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ICC Estonia so as the whole worldwide ICC family has lost its prominent leader and good friend Francois-Gabriel Ceyrac. We are shocked getting this news late evening yesterday.

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Dear Colleagues,

It is with profound sadness that I have to inform you of the death of Francois-Gabriel Ceyrac earlier today.

Francois passed away in his sleep. His death has come as a great shock to us all and I trust you will join me in conveying our deepest sympathies to his friends and family.

Francois was nothing short of an ICC icon. His energy, drive and humour was a real inspiration to us all and he was dearly loved and respected throughout the organization. Francois spent over 30 years at ICC—most recently in the role of Director of National Committees and Membership—and he leaves behind an organization which is much stronger thanks to his tireless work. Francois played a central role over many years in extending and strengthening our global network and we are truly grateful to him for the legacy he has left behind. His intellect, charm and character brought joy into our lives and workplace.

I know that many of you worked closely with Francois and you will also have very many fond memories of him. We will all miss him greatly, both professionally and, above all, personally. The world is a little darker today with his passing. Should you wish to send written tributes, please do not hesitate to send these to me and we will collate them in a book of remembrance.

We will let you know further details about Francois’ funeral and remembrance services as soon as these are available.

With all best wishes,

John Danilovich
Secretary General
International Chamber of Commerce

Francois-Gabriel Ceyrac visiting ICC Estonia in Tallinn and ICC Export Conference in Narva in June 2014

This spring marks LAWIN Tallinn office’s 25^th anniversary on the legal services market and the law firm established in 1990 is now entering a new exciting stage of development.

LAWIN continues under a new business name COBALT

The Estonian office of LAWIN created a new Pan-Baltic alliance, also expanding into Belarus, and will continue under the new business name COBALT. COBALT is a new closely integrated alliance formed by the LAWIN office in Estonia, former Raidla Lejins & Norcous offices in Latvia and Lithuania and the new office simultaneously opened in Belarus.

Focus of the law firm stays the same. An experienced team of 120 lawyers aims to support and facilitate clients’ business activities and development by offering outstanding innovative legal solutions in all areas of business law and do this in a manner that is the most effective and convenient for each client.

Changes in the management

After a quarter of a century of intense and successful work in the field of law, founding partners Peeter Lepik and Toomas Luhaäär have decided to entrust younger partners with the daily management of the office and continue on as consultants.

The role of managing partner will be taken by Martin Simovart who has worked at the office for more than twenty years and has been a partner since 2006. The circle of partners welcomes new additions, Pirkko-Liis Harkmaa and Elo Tamm, who both have consistently contributed to the work of the office for more than fifteen years.

Liina Linsi, who was part of the team already upon the foundation of the office in the beginning of the nineties, as well as Marina Tolmatshova, who joined our team in 2009, will continue on as partners.

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COBALT team in Estonia

From 23 to 28 April ICC Estonia’s business delegation visited Albania. The main event during this visit was an Estonian-Albanian Business Forum in Tirana on 24 April. The forum was hosted by ICC Albania and by Secretary General Ardita Seknaj in particular.

The forum was opened by Deputy Prime Minister of Albania Niko Peleshi. In summary, the event included high ranking speakers, great media interest and a number of Albanian companies to meet Estonian colleagues at the subsequent B2B session, which turned out to be an excellent example of cooperation between two ICC National Committees.

Mr Margus Rava, the Estonian Ambassador to Albania: “I appreciate highly ICC Estonia’s initiative to come to Albania with such a representative delegation”.

Mr Tiit Tammemägi, the Secretary General of ICC Estonia: “Business delegations travelling to different countries is one of the services we are offering to our members. In September we will go to Ukraine and in November 2015 to China and Taiwan.”

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ELI started in 1995 with simulators for rifles and antitank weapons to learn and improve the operational use of small arms in near-realistic situations. They are especially proud of patented recoil and reload for small arms with built-in CO2 system. Software to learn anti-tank weapons. Innovatically new idea in mortar simulation. CO2 operated mortar simulator M-GOLF for 81mm and 120mm are designed for operations in open landscape. Interactive simulator ALFONS is made to learn to use anti-tank weapons with co-operation infantry small arms. Radio controlled target systems for infantry and sub-caliber anti-tank weapons ELI is the leader of the Baltic countries in developing and producing simulators and training systems for police and defence forces. . More information from their homepage: www.eli.ee . . .

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HeatConsult is an Estonian company, based in Tallinn. They specialise in design projects of gas and district heating systems, HVAC (heating, ventilation and cooling) and steam systems projects. Their main references is Estonian onshore part of BalticConnector (Estonia-Finland gas pipeline, 54km from Kiili to Paldiski) and some projects in Russia: HVAC, plumbing and steam systems of industrial buildings.
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More information from their homepage: www.heatconsult.ee
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The Salary Information Agency is an independent survey agency offering employers and employees the latest salary information. The Agency is an offspring of salary surveys launched in April 2011 on the initiative of Tark Tööandja OÜ (Smart Boss Ltd) in cooperation with the Estonian Employers’ Confederation and CV-Online.
The Agency’s mission is to generate useful information for employers to help them create competitive remuneration packages and for employees to develop adequate salary expectations.
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More information from their homepage: www.salaryinfo.eu
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Kase Kaubandus LLC is created in 1994. They offer passenger services across Europe. Company has all the necessary permits to organize passenger transport. Kase Kaubanduse bus drivers are friendly, helpful and have a long driving experience.
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Please find more information from their homepage: www.autobussirent.ee
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ATC Ltd operates in the field of sale of agricultural products and feed ingredients. The raw material is from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Argentina, Brazil and European Union countries. Their strengths are flexibility, a well-organized logistics, supply security and the team’s long-term experience in the field.
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More information: www.agritradingcompany.com
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Kevelt is an Estonian pharmaceutical company that is engaged in the manufacturing, resale and subcontracting of pharmaceuticals. Kevelt product development, manufacturing and issue of products comply with the strictest quality requirements in the pharmaceuticals industry. Since 2003, Kevelt has had a Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Certificate. The team of Kevelt has strong scientific potential.
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More information from their homepage: www.kevelt.ee
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Estonian EXPO Center is a permanent trade fair in Tallinn Airport near gate 3. Every day the purpose of EXPO is to introduce different companies to local and foreign markets. Through active promotion and personal approach EXPO gathers feedback and contacts of potential clients and business partners. Trained representatives ensure a professional introduction of  products/services, through which a company gathers reputation and increases its trustworthiness.

The strengths of EXPO are:

• Location
• Uniqueness
• Personal approach
• Wide target group
• Live promotion
• Giving out company`s flyers/business cards
• Visual experience/display
• Active feedback
• High quality of service

Many of Estonian companies have found clients and business partners through EXPO. Different success stories are shown on EXPO`s website – www.estonianexpocenter.com
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T-Tammer OÜ is a manufacturer of steel profile and metal opening fillings from 1995. By today, the family company has grown to one of the biggest manufacturers of steel profile opening fillings in Estonia with ca 75 employees. In addition to opening fillings, the company also produces stainless steel handrails, special handles, all-glass solutions and facades. Besides manufacturing of own products, the profile – Stålprofil necessary for manufacturing doors is imported from Sweden and sold also to other producers in Estonia. The first production building was opened in 2002 and another, with special aim to produce stainless steel products, in 2008. T-Tammer exports ca 55% of its production and the export volume is increasing fast.
T-Tammer thinks that its strength is finding optimal solutions for the clients, meeting the deadlines to perform works, quality of products and good relations with leading construction companies in Estonia.
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More information from their homepage: www.tammer.ee
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Grader Service is established in 1992 and it’s primary industry is preparing cutting edges for both domestic and export market. They export their production to neigbouring countries like Finland, Sweden, Norway, Latvia and Lithuania. Grader Service prepares cutting edges for graders, snow ploughs and other road and soil machine positioning elements. Cutting edges are made from Sweden-made boron steel. After the cutting edge is thermically processed, it’s hardness will be 45…50 HRC. Optimal hardness and impact strenght of the products guarantee long lasting working life. Especially effective are carbide cutting edges and dowels. We also produce special orders by drawings or examples of a customer.

More information on their homepage: www.grader.ee
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Chemi-Pharm is established in 1997 and based on British-Estonian capital. Company produces and markets disinfecting and cleaning agents and products of special care. Year 2000 started manufacturing in Estonia. They have successfully entered to Latvian, Lithuanian, Poland, Finnish, Swedish and Russian market. Disinfectants and cleaning agents are mainly sold to medical institutions, dental offices, family doctor offices, schools, kindergartens, food industry companies, cleaning companies, sports centers, spas, etc. AS Chemi-Pharm offers more than one hundred different products for disinfecting, cleaning and maintenance. At the present Chemi-Pharm AS has 20 products with CE label.

On the 8th of November 2012 Chemi Pharm’s manager and owner, Mrs Ruth Oltjer, was announced as the ‘Estonian Entrepreneur of 2012’.

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More information: www.chemi-pharm.com

The Six O’Clock Club was held on the 21st of November, guest of honour was Mr Aku Sorainen, the founder and senior partner of Law Firm SORAINEN.
Mr Sorainen introduced which strategies  the law firm under his name is using to motivate their personnel to work. Guests got many useful tricks.  In relation to that the firm is located in four different countries, Aku Sorainen explained the main differences of those nationalities. Club guests admitted that people work harder and are more productive in the cold climate.
The athmosphere of the dinner was great!

Next Six O’Clock Club will be held on the 19th of December.

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