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07/09/2010

GACCoM - Green from the inside out

Our efforts to make GACCoM a greener operation were acknowledged in Chicago's Green Office Challenge

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06/24/2010

BASF to acquire Cognis for $3.8 billion

Specialty chemicals company Cognis will become part of German chemical maker BASF Group in a $3.8 billion deal announced Wednesday.

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05/27/2010

LANXESS invests $10M in Colorado-based Gevo Inc.

LANXESS AG has invested $10 million in biofuel and biochemical company Gevo Inc.

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05/05/2010

Top 50 German Firms in the U.S. 2009

Top 50 Ranking of German Firms in the US has new

Number One: T-Mobile USA

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05/03/2010

Bayer celebrates expansion of production plant in Muskegon Township

A Muskegon County, MI employer is celebrating the expansion of its plant.

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05/03/2010

The International Solar Technology Industry is Set to Meet at the Intersolar Europe Conference

On June 7, two days before the start of the world's largest exhibition for solar technology, Intersolar Europe, will see the opening of the Intersolar Europe Conference.

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04/27/2010

Bosch Rexroth Recognized with “MI Earth Day Award” for Dedication to Sustainable Technology

Recognized at MI Earth Day Fest for dedicated commitment to clean technologies and practices.

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04/23/2010

REpower and Heritage sign supply contract covering 18 MW for Michigan wind farm project

REpower USA Corp., a subsidiary of German wind turbine manufacturer REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703), has signed a third contract with US project developer Heritage Sustainable Energy LLC to supply nine wind turbines for a site in...

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04/23/2010

Hella expands North American footprint

Hella is expanding its operations in the NAFTA trade region with fuel-saving electronic components, increased production volumes in Mexico and a line of non-automotive products.

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04/22/2010

Siemens PLM Software Receives Automotive News Pace Award for Information Technology and Services Category

Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced it received an Automotive News PACE...

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03/31/2010

fortu Powercell moving to Muskegon, MI creating up to 700 jobs

Hiring, construction of fortu PowerCell battery plant a year away

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03/22/2010

Christa Tiefenbacher-Hudson Named Honorary German Consul

Christa Tiefenbacher-Hudson, a native of Stuttgart, Germany, and Minnesota resident of nearly 30 years, has been appointed to be the Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in Minneapolis.

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03/22/2010

The German Energy Industry looks across the Atlantic

The German American Energy Conference presents the U.S. Market

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03/22/2010

Renewable Energies in the United States:

Employment Opportunities and Ideal Platform for German-American Partnership

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03/16/2010

Fraunhofer CMB awarded $4.395 Million for H1N1 vaccine Develompment

Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology (CMB) announced today that it has received a $4.395 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a vaccine against H1N1 influenza virus...

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03/08/2010

DIHK survey assesses current state of the German economy

The ECONOMIC SITUATION AND EXPECTATIONS – February 2010

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03/04/2010

German firms in the US expect 2010 rebound

The majority of German firms with operations in the United States expect to maintain current staffing levels in 2010 - an indication that German investment in US subsidiaries is stabilizing after a difficult 2009.

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03/02/2010

Porsche Presents 918 Spyder High-Performance Concept Sports Car in Geneva

Highly Efficient and Ultra-Fast: Concept Car with Plug-In Hybrid

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03/02/2010

VW Says U.S. Sales Rose More Than 25% in February

Volkswagen AG’s U.S. sales for its namesake brand increased more than 25 percent last month, the automaker’s chief operating officer for the market said.

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03/01/2010

Merck reveals plans to buy Millipore

German pharmaceutical and chemical company Merck has announced expansion plans through the acquisition of the US biotechnology firm Millipore.

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02/22/2010

German firm retools as U.S. military contractor

Project could create about 200 new jobs in Michigan by the end of this year.

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02/19/2010

United States and Germany Sign First Science and Technology Agreement

The Governments of the United States and Germany held a Science and Technology Agreement signing ceremony today at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg signed the agreement on...

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02/19/2010

New Approach Doubles the Life of OffShore Wind Turbine Seals

German parts manufacturer is now using Hydrin® epichlorohydrin elastomers (ECO) in place of nitrile rubber

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02/19/2010

German American Signs Agreement to Enter Evansville, Indiana Banking Market

German American Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:GABC) announced its banking subsidiary had agreed to purchase two Farmers State Bank offices in Evansville, Ind.

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02/19/2010

Siemens to Expand U.S. Manufacturing Facility to Meet High-Speed Rail Needs

Trains will be built with Renewable Energy

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02/18/2010

Bosch Rexroth adds 50 jobs in Fountain Inn, SA

An expansion at the Bosch Rexroth plant will bring 50 new jobs to the Golden Strip area.

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02/12/2010

Herrmann: Ultrasonic Welder

Herrmann Ultrasonics introduces new welding device

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02/04/2010

GACC Annual Economic Forum 2010

While economists caution that the global economy is not yet out of the woods, individual companies are finding opportunities within these challenges.

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02/01/2010

German fertilizer giant K&S sees symmetry in its 2009 acquisition of Chicago's Morton International Inc.

The deal brings together the No. 1 saltmaker in Europe with the No. 1 brand in the U.S.

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01/21/2010

Siemens wins $321M to upgrade PATH train system

German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG said today it was leading a consortium that will upgrade the PATH rail system connecting New York and New Jersey.

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01/21/2010

Department of Energy Selects Bosch to Lead $24 MillionProject to Increase Fuel Efficiency 30 Percent

The grant will support the ACCESS project (Advanced Combustion Controls – Enabling Systems and Solutions for High Efficiency Light-Duty Vehicles),through which Bosch and its partners are developing a high compression,...

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01/19/2010

Siemens PLM Software's Technology Used in 90 Percent of the Vehicles on Display at the North American International Auto Show

Siemens PLM Software "Used in Nearly All New Vehicle Car Programs throughout the World Today"

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01/14/2010

Robert Bosch LLC announces new series of electric motors

The new motors claim to significantly expand the capabilities of DC electric motors

in large portable power equipment using batteries.

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01/13/2010

At $750M, Foreign Firms Get 33% of U.S. Clean Energy Stimulus

Foreign firms and their subsidiaries will receive about $750 million of the $2.3 billion in tax credits for clean energy manufacturing projects announced recently by the Obama Administration.

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01/13/2010

BMW seeks to advance science in Detroit schools

The BMW Group has launched a new afterschool science program in the city that could become a national model for the automaker.

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01/12/2010

VW announces big expansion plans for US market

Despite years of weak performance in the US market, Volkswagen announced it aims to double the number of cars it sells in the US by 2012 or 2013. VW wants its cars to escape their niche status and hit the mass market.

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01/11/2010

Renowned German Hearing Systems Company Opens US Headquarters in Minneapolis

Hansaton Launches Brand in United States

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01/08/2010

Sharp, Enel Green Power and ST Microelectronics Establish Thin-Film Joint Venture

ST Microelectronics of Michigan to invest Euro 70 Million in European-based thin-film solar cell production.

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12/18/2009

Nordex receives order for first N100/2500 project in the US

Special cold climate version for 20 MW wind farm in Wisconsin

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12/18/2009

Juwi Solar To Build 27 MW of PV Installations

Juwi Solar (JSI) has started construction on two solar photovoltaic installations in Ohio and Florida.

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12/18/2009

European clean-energy developers eye Indiana

European renewable-energy companies have taken an interest in east-central Indiana, where several wind farms or factories that produce wind turbines and solar-powered products are either in place or in the works.

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12/07/2009

German coating specialist expanding in South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina Department of Commerce, Berkeley County and the Charleston Regional Development Alliance today announced that Mankiewicz Coatings LLC, a subsidiary of German-based Mankiewicz Gebr. & Co., which...

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12/02/2009

Schwabe investing $10M, creating Green Bay jobs

Schwabe North America announced in October it would invest more than $10 million in Green Bay, establishing a distribution center, expanding existing operations and creating 100 jobs.

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12/01/2009

Vetter Dedicates New Facility in Suburban Chicago

The new state-of-the-art facility is strategic to Vetter’s plan for worldwide growth.

Founded 25 years ago in Ravensburg, Germany, Vetter employs 2,200 people.

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11/23/2009

E.ON-US and Murphy Catton, Inc. to develop Energy Education Center in Louisville, KY

MurphyCatton, Inc. was chosen by E.ON-US, the U.S. subsidiary of the German based energy company, to partner in the development of a ‘first of its kind’ Energy Education Center.

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11/23/2009

REpower to supply 9 more turbines for Michigan wind farm

Wind-energy company REpower USA Corp. said it has signed a contract to supply nine wind turbines for a Michigan wind-farm project.

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11/23/2009

German energy companies tour Colorado

Colorado caught the attention of several German companies involved in Europe’s wind energy manufacturing industry when their representatives visited the state in a mid-November scouting trip.

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11/23/2009

VW To Buy Karmann Assets

German carmaker Volkswagen AG said it will buy some assets of German contract carbuilder Wilhelm Karmann GmbH to create a new manufacturing subsidiary.

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11/20/2009

German transformer maker to open first US site in Colorado

Wheat Ridge, CO - A company that makes transformers that convert electricity from renewable energy sources to the grid plans to open its first U.S. plant in Wheat Ridge in January.

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11/19/2009

Results of the first Annual German American Business Outlook presented in Washington DC

“Trim and lean after the crisis”

Economic survey finds optimism among German companies in the US – 81 percent do not plan further layoffs for 2010

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