About us

bw-i at a glance

Here, you can find an overview of our company and the history of our company.

Our company at a glance

Executive Board Shareholders Advisory boards	Dr. Kai Schmidt-Eisenlohr Dr. Susanne Klöpping Jürgen Schäfer State of Baden-Württemberg, L-Bank Staatsbank für Baden-Württemberg, Federation of Industry of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Baden-Württemberg, Association of Chambers of Crafts Baden-Württemberg Supervisory Board (Chairwoman: Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut, Minister of Economic Affairs, Labour and Housing), Business Advisory Board (Chairman: Ulrich Dietz, Chairman of the Administrative Board GFT Technologies SE), Advisory Board for Science, Research and the Arts (Chairman: Prof. Dr. Wolfram Ressel, Rector of the University of Stuttgart)
Legal form	Limited liability company
Employees	60
Year established	1984
Output volume	approx. 15 million euros per year

Company history

1984 Established as the "Exportstiftung Baden-Württemberg"
Support for small and mid-sized companies in gaining entry to foreign markets

1987 Company's name changed to "Aussenwirtschaft Baden-Württemberg"
Location marketing and company settlement added to the task of promoting exports

1990 Establishment of the "Gesellschaft für internationale wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit Baden-Württemberg mbH (Agency for International Economic Cooperation Baden-Württemberg)
Legal form of the company changed to limited liability company with a new name. Addition of the International Projects area of business in the areas of training and qualification, business promotion and professional training and education

2004 "Baden-Württemberg International - Agency for International Economic and Scientific Cooperation"
Expansion of responsibility for international business contacts, foreign projects, location marketing and company settlement to include the areas of science, research and the arts. Company's name changed to Baden-Württemberg International

2013 Set-up of the department "Industries, Technology fields, Innovation platform BW"
Development of the topic-focused specialisation of the work of bw-i in important technology fields like energy and environment, sustainable mobility and mechanical engineering, life sciences and healthcare