THE ATLANTA MERCHANDISE MART MAY BE THE EARLIEST WINNER FROM THE RECENT TRADE MISSION FROM SAXONY, A NEW FEDERAL STATE IN EASTERN GERMANY, AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM GIFT AND APPAREL COMPANIES PROMISED TO RETURN TO ATLANTA TO SHOW OFF THEIR SPECIALTY PRODUCTS ONCE AGAIN.
BILL WEIDENBACH, PRESIDENT OF WEIDENBACH & ASSOCIATES, WHICH SERVES AS SAXONY’S LIAISON OFFICE IN ATLANTA, SAID, IT’S TOO EARLY TO TELL JUST WHAT THE RESULTS WILL BE.
THE SEVEN REPRESENTATIVES FROM SAXONY HAD THEIR AGENDAS PACKED WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM SOME 150 U.S. COMPANIES STREAMING IN FROM ATLANTA AND ELSEWHERE IN THE SOUTHEAST TO MEET THEM.
THE U.S. BUSINESSMEN NOT ONLY SAW THE FULL RANGE OF SAXONY’S INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL GOODS, BUT LEARNED MORE ABOUT REGULATIONS GOVERNING BUSINESS THERE. SAXONY AND THURINGIA, TWO OF THE FIVE NEW FREE STATES OF GERMANY, HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF YET-TO-BE-PRIVATIZED COMPANIES OF THE NEW STATES.
WEIDENBACH & ASSOCIATES MAY BE REACHED AT: (404) 525-6663.