Romania has turned into a center of innovation and technology, so there are still excellent opportunities for investment, said the president of AHK Romania, Andreas Lier, at the opening of the General Assembly of the organization’s members.
According to a press release, the annual General Assembly of AHK Romania members reconfirmed by vote, on Tuesday evening, two of the members of the Board of Directors, respectively Petru Ruşeț (Siemens Energy Romania) and Volker Raffel (E.On Romania), who will have a mandate of three years.
“The prospects for Romanian-German economic relations are still good and new opportunities always appear – Romania has turned into a center of innovation and technology and there are still excellent opportunities for investments,” said the president of AHK Romania.
He emphasized the fact that Romania currently plays an important role for Germany and for Europe in terms of ecological transformation, a transformation to which the Romanian-German business community also contributed.
In 2023, trade between the two countries reached a new record, reaching 43 billion euros in bilateral trade, and the investment dynamics will continue.
“We are a solid, diverse, trust-based community, strongly anchored in technology, with over 620 member companies, a network connected not only in business, but one that maintains close relations with political decision-makers, with public administration, but also with NGOs,” said Sebastian Metz, general manager of AHK Romania.
He mentioned that in the last 12 months, AHK Romania continued to support, through the services offered, member companies, developed new business opportunities for members and partners, as well as an excellent networking network. There were also high-level political meetings, regional events, business delegations in Romania, Germany, the Republic of Moldova, etc.
According to the cited source, the composition of the Board of Directors and the Commission of Censors remained unchanged: President – Andreas Lier (BASF), General Director of AHK Romania – Sebastian Metz, Vice-Presidents: Christian von Albrichsfeld (Continental Automotive Romania), Daniel Gross (REWE Romania), Members: Claudia Hesselmann (Arensia Exploratory Medicine), Volker Raffel (E.ON Romania), Petru Ruseț (Siemens Energy Romania), Gunter Krasser (Infineon Technologies Romania), Michael Beier (CLAAS Regional Center South East Europe), Simona Melnic (MedicHub Media), Marco Alpert (Bawi Construction), Ottmar Lotz (Agrarius AG) and Nikolaus Eichert (WPD Romania).