Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Vulkaneifel mbH (WFG): Your partner in the Vulkaneifel business region – Promoting your business!

Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft (WFG) is a business development company formed by Vulkaneifel County and regional banks. It focuses on the economic development of the region, provides a point of contact for companies interested in the location and the available commercial space and helps start-ups in making their first steps in running their own business.

Vulkaneifel as a centre for business: Located in the direct vicinity of the Cologne/Bonn metro­politan area, the Aachen city region as well as the regional urban centres of Koblenz and Trier.

In addition to initial personal advisory consultations for entrepreneurs, the WFG also offers various information and quali­­fication programmes as part of the “Grün­­den auf dem Land” (“Start-ups in the coun­­tryside”) initiative, which is also available online as a webinar from spring 2013. Both of the region’s start-up centres – the Technologie- und Gründer­zen­trum Daun (www.tgz-daun.de) and HIGIS (www.higis.de) in Wiesbaum – offer entre­­­preneurs an ideal location for starting their own business. The WFG Vulkan­­eifel mbH has also dedicated itself to advising and sup­­porting companies in Vulkaneifel County on topics relating to the transfer of techno­­logy and know­­ledge, cooperation with universities and the recruit­­­­ment and retention of specialist personnel. Other concrete services include the organisation of student and professor excursions to companies in Vulkan­eifel County as well as the pro­­­­­vision of joint stands at established recruitment fairs.