WTC Metz-Saarbrücken & Materalia visit in Cologne

March 25, 2022

For three days in March, the WTC Metz-Saarbrücken and its partner, the Materalia competitiveness cluster, travelled to Cologne to establish business relations. The programme was organised by the KölnBusiness Wirtschaftsförderung team.

This short stay provided an opportunity to discuss business opportunities in West African countries and the interest of going there as a Franco-German delegation. The prospecting programme in Abidjan organised by the WTC Metz-Saarbrücken on the occasion of SITIC Africa 30 May and 1 June 2022 was presented at the end of May and the Plastic2Beans company from Sülz, near Cologne, which is already present in Ethiopia, was able to present its recycling, packaging and fair trade activities which could well be adapted to the Ivory Coast.

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