Amcham NRW Rings in 2008
January 15, 2008.
Minister President Juergen Ruettgers was the chief guest at the NRW American Chamber of Commerce annual New Years Reception in Duesseldorf on January 15. Speaking before some 400 hundred guests, he stressed the importance of American investors in the state and spoke about his late January-early February visit to the United States. CG Matt Boyse praised Amcham’s consistently high quality monthly speakers program, the contributions American investors make to the NRW economy, thanked the Minister President for becoming patron of the Amerika Haus e.V. Nordrhein Westfalen. Amcham Germany President Fred Irwin gave Duesseldorf Lord Mayor Joachim Erwin an award for his support for the business community and Amcham NRW President Heinz-Martin Humme also delivered remarks.

• American Chamber of Commerce in Germany