Netherlands

“In the Netherlands, big companies, small companies, they struggle to attract a sufficient talent. We have a housing crisis. So it's not so easy to bring foreign workers from outside to the Netherlands, also a politically sensitive issue.”

“The Netherlands is, after the United States of America, the second largest agriculture exporter in the world.”

“We have seen now recently a more formalized collaboration between the six IITs in India and some of our technical universities in the Netherlands. With a specific focus on semiconductors.”

“ASML is at the top of a pyramid of more than 300 companies.”

“The biggest challenge is always to get the bank account, but even there, We have some solutions now also with Indian banks that have a European presence and to see how that works.”

“We have a labor shortage in the Netherlands, but also our grid is congested due to the sudden uptake of electric vehicles, solar, energy. So it's difficult for new companies to get access to the grid.”

“So what I see in South India, especially what Dutch companies come here for is talent, talent, talent. We have a severe Labor shortage in many sectors in the Netherlands. Immigration is not encouraged, so companies are looking for other solutions.”