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EU4Business helps Georgian company implement Quality Management System

Georgia

21/08/2017

With funding from the European Union under the EU4Business Initiative, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) helped ASP-GEORGIA, an importer and retailer of cars, trucks, agricultural machinery and spare parts, implement a quality management system in accordance with ISO 9001:2008 standards. The EBRD helped ASP-GEORGIA Ltd., an importer and retailer of cars, trucks,...

When technology meets tradition: Batumi brewery upgrades its production line to meet European standards

Georgia

10/08/2017

by Nina Tsintsadze The EBRD and the EU have helped a traditional brewery in Batumi, Georgia, upgrade its production and enhance quality to meet European standards. A beautiful seaside town with blue sky, a stony shore and surrounding mountains – over the past decade, the city of Batumi on Georgia ’s Black Sea coast has become a hotspot for travellers not only from neighbouring countries, but...

EU4Business helps women-owned Georgian clinic improve service to patients

Georgia

08/08/2017

With funding from Sweden and the European Union under the EU4Business Initiative, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) helped 23rd Policlinic of Treatment & Diagnostic Center LTD, a medical centre from Georgia, to receive ISO certification and expand operations. The EBRD helped 23rd Policlinic of Treatment & Diagnostic Centre LTD, a women-owned medical centre...

Way forward for Georgian fashion firm

Georgia

29/06/2017

by Nina Tsintsadze With joint EBRD and EU credit line, Fashion House Materia tailored its business to meet EU standards “Materia” means fabric in Georgian, without doubt a winning name for a fashion house based in Tbilisi. The local brand offers its customers the premium clothing line Materiel and more affordable products under the Dots line. The company also works closely with the government of...

Ownership is the best motivation in Georgia

Georgia

11/10/2016

A €40 000 bank loan arranged through the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) has allowed Omar Baxturidze to expand his dental practice in Rustavi, Georgia. Omar took out the loan in March 2014 with one of EFSE’s partners in Georgia, Bank Republic. “After years of renting premises, I finally invested in a practice to own outright,” he explained. “My advisors at Bank Republic laid out a...

Raising finance and increasing turnover in Georgia

Georgia

11/10/2016

With the help of the EU4Business programme, Lopota Tour Service, a holiday resort management company in Georgia, improved its customer service and operational practices, increasing turnover tenfold as a result. EU4Business helps Georgian hotel expand With help from the European Union and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) , Lopota Tour Service, a holiday resort company...

Turning an 8 000-year wine tradition into success in Georgia

Georgia

11/10/2016

The East Invest 2 programme has financed the setting up of an online trade platform which is helping Georgian wine producers, such as Baia Abuladze, export to EU countries. 26-year-old Baia Abuladze is a wine producer in the Imereti region of western Georgia. Winemaking is traditionally a male-dominated business in Georgia and Baia one of only a few women plying their trade there, under her label...

30 SMEs in Georgia prepare for the EU market with East Invest 2

Georgia

11/10/2016

SMEs in the agro-food and beverage industries learned how to prepare products for export to the EU on a training course organised by the Georgian Chamber of Commerce with support from East Invest 2 . The SME Academy training course was held in April 2016 for representatives of SMEs operating in the agro-food, food processing, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and other related spheres such as...