On-site professional support
The ecoplus International advisors in Austria offer assistance in market selection. They also make market data available, and help find suitable cooperation and distribution partners. In the target markets ecoplus International business agencies provide on-site advice and support for concrete executional activities, in particular during the initial phases, such as the search for business partners; analysis of market data; coordination and setting of appointments with potential partners, authorities and providers of financial assistance; search for suitable settlement sites (incl. location selection, acquisition or renting of office space and property). Cultural and language-related barriers can be quickly removed.
As well, the ecoplus advisors of these international hubs function as ambassadors for Lower Austria to companies in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. They promote Lower Austria abroad as the ideal location for companies.
Outcome
- More than 1,500 companies have received assistance since 2004 at one of the four agencies abroad (Prague, Budapest, Bratislava and Warsaw); services have been provided in over 3,000 concrete instances.
- In March 2007, ecoplus International Romania Ltd in Timişoara commenced operations.
