German Consulate, Embassy visit ITER site

Representatives from the German Consulate in Marseille, the German Embassy in Paris, German industry, and the management team of Kraftanlagen Heidelberg above the ITER platform, joined by Norbert Holtkamp, Deputy Director-General at ITER, (third from right) and Francois Gauché, Director-General of Agence ITER France (eighth from left).

On 12 January, Wilhem Späth, German Consul in Marseille, Jeannette Tümer, German Consul Deputy in Marseille and Hinrich Thölken, Economic Advisor at the German Embassy in Paris, visited ITER and met with Norbert Holtkamp, Deputy Director-General. Representatives from German industry and the management team of the firm Kraftanlagen Heidelberg also attended this visit.

Representatives of the Embassy and Consulate began with a visit to the International School of Manosque where they met Director Jean- Paul Clément. Back at the ITER site, Francois Gauché (Director of Agence ITER France) presented the work-in-progress. Norbert Holtkamp then made a presentation on the ITER project. Introductions with German ITER staff followed, and one part of the group went on to visit the Tore Supra at Cadarache.