Access Iran 2016 - East Consulting

Iran is ready for business Are you?

We are looking for 25 businesses in the building industry to go to Iran with us Timeline of the 4 month intensive Access Iran 2016 process Start 08 / 2016

Training and preparing for business trip to Iran

Concrete actions by concrete partner We don’t concentrate on market studies: we concentrate on starting your sales on the aimed market

Hands-on support by experts Our team members have personal experience of doing and running business globally and can instruct in making sales and in the do’s and dont’s

We deliver what we promise We act as a backbone and as a member of our client’s team during the process of entering new market area, doing our tasks and job as agreed, and very often even much more Seminar and meetings in Tehran 11/2016

What is Iran in 2016?

Location In the heart of the middle-east, connecting the Gulf area, East-Asia, Russia and Europe

Resources Iran is one of the most resource-rich countries in the world. In addition to natural resources, it has a young (50% under 35) and educated population with 5 million enrolled university students – of which 60 % are women – and 800 000 skilled graduates every year.

Big market Consumer market of 80 million people.

Expected growth Inflation is expected to ease soon and the pace of economic growth is picking up. Easing of the sanctions is expected to give the economy a significant boost.

Iran is opening up and ready to make use of its assets Reasons to give Iran a serious thought: $ 1 000 000 000 000 Release of estimated $ trillion of frozen Iranian assets and almost $ 500 billion in bank assets.

The next Dubai The size of Tehran metropolitan area market alone is several times that of Dubai. Tehran might be the next Dubai – or more.

Expertise needed Technology and infrastructure in many fields is waiting to be updated.

Others do so too Italy and Japan have already made deals to improve welding production, and Russia signed a â‚Ź1,2 billion contract for improving the Caspian railroad.

What we’ll deliver By taking part in our Access Iran 2016 program, you’ll gain not only important information but also real-life contacts and practical support in this new and exciting market area.

Market study

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Doing business in Iran Construction sector in Iran Market potential per sector Advantages and opportunities for Finnish companies in the market

Aimed study

• More detailed study for each participant • Product and service segments • Price level indications and competition in the market

Seminar in Iran

• Information session • Construction business insights • Business culture in Iran – doing business with the local companies • Networking with the local companies and authorities • Visit to construction site

Relevant meetings

• Meetings with partners or clients • Ready set-upped meetings • Language and culture support for the meetings available if needed

Practical support

• Support from Finnish experts in global business • Support from local business experts • No hassle – just concentrate on business and let us do the other work

Plans for the international market?

It is not wise to put all the eggs into one basket. While many market areas in Europe decline, there are still emerging and growing markets elsewhere.

Risks in Iran: be realistic

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Inflation Money transfer issues Ownership regulation EAS T G Businesses with links in the U.S. CONSULTING might face problems on both sides • Competition

Does your company have the needed knowhow and connections to enter new market areas?

How can you know you will not be cheated and misled while making the market entry, when you end up losing both time and money?

What if you would have a safer and faster way to expand your business into new markets with a reliable partner and save both?

Contact us to find out more: Jonne Pöyhtäri +358 40 412 3945 jonne.poyhtari@eastconsulting.fi

Concrete, hands-on action We offer on-going expert support, monitoring and reporting throughout the entire project duration. While giving our clients advice, we go above and beyond and take part in assisting daily operations, when needed.

Trustworthy partner We support our customers as a committed partner in various business turning point challenges, such as company’s extension to international markets.

Current expertise Our team has practical experience while running international business, solving numerous different problems.

Flexibility As a committed partner, we act as a part of our client’s team and adopt our actions and role as needed.

Own team and local partners In target countries, we have operate through own team, through our partners and have solid business networking connections.

Use the leverage from different financial supports We give instructions and help in getting the financial support for the project costs from various organizations.

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Planning to go international?

Answer these questions first Sales material and skills What is the readiness of your organization and team to contact potential new customers?

Business culture Not everything works as in your home country.

Do you have the time and money to study a new culture for 2-3 years?

Market knowledge, homework How do you gather information from the aimed market area and study it, do you have reliable sources of information?

Controlling the risks How do you avoid pitfalls, making bad contracts and losing resources due to bad decisions or not knowing the market?

Resources Is your own team already fully occupied with the running of the current business, does the company realistically have resources to allocate for studying a new market and opening it?

Jonne PÜyhtäri +358 40 412 3945 jonne.poyhtari@eastconsulting.fi www.eastconsulting.fi

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