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10 11 The internship program for students continues The practical apprenticeship program started in 2016 continued throughout 2018, involving more than 200 students from three schools, from in Pascani city and neighboring areas. Our colleague, Vitali Renchez, in Minsk Guests at "Mill of Succes" International Forum in Minsk Between June 28 and 30, 2018, Proinvest Group participated - alongside a delegation from Iasi, at "Mill of success" International Business Forum in Minsk, Belarus. The event, organized with the support of His Excellency Viorel Mosanu, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Romania in the Republic of Belarus and Virgil Stana - diplomatic counselor, included visits and workshops where the opportunities, investment costs and facilities offered to foreign investors by Belarus were presented. The partner educational institutions are the "Unirea" Railways Technical College Pascani, the "Mihai Busuioc" Technological High School in Pascani and the School of Arts and Crafts from Cristesti. The main jobs for which students are trained are: welder, milling machine operators, mechanic machining technician, numerical control machine operator (CNC) or CAD technician. Further, students participating in the program are supervised by a practice tutor and learn the jobs directly in the factory from our specialists. At the end of the program, students receive a professional certificate and are offered an employment opportunity at Proinvest Group, many of whom have already become employees of our company. International fairs, the guarantee of access to foreign markets For Proinvest Group, participation in national and international fairs, exhibitions and conferences has become one of the most important tools for sales promotion. In 2018 we had on average a monthly participation at international fairs in the field of steel processing or other related fields. Because international contacts are mandatory in modern businesses, participation at large scale fairs offers the most suitable opportunities to take the market pulse, but also to evaluate us in relation to competition. The acquisition of information about export markets, trends in purchases and sales in the steel industry, the launch of products on new markets, establishing and consolidating business relationships with foreign companies - based on commercial strategies, are included among the tangible advantages generated by the constant presence at international fairs and events. Trade fairs and exhibitions 2018 "During the forum we held talks with representatives of the Mogilev Metallurgical Plant (MMZ), as well as with those from the Institute of Metal Technology of the Belarus Academy of Sciences, even receiving a proposal to open a working point in the Economic Zone Free of Mogilev. The visit of the delegation benefited from the support of the Embassy of Romania in the Republic of Belarus, and Embassy officials committed to give us all the support to promote us in this region", said Vitali Renchez, Business Development Manager of Proinvest Group for the CSI area. The visit of the Romanian delegation from Iasi, led by Marian Şerbescu - prefect, has materialized in the signing of the cooperation agreement between the Mogilev Chamber of Commerce and the Iasi Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Students in visit at Proinvest Group Watch the video about the internship program on our official YouTube channel! Metav - Dusseldorf (20 – 24 February) ESEF - Utrecht (20 - 23 March) Moldconstruct - Chisinau (22 - 25 March) MIDEST - Paris (27 -30 March) Tube & Wire - Dusseldorf (16 - 20 April) Metal Show - Bucharest ( 17 - 20 April) Hannover Messe - Hannover (23 - 27 April) WorldBuild - Kiev (15 - 18 May) AGRO - Kiev (6 - 9 June) AMB - Stuttgart (18 - 22 September) TIB - Bucharest (10 - 13 October) Expo TRAFIC - Bucharest (18 - 19 October) Euro BLECH - Hannover (23 - 26 October) EuroBuildExpo - Kiev (6 - 8 November) photo: Messe Düsseldorf/ctillmann