Doing Business in Germany and Europe Facts, Opportunities, Challenges

1. Doing Business in Germany and Europe Facts, Opportunities, Challenges Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 and Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 Petroleum Club of Houston, Houston, Texas Acenar , San Antonio, Texas

2. Bavaria: Partner for Business Invest in Bavaria: Business promotion agency of the State of Bavaria • First point of contact for interested companies in case of setting up a new business or expanding present facilities in Bavaria • One-stop service for investors • Represented globally with 24 offices • Cost-free assistance, fully confidential • Assistance in partnering

3. Bavaria: Partner for Business Invest in Bavaria: Tailor-made information for investors 3 1 2 Site search Contacts Information > Market information > Branch information > Identification of location > Site visits > Contacts to partners > Contacts to networks Full service for your company: comprehensive | customized | confidential | free | world-wide

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5. Bavaria: Partner for Business in USA (West) Bavarian U.S. Offices for Economic Development, LLC West Coast Division 388 Market Street, Suite 1050, San Francisco, CA Tel.: +1.415.362.1001 Email: sanfrancisco@bavaria.org Internet: www.bavaria-westcoast.com

6. Helsinki Saint Petersburg Oslo Stockholm Riga Moscow Copenhagen Vilnius Hamburg Dublin Manchester Berlin Amsterdam Warsaw London Frankfurt Brussels Kiev Prague 2h 3h 1h Paris Bratislava Munich Vienna Zurich Budapest Geneva Ljubljana Zagreb Lyon Milan Belgrade Bucharest Sarajevo Nice Marseille Sofia Rome Barcelona Istanbul Tirana Naples Madrid Thessaloniki Ankara Valencia Lisbon Athens Palermo Bavaria: Business Hub In the Center of Europe

7. Bavaria: Outstanding Infrastructure International Airport Munich • 220 destinations to 67 countries in the world • 38 million passengers in 2012 • Second largest airport in Germany • Best airport in Europe (World Airports Award 2010 and 2011) • Second best freight airport in the world (Air Cargo Excellence Survey 2008) International Airport Nuremberg • 4 million passengers (2011) • Second largest airport in Bavaria (No. 10 in Germany)

8. Bavaria: A Thriving Economy Source: Creative Knowledge Cities, Marina van Geenhuizen and Peter Nijkamp, 2012 (http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Jh9MHw1N8c4C&oi=fnd&pg=PA333&dq=IKM+2008+socio+economic+characteristics+germany&ots=YyyHu9Oc7E&sig=17kz9mmYfmz5iFhdWarHolR4pg0#v=onepage&q=IKM%202008%20socio%20economic%20characteristics%20germany&f=false)

9. Texas and Bavaria: Demographics and Geography Bavaria • Population: • 12,400,000 inhabitants • 15% of German inhabitants • Area: • 27,200 sqm • 20% of Germany • Texas • Population: • 26,100,000 inhabitants • 8 % of American inhabitants • Area: • 268,580 sqm • 2nd largest State in the US • Sources: • BayernsWirtschaft in Zahlen http://www.stmwivt.bayern.de/ • StatistischesBundesamt https://www.destatis.de/DE/Startseite.html • Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.tx.htm • Bureau of Economic Analysis http://www.bea.gov/

10. Texas and Bavaria: Strong Business Locations • Sources: • BayernsWirtschaft in Zahlen http://www.stmwivt.bayern.de/ • StatistischesBundesamt https://www.destatis.de/DE/Startseite.html • Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.tx.htm • Bureau of Economic Analysis http://www.bea.gov/

11. Germany’s favourite tourist destination • Unmatched leisure and recreation opportunities • Breathtaking landscapes, historic cities, rich culture • Safe, secure, financially stable Bavaria: Favourite Tourist Destination

12. Bavaria: Industry sectors and networks Mobility Automotive Engineering Railway Technology Logistics Aerospace Satellite Navigation Material Development New Materials Chemicals Nanotechnology Man and Environment Biotechnology Medical Technology Energy Technology Environmental Technology Forestry and Wood Food and Nutrition Information and Electrotechnology ICT Sensor & Power Electronics Mechatronics / Robotics Services and Media Financial Services Media

13. Bavaria: Industry sectors and networks Texas and Bavaria: Opportunities for Cooperation Mobility Automotive Engineering Railway Technology Logistics Aerospace Satellite Navigation Material Development New Materials Chemicals Nanotechnology Man and Environment Biotechnology Medical Technology Energy Technology Environmental Technology Forestry and Wood Food and Nutrition Information and Electrotechnology ICT Sensor & Power Electronics Mechatronics / Robotics Services and Media Financial Services Media

14. M M M M H M M M M M M M H H H M M FG FG FG FG FG FG FG FG U U U U U U U U U U U F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F FZ FZ FZ FZ FZ FZ FZ FZ FZ FZ FZ Bavaria: Research, innovation and development 11 Universities including 2 Elite Universities (LMU & TU) 17 Universities of Applied Sciences 12 Max Planck Institutes 3 Institutes of the Helmholtz association 7 Institutions of the Fraunhofer Society 10 Research and transfer centers and 9 research associations • 287.432 Students (2010) • 3% of Bavaria’s GDP invested in research and development

15. Bavaria: Benefits • State-of-the art infrastructure • Easy access to Europe‘s top markets and optimal links to international markets • Dedicated support and incentives for research and technology • Strong partner and customer base and competitive industry networks • Availability of top-level trained workforce • Unrivaled level of security , stability and business-friendliness • Rich cultural offerings, old traditions and unimpaired nature Hamburg Hanover Berlin Dusseldorf Erfurt Dresden Frankfurt Stuttgart Munich

16. Bavaria: Your Contact in California Bavarian U.S. Offices for Economic Development, LLC West Coast Division Lucie E. Merkle, Executive Director 388 Market Street, Suite 1050San Francisco, CA 94111, USA Tel.: +1.415.362.1001 Fax: +1.415.362.1030 Email: sanfrancisco@bavaria.org Internet: www.bavaria-westcoast.com LinkedIn Twitter Facebook