http://www.gfw-mv.de/en/ News from Invest in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern de The chocolatier Schokoladerie de Prie in Stralsund is Germany’s best candy shop. At the International Sweets Business Forum in Berlin, the owners were awarded the prize “Süßer Stern 2011” in gold. http://www.gfw-mv.de/en/economic-news-award-for-candy-shop.html Under the motto Entrepreneurs Promote Business Ventures, the Business Ambassador project was launched in 2009, whereby selected outstanding personalities in the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern are actively and authentically integrated into the business location marketing activities. http://www.gfw-mv.de/en/economic-news-two-new-business-ambassadors.html From November 29 to December 1st, 2011, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern presented itself at the world’s largest exhibition and conference for offshore wind energy in Amsterdam. http://www.gfw-mv.de/en/economic-news-ewea-offshore-amsterdam.html In a special opening ceremony on November 8th, 2011, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, together with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, French Prime Minister François Fillon, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger, put the first line of the Nord Stream Pipeline into service. http://www.gfw-mv.de/en/economic-news-german-chancellor-angela-merkel.html The company Unister GmbH has opened a new branch office in Stralsund. Unister markets and operates well-known internet portals. http://www.gfw-mv.de/en/economic-news-new-unister-site-in-stralsund.html The company GILUPI GmbH has opened a production facility in the BioTechnikum Greifswald. http://www.gfw-mv.de/en/economic-news-new-biotech-copmany-greifswald.html The service state of MV goes public. After the great success of and positive response to the BPO summit in the past years, select decision-makers once again met at the 5th BPO summit 2011 from 14 to 15 September – an event centered on the subjects of business process outsourcing and shared services. http://www.gfw-mv.de/en/invest-in-mv-national-activities-5-bpo-summit-2011.html Liebherr has opened an academy for professional qualification of employees and specialists in Rostock. "The company sets the right signal in times of growing lack of specialists," said Minister of Economy Jürgen Seidel at the opening celebration on the plant premises in Rostock. http://www.gfw-mv.de/en/economic-news-right-signal-to-counter-a-lack-of-specialists.html Together with local and political partners, Invest in MV is confidently entering the last third of 2011 with a full project pipeline. http://newsletter.invest-in-mv.de/newsletter/2011-03/2011-03-newsletter-en.html At the major maritime event Hanse Sail in Rostock, around 500 “captains” of industry and politics cast their anchors to participate in the business promotion and networking event “Business meets Hanse Sail”. This was the 8th time that Invest in MV GmbH co-organized the two-day event with the economic development agency “Rostock Business” and the project group Landesmarketing MV. http://www.gfw-mv.de/en/economic-news-hanse-sail-2011.html Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (M-V) ended the early tourism season 2011 on a high note. Two million guests were attracted to Germany’s north-east from January to the end of May 2011. They stayed in the state for 3.5 days on average. The trend remains positive. Compared to a year ago, arrivals increased by 3.9 percent. Lodging enterprises with nine or more beds registered an increase of 1.1 percent. http://www.gfw-mv.de/en/economic-news-tourism-mecklenburg-vorpommern.html The German food industry is an unlikely industry heavyweight. The country’s number four industry in total goods produced accounted for products worth approximately USD 209 billion in 2009 and maintained stable production and sales volumes throughout the downturn. http://www.gfw-mv.de/en/economic-news-ift-food-expo-2010.html „Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium“ opens up new perspectives for offshore wind projects. Second Offshore Offshore Summit in Rostock in September 2010: Knowlege exchange between representatives of German and U.S. Government Agencies and international offshore experts. http://www.gfw-mv.de/en/economic-news-offshore-summit.html In this year as well as in the last year, the North-East tops the statistics of the German lowland states in its percentage growth rates of overnight stays. For the third time in a row, a record number of overnight stays were far beyond par in 2009. Despite the economic crisis, overnight stays increased by 3.5 percent (28.5 million), one million more than in 2008. http://www.gfw-mv.de/en/economic-news-tourism-record-year-2009.html Nach dem großen Erfolg des ersten Food Summit vor 2 Jahren in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern trafen sich auch in diesem Jahr wieder ausgewählte Entscheider der Ernährungswirtschaft zum Gipfeltreffen der Branche in Heiligendamm. http://www.gfw-mv.de/en/invest-in-mv-national-activities-food-summit-2009.html