Lapp Group has Stuttgart Meet Mumbai
By hosting the wine-festival the connectivity major entwines relations between two cultures - Mumbai, February 04, 2011: LAPP GROUP, the Germany headquartered global connectivity solutions provider organized the 7th season of "Stuttgart meets Mumbai" on the February 04 and 05 at ITC Maratha.
- (1888PressRelease) February 11, 2011 - The landmark annual Wine- Festival is organized in celebration of over 40 year long and enduring partnership between the sister cities of Stuttgart and Mumbai.
Stuttgart the state capital of Baden-Württemberg, Germany is surrounded by amazing vineyards that produce prize-winning wines and as a token of appreciation and good regards for India, Chairman of The Board LAPP HOLDINGS AG., Mr. Andreas Lapp who is also the Honorary Consul of Republic of India since 2001 initiated this signature event six years ago. Over 1000 bottles of wine is especially flown down from Germany for this event to present the citizens of Mumbai with a true German flavour of love and friendship. Reiterating this Mr. Andreas Lapp, stated, "Wine sharing is part of our culture and by bringing home-grown wine we want to foster closer ties between India and German cultures. This year's event is very special for us as the 'year 2011-2012 is the year of Germany and India' heralding 60 momentous years of diplomatic relations". Further expressing his fondness and commitment to the country at this occasion he said that, "India has always been very close to Germany for multiple reasons from common Indo-German languages to Bollywood movies and we wish to cement this further by growing the economic relations as well".
Building on Mr. Andreas's vision the Managing Director of LAPP INDIA Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Srinivas P Kamisetty made a strategic announcement about the organizations expansion plans, he said, "India's economic environment is very conducive for growth and instrumental in making LAPP INDIA Pvt. Ltd. the third largest operations base for the parent company garnering 30% year-o-year growth which is expected to double during the next fiscal year. It is in light of this and the management's dedication to the country that we will be expanding our footprint by starting a new plant in Bhopal region that will attract a cumulative investment of over 1,000 million INR in the next couple of years."
Focused on deepening this existing relationship the wine-fest brought together people from politics, across industries and cultural domains. Some of the other programs organized at this event were- jewellery workshop on modern German jewellery and design culture, tourism workshops and educational forums, entertainment program; Stuttgart specialities buffet; wine tasting with experts from Stuttgart accompanied by typical Swabian music.
Noting this extraordinary extravaganza of goodwill, Mr. Dr. Leopold-Theodor Heldmann, General Consul of Republic of Germany stated, "If India and Germany continue to leverage on each other's potentials as they currently are, the future will be very promising and may aid the countries in becoming very important economic players."
Mr. Bernhard Steinrücke, Director General Indo-German Chamber of Commerce commended LAPP GROUP's proactive involvement in bolstering relations between the nations and conferring that, "LAPP GROUP is not only a leading electrical connectivity solutions provider, but the foremost social connector interlinking cultures as well."
Some other socio-cultural activities initiated to further enhance relations between India and Baden-Württemberg is the foundation of the Indian Business Centre Stuttgart at the LAPP Group premises in Stuttgart that provides fully furnished offices, technical infrastructure and expert advice, the centre aims to make it easier for Indian companies to locate in Baden-Württemberg.
The LAPP Group is also the principal sponsor of "Bollywood and Beyond" Indian film festival in Stuttgart.
ABOUT LAPP GROUP:
LAPP GROUP, based in Stuttgart Vaihingen, is one of the world's leading manufacturers and suppliers of high flexibility cables, cable accessories, industrial connectors, pre-assembled cables and communication technology. With over 40,000 individual products, the LAPP GROUP is one of the major international suppliers in machine and plant construction, automation technology and measurement and control technology for the automotive industry as well as for the electrical engineering, installation, transport and energy sectors, among others.
The LAPP GROUP has 2600 employees worldwide, 56 wholly-owned companies and around 100 representative offices, became involved in the Indian subcontinent at a very early stage. For further information please visit www.lappgroup.com.
ABOUT LAPP INDIA:
Started operations at Bangalore in 1996, with a manufacturing unit and today it is the third largest manufacturing facility of the Lapp Group. Each year about 100,000 km of OLFLEX connecting and control cables and insulated single cores are produced.
LAPP India now operates through a trained regional marketing organisation in Delhi, Kolkatta, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Chennai with 23 sales offices and a strong network of dealers throughout the country. In the past few years, LAPP India has been credited with a year on year annual growth of about 30 percent, strengthening its operations further.
Founded by Mr. Oscar Lapp, the LAPP Group is one of the leading cables company in the world. The global organization is known for its bold initiatives to bring in innovations over the years. The Group recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, an achievement that showcases the tremendous success it has achieved. After Mr. Oscar's demise the family business legacy is being managed by wife Mrs. Ursula Ida Lapp and sons - Mr. Siegbert and Mr. Andreas Lapp. For further information please visit www.lappindia.com.
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