Our Services
Advice for Target Market
We help you to plan how to start or grow sales in a specific market:
- If you have selected the target market – we can offer help on market validation.
- If you have already validated the target market and you are ready for market entry – we can help to create market entry plan and actions.
- In case you are already in the market but underperforming – we can help to analyze why and what to do.
Access to Business Contacts
We help you to find meaningful and valuable contacts for your market needs:
- If you don't know who are the relevant stakeholders you need to know, we can help in mapping the needed contacts.
- If you know who you need to contact, we can help in providing access to them either by us or by our local network.
- We can also help you to find reliable local service providers to search for new contacts.
Local Business Behaviour
We provide information on how the business is done in the country and guide you to adjust your operations and behavior according to local business culture.
- If you are early on your journey to enter the market or are looking for general information, check out our “Doing business in Germany” guide in the section below.
- If you are closer to market entry, we can give you more detailed information how you should adjust your approach according the local way of doing business.
Market Studies
We share industry specific market studies and advice on customized market analysis.
- If you are seeking industry-level information on specific market – we can offer Industry specific market study report on selected industries and markets (subject to availability).
- If you need a market study that is specifically tailored to your company's needs – we help you to assess the market and to get help from right service providers and experts.
How to get started
- If your company is exploring multiple potential export markets or if you have not used Business Finland's services before, please leave a contact request through our become a customer page.
- If your company already has a contact person at Business Finland, please speak with that person first.
- The contact information for our personnel is given on the lower part of the web page.
Office contact information
Berlin
Business Finland, Embassy of Finland
Rauchstr. 1, D-10787 Berlin
Munich
Business Finland Germany, Finland Trade Center
Nymphenburger Strasse 4, D-80335 Munich
Annual main trade shows and events
Check the exact dates from our office.
- Hannover Messe – The world’s leading trade fair for industrial transformation / Hannover
- IAA Mobility – The largest mobility event in the world / Munich
- IAA Transportation - The leading platform for buses, logistics, commercial vehicles, and the transport sector / Hannover
- Bauma – Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines, Construction Vehicles and Construction Equipment / Munich
- IFAT – World's Leading Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Waste and Raw Materials Management / Munich
- Electronica – World’s leading trade fair and conference for electronics / Munich
- Automatica – The Leading Exhibition for Smart Automation and Robotics / Munich
- Embedded World – Embedded-system technologies and distributed intelligence / Nuremberg
- Grüne Woche – Processors and marketers in agriculture, horticulture and various food industries / Berlin
- Medica – Leading international trade fair for the medical device industry / Düsseldorf
- E-World – The leading trade fair for the energy industry / Essen
- IFA – The world’s most significant technology marketplace / Berlin
- Ligna – Trade Fair for tools, machinery and equipment for woodworking & wood processing / Hannover
- Anuga – The world's leading trade fair for food and beverages / Cologne
- SPS – Smart Production Solutions / Nuremberg
- Achema – The world's leading trade show for the process industries / Frankfurt
Contact person
Anna
Ganss
Senior Advisor (General Market Advice)
Caroline
Hettwer
Senior Advisor (ICT, Maritime, General Market Advise)
Alun
Jones
Director, DACH (Region Head)
Mirjam
Kickartz
Advisor
Heidi Kristiina
Peter
Senior Advisor (Bio&Circular, General Market Advice)
Helmi-Nelli
Körkkö
Senior Advisor (Energy, Batteries, Consumer, General Market Advice)
Mika
Setälä
Senior Advisor (Manufacturing & Process, General Market Advice)
Alexi
Wahlroos
Advisor
Oliver
Demmer
Senior Advisor (Investments to Finland)
Ulla
Hempel
Manager, Trade Partnerships (DACH & Benelux)
Jyrki
Oksanen
Head of DACH & Benelux (General Market Advice)