Meeting place: Hall 13
A look at how German and Indian startups are linking up and the role that Hannover Messe plays in this.
Asia
Interviews, coverage and background stories on Germany and its relations to Asian countries.
The crucial breakthrough in battery research?
Together with an Indian company, a Fraunhofer institute has developed a battery that could advance the Energy Transition. A brief interview.
The purity of design
How Japan influenced the Bauhaus – and the effects the art school had on Japan
“I had a dream”
How Berlin-based Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota is enchanting the art world.
“Shift to Vietnam”
New EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement means Vietnam could compete with other large Asian countries. Marco Walde, GIC/AHK Managing Director Vietnam, explains why.
Here comes the “maritime garbage collection”
A Munich-based company has declared war on the plastic waste in our oceans. His idea is already being deployed in Asia. So how does it work?
“More free trade”
The Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business will be taking place in Jakarta at the beginning of November. Asia speaker Hubert Lienhard explains why now in particular the region is so very important.
Prize for stories from the Mekong Delta
Vietnamese author Nguyen Ngoc Tu wins the 2018 LiBeraturpreis.
“Over 30 percent more exports”
Who benefits most from the free-trade agreement between the EU and Japan? Marcus Schürmann, Managing Director of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan, believes there is immense potential.
The Jogi Löw of Myanmar
Antoine Hey who once played football for the German Bundesliga is the new national trainer of Myanmar. What does he have in common with Jogi Löw, coach of Germany’s national team?
“A truly open building”
The historical building housing the Goethe-Institut in Myanmar was elaborately renovated and has now been officially opened.
Turning trash into gold
ifa-Institut’s upcycling exhibition “Pure Gold” is going on world tour. We present the fascinating upgrading of rubbish into design.