies in individual meetings. The six<br />
German companies specialise in state-of-theart<br />
door systems, heat exchangers, building<br />
automation systems, lighting solutions and<br />
other energy saving technologies. They are<br />
interested in discussing potential partnerships<br />
with local distributors, buyers, suppliers and<br />
architects. Visit www.germany.org.au for more<br />
information or call the Chamber on 02 8296<br />
0433. Supported by<br />
on the basis of a decision<br />
by the German Bundestag<br />
www.germany.org.au
Trade barriers decelerate<br />
foreign trade dynamics<br />
According to an analysis by the Association of<br />
German Chambers of Industry and Commerce<br />
(DIHK), growing foreclosure and new barriers<br />
in global markets hampered foreign trade for<br />
exporters last year.<br />
80 German Chambers of Industry and<br />
Commerce interviewed German exporters to<br />
measure the impact of the global financial<br />
crisis on foreign trade while identifying the<br />
challenges of bilateral trade.<br />
The range of challenges suggests that<br />
tensions related to trade are unlikely to dissolve<br />
in near future, despite general economic<br />
recovery, said DIHK President Hans Heinrich<br />
Driftmann.<br />
Based on the responses received, tight<br />
security and complex certification standards<br />
posed serious problems with Germany’s most<br />
important non-EU trade partners. The United<br />
States imposed tough security checks in<br />
accordance with anti-terror laws. Sanctions<br />
also prohibit German companies to export<br />
products containing US-made components to<br />
countries such as Cuba and Iran. Generally,<br />
European standards are not accepted in China<br />
and Russia where they have to be verified by<br />
local certification authorities. Certification<br />
processes are often long and cost-intensive.<br />
Additionally changing and unpredictable<br />
import regulations impede delivery deadlines.<br />
Global customs clearance was also getting<br />
increasingly complicated.<br />
However, Mr Driftmann also pointed out<br />
that Germany’s very own export regulations<br />
further complicate two-way trade. German<br />
companies often have to wait longer for an<br />
export license than their foreign competitors<br />
due to the adoption of an electronic customs<br />
clearance system for exports, posing a serious<br />
disadvantage.<br />
Considering that a re-entry into foreign<br />
markets involves huge costs, most of the<br />
German companies did not entirely withdraw<br />
WHAT IF LOGISTICS<br />
IS THE KEY TO THE<br />
SUCCESS OF<br />
MY BUS<strong>IN</strong>ESS?<br />
from these markets, despite difficulties. In<br />
many cases, local agents have served as representatives<br />
of German companies in international<br />
markets. The recession forced German<br />
enterprises to analyse their expenses and<br />
re-align their foreign business. These adjustments<br />
are now set to increase the profitability<br />
of their exports.<br />
The DIHK also urges the German government<br />
to make its foreign trade legislation clearer<br />
and more efficient. Particularly the issue of<br />
harmonised export licenses within the European<br />
Union would result in fairer and equally<br />
competitive conditions for German businesses.<br />
Source: www.dihk.de<br />
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NEWS FROM GERMANY<br />
“Serious problems<br />
in foreign trade are<br />
particularly caused<br />
by high security<br />
standards in the<br />
US, complex certification<br />
rules in<br />
China and Russia,<br />
and complicated<br />
customs clearance<br />
regulations<br />
worldwide.”<br />
DIHK President<br />
Hans Heinrich<br />
Driftmann<br />
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EVENTS<br />
European takeover at the National Gallery of Victoria<br />
NGV’s Deputy<br />
Director Frances<br />
Lindsay<br />
Following last year’s success, ten bilateral<br />
European Chambers hosted the “Europeans<br />
at the Gallery” private viewing and networking<br />
function at Melbourne’s National Gallery<br />
of Victoria (NGV) on 20 July 2010. The event<br />
united more than 380 members and friends<br />
representing the German, Swiss, Austrian,<br />
British, Irish, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian<br />
and Swedish business communities. The<br />
evening combined a divine blend of intriguing<br />
art, delicious canapés, European drinks and<br />
socialising. Our guest of honour the Head of<br />
Delegation of the European Union to Australia<br />
H.E. David Daly welcomed all guests with an<br />
inspiring speech on the ever-expanding relationship<br />
between Europe and Australia.<br />
6<br />
Head of Delegation<br />
of the European<br />
Union H.E. David Daly<br />
From left: Dr. Marco Matacotta Cordella (Consul-General<br />
of Italy), Markus Gilbert (<strong>AHK</strong>), H.E. David Daly (Head<br />
of Delegation of the European Union to Australia), Tina<br />
Thoms (<strong>AHK</strong>), Hans Tempel (President & CEO Mercedes-<br />
Benz Australia/Pacific Pty Ltd)<br />
He praised the mutually fruitful relationship<br />
as trade and investment foster economic<br />
growth and prosperity on both continents.<br />
Europe and Australia cooperate closely to<br />
tackle climate change particularly by investing<br />
in energy efficiency and renewable energies,<br />
Mr Daly said. The NGV’s Deputy Director<br />
Frances Lindsay introduced the guests to this<br />
year’s Winter Masterpieces exhibition titled<br />
“Städel Museum, 19th – 20th Century”. The<br />
guests admired more than 100 paintings and<br />
sculptures from Frankfurt’s prestigious Städel<br />
Museum. The mesmerising collection represents<br />
some of Europe’s finest art spanning<br />
from the Renaissance period to present day.<br />
Our members appreciated the museum’s<br />
inspiring atmosphere and enjoyed meeting<br />
their fellow European Melbournians. We<br />
would like to thank our generous sponsors<br />
Bayer, Fragomen and Océ for contributing to<br />
the event’s success. We would also like to extend<br />
our gratitude to Image de France, Grand<br />
Mercure Hotel Melbourne, Mercedes-Benz<br />
and The Sofitel Hotel Melbourne for supplying<br />
such wonderful gifts for our prize draw.<br />
This event was<br />
sponsored by:<br />
www.germany.org.au
Combating strategy killers<br />
Anja Kegel, Tina Vissem (both <strong>AHK</strong>), Peter<br />
Leszinsky, Ganesh Kashyap, Rebecca Tauer<br />
(all Vancore)<br />
Our member Vancore hosted a business<br />
breakfast seminar on the topic of strategic<br />
translation on 10 August 2010 at the Hilton<br />
Sydney. After the introduction of new members<br />
by Tina Vissem (<strong>AHK</strong>) and an invigorating<br />
breakfast, the guests were briefed on the “art<br />
of strategic translation”. Vancore Group’s<br />
principal Ganesh Kashyap delivered a captivating<br />
presentation in which he outlined the<br />
importance of emotionally implementing a<br />
strategy at an operational level. Mr Kashyap<br />
emphasised that this process would deliver<br />
success. Furthermore he pointed out the<br />
importance of starting with a good practice<br />
strategy process and to answer the right<br />
questions at the right level. Other key elements<br />
were a decisive and unified leadership<br />
as well as cross-functional and cross-hierarchical<br />
involvement. Moreover he identified<br />
apathy as the silent killer of strategic change.<br />
The thought-provoking presentation sparked a<br />
vivid discussion among the guests. Extensive<br />
networking concluded the seminar resulting in<br />
an excellent work day start for our members.<br />
Sydney’s latest Mercedes-Benz dealership<br />
From left: Paul Betar (Mercedes-Benz Sydney),<br />
Markus Gilbert , Tina Vissem (both<br />
<strong>AHK</strong>), Hans Tempel (Mercedes-Benz)<br />
More than 80 members and friends<br />
followed Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific’s<br />
invitation to inspect its new dealership in<br />
Alexandria, Sydney, on 31 August 2010. The<br />
impressive 2000 m2 dealership was the perfect<br />
setting for an exclusive networking event.<br />
President & CEO Hans Tempel welcomed the<br />
guests and shared interesting facts about<br />
Mercedes-Benz’ Australian success<br />
A pleasant stay at Melbourne’s<br />
Vibe Savoy Hotel<br />
Birte Jaschkowitz (THG), Anke Koeckler<br />
(Volkswagen), Renate Baumgaertner (THG),<br />
Romayne Bogtstra (Testo), Lisa Legudi<br />
(THG), Tina Thoms (<strong>AHK</strong>)<br />
On 8 September 2010 our member Toga<br />
Hospitality Group (THG) invited our members<br />
to an “At Home” function at their beautiful<br />
Vibe Savoy Hotel in the buzzing heart of Melbourne.<br />
Toga Hospitality is one of Australia’s<br />
largest accommodation providers, currently<br />
operating over fifty-one strategically located<br />
Hotels and Apartment Hotels across Australia,<br />
New Zealand and Europe. They also offer<br />
world-class services across their award winning<br />
apartment hotels. The vibrant function<br />
offered 100 attending members and friends a<br />
glimpse into the exciting global accommodation<br />
industry and the opportunity to make<br />
new connections. Sales director Lisa Legudi<br />
welcomed everyone and shared insights of<br />
Toga Hospitality Group’s hotels. Apart from<br />
delicious canapés and a wide range of beverages,<br />
the guests also enjoyed an entertaining<br />
prize raffle. One lucky guest won an overnight<br />
stay in one of the Medina Apartment Hotels<br />
in Australia. We would like to thank the Vibe<br />
Savoy Hotel team for this successful evening<br />
and all members for joining us.<br />
story. Guided by Dealer Principal Paul Betar,<br />
the guests inspected the dealership’s various<br />
sites . Across three floors of luxurious<br />
showrooms, including several customer<br />
lounges, the dealership provides one of the<br />
largest ranges of Mercedes-Benz vehicles in<br />
Australia. Besides experiencing Mercedes-<br />
Benz’ stunning automobile design, the guests<br />
relished culinary delights and enjoyed<br />
excellent service. We thank Mercedes-Benz<br />
Australia/Pacific for this outstanding function.<br />
From Europhobia to<br />
Eurovision<br />
EVENTS<br />
Tim Harcourt (Austrade), Paul Koenig<br />
(European Australian Advisory Group),<br />
H.E. David Daly (Head of Delegation of the<br />
European Union to Australia)<br />
Sydney’s European Chambers invited their<br />
members to a lavish luncheon at the renowned<br />
Doltone House on 26 August 2010.<br />
The German-Australian Chamber’s Vice President<br />
Paul Koenig welcomed the 140 guests.<br />
The Head of Delegation of the European<br />
Union to Australia His Excellency David Daly<br />
shared his insights on Australia’s global trade<br />
relations. He revealed that Australia’s previous<br />
focus on Asia is now shifting towards Europe.<br />
According to recent figures by the Australian<br />
Bureau of Statistics, the EU is one of Australia’s<br />
major export destinations. After China<br />
and Japan, the EU represents Australia’s most<br />
important export markets worth A$26 bn.<br />
Austrade’s Chief Economist Tim Harcourt<br />
also shared his vast experiences. Exclaiming<br />
that Australia should embrace an economic<br />
“Eurovision” instead of “Europhobia”, the<br />
famous globetrotter delivered an exceptional<br />
introduction to global economics. He focused<br />
on the European debt crisis and critically<br />
examined Australia’s tight trade relations with<br />
the US and China.<br />
After these insightful presentations our<br />
expert speakers attended the audience’s<br />
pressing questions. The event also attracted<br />
media coverage by ABC News. Two lucky door<br />
prize winners also won signed copies of Mr<br />
Harcourt’s book The Airport Economist. We<br />
would like to thank all involved chambers for<br />
an excellent cooperation, making this event a<br />
great joint-European success.<br />
From left: Marcel Svatos (Swiss Chamber),<br />
Tina Vissem (<strong>AHK</strong>), Tim Harcourt (Austrade),<br />
Paul Koenig (European Australian<br />
Advisory Group), H.E. David Daly (Head<br />
of Delegation of the European Union to<br />
Australia), Leopoldine Laval (FACCI)<br />
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Uncommon<br />
sense.<br />
The Passat CC. Style with substance.<br />
Striking the perfect balance between performance and design aesthetics, the Passat CC is the discerning driver’s choice.<br />
Impressive German innovation comes standard with the option of either a fuel-efficient 2.0L 125kW TDI diesel engine<br />
or a powerful V6 220kW FSI petrol engine with 4MOTION ® all wheel drive. Standard features include heated seats<br />
with leather appointed upholstery, 18˝ alloy wheels and Adaptive Chassis Control with a choice of either Comfort<br />
or Sport mode to suit your driving mood. And with the optional Panoramic Glass Roof, allowing you to take in more<br />
than just the road, it’s no wonder it was awarded the ‘Drive Car of the Year 2009. Best Luxury Car Under $60,000’.<br />
Judge for yourself and book a test drive today at passat-cc.com.au<br />
Das Auto.<br />
volkswagen.com.au<br />
VGA3783/<strong>AHK</strong>/1510
NEW MEMBERS<br />
The Goethe-Institut is Germany’s cultural<br />
institution, operational worldwide. We<br />
promote the study of German abroad and<br />
encourage international cultural exchange.<br />
We also foster knowledge about Germany by<br />
providing information on its culture, society<br />
and politics. In Australia, the Goethe-Institut<br />
is represented with offices in Sydney and<br />
Melbourne and with an extensive network of<br />
cooperating partners such as state libraries,<br />
teachers associations or the National Film and<br />
Sound Archive.<br />
We offer German courses from beginners to<br />
advanced at our centres in Sydney and<br />
Melbourne, but are also able to offer<br />
individual and group tuition on-site. Courses<br />
can be tailored to your needs and include<br />
German for business purposes. Our exams are<br />
recognised internationally.<br />
The vast range of cultural events at the<br />
Goethe-Institut includes the Festival of<br />
German Films, which in 2010 reached a record<br />
attendance of over 26,000. BERL<strong>IN</strong> DAYZ is<br />
our current program bringing the young and<br />
creative sides of Germany’s capital to<br />
audiences in Melbourne and beyond.<br />
The Goethe-Institut is very proud to enjoy<br />
the ongoing support not only of the German<br />
Foreign Office, but also that of the German<br />
Australian business community, such as Audi,<br />
Lufthansa, DB Schenker, Fresenius Medical<br />
Care, Schwarzkopf, Bayer Healthcare,<br />
Schweizer Kobras and Löwenbräu!<br />
For further information or to sign up to our<br />
newsletters or our KULTUR Magazine visit<br />
www.goethe.de/australia.<br />
Excitement. It is the value infused into<br />
everything we do at Doncaster BMW.<br />
Showcasing the very best of BMW, we are<br />
conveniently located near Melbourne’s most<br />
accessible arterial roads in Doncaster,<br />
Bundoora and Fairfield. Our facilities<br />
offer over 300 new and used BMW vehicles,<br />
finance, service and parts.<br />
A major redevelopment of our Doncaster<br />
dealership has now commenced, and it is<br />
expected that once completed, the $12.5<br />
million project will see us become one of<br />
Australia’s leading BMW retail precincts. This<br />
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ESV Chartered Accountants is an 8 partner<br />
firm with approximately 75 professional and<br />
operations staff. We offer a comprehensive<br />
range of professional services, extending<br />
beyond the traditional accounting and<br />
taxation services.<br />
We have extensive experience in advising<br />
foreign owned subsidiaries and assisting<br />
businesses wanting to expand into new<br />
markets, both in Australia and overseas.<br />
We service a diverse range of clients across<br />
a broad range of industries, sectors and<br />
professions. Our diverse range of services<br />
include; accounting, taxation, specialist international<br />
taxation advice, auditing, financial<br />
planning by our affiliation, asset protection,<br />
wealth creation, business structure and<br />
restructure advice and due diligence.<br />
We are committed to delivering the highest<br />
standard of professional accounting services<br />
to our clients.<br />
With a unique, personalised approach tailored<br />
to meet our individual clients’ needs, our<br />
dedicated team lend their expertise, in-depth<br />
knowledge and enthusiasm across a<br />
comprehensive range of business services.<br />
Our partners are always closely involved<br />
and available to our clients. Their ‘hands on’<br />
approach is an integral part of our company’s<br />
philosophy – to offer our clients a personalised,<br />
proactive service that extends beyond<br />
the traditional accounting role.<br />
We also enjoy a close relationship with<br />
leading interstate and overseas firms that<br />
enables us to provide the most comprehensive<br />
services both throughout Australia - and<br />
globally, across the USA, UK, Europe, New<br />
Zealand and South East Asia. ESV is proud to<br />
be a member of the TIAG Group.<br />
multi level development will see the showcase<br />
of more than 40 new BMW vehicles and 28<br />
service bays.<br />
Another exciting part of our business is our<br />
all new multi-level, state-of-the-art<br />
Doncaster BMW at Bundoora showroom. It<br />
offers a selection of over 100 New and Used<br />
BMW vehicles, a fully equipped BMW Service<br />
and paint workshop, plus a range of other<br />
services including our unique BMW Airport<br />
Service. It is conveniently located just off<br />
the Northern Ring Road, 15 minutes from<br />
Melbourne Airport.<br />
BMW is about joy – the joy of driving. It<br />
is a brand that has captured the hearts and<br />
minds of driving enthusiasts wanting to make<br />
the ultimate lifestyle choice. BMW is a brand<br />
that believes in staying at the forefront of<br />
motoring technology, comfort and safety so<br />
you feel privileged every time you get behind<br />
the wheel.<br />
The ITM worldwide Logistics GmbH is a global<br />
working logistics service provider, located<br />
near Hamburg. From the beginning the owner<br />
set highest value on the team’s competence<br />
to fulfil the clients’s demands and ‘to make it<br />
possible’.<br />
During its history, ITM has built up a lot of<br />
experience in equipment handling for mining,<br />
oil and offshore industries as well as machineries<br />
and complete factories. ITM<br />
offers the complete transport solution for<br />
large project shipments from production<br />
lines up to job-sites as well as for regular<br />
transports by combining different means and<br />
modes of transport and developing individual<br />
concepts.<br />
Therefore, ITM was able to build up a large<br />
base of renowned customers from industry<br />
and trade during the last decades. The<br />
constantly growing logistics network enables<br />
ITM to obtain highest performance not only<br />
for shipment from and to Germany but also<br />
for cross-trades all over the world.<br />
ITM worldwide Logistics GmbH<br />
Kummerfeld / Hamburg<br />
Germany<br />
Phone +49 4101 79960<br />
Fax +49 4101 74612<br />
E-mail: info@itm-logistics.de<br />
www.itm-kummerfeld.de<br />
At Doncaster BMW we believe in giving you<br />
the very best of all that BMW stands for.<br />
Having your BMW serviced by Doncaster<br />
BMW ensures performance and maintains<br />
the value of your Ultimate Driving Machine.<br />
Whilst our factory trained technicians at our<br />
Doncaster and Bundoora site work on your<br />
vehicle, you are welcome to escape to our<br />
cafe` lounge complete with wireless internet<br />
connectivity and plasma television. Alternatively,<br />
you can book one of our Service<br />
Demonstrator Vehicles, so you can freely get<br />
on with your day.<br />
With accolades such as Individual Dealer of<br />
the Year and having been awarded the BMW<br />
Dealer Trophy for excellence in customer<br />
service and sales, we invite you to experience<br />
the ultimate in excitement – Doncaster BMW.<br />
Excite your senses today by visiting us at<br />
www.doncasterbmw.com.au.<br />
www.germany.org.au
$100 million worth of luxury classic, new and<br />
concept cars and motorcycles will converge<br />
on Manly’s St Patrick’s Estate as part of<br />
the first Concours d’Elegance Australia on<br />
Sunday 10th October, 2010 (10-10-10), commencing<br />
at 10am till 5pm.<br />
For the first time Concours d’Elegance<br />
Australia will host the internationally<br />
acclaimed event, where cars and motor-cycles<br />
will be vying for the ultimate status of “Best<br />
of Show”. Concours d’Elegance Australia is as<br />
much about style, fashion and elegance as it<br />
is a celebration of the enjoyment of amazing<br />
and exotic automobiles and motorcycles.<br />
There are a number of classes including<br />
anniversary marques; 75 years of Jaguar and<br />
100 years of Alfa Romeo. Finalists are selected<br />
by a highly skilled and experienced panel of<br />
judges on the day including former racing<br />
driver and five times Le Mans winner, Derek<br />
Bell, MBE.<br />
Chairman of Concours d’Elegance Australia<br />
and car enthusiast, Sam Movizio introduced<br />
the idea of Concours d’Elegance Australia<br />
back in 2008. An avid fan and attendee of<br />
Concours such as Pebble Beach, Quail and<br />
Goodwood, he believes that this prestigious<br />
event can really gain momentum in Australia.<br />
“We’re behind the rest of the world in this<br />
regard and it’s time we had a top-quality<br />
Australian event”, he says.<br />
To complement Australia’s finest collection<br />
of automobiles and keep in the spirit of<br />
fashionable cars, ladies can also participate in<br />
‘Fashions on the Field’ with prizes to be won<br />
throughout the day for the best dressed lady<br />
and couple.<br />
Since its launch on 26th October 2009,<br />
Movizio and his team have been striving hard<br />
to bring this elegant automotive competition<br />
to fruition. With the venue set and the<br />
wheels firmly in motion, Concours d’Elegance<br />
Australia is on track to set a high benchmark<br />
for future Concours events.<br />
Concours d’Elegance Pty Ltd is governed by an<br />
Executive Committee and specialist<br />
committees responsible for the preparation<br />
and the staging of this inaugural event. They<br />
are collectors in their own rights and<br />
members of some of the country’s most<br />
important prestige car clubs.<br />
For more information log onto: www.101010.<br />
com.au<br />
www.germany.org.au<br />
Duesmann & Hensel Recycling Australia Pty<br />
Ltd has established Australia’s first recycling<br />
facility for spent catalytic converters at Carrum<br />
Downs in Melbourne. The company is<br />
the latest subsidiary of Germany’s Duesmann<br />
& Hensel International GmbH which has been<br />
recycling catalytic converters for more than<br />
10 years. During this time the company has<br />
achieved an enviable reputation as a global<br />
leader in the field of catalytic converter<br />
recycling.<br />
The facility represents a multi million<br />
dollar investment by Duesmann & Hensel<br />
International GmbH and has the capacity to<br />
process all spent ceramic catalytic converters<br />
in Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne<br />
was chosen as the preferred location for the<br />
company because of its superior port facilities<br />
and road transport network.<br />
The state-of-the-art equipment was built<br />
and tested by Duesmann & Hensel in Germany<br />
before being commissioned in Australia. The<br />
plant includes a sampling facility and laboratory,<br />
essential elements for determining the<br />
quantities of Platinum Group Metals (PGM’s)<br />
in spent catalytic converters.<br />
With the ability to process converters in<br />
Australia the company will achieve:<br />
► Increased employment opportunities in<br />
Melbourne and interstate – at full<br />
capacity the company plans to employ 20<br />
to 30 personnel, predominately located at<br />
Carrum Downs<br />
► Value adding by processing spent<br />
catalytic converters in Australia should<br />
add exports revenues of approximately<br />
US$30 million per annum.<br />
► Increased revenues for local sellers of<br />
spent catalytic converters.<br />
For more information please visit www.<br />
duerec.com or call (toll free) 1300 727 275.<br />
Duesmann & Hensel Recycling Australia Pty<br />
Ltd<br />
13 Sahra Grove, Carrum Downs VIC 3201<br />
Ph: +61 3 9554 5900 Fax: +61 3 9554 5959<br />
CEO – Will Tomadin, m 0409 973 287;<br />
email w.tomadin@duerec.com<br />
CFO – Peter Ursprung , m 0421 320 013<br />
email p.ursprung@duerec.com<br />
Commerzbank is the second largest credit<br />
institution in Germany, and one of Europe’s<br />
major banks. With the merging of Dresdner<br />
Bank into Commerzbank in May 2009, Commerzbank<br />
is now one of the leading banks for<br />
private and corporate customers in Germany<br />
and is a strong universal bank with many<br />
years of effective and comprehensive experience<br />
built up by two long-established institutions.<br />
The new Commerzbank has a total of<br />
NEW MEMBERS<br />
around 14.5 million private and corporate<br />
customers worldwide.<br />
Commerzbank has a direct global presence<br />
in the key business and financial centres. In<br />
addition we co-operate with several thousand<br />
correspondent banks all over the world.<br />
Furthermore Commerzbank is the holistic<br />
partner for financial institutions, providing<br />
excellent product services to its customers.<br />
Commerzbank is renowned for its superior<br />
customer knowledge and ensures that its Relationship<br />
Managers are highly qualified and<br />
experienced. Relationship Managers, together<br />
with an increased number of well-skilled<br />
Product Specialists and local Representatives,<br />
constitute competent and personal Client<br />
Sales Teams for the customers. These teams<br />
give advice on individual client needs and<br />
are thereby committed to the highest level of<br />
customer satisfaction.<br />
As a flexible partner, Commerzbank<br />
addresses today’s challenges and develops<br />
competitive solutions responding to the<br />
customer’s specific needs.<br />
Sales Consultants was founded in January<br />
1990. The company’s core value to businesses<br />
is lifting their capability to increase sales and<br />
reduce the cost of selling across the sales<br />
force and or sales function.<br />
The company improves the effectiveness<br />
between the client and their customers to<br />
generate more sales and in a more profitable<br />
manner.<br />
To ensure a successful outcome for its<br />
clients Sales Consultants begins by undertaking<br />
a comprehensive evaluation of the current<br />
sales situation. This involves working with<br />
senior management or the business owner;<br />
assess the external and the internal sales<br />
team in real selling situations.<br />
Often other issues are uncovered that<br />
prevent sales performance and are outside the<br />
control of the sales force. These can be ineffective<br />
non supportive processes and enabling<br />
technology such as CRM that is not being<br />
properly or fully utilized.<br />
Sales Consultants has worked across many<br />
industries and markets from large corporate<br />
businesses through to small to medium enterprises.<br />
This level of experience and passion<br />
has given the company the ability to understand<br />
and get to the core issues quickly.<br />
Kurt Newman is the co founder and is<br />
sought after for his expertise and opinion on a<br />
range of sales related subjects. These include<br />
the print media such as Management Today,<br />
Training and Development and The Financial<br />
Review; web based business sites - The BNET<br />
Report and Dynamic Business. He was interviewed<br />
on the Qantas In-Flight Radio Program<br />
Talking Business and writes a monthly blog<br />
for the company’s subscribers.<br />
For enquiries contact Sales Consultants on<br />
02) 94539288 or email june.ward@salesconsultants.com.au<br />
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NEW MEMBERS<br />
We founded PHOENIKS in October 2008 on<br />
the idea that there is a market in Australia<br />
for high quality hospitality equipment from<br />
Europe. Since then we have tightened our<br />
partnerships with our eight suppliers from<br />
overseas to be able to provide what we<br />
consider the best Europe can offer.<br />
Most of our partners are German and<br />
Swiss: synonym of precision, innovation and<br />
quality. Our 8 overseas partners are all family<br />
businesses focused on their product range to<br />
innovate and keep their leadership in quality,<br />
low water and energy consumption, reliability.<br />
PHOENIKS is the Australian importer for:<br />
► MKN (Germany) – Combi ovens and<br />
cooking range standard and custom made<br />
www.mkn.de<br />
► BRUNNER (Switzerland) – Vegetable<br />
cutting machines and food processors<br />
www.brunner-anliker.com<br />
► GIF (Germany) – Ventilated ceilings<br />
www.gif-web.de<br />
► SALVIS (Switzerland) – Pressure steamers,<br />
holding cabinets Hold O Mat, salamanders,<br />
self exhaust cooking modules<br />
www.salvis.ch<br />
► ELRO (Switzerland) – Pressure kettles and<br />
frying pans www.elro.ch<br />
► VAUCONSANT (France) – Cold & Hot<br />
displays, hot boxes www.vauconsant.com<br />
► TOURNUS (France) – Shelving and stainless<br />
steel standard fittings (Dustbins,<br />
trolleys, Washbasins...) www.tournus.com<br />
►<br />
DIETA (Finland) – Tilting mixing kettles<br />
www.dieta.fi<br />
Our references are Brent Savage (The Bentley<br />
- Sydney), Shannon Bennett (Vue de Monde<br />
- Melbourne), Philippe Mouchel, Michael<br />
Bacash (Bacash Restaurant - Melbourne),<br />
Simon Hill (Ortiga - Brisbane), Romain Bapst<br />
(Il Centro - Brisbane), Peter Zimmermann<br />
(Westin - Sydney), Nicolas Poelaert (Embrasse<br />
- Carlton), Duck Duck Goose (QV - Melbourne)...”<br />
More information about PHOENIKS on<br />
www.phoeniks.com.au or on our blog at<br />
Blogger. You can follow us as well on Twitter.<br />
ESCADA is an international fashion company<br />
for women’s apparel and accessories, which is<br />
active on the international luxury goods market.<br />
It was founded in 1976 by Margaretha<br />
and Wolfgang Ley.<br />
The German based company offers two<br />
brand lines - ESCADA and ESCADA SPORT.<br />
ESCADA stands for modern elegance, glamour,<br />
and sensuality.<br />
ESCADA SPORT represents understated chic,<br />
metropolitan allure and young femininity.<br />
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Freudenberg is a family-owned group of<br />
companies active on the global stage. Its 14<br />
Business Groups operate on various markets<br />
and in various sectors of industry. Freudenberg<br />
develops and produces seals, vibration<br />
control technology components, filters,<br />
nonwovens, release agents and specialty<br />
lubricants as well as mechatronic products.<br />
Freudenberg offers its customers in the<br />
automotive, mechanical and plant engineering,<br />
textile and clothing, construction<br />
and mining, energy, chemical, oil and gas<br />
industries tailor-made, innovative technological<br />
products and services. Customer groupings<br />
also include companies in the medical<br />
technology, civil aviation and semi-conductor<br />
sectors.<br />
Freudenberg develops software solutions<br />
and IT services primarily for small- and<br />
medium-sized enterprises. Final users enjoy<br />
the benefits of Freudenberg’s state of-theart<br />
household products marketed under the<br />
vileda®, O’Cedar® and Wettex® brands.<br />
Freudenberg sees itself as an enterprising<br />
corporation. Operative business is the responsibility<br />
of stand-alone companies whose<br />
management conducts business autonomously.<br />
The individual companies belong to<br />
one of several Business Groups. The executive<br />
bodies of the parent company Freudenberg<br />
& Co. Kommanditgesellschaft - the Management<br />
Board, the Board of Partners, and<br />
the Partners’ Meeting - have responsibilities<br />
similar to those of the Executive Board,<br />
the Supervisory Board and the Shareholders<br />
Meeting in German corporations. The parent<br />
company’s Corporate Functions control,<br />
coordinate and monitor the activities of the<br />
Freudenberg Group and provide advice and<br />
support to Business Groups. The Management<br />
Board members are jointly responsible for the<br />
leadership of the Freudenberg Group.<br />
Freudenberg is a family company. It is<br />
owned by some 300 heirs to the founding<br />
father Carl Johann Freudenberg. For more<br />
information www.freudenberg-filter.com.<br />
Both lines stand equally for fashion with love<br />
of colour, distinctive details, perfect fit and<br />
refined quality. The ESCADA brand encompasses<br />
licenses for ESCADA EYEWEAR and<br />
FRAGRANCES.<br />
Today ESCADA has a market presence in<br />
over 80 countries with around 1.260 points of<br />
sale. It has been owned by one of the Mittal<br />
Family Trusts since November 2009. The Board<br />
of Management and the company’s owner<br />
Megha Mittal have agreed to implement<br />
the business strategy launched in mid-2008<br />
securing continuity of the operative business.<br />
Since July 2010 the ESCADA GmbH has<br />
Bombardier Transportation is the global<br />
market leader in rail technology. We provide<br />
innovative, future-oriented solutions for<br />
modern railways. Our passion for excellence<br />
in safety, reliability and forward-thinking<br />
design, together with an industry-leading<br />
commitment to sustainable mobility, makes<br />
us the partner of choice for the world’s rail<br />
operators.<br />
Having pioneered the philosophy of “The<br />
Climate is Right for Trains” we are now going<br />
even further with our revolutionary ECO4<br />
energy-saving technologies – built on the four<br />
cornerstones of energy, efficiency, economy<br />
and ecology – incorporating a combination of<br />
new and proven technologies that help reduce<br />
energy consumption and minimise the carbon<br />
footprint.<br />
Our integrated approach ensures that we<br />
provide well-designed, innovative products<br />
that enhance the reputation of rail transportation<br />
and add value for our customers –<br />
creating true sustainable mobility.<br />
Our products include the full range of<br />
railway solutions from complete transportation<br />
systems, maintenance services, system<br />
integration and signaling. We manufacture<br />
rail passenger vehicles including metros,<br />
commuter and regional trains as well as a<br />
range of high and low floor tram and light rail<br />
vehicles, electric and diesel locomotives, rapid<br />
transit systems and airport people mover<br />
systems.<br />
Bombardier Transportation has its headquarters<br />
in Berlin, Germany and a presence in<br />
over 60 countries. In Australia we operate a<br />
major manufacturing plant in Dandenong,<br />
Melbourne and maintain vehicles in all<br />
mainland states, with complete engineering<br />
support provided by our world class design<br />
and engineering studio in Brisbane.<br />
For more information visit<br />
www.bombardier.com.<br />
changed its legal form from a German GmbH<br />
into a European stock corporation under the<br />
name ESCADA SE. This provides a modern<br />
legal form which reflects the international<br />
scope of ESCADA’s business.<br />
With its brands the ESCADA Group ranks as<br />
one of the world’s leaders with international<br />
presence for ready-to-wear women’s fashion<br />
in the high-end segment.”<br />
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DAMMANN is a boutique translation company<br />
specialising in German-English translations<br />
for businesses and individuals in Australia and<br />
Germany.<br />
International business comes with its<br />
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sciences, hospitality, mining, publishing and<br />
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Besides professional translations of all<br />
business and marketing documents, we work<br />
About 5 years ago Essen opened its doors on<br />
Broadway in Ultimo, Sydney. For the first few<br />
years it was called Una’s restaurant and we<br />
served good, honest and great value German/<br />
Austrian cuisine.<br />
After 3 years the name was changed to<br />
Essen restaurant and beer café, with this<br />
change there was also a change in product<br />
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You can now get the best German food,<br />
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Everything is made fresh on premise,<br />
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The wine and beer list has some great<br />
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of this beautiful heritage sandstone building<br />
for any private parties or meetings.<br />
The restaurant is open 7 days lunch and<br />
dinner. Essen restaurant is located on 133-<br />
135 Broadway,<br />
Ultimo<br />
Ph.: 92113805<br />
E.: functions@<br />
essenrestaurant.<br />
com.au<br />
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with expats, migrants and migration agencies,<br />
supporting German nationals during their<br />
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us and our clients a competitive edge when<br />
it comes to quality and time. We meet your<br />
deadlines and never let you down. As our<br />
client, you work with a specialist with experi-<br />
The Arntz Optibelt Group, with headquarters<br />
in Höxter, Germany, is a leading manufacturer<br />
of high performance transmission belts for<br />
the Automotive, Industrial and Agricultural<br />
sectors.<br />
Optibelt Australia Pty Ltd, part of the Arntz<br />
Optibelt Group, is a recent addition to the<br />
family established to service customers in the<br />
Asia Pacific Region.<br />
Established in 1872, by Emil Arntz, as the<br />
Höxtersche Gummifadenfabrik, the Arntz<br />
Optibelt group has grown to become an independent,<br />
family guided company with over<br />
1400 employees across 10 manufacturing<br />
locations and 60 sales offices worldwide.<br />
The Arntz Optibelt group is quality certified<br />
to D<strong>IN</strong> ISO 9001:2000 and D<strong>IN</strong> EN ISO<br />
14001:2005, and is committed to be both<br />
market and customer orientated by providing<br />
quality products at the correct time, to the<br />
correct location, with the exact amount, at<br />
competitive prices and, with the best service<br />
within the framework of a long established<br />
business relationship.<br />
This commitment has ensured that the Arntz<br />
Optibelt group has retained long standing<br />
business partnerships with all major European<br />
Automotive brands (with plants in Europe<br />
and Asia), Agricultural machinery OEMs and,<br />
several Asian Auto and Industrial Original<br />
Equipment manufacturers.<br />
Optibelt Australia Pty Ltd, as part of the<br />
Arntz Optibelt Group, is proud to be associated<br />
with the German-Australian Chamber of<br />
Industry and Commerce.<br />
NEW MEMBERS<br />
ence in both translations and business, so you<br />
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without embarrassing mistakes, you benefit<br />
from our intercultural knowledge of both<br />
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For more information or a free quote for<br />
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DAMMANN German-English Translations<br />
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281 Kearney Street<br />
Top Camp QLD 4352<br />
Ph: +61 402 919 310<br />
Fax: +61 7 3112 6149<br />
E-mail: translations@dammann.com.au<br />
Internet: www.dammann.com.au<br />
Contact: Mr Chris Dammann, BBA, MBA<br />
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NEW MEMBERS<br />
Zueblin Australia has been a successful civil<br />
contractor in Australia for the last 4 years as<br />
an Alliance Member at the Alkimos Wastewater<br />
Scheme and is currently involved in<br />
the construction of the second large-scale<br />
desalination plant in Western Australia. Since<br />
February, the company has a new office in<br />
Perth CBD to maintain and strengthen its<br />
Australian presence.<br />
The Alkimos project in Western Australia<br />
has been the first assignment and will provide<br />
service to the growing population in Perth’s<br />
North West corridor. The company has<br />
successfully built one of the largest tunnelling<br />
projects ever undertaken in the state, including<br />
a 4 km long sea outfall and a 5 km section<br />
of sewer connecting the existing Quinns Main<br />
Sewer to the Wastewater Treatment Plant.<br />
Zueblin Australia is currently performing<br />
two complex 1-km-long micro-tunnels for<br />
the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant in<br />
Binningup with most of the drives under the<br />
water. The intake tunnel’s inside diameter is<br />
2.4 m and the outfall’s is only 2.0. The company<br />
has 2 TBM machines in Australia capable<br />
to work in most underground conditions.<br />
Zueblin Australia’s scope does not end as a<br />
specialized tunneller. The company also<br />
supplies concrete jacking pipes and all<br />
pre-cast elements required to successfully<br />
complete its tunnelling operations.<br />
Zueblin Australia Pty Ltd (Zueblin Australia)<br />
is member of the STRABAG Group, one of the<br />
largest German contractors in the fields of<br />
building construction and civil engineering<br />
with offices in 50 countries worldwide.<br />
Zueblin Australia specialises in tunnelling.<br />
Mett Pty Ltd is engaged in the<br />
manufacture of automotive components and<br />
is the leading aluminium high pressure and<br />
gravity die caster in Australia. The company<br />
was established in 1983 with the goal of<br />
building and maintaining a state-of-the-art,<br />
manufacturing facility.<br />
Today, Mett employs over 220 people at its<br />
Noble Park base in Victoria and generates a<br />
current turnover of $A71 million. The company’s<br />
plant maintains its primary die casting<br />
manufacturing capabilities whilst undertaking<br />
precision high speed CNC machining and<br />
complex automated product assemblies.<br />
Mett strives to support demanding customers<br />
within the automotive industry as well as<br />
other sectors through the provision of high<br />
quality tested products at competitive pricing<br />
and a commitment to continuous improve-<br />
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Ebm-papst A&NZ Pty Ltd is part of the<br />
global ebm-papst Group based in Hohenlohe.<br />
For 25 years, ebm-papst A&NZ has been the<br />
local markets’ leading supplier of fans and<br />
motors to all industries requiring air movement<br />
technology.<br />
Working with business clients, our<br />
engineers based in Melbourne, Sydney,<br />
Adelaide and Auckland help drive down<br />
electricity and carbon costs using engineering<br />
innovation and excellence.<br />
With 20% of all industrial electricity used<br />
in fans, the applications where our technology<br />
is used is as diverse as factory ventilation<br />
to building air-conditioning, from automotive<br />
system control to life saving biomedical<br />
systems.<br />
Please contact us if you see we can work<br />
with you: sales on 03 9360 6400.<br />
ment with a strong focus on customer service.<br />
The company’s operations are supported by<br />
its sister company Hilton Tooling, which is internationally<br />
renowned for its technology and<br />
capabilities in the design and manufacture of<br />
precision tooling. Through this connection,<br />
Mett is able to further service customer<br />
projects from tool design, 3D-modelling, prototyping<br />
and solidification simulation through<br />
to CAD/CAM based die manufacturing.<br />
Mett presently have 14 closed loop Buhler<br />
high pressure diecast machines ranging from<br />
400 to 1400 metric tonnes. All machines are<br />
closed cells including dosing furnace, NC die<br />
spray, ABB robot for product removal, quench<br />
tank and trim press. Supporting our foundries<br />
we have a total of 3 melting furnaces with an<br />
hourly output of 9000 Kg per hour.<br />
In our Gravity plant we have 5 Laempe core<br />
making machines utilising the environmentally<br />
friendly and energy efficient inorganic<br />
binder process. Various gravity casting cells<br />
comprising single tilt machines and mass<br />
carousel setups, all supported by robotic<br />
Performance English is an Australian training<br />
organisation based in Sydney and Melbourne,<br />
providing practical training for overseas born<br />
professionals seeking to enhance their career<br />
prospects in the Australian marketplace.<br />
Our courses are offered to individuals and<br />
corporations and are designed to improve the<br />
student’s English language skills, specifically<br />
within a business context.<br />
We work with many companies from a<br />
range of industries and our students come<br />
from a diverse mixture of nationalities and<br />
professions. The most common request from<br />
our students is to improve communication<br />
skills that are relevant for dealing with<br />
Australian clients and there is an increasing<br />
interest in local business culture and protocol.<br />
Our courses have been developed using<br />
the expertise and real world experience of<br />
language teachers, business managers and<br />
career management experts. Our students are<br />
like-minded business professionals and they<br />
recognise that great communication skills will<br />
be the cornerstone of their career success in<br />
Australia.<br />
Tuition is practical, interactive and demanding.<br />
It is designed to ensure that participants<br />
develop rapidly and gain all the skills and<br />
knowledge needed to kick-start their careers.<br />
We look forward to welcoming you to either<br />
our Sydney or Melbourne campuses soon.<br />
www.performanceenglish.com.au<br />
product removal and post processing<br />
equipment such as shakeout, shot peening,<br />
robotic cut off and impregnation cells.<br />
Mett presently have a total of 40<br />
horizontal machining centres, including one<br />
fully automated machining line with robotic<br />
loading and washing facilities. Other individual<br />
cells are supported by robots or operators<br />
depending on the product and volume<br />
requirements. We also have a dedicated<br />
high pressure de-burring machine for our<br />
machined valve bodies.<br />
Mett is able to support customers’ assembly<br />
requirements from a simple tube insertion<br />
process to a fully automated assembly line<br />
required by complex sub assembles. All our<br />
assembly equipment is designed as well as<br />
build in-house with full traceability and error<br />
proofing.<br />
It is these capabilities that have seen Mett<br />
achieve numerous awards including the<br />
prestigious GM ‘Supplier of the Year’ awarded<br />
on six separate occasions.<br />
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Australian Aerospace Limited<br />
Dr Jens Goennemann, CEO<br />
Level 29 Gateway, 1 Macquarie Place<br />
Sydney NSW 2000<br />
www.ausaero.com.au<br />
Activities: Aerospace aviation<br />
Dammann German-English Translations<br />
Chris Dammann, Director<br />
281 Kearny Street<br />
Top Camp QLD 4352<br />
www.dammann.com.au<br />
Activities: Translations<br />
Duesmann & Hensel Recycling<br />
Australia Pty Ltd<br />
Peter Ursprung, CFO / Director<br />
13 Sahra Grove<br />
Carrum Downs VIC 3201<br />
www.duerec.com<br />
Activities: Recycling of catalytic converters<br />
ESCADA Textilvertrieb GmbH<br />
Alan Shao, Regional Manager<br />
Suite 203, 46 Market Street<br />
Sydney NSW 2000<br />
www.escada.com<br />
Activities: Fashion retail<br />
ESV Chartered Accountants<br />
Clare Audet, Strategic Marketing Consultant<br />
Level 18, City Centre, 55 Market Street<br />
Sydney NSW 2000<br />
www.esvgroup.com.au<br />
Activities: Accounting<br />
Goethe-Institut <strong>Australien</strong><br />
Klaus Krischok, Director<br />
90 Ocean Street<br />
Woollahra NSW 2024<br />
www.goethe.de/australia<br />
Activities: Culture & education<br />
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German-Australian Business News is published quarterly by the<br />
German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (<strong>AHK</strong>).<br />
EDITORIAL OFFICE /ADVERTIS<strong>IN</strong>G:<br />
EDITOR Christian Haag, christian.haag@germany.org.au<br />
ASSISTANT Michael Schlattau, media@germany.ory.au<br />
Level 10, 39-41 York St, Sydney NSW 2000<br />
Ph: +61-2-8296 0446 | F: +61-2-8296 0411<br />
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AUSTRALIAN CONTRACT MANUFACTURER<br />
SOUGHT FOR JAMS AND FRUIT SPREADS<br />
The German family-owned company is one<br />
of the leading European manufacturers of<br />
jams and fruit spreads with 125 years of<br />
experience. It manufactures first class fruit<br />
products from selected, high quality raw<br />
materials. With more than 500,000 square<br />
metres production facilities in Germany the<br />
company is one of the largest industrial enterprises<br />
in Europe and has been successfully<br />
exporting their products to Europe, North<br />
America and Australia.<br />
With a comprehensive industry specific<br />
knowledge of fruit market and industry<br />
trends, combining quality and freshness,<br />
www.germany.org.au<br />
ITM Worldwide Logistics GmbH<br />
Jan Meyer, Sales Manager<br />
Auweg 10<br />
25495 Kummerfeld<br />
Deutschland<br />
www.itm-kummerfeld.de<br />
Activities: Transport & logistics<br />
Johnson Winter & Slattery<br />
Dr Wolfgang Hellmann, Special Counsel<br />
264 George Street<br />
Sydney NSW 2000<br />
www.jws.com.au<br />
Activities: Legal<br />
Mett Pty Ltd<br />
Markus Schoelderle, Technical Sales Manager<br />
20-38 Overseas Drive<br />
Noble Park VIC 3174<br />
www.mett.com.au<br />
Activities: Component supplier to automotive<br />
industry<br />
Performance English<br />
Wayne Parry, Marketing Director<br />
Level 6, 234 Sussex Street<br />
Sydney NSW 2000<br />
www.performanceenglish.com.au<br />
Activities: Corporate training<br />
Phoeniks Pty Ltd<br />
Jacques Morin, Director<br />
PO Box 1314<br />
Camberwell VIC 3124<br />
www.phoeniks.com.au<br />
Activities: Food service + catering equipment<br />
Sales Consultants Pty Ltd<br />
Kurt Newmann, Managing Director<br />
PO Box 396<br />
Forestville NSW 2087<br />
www.salesconsultants.com.au<br />
Activities: Training / Consulting<br />
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the company offers a wide selection of jams,<br />
marmalades, jellies, diet and reduced sugar<br />
preserves.<br />
In Germany, the company has its own<br />
production facilities with state of art pressing<br />
and concentrating equipment and technology.<br />
With an already established sales network in<br />
Australia, the focus of the company is to find<br />
a capable contract manufacturer of preserve<br />
products.<br />
Ideally, the contract manufacturer would<br />
have experience in the production of private<br />
labels.<br />
For further information please contact Anja<br />
Kegel at the German Chamber on 02 – 8296<br />
0434 or via email:<br />
Anja.Kegel@germany.org.au<br />
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German Manufacturer of Valves<br />
Adams Armaturen GmbH was established<br />
in 1960, when founder Karl Adams<br />
had invented a butterfly valve with<br />
three functions in one valve: isolation,<br />
throttling and check - the “Combination<br />
Control Valve”.<br />
With production facilities in Herne<br />
(Headquarter), worldwide subsidiary<br />
companies and sales agencies, today<br />
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of valves.<br />
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DN 80/3” up to 4000/160” (mm/<br />
inch) for temperatures between -196°C<br />
to 950°C and operating pressures of up<br />
to 400 bar.<br />
The focus in Australia is to find a potential<br />
business partner who is an agent<br />
or distributor within the valve industry<br />
and ideally has experience and technical<br />
knowledge regarding valves, is willing<br />
to actively market the products, offers<br />
support to clients and partners and is<br />
able to provide After Sales Service in<br />
Australia.<br />
Adams-Service-Germany will support<br />
and train the potential agent / distributor.<br />
For further information please<br />
contact Anja Kegel at the German<br />
Chamber on 02 – 8296 0434 or via<br />
email: Anja.Kegel@germany.org.au<br />
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