The founder and principal of the firm acquired over the years a first-hand experience in marketing and selling of industrial products, running his own successful businesses or being part of company’s management. He recorded years of working in various capacity for and with companies of the manufacturing sectors of Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Among them were Massey Ferguson, Perkins Engines, GKN, Buck and Hickman, Premier Farnell, and a really good number of members of the in all aspects great Association For Manufacturing Technology of McLean, VA, USA.
The latter was particularly gratifying, and resulted in many successful projects for these companies conquering or developing the European markets. Especially, under the umbrella of Association For Manufacturing Technology, markets of Central and Eastern Europe (including Russia till 2014). Also of France, Germany, Italy and the UK. Of some Balkan countries and of Turkiye. A number of projects together with the largest and most specialized US players in manufacturing technology.
The unique combination of business and legal skills has been developed and is in the range of our services such as:
- Market facilitation services for suppliers of manufacturing technology, especially but not only from North America, entering the markets of Europe.
- General business consultancy related to marketing, distribution channels, investment projects, company laws, legal and business market practices in selected markets of Europe.
- Protection of Intellectual Property rights service in Europe and beyond, with emphasis on protecting brands, identifying infringements, resolving legal issues.
The services are now offered on consultancy basis by RH Sawicki Office or under the banner of Afonte Business Consultancy within the framework for Market Access Assistance, or MAA.
MAA, firstly, covers the phase prior to entering the given market, when information from this market is provided, in all relevant business, legal and social aspects, on prevailing ways of doing business in the specific sector of interest, on potential partners available. Information would be compiled from the existing data and on the basis of market intelligence, the latter to address specific needs of a company planning to enter the market (or to strengthen its presence, as the case may be).
MAA, secondly, covers the phase of supporting active steps undertaken by the company to put its foot in the market, such as assisting in looking for partners, gauging the interest of potential partners and of potential users, providing legal advice and company law support – depending on the selected form of company’s presence, direct or indirect, looking for restraints and potential benefits in local taxation system, searching for availability of relevant skills, and other areas influencing potential local presence.
MAA, thirdly, covers the phase posterior to establishing the local presence, in whatever form it has been achieved, and monitoring its activities, as requested. Among other areas, it ensures the protection of customer’s IP assets, assists in the enhancing the brands, monitors potential IP infringements.
MAA is, in particular, based on its own arguably one of the largest database for main European markets and for all markets of Central Europe, database of active distributors of machine tools and manufacturing lines, of related accessories and equipment, of all form of industrial tooling and of other items constituting the core of manufacturing technology.
To test the service in all of these phases, all you need is just to formulate your needs or requests or questions and to forward them to us. A direct contact can be used, by phone or email.
Try consulting@rhsawicki.com or send a message through our contact box.
