Shenzhen-Cork Business Forum, Cork, 20th June 2014 

A delegation from Shenzhen (China) will visit Cork on 20 June 2014. The delegation will comprise six Shenzhen companies and the visit follows on from a cooperation agreement with the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government which Cork City Council concluded during a trade mission in November 2013.

A Shenzhen-Cork Business Forum will be held on the morning of Friday, 20 June. The forum will consist of presentations on Shenzhen and Cork and a networking session between the Shenzhen and Cork companies will follow. The Shenzhen companies include three food companies; a gardening company involved in the production of bonsai trees; a technology company; and a marina resort.

Interpreters will be available on the day to assist with communication during this event.

The venue for this event is to be confirmed but expressions of interest are currently being sought. Contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie to register your interest.

Match4Industry, Kocaeli (Turkey), 25th-26th September 2014

The third edition of the multi-sector Match4Industry Business Matching will take place in Kocaeli (Turkey) in September.

The Match4Industry Business Matching Event will be organised by ABIGEM (European Turkish Business Networks) East Marmara and the Kocaeli Chamber of Industry in close collaboration with Enterprise Europe Network-Luxembourg, the Chamber of Commerce of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and many other professional business support organisations from Europe, Turkey and beyond.

Match4Industry will be organised in a special industrial zone and bilateral meetings will be organised here. Participants will also have the opportunity to meet with companies exhibiting their products and services. The areas of interest at this event will be:  Automotive Supplies; Metal and Machinery; Plastics and Rubber Tyres; Chemical; Construction; Energy; Environment; Electronics; ICT; and Female Entrepreneurship.
 The participation fee will cost €80 per participant and the Republic of Turkey’s Ministry of Economy will finance B2B meetings; assistance at the event; local transfers to meeting points; translation services; meals; and the accommodation cost of the delegation and partners. The registration deadline for this event is 15th September 2014. For further information, click here or contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie.

Overseas Business Matchmaking Opportunities

• A German Life Science SME, providing high-quality product and service solutions for Life Science research in industry and academia, seeks to expand its activities to the Veterinary Diagnostics sector. The SME seeks partners from academia and industry with activities in this field for a technical cooperation agreement. For further information, contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie and quote Ref. TRDE20140516002.
• A Polish designer and distributor of wastewater treatment equipment seeks suppliers/producers of wastewater treatment equipment who are interested in entering the Polish market. The company currently engages with Norwegian and Japanese partners but wishes to expand its customer base on a Pan-European level. Its target customers are companies which produce wastewater. If you are interested in this profile, contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie and quote Ref. BRPL20140418001.

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