Last week in Moldova, week 43 (Day 21 - 27)

On Monday I researching the market for ground heating in Moldova because the prices on gas and electricity have been increasing rapidly in the last 3 years. As a result we're currently in preliminary negotiations with Buderus (part of Bosch Group) about installing their products to our clients.

I also had a meeting with Mr Daniel Dragomir, the technical manager of Grundfos Romania, about buying and selling their products to the agricultural sector in Moldova - but this also requires that they can sell their products to the EU so I got to find some buyers in EU for them (You got to love a challenge)

Week 43 was also the week where I officially invested in a company - STAR Coffee :) I invested 10.000 € and I really believe that the company can win a lot of market shares and even increase their profit pr. sold cup with some improvements. As part of BCD who is also helping STAR Coffee, I'm searching for a strategic partners in EU that can provide them with better and cheaper materials than their current supplier. I'm currently discussing with the owner of Merrild, a dutch company that is the market leader in coffee vending machine supplies.

I also had a meeting with the export manager of Zernoff Vodka, and I've been given the task of selling their product on the market in Northwest and Central part of EU (Scandinavia, GB, and Germany primarily). I'm actually involved in the creation and negotiations with a logistics company that can transport it to Denmark for a low price. So my task is to find a major distributor of the product, and brand it - which will mean bonus and percentages for yours truly.

On Friday I was on a field trip at some Textile producers, both small and big. With a monthly pay of around 2500 and 3000 lei (1200 and 1400 DKK) and a good work moral, plus great location to Denmark vs. China I also got to find someone who would like to get their products, textile, produced in Moldova.

As you can hear, I got a lot on my plate - and I still need to finish my Internship at Terkelsen A/S, the intern report, and my master thesis. So am I stressed? Not at all! I'm enjoying that I'm in the middle of a lot of opportunities and the experiences is something I believe that can help me in the future. I also have an idea I would like to start by myself, which I think will be my master thesis.

Monday and Tuesday, my last two days, are going to be used to visit some fruit producers and the Zernoff Vodka factory. After the visit I'm going to board my plane and fly back to Denmark. Good timing, since I'm starting to get a bit sick (come on body, keep up!) so I can get well and back to business soon :)

J