Europe Trade Practice 2010 - University of Incheon

A Seminar about European Institutions and Companies in Korea.

Dept. of French & Dept. of German & Europe Trade

University of Incheon.

From April to the end of May 2010, on Wednesday afternoon, the University of Incheon organizes presentations with various representatives of the EU established in Korea. The purpose is to gather various expatriates to discover the potential of European companies and institutions, their presence here in Korea, and the good and bad of being a European in Korea.

Furthermore, our students are interested to learn what requirements and skills are needed by European companies to get an internship or a job.

Thus during three month, guided by motivated students, different companies and institutions are invited to visit us and briefly introduce themselves, respond to the students questions, and have an enjoyable experience presenting their homeland and their objectives in Asia.
The atmosphere of these presentations is meant to be very pleasant for all of us, and to celebrate your participation properly you are invited to enjoy a dinner afterwards at the University restaurant.

Our students are studying German or French and European Trade. English skills are required. Most of them are in the 3rd or 4th academic year.

In order to graduate, each group of students supervising one of the eight delegations will have to make a presentation and remarks on this website.

Unscheduled we will have two Excursions in February:
February 24th (wed) OSRAM in Ansan
February 26th (fri) ESSILOR in Incheon
Students from all departments can participate!


Schedule:

March 3rd
Introduction

March 10th
Website, presentations from last year, advantages of this seminar (knowledge of companies, some internships possible ?, …). International companies, top 100 companies. What are they doing, producing, ...? Which are represented in Korea? Which companies / institutions from this year do you know?

March 17th
How to make a PPP?
Distribution of themes & companies for the presentation, forming of student-teams. Jobs in the class.

March 24th
Forming of student teams. Distributions of teams and companies for the presentations. Cultural aspects of personal relations. Letter of Application, Curriculum vitae (CV). Job-Interview. List of questions to the guests. Pictures

March 31th Presentation of Student-Team: Veolia
Gaspard Yurkievich (France), Mr. Christophe Muser (CEO of Musertrading); Asiance (France), Mr. Olivier Mouroux

April 7th
Veolia (France) excursion, starting 14.50 with a bus from our university

April 14th
Siemens (Germany), Mr. Josef Meilinger, CEO

April 21st

This day no class because of volcanic ash in Europa!

April 28th Presentation of student-teams: Rhodia, Gaspard Yurkievich, Asiance

May 5th - Children's Day, no class

May 12th
Rhodia (France), excursion, Meeting point: University Kindergarten, 14.50 h

May 19th
Boehringer-Ingelheim (Germany), Mr. Günter Reinke, President & CEO

May 26th
Schenker Logistics (Germany), Mr. Rainer Kloberg, General Manager

June 2nd

no class: Elections in Korea

June 9th Student-Presentation: C. Illies & Co., Trade (Germany); conclusion, remarks

March 31st: Gaspard Yurkievich / Asiance

On March 31st visited us Mr. Christophe Muser (CEO of Musertrading) and Mr. Olivier Mouroux (Asiance).

Mr. Muser explained licensing in Korea with the example of the fashion label "Gaspard Yurkievich".

Gaspard Yukievich celebrated in 2008 its 10 years of existence and independence, collections, development and brand affirmation.

Gaspard Yukievich was bon in paris in 1972. After his studies at Studio Bercot, he won the Festival d'hyeres in 1997 and launched his first pret-a-porter women's collection in 1998. Since then, his shows have been an innovative launch pad that illustrate his sexy, contemporary and urban visions. Gaspard Yukievich has called upon numerous artists to help bring together his creative endeavours.

Gaspard Yukievich launched the men's pret-a-porter and shoe collections in 2003. Keeping in line with the feeling of Gaspard Yukievich, the men's collection has since developed considerably and proposes a wide range of dress shirts, t-shirts and revisited masculine wardrobe classics. From 2005 to 2007, in parallel th his activity as fashion designer, Gaspard Yukievich joined the teaching staff as teacher of the fundamentals of fashion.

The opening of the independent brand's first boutique in 2003, is making a new stage in the development of Gaspard Yukievich. For more than 3 years now, the accessories collection has been experiencing considerable growth and development within the brand Gaspard Yukievich.

Since his fashion beginnings, Gaspard Yukievich has participated in co-branding or has been solicited by luxury and distribution brands. Example of past collaborations include DeBeers, Jaguar, Toyota, L'oreal, Mac cosmetic, Evian, and more recently with Linca Farrow and the international brand of bags Eastpack.

It is, thus, with an eye for both the mainstream and elitist movements in fashion that the French label Gaspard Yukievich has independently developed its distinct vision and global recognition in the worlds of fashion and luxury.

Yukyung Jo

Jung a An

Hyunju Choi

Mr. Mouroux introduced "Asiance" with his services: Web Consulting, Online Marketing, Online Publishing.

April 7th, Visit at VEOLIA

On April 7th we visited VEOLIA in Incheon. Mr. Matthieu Borderon (Process Specialist) explained that VEOLIA is specializing in the outsourced management of water and wastewater services for local authorities, industrial and service sector clients. Veolia Water is also a world leader in the design, build and operation of facilities for water and wastewater systems using a wide variety of technologies.

April 14th, SIEMENS Korea Ltd.

Mr. Josef Meilinger, CEO of Siemens Korea, explained the history, inventions, today's products and values of SIEMENS .
Another importand point was the cultural difference between Korea and Germany (Europe).

May 12th, Rhodia

On May 12th we visited the chemestry-plant of Rhodia in Incheon. Representative Director and President Mr. Jin-Chul Kim explained the company and their products.

May 19th, Boehringer-Ingelheim

Mr. Günter Reinke, CEO & President of Boehringer-Ingelheim Korea, presented his company and gave advices to our students.

Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH as the headquarter is located in Ingelheim, the German town where the family-owned company was founded in 1885. Prof. Dr Andreas Barner is Chairman of the Board of Managing Director. He is also Head of Corporate Board Division Pharma Research, Development and Medicine. The ultimate parent company of Boehringer Ingelheim is C.H. Boehringer Sohn.

Boehringer Ingelheim has 142 affiliated companies in 50 countries. And in 2009, the Boehringer Ingelheim group of companies had a total mean of 41,534 employees.

"Value through Innovation" is the company's vision and headline goal. "Value through Innovation" means for the company analysing and anticipating the value that customers will put on their products and services and then seeking to increase it by finding new and better ways of achieving the customer's goal. The company's business consists of Prescription Medicines, Consumer Health Care, Biopharmaceuticals, Operations (Pharmaceuticals Production, Pharma Chemicals) and Animal Health. They have committed themselves to the goal of serving humankind through research into diseases and the development of new drugs and therapies. Animal health business made excellent progress, due to their core business segments of swine and small animals.

Employment process has some steps such as resume screening, interviews, health check-up and so on. And they want innovative and developing person. They offer their employees demanding and challenging tasks and the appropriate chances for development and career advancement at national and international level, as well as performance-related and results-driven remuneration.

Je il, Ryu

Young A, Kim

Sun Young, Lee

May 26th, Schenker Korea

Today we welcome Mr. Rainer Kloberg, General Manager of Schenker Korea.

A Summary about Schenker

Schenker, that was founded by Gottfried Schenker in Vienna more than 130 years ago, is a part of the Transportation and Logistics Division of Deutshe Bahn AG.

Schenker is a international provider of integrated logistics services.

(Logistics is the management of the flow of goods, information and other resources between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet the requirements of consumers.)

Schenker provides many supports to trade and industry in the global exchange of goods - in land operations, in worldwide air and ocean freight, and in all the associated logistics services.

Schenker is a official Supplier to the IOC for freight forwarding and customs clearance services for the Olympic Games (Athens 2004, Turin 2006, Beijing 2008).

Almost 88,000 employees at about 2,000 offices around the world achieve a turnover of 180 billion euros per year.

Schenker connects the principal economic regions in over 30 European countries and Schenker's integrated logistics centers located at the hubs of the global flow of goods.

- A brief report about Schenker Korea

Schenker opended a branch in Korea in 1970.

In 1990, Cheon Woo Expresswas exclusive partner of Schenker.

And in 1997, Schenker International Korea Limited was registered.

On December 1, 2007, BAX Global Korea was amalgamated with Schenker Korea.

Today, Schenker Korea has more than 400 employees at 11 office (Incheon International Airport, Seoul, Gimpo, Busan, Ulsan, Gumi, Kimhae and Masan) and logistics locations throughout Korea with warehouse facilities sized 29,000 sqm ( 8,800 pyong).

With the Korea Logistic Center (KLC) established in the Free Trade Zone at IncheonInternationalAirport in 2006. It is a multipurpose logistics facility as competence core of logistics development and a logistics distribution hub for the northeast Asia.

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