Trine Therese Strandborg had a plan when she moved to Kuala Lumpur with her husband and two children in April 2004; she would take this opportunity to make a career change. Trine is a graduate in chemical engineering from NTNU in Trondheim, Norway and holds a Masters degree in economics. With this unusual combination she…
Malaysia, Norway
Kongsberg Maritime Contract in Malaysia
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The Process Simulation unit in Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded a contract by Gusto MSC (Dutch company), for a dynamic process simulation study for a Floating Production, Storage and Off-loading vessel (FPSO) under construction in Malaysia. The Malaysian order was originally obtained by Fantoft Process Technologies, but Fantoft was June last year acquired by the…
Denmark, Finland, Malaysia, Norway, Sweden
President of SSM Re-elected
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The Annual general meeting of SSM was held at the Tropicana Golf & Country Club on Friday the 9th of February 2007. It was supposed to start at 7.30pm, but Kuala Lumpur traffic jams delayed the meeting for half an hour – which is nothing.Present were the members of the sitting committee, Bo Jeansson, Göran…
Malaysia, Norway
New Norwegian Ambassador to Malaysia
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H.E. Arild Braastad is originally from Bergen, and of course, as every Norwegian would know; if he was the regular guy from Bergen he would claim not being from Norway, but from Bergen! People from Bergen tend to think of Bergen as a country in itself. But, Arild Braastad is both from Bergen and indeed…
Malaysia, Norway
Aker Kvaerner Expanding In Malaysia
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Winning the contract last year for delivering subsea equipment to Murphy Oils Kikeh field development was really a stepping stone for Aker Kværner’s expansion in this region, he says. Located offshore Sabah in East-Malaysia in 1350 meters of water depth, the Kikeh field is the first deep water development in Malaysia, and the contract is…
Malaysia, Sweden
H.E. Helena Sångeland: Swedish Ambassador to Malaysia
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Her Excellency Helena Sångeland arrived in Malaysia in August 2005 to take up her new post. But a state visit to Sweden by the Malaysian King and Queen coincided with her appointment and ironically she spent much of the first few months of her posting in Sweden rather than Malaysia. She came to Malaysia after…
Indonesia, Malaysia, Norway, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Jotun’s Successful Relocation
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The success of Jotun in relocating expatriates to managerial positions in South East Asia is no coincidence. The ‘secret’ is the company’s high level of awareness and attention to the needs of not just the person, they are relocating, but in particular to the needs of his spouse and children. Human Resource Manager of Jotun,…
Finland, Malaysia
New Finnish Ambassador to Malaysia
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His Excellency Lauri Korpinen came to Kuala Lumpur as the Finnish Ambassador to Malaysia in June last year, having previously been posted in Korea. “Malaysia is very beautiful” Lauri Korpinen says, “but just sometimes I wish it would be a little cooler here.” “Coming from Finland, I miss the seasons. I was fortunate enough to…
Denmark, Malaysia
Closer to the Grocery Shop, Please!
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Executive director Hanne Poulsen and her Malaysian husband have been running a moving company, Atlas Worldwide Movers, in Kuala Lumpur for 13 years. Initially, they had no intentions of branching into the relocation business, but seeing that several of their moving clients did not get the help they were entitled to from their employing company,…
Malaysia, Norway
APL opens new office in Kuala Lumpur
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To the average Norwegian APL (Advanced Production and Loading) is not among the most well known companies. But to anybody in the oil and gas business APL is a name very well recognised in the international oil arena. In the North Sea, APL is a clear market leader when it comes to flexible, safe and…
