Editor’s note: This article is contributed by NRW.Global Business as part of its annual partnership with Global Atlanta. 

While many business leaders in the Southeast U.S. may be familiar with prominent German cities like Düsseldorf, Cologne or Bonn, fewer may recognize the name of the region where they are located, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).

Daniel Dueren, head of the region’s economic development office in Atlanta, aims to change that. 

With representatives in Atlanta, Chicago and the West Coast, NRW.Global Business supports U.S. companies investing in NRW, the most populous of Germany’s 16 states and…