Ann: Dyesol in Germany - On the Starting Grid , page-4

brendan

Mate anyone can set up an office - it just takes a little bit more admin burn. Depends on the purpose obviously as to whether it is good news or wasteful. Lately they've set up in Japan, the US and now Germany - all big economies agreed - and yet Dyesol has no known business in any of them.

So what is in Bavaria? Well Merck the electrolyte specialist is not - it is hq'ed elsewhere in Germany, in Hesse (?).

These are the major companies operating in Bavaria according to Wikipedia:

"The motorcycle and automobile makers BMW (Bayerische Motoren-Werke, or Bavarian Motor Works) and Audi, Allianz, Grundig (consumer electronics), Siemens (electricity, telephones, informatics, medical instruments), Continental (Automotive Tire and Electronics), Adidas, Puma, HypoVereinsbank (UniCredit Group), Infineon and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann have (or had) a Bavarian industrial base.

The iconic, opening scenes of the 1965 Rodgers and Hammerstein film musical The Sound of Music were shot in the Bavarian Alps."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria#Company_names

Unless Dickie and Gavin want to make like Maria and go running through the Alps there I'd guess they want a base in Bavaria so they can cozy up to the likes of BMW or Audi or even Siemens (???). Doesn't hurt to fantasize (as long as it doesn't cost money). :)