Kharkiv Governor visits Ahlers and Antwerp /28 Apr 2005/
An extensive delegation of the Ukranian Kharkiv region visited Ahlers in the past days.
The delegation consisted of Governor Arsen Avakov, Y. Yuschenko, Deputy Head of the Region, V. Kovalenko, Head external relations, A. Groshevoy, Economic Advisor and A. Rudenko, Economic Advisor.
During an extensive programme, visits and/or meetings were arranged with Gouvernor Camille Paulus, the Antwerp Chamber of Commerce, the port of Antwerp and the Antwerp University. Governor Avakov was also a key-note speaker at the Flanders Export seminar in Brussels on doing business in the Ukraine.
"Kharkiv counts 1.5 million inhabitants and is Ukraine's second city, after Kiev. International trade grows yearly with 15 to 20%." according to Avakov.
Ahlers is active in Ukraine since 2000 and bought two years later a 12,000 m² warehouse in Kharkiv where 50 collaborators provide the full range of logistic services.
Last year, Ahlers bought an old building in Dnepropetrovsk which is now being renovated into a modern 4,000 m² warehouse. Because of the needs of international companies operating in the area, Ahlers is still negotiating an additional investment for extra 5,000 m² warehouse space.