The Federation of Indian Export Organizations held a meeting the senior officials of the Economic Development Agency of Moselle County Council. The meeting was organised on January 18, 2010 in New Delhi with Mr Thierry Petry, Director and Mr Daniel Knoepffler, Char d’ Affaires.
The purpose of the meeting was to get a feedback on Euro India Transportation Systems (EITS) that was held during November 17-19, 2009 at Metz, Moselle (France). FIEO organized seminars at Mumbai and Delhi to promote the convention so that Indian companies related to transportation systems could take advantage of it. EITS was the biggest business convention every organized between India and Europe on the theme of transportation systems. A 130-member Indian business delegation participated in EITS. More than 5000 face to face meetings and 35 conferences with the best experts in Transportation Systems were organized.
There were 220 booths occupied by Indian and European companies in the convention. Moselle is a region in France at a unique cross border location (SaarLor-Lux) covering France, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium with over 11 million consumers and 300,000 students. Metz, the capital city of Moselle, is only a 3-hour drive from Paris, Frankfurt and Brussels. It takes only and hour and 10 minutes by the TGV high speed train to Paris CDG airport, with direct connections to India. Moselle is a hub of industrial activities. More than 10% of France’s electricity is generated in the area. Companies like Daimler, Peugeot, Magna etc in the automotive sector; and Tata Corus, VLFI Cargo, Rolanfer etc in the railway sector are there. Arcelor Mittal has the world’s biggest research centre for automotive industry in Moselle.
Tata Corus produces rails for the TGV high speed train. IKEA has its distribution centre for entire southern Europe in Moselle. The region is also known for its plastic and composite material production and logistics. There is also scope for cooperation in the field of engineering and technical education. Mr G.P. Upadhyaya, Secretary General said that enough possibilities exist for Indian companies to do business with Moselle either by way of setting up plants there or technology transfer for newer and efficient process like wind power, solar power, automotive sector and so on. FIEO is looking at the possibilities of organizing a multiproduct business delegation to Moselle covering the above sectors. FIEO would also be happy to be associated with Euro Indian transportation System Summit again in 2011.
The purpose of the meeting was to get a feedback on Euro India Transportation Systems (EITS) that was held during November 17-19, 2009 at Metz, Moselle (France). FIEO organized seminars at Mumbai and Delhi to promote the convention so that Indian companies related to transportation systems could take advantage of it. EITS was the biggest business convention every organized between India and Europe on the theme of transportation systems. A 130-member Indian business delegation participated in EITS. More than 5000 face to face meetings and 35 conferences with the best experts in Transportation Systems were organized.
There were 220 booths occupied by Indian and European companies in the convention. Moselle is a region in France at a unique cross border location (SaarLor-Lux) covering France, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium with over 11 million consumers and 300,000 students. Metz, the capital city of Moselle, is only a 3-hour drive from Paris, Frankfurt and Brussels. It takes only and hour and 10 minutes by the TGV high speed train to Paris CDG airport, with direct connections to India. Moselle is a hub of industrial activities. More than 10% of France’s electricity is generated in the area. Companies like Daimler, Peugeot, Magna etc in the automotive sector; and Tata Corus, VLFI Cargo, Rolanfer etc in the railway sector are there. Arcelor Mittal has the world’s biggest research centre for automotive industry in Moselle.
Tata Corus produces rails for the TGV high speed train. IKEA has its distribution centre for entire southern Europe in Moselle. The region is also known for its plastic and composite material production and logistics. There is also scope for cooperation in the field of engineering and technical education. Mr G.P. Upadhyaya, Secretary General said that enough possibilities exist for Indian companies to do business with Moselle either by way of setting up plants there or technology transfer for newer and efficient process like wind power, solar power, automotive sector and so on. FIEO is looking at the possibilities of organizing a multiproduct business delegation to Moselle covering the above sectors. FIEO would also be happy to be associated with Euro Indian transportation System Summit again in 2011.
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