In March, Hape China was filled with the energy and enthusiasm of youth, as students from Nottingham University and Germany’s Fachhochschule Rosenheim University visited the company’s Ningbo Office. Hape Group founder & CEO, Peter Handstein, made an attractive company introduction and met with the students personally.

On 19th March, Hape welcomed 50 postgraduate students from Nottingham University’s Managing International Business course, along their professor Dr. Pingping Fu. These students come from dozens of countries and have different cultural backgrounds, and all were interested in Peter’s business tales as a foreigner in China. Therefore, Peter passionately led students on a visit around Hape China, introducing the Hape brand story, discussing its development as a global brand, taking questions on its current scale and introducing some of the sub-brands owned by the Hape Group. Students listened, recorded and applauded Peter’s excellent speech. Before the end of the visit, there was a Q&A session designed to give students the chance to have a face-to-face talk with Peter. Peter answered each question in earnest.

The day after Nottingham’s postgraduates visited Hape, 40 students and tutors from Germany’s Fachhochschule Rosenheim University arrived at Hape China. They paid more attention to factory production in an effort to learn more about Hape’s strict standards regarding quality control and its production process.

Next, after saying goodbye to the German students, Hape said hello to another 30 undergraduates from Nottingham University on 23rd March, where the global frame of Hape Group and the daily operations of its different departments came under the microscope. Peter also arranged a meeting with the bright students.

As an entrepreneur, Peter Handstein is always willing to hear student voices, as it is an opportunity to share his experiences with youth and to absorb new ideas and inspiration. As an enterprise, Hape Group maintains connections with a number of international education institutions, keeping abreast of trends in sustainable development, building solid foundations and keeping its talent bank well-stocked.