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competencies and skills, is an enduring characteristic of the country’s supply chain. DRWG’s members are experts in providing common solutions with that well-known Danish high quality. Membership within the DRWG enables companies to become part of a much larger network where they can draw upon each other’s market knowledge, experience, and contacts. Furthermore, the visibility of individual companies within the international market is increased as a result of the Group entity, which helps promote these business interests throughout Europe.
office in Shanghai, China. There are varying different degrees of assistance offered including use of meeting facilities, HR recruitment, establishment of a representative office, business office or manufacturing site in China, translation of product catalogues, information on legislation and certification, and trademark registration.
Other areas of interest
Attending key events So far this year, DRWG intends to maintain a presence at the Nordic Rail 2013 exhibition in Jönköping, Sweden. In the past the organisation has also attended such key events as InnoTrans, and implemented its own export promotion tour in the UK in 2011. InnoTrans in particular is of great importance to the Danish railway industry as it offers close links to many of the major players within the international rail market. This helps create the basis for Danish subcontracting in this marketplace. The DRWG has organised a pavilion at the fair since its foundation in 2000, and in 2012 14 of the current 25 member companies took advantage of this presence. The Danish Transport Minister also visited the stand to peruse the most environmentally friendly, cost-effective, and technologically
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superior solutions on offer. DRWG is also able to offer support to its members further afield with the help of the Danish Export Association’s representative
Other international areas of interest are the UK, and the BRIC countries with some of DRWG’s member companies already making significant contributions to projects in India. The investment into Denmark’s own rail network can also not be ignored, as despite its small size at just five to ten per cent of that UK rail market, high levels of expenditure have been earmarked over the coming years. For these types of project there will likely be a need for close cooperation between the major international rail players and the smaller national suppliers. It is in such a role that DRWG believes its member companies can offer significant value. Likewise it is becoming more and more common for rail projects in general to be delivered out of several markets, with the train built in one country and assembled in another, with components supplied from all over the world. Therefore it is ever more vital that companies, like those within the DRWG, are more globally minded, and it is in embracing such thinking that the Group extends a supportive hand to its members. zz
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