OWC publishing house for foreign trade
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1955 |
| Seat | Berlin , Germany |
| Number of employees | 16 (2017) |
| Branch | Specialist publisher |
| Website | owc.de |
The OWC publishing house for Foreign Trade GmbH is a German magazine publisher, with its strong emphasis on the current challenges and developments in the global markets with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe and Asia. The publisher publishes business magazines and specialist books and, with its publications OstContact, ChinaContact and IranContact, is the partner for decision-makers in foreign trade. The publishing house is based in Berlin . The publisher has offices in Beijing and Moscow and has correspondents in Russia , Poland , Kazakhstan , Ukraine and Belarus .
history
OWC Verlag was founded in Hamburg in 1955 . With the information about internal German trade and West-East trade , the cooperation with business associations began, which endeavored to trade with the socialist countries or between the Federal Republic of Germany and the member states of the Council for Mutual Economic Aid (Comecon) . The magazine was later named ost-west-commerz ; In 1993 the name was again changed to Ost-West-Contact . After the initial China supplements, ChinaContact appeared for the first time in 1997 . The focus is still on Eastern and Central Europe as well as the Central and East Asian region, especially the People's Republic of China .
In 2006, the Institute for Foreign Trade in Düsseldorf (IfAD GmbH) formed a joint venture between Vogel Business Medien GmbH & Co. KG , Würzburg, and OWC Verlag, in which both shareholders each held 50 percent. However, this connection was abandoned in August 2008. IfAD GmbH became a 100 percent subsidiary of OWC Verlag für Außenwirtschaft GmbH.
In September 2015, Ulf Schneider, managing partner of the SCHNEIDER GROUP, acquired the majority stake in the specialist publisher . The publishing house was relocated to Berlin. Ulf Schneider has been the publisher's sole shareholder since spring 2016.
With the change of management, the publisher revised its entire portfolio. The core publications OstContact and ChinaContact were relaunched at the end of 2016, as were all other periodicals and special publications. A number of new products include the quarterly publication IranContact (since 01/2016) and the bi-monthly magazine GlobalContact (since 11/2017). The website www.owc.de was completely redesigned in September 2017.
Focus of the publisher
Central and Eastern Europe as well as Asia are target regions with great opportunities for investors and exporters, even in difficult times. OWC Verlag für Außenwirtschaft GmbH has precisely these markets in mind. His publications provide information on industry developments, legal framework conditions, the involvement of foreign companies, investment opportunities, regional features, corporate strategies, infrastructure projects, recruitment, financing options, trade fairs and exhibitions, customs issues, trade barriers, business trips, office openings and much more. From practitioners for practitioners - the authors are selected according to this claim: Entrepreneurs with their own business in the region, bankers, consultants, lawyers and representatives of the associations and chambers of commerce abroad report on their everyday business. Experienced journalists give neutral background reports and analyzes.
Core publications
- OstContact : (formerly Ost-West-Contact) OstContact is the only German-language business magazine for East-West cooperation that exclusively provides information on the current economic development in the most important and dynamic markets of Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It is aimed at owners, top managers and decision-makers from companies in the DACH region with business in Eastern Europe. OstContact offers market analyzes, industry reports, interviews with managers and politicians as well as specialist news from the fields of taxes, finance, logistics, personnel and much more. Each issue reports on Russia, Poland, Kazakhstan, Belarus and the Ukraine. In addition, each issue offers the special “100 Questions & Answers” on each of the 30 countries in the region. Numerous partners such as the German chambers of commerce abroad, chambers of industry and commerce in Germany and other professional and interest groups in business support the magazine with content and sales. The publication is also present at around 250 trade fairs and specialist events each year in Germany and the target countries. Frequency of publication: monthly with a minimum of 64 pages.
- ChinaContact : ChinaContact is aimed at executives in companies and institutions in German-speaking countries and their representatives in China. The business magazine provides information on all economic, political and legal issues that are crucial for a successful business in China. In addition, the general conditions for investments in important Chinese locations as well as trends in the economic relations of individual German federal states as well as Austria and Switzerland with China are presented in each issue. ChinaContact regularly publishes information from the Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business in the APA section. As the China publication with the highest circulation in German-speaking countries, ChinaContact is the medium for your advertisements in this market segment. Since 2014, ChinaContact readers have also received the German-Chinese General Newspaper (DCA) integrated into the magazine. This extends the spectrum offered to include topics relating to society, travel, culture and lifestyle. Frequency of publication: Monthly with 64 to 80 pages.
- IranContact : IranContact has been reporting on the newly opened market since 2016 and providing information on the current status of economic relations between Germany and Iran. The editorial reporting covers topics such as financing, law, taxes, logistics, locations and all current information that is important for German-speaking companies that are already represented in the market or are looking for business relationships in Iran. Frequency of publication: IranContact appears quarterly with approx. 48 pages.
Periodicals and special publications
- GlobalContact: GlobalContact reports on economic development worldwide and analyzes current global trends. With analyzes, background reports, interviews, columns by well-known players from the foreign trade and extensive infographics, GlobalContact offers everything that managers and thought leaders in the foreign trade business need to know. Up-to-date, well-founded - and practical. GlobalContact is aimed at owners, top managers and decision-makers from companies in the DACH region with international business - and everyone who wants to have a say. Frequency of publication: every two months; in the introductory phase also as a supplement to OstContact and ChinaContact.
- Zehn: Zehn presents the top ten in foreign trade and is aimed at owners, top managers and decision-makers from companies in the DACH region with international business. Every two months, Zehn presents the ten most important infuencers of the global economy, the ten largest multinationals, the ten most influential international organizations, the ten most important conferences and summits, the most impressive information maps on industries, markets, raw materials, trade routes and much more. Frequency of publication: Bimonthly, as a supplement to OstContact and ChinaContact.
- Business Yearbooks : Yearbooks on Russia and China - German-Russian Business Yearbook (in cooperation with AHK Russia), German Mittelstand in Russia (in cooperation with AHK Russia, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation and the Association of Russian Business in Germany ) , German-Chinese SME cooperation (in cooperation with ZhongDe Metal Group ).
- GermaniaContact : GermaniaContact presents the German economy and Germany as a business location to an interested Russian target group. Frequency of publication: quarterly in Russian as an e-paper; Shipping through local chambers of commerce in Russia.
- EuropeContact China: ECC presents the European economy and the business location Europe to a broad Chinese target group.
- East Committee Information: Publisher: East Committee of German Business
- Directories (print and online address directories) for Central and Eastern Europe and Asia
- a series of specialist books on foreign trade or with a focus on the countries in Central Eastern Europe and Asia
In addition to the print publications, the specialist publisher offers monthly newsletters on the focus regions China and Central / Eastern Europe as well as a weekly newsletter with a focus on Russia (Russia News) on its website. Furthermore, the Dates section offers a detailed overview of the most important events on the subject of foreign trade.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Commercial register publication from 2015 . handelsregister.de. September 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
- ↑ locations. Website of the OWC publishing house. Retrieved October 12, 2016