Business trip for Swedish Food Companies to Hamburg

Welcome to attend a business trip to Hamburg to learn more about the German food market and Hamburg as a business location.

Why Hamburg?

The Hamburg Metropolitan Region is the centre of northern Germany. It comprises of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and seventeen districts, Lübeck, Schwerin and Neumünster, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and has a total population of approximately 5.3 million.

One of Hamburg's strengths is its diversified economic structure, of which the food sector is an important part. A new food cluster is being set up with the aim of strengthening and developing Hamburg as a food location and creating an innovative start-up scene. The cluster will help companies in the food sector to cope better with the expected market challenges and to network with scientific research in Hamburg and with other food companies.

Participants

Companies from the food industry interested in the German market and Hamburg as a business location, including processed food, ingredients, food tech and start-ups, are welcome.
You are cordially invited to learn more about the potential German food market,
all German food business opportunities and about Hamburg, as a business location!
All information and presentations will be in English.
Programme in short:
The programme will cover the following areas:

• A three-day visit to the city of Hamburg, from lunch to lunch
• Learning more about the German food market and Hamburg as a growing food cluster “What is important to know when doing business in Germany"
• Learning more about the do's and don'ts of doing business in Hamburg and about the support that can be given to Swedish companies by Hamburg Invest
• Visit Hamburg's main food wholesale market
• Meet buyers from German grocery chains as well as local importers and distributors
• Matchmaking event to present your company to potential buyers and importers
• Meet other Swedish food companies who are established in Germany
• In the evening, we will have dinner and meet with the Swedish community in Hamburg
• As a possible add-on: Visit the Open Mouth Hamburg Food Festival (12-16 September) just before the business trip, https://openmouth.hamburg/

Registration, Västsvenska Handelskammaren

Registration before May 15, 2024

When registering, please include a brief company profile and any special requests you may have.

Also we would be very grateful if you could give us with some information about your own wishes and objectives for your company during the trip, which we will try to incorporate into the programme.

Prices and payment

• Total price is 35 000 SEK/person including the programme in Hamburg, (incl. lunch, dinner and transport during the trip) o (an additional person from the same company receives a 25% discount)
• Registration fee is 7 000 SEK/person
• Final invoice of 28 000 SEK to be paid 4 weeks before the business trip starts

All prices are exclusive of VAT/moms and will be paid by invoice

Traveling and accommodation

All participants cover their own accommodation and travel costs. We will pre-book a hotel for you at a reasonable price.

Hamburg Invest will pay for transport during the business trip.

Webinar

Before the business trip in May or in August, we will arrange a webinar for the participating food companies, together with some participants from the Hamburg region.

This webinar will give the companies the opportunity to get additional information and ask questions before the trip.

For questions

• Karin Hansson, International Business Developer, KIH Consulting, www.kihconsulting.com, + 46 705 26 27 90, questions about the business program and the German food market, kihconsulting@telia.com
• Jesper Öhrn, Head of International Trade & Business Development, Västsvenska Handelskammaren, www.vastsvenskahandelskammaren.se, + 46 (0)727-418246, questions about registration and invoices, jesper.ohrn@vastsvenskahandelskammaren.se
• Christer Dyrwoold, CEO, Hamburg Invest Representative Scoreline: +46 (0) 70 575 65 11,
  questions about the business program, the German food and gastronomy market and the visit to Hamburg, christer.dyrwoold@scoreline.se

Warmly welcome!