News

2017

  • WTCL Member links with water cluster in Las Vegas - LEEUWARDEN, NETHERLANDS - Last week the Water Alliance took part in a trip to Las Vegas, USA, organized by WTC Leeuwarden. Specifically, the Leeuwarden delegation, led by municipal alderman Henk Deinum (in charge of economic affairs), was in the US city to attend the general a... more

  • WTC Leeuwarden Business Academy - Denmark & Sweden - LEEUWARDEN, NETHERLANDS - Last week, on 2 March, World Trade Center Leeuwarden successfully organized the WTC Business Academy Course ‘Doing Business in Denmark and Sweden ’. Both countries are in the top 5 of major export destinations of the Netherlands. Sweden and Denmark ... more

  • CEO WTCA Pays a Visit to WTC Leeuwarden - LEEUWARDEN, NETHERLANDS - Scott Ferguson, CEO of the WTCA, Alex Brown and Toby Monckton (Regional Director Europe) paid a three-day visit to the Netherlands. On February 1st, they were our guests in Leeuwarden. Their tour started at the premises of WTC Schiphol and continue... more

  • WTC Leeuwarden - Frisian Export Carousel Kickoff - LEEUWARDEN, NETHERLANDS - On February 9th, 13 Frisian entrepreneurs and 50 students kicked off the 7th edition of the Frisian Export Carousel. On this day the students, who paired up in groups of four, were introduced to the entrepreneurs. All participating entrepreneurs pres... more

  • WTC Leeuwarden Business Academy - WTC Moscow - LEEUWARDEN, NETHERLANDS - On January 20, 2017, WTC Leeuwarden organized another Business Academy program! One day long full focus on doing business in Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia). This region has yet to reach i... more

2016

  • WTC Leeuwarden: How do you connect? - LEEUWARDEN, NETHERLANDS - Managing Director Evert Jan Schouwstra from WTC Leeuwarden visited with the Frisian Exportclub our member MPC Industries. A very interesting company with ditto CEO. "How do you connect thirty countries, 18 nationalities, six European offices, two p... more

  • Networking from Leeuwarden to Hollywood - LEEUWARDEN, NETHERLANDS - On December 14, 2016 curator Frank van der Velden from the Fries Museum told 40 entrepreneurs - WTC members – all about the mega organization of the highly successful Alma Tadema exhibition 'Classical Charm'. What can we learn from this great artist a... more

  • WTC Leeuwarden Business Academy - LEEUWARDEN, NETHERLANDS - Don’t ask “Why SHOULD I do business in the USA?” The question is rather: “Why are you not ALREADY doing business there?” On November 21, 2016, our WTC Leeuwarden Business Academy focused on the United States of America. During our Business Course... more

  • WTC Netherlands Alliance Magazine #4 2016 - LEEUWARDEN, NETHERLANDS - The new magazine of World Trade Center Netherlands Alliance is out. This edition is a Business & Travel special. Through this magazine, we keep the WTC network constantly informed of developments in the organization. Pages 14 and 15 concentrate... more

  • Dutch General of Defence Teaches Entrepreneurs - LEEUWARDEN, NETHERLANDS – The Grand Frisian Entrepreneurial Meeting (GFEM) took place at the city theatre De Harmonie in Leeuwarden on Monday, October 31, 2016. Ten Frisian business clubs/organizations organized this business networking event. Peter van Uhm, former Chief of... more