Made in Germany | Globalisation -- Engagement Abroad Creates Jobs at Home

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Channel: DW News · 2008 · Entertainment

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The label manufacturer HERMA invested more than 30 million euros this spring. Now the Stuttgart company operates the world’s most modern laminating plant.

HERMA is famed beyond Germany’s borders as a company leading in the technology of self-adhesives. For more than 100 years, the company has produced labels for trade, industry, and offices. The investments that create and secure jobs were funded by revenues from abroad. A study by the Chamber of Industry and Trade, the IHK, showed that companies that export create more jobs at home than companies that focus solely on Germany. Joachim Eggers took a look at HERMA for us.

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