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Delivery of the new car model XC40 to dealers started in January 2018, Volvo Cars’ first entry into the small premium SUV segment. Proving popular among car buyers, with global …
Successful car-sharing Volvo XC40 set for China launch Read More
Volvo Buses and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore have signed a cooperation agreement on a research and development program for autonomous electric buses, part of the Land Transport Authority …
Singapore test trials of Volvo autonomous electric buses Read More
Ascend Capital Partners has invested in over 24 million euros in four early-stage Finnish tech companies aiming at expanding their market into China. These new investments were officially announced at …
Ascend Capital early-stage Finnish tech companies investment Read More
NEVS AB (the Swedish company who acquired the main assets of the Saab Automobile bankruptcy estates) and DiDi Chuxing, a leading Chinese mobile transportation platform, have formed a strategic partnership …
Nevs agrees with China’s DiDi on electrical vehicles Read More
Shareholders of Saxo Bank Group (Saxo), a leading multi-asset trading and financial-technology firm with presence in key financial centres such as Hong Hong, Shanghai and Singapore, have received an offer …
Geely to become Saxo Bank’s majority owner Read More
The Swedish-Swiss technology corporation ABB on 3 November opened a new facility in Thailand, ABB Robotics Machine-Tending Limited (RMT). The new facility to produce machine-tending robotics, in Rayong Province, Thailand …
ABB inaugurates robotics plant in Thailand Read More
Volvo Cars, the premium car maker of Sweden, and its Chinese owner Geely Holding has announce they will jointly invest RMB 5 billion (EUR 640 million) in a new standalone …
Volvo Cars, Geely launch new car brand: Polestar Read More
On 26 – 29 October the 12th annual Eco Expo Asia fair took place in Hong Kong at the AsiaWorld-Expo, featuring a number of Finnish leading experts and business solutions. …
Finnish attendance at Eco Expo Asia, Hong Kong Read More
On 25 October 2017 the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong hosts the breakfast seminar ‘Reaping the strategic benefits of digitalization’. Digitalization has already entered boardroom discussions and is …
Digitalization benefits Swedcham Hong Kong seminar Read More
Virtual Manufacturing (VM) from Sweden, a supplier of ‘lean-based production development services’, is successfully on their way to building a market within Southeast Asia’s huge manufacturing base. Since its arrival …
Virtual Manufacturing – Swedish experts on production improvements Read More
It is only a 50-minute ferry ride away from Singapore where The Sanchaya sits beachfront – and yet it nearly feels like worlds apart. It is, in many aspects, in …
A world away at The Sanchaya Read More
New solution cuts lead-time between Norway and South Korea/China by over 50 percent As Norwegian seafood exports to Asia keeps growing, DHL Global Forwarding has doubled its flight frequency by …
DHL doubles airfreight capacities to support fast growing Norwegian seafood exports to Asia Read More
igital Disruptions & Transformations: Are Asian organisations prepared to thrive in the new digital economy? According to the new survey by Thomson Reuters, 78% of Asian businesses view disruption as …
Danish, Swedish attendance at TechX Asia 2017 Read More
Into its fifty-first year Volvo Car Manufacturing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is being rejuvenated. Restructuring is in full swing to increase its capacity and prepare for its new setup to …
Volvo Car Manufacturing marks long-term commitment for its Malaysia plant Read More
On 21-24 June 2017 two Swedish solutions providers within manufacturing, one being a production improvement consultant and the other an ERP system service, successfully exhibited at the Manufacturing Expo 2017 …
“Amazing” Manufacturing Expo 2017 for Swedish industry 4.0 consultant, ERP provider Read More
Volvo Cars, the Swedish premium car maker, has reported strong growth in operating profit of SEK6.8bn in the first half of 2017, compared to SEK5.6bn for the same period last …
Strong increase in Volvo Cars’ first half 2017 profit Read More
The new V90 is the latest in the premium car maker’s top-of-the-line 90 series sitting alongside the award winning XC90 SUV and the recently-launched S90 premium sedan. Building on Volvo …
Volvo strengthens Premium segment position with V90 Read More
Volvo Car Malaysia on 7 July announced the appointment of its newest dealer, iRoll Auto Sdn Bhd, to better service its customers in the Northern Region of Peninsular Malaysia. The …
Volvo Car Malaysia’s newest dealer in Penang Read More
Former Saab Automobile, Nevs, offering a global portfolio of fully electric premium cars, mobility solutions and sustainable city offerings, displayed the new InMotion Concept for the very first time at …
Nevs presented InMotion Concept in Shanghai Read More
Geely, a Chinese multinational automotive manufacturing company, will establish their new Innovation Center Europe in the major Swedish city, Gothenburg. In the presence of Prime Minister of Sweden, Stefan Löfven, and …
Chinese car manufacturer to open innovation center in Gothenburg Read More
Finland’s Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä is attending the Eight Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM8) in Beijing, China, on 7–9 June 2017. The topics of the meeting include energy-efficient technologies, …
Finland’s Minister Mika Lintilä promotes clean energy in Beijing Read More On 5 May 2017 Saxo Bank Group announced that it as received an offer from Geely International Hong Kong, a subsidiary of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd (“Geely Group”), …
Geely to become shareholder in Danish Saxo Bank Read More
How is tax free car rental possible? The favorable prices exclusively to Danish expatriates are possible because rental companies in Denmark do not have to pay the Danish registration fee. …
Tax-free cars in Denmark Read More
Chinese-owned Swedish brand Volvo Cars has reported a robust 66 per cent increase in operating profit in 2016 to SEK11 billion and a new record as global sales hit 534,332 …
Volvo Cars’ sales hit new record in 2016 Read More
In November 2016 the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok and Business Sweden brought a manufacturing delegation of Swedish companies to Thailand for the second year in a row. This included, …
Swedish business solutions for Thai manufacturing towards Industry 4.0 Read More
Using no rule books, no conventions and no traditions a new Chinese-Swedish next-gen vehicle concept is born to cater to the Millennials. The brand new global car brand LYNK & …
Volvo Cars’ owner launches new brand Lynk & Co Read More
Thailand (Bangkok) and Vietnam Business Sweden will in 2016 again return with a manufacturing delegation to Vietnam (Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh City), and continuing to Thailand in connection to …
Swedish manufacturing to Thailand, Vietnam Read More
At the 2016 edition of International Green Technology Conference (IGEM) the Embassy of Sweden in Malaysia arranged a seminar titled ‘Waste to Energy’ for 130 participants, in partnership with the …
Swedish Waste to Energy Malaysia seminar, workshops Read More
Volvo Cars calls it “the world’s most ambitious and advanced public autonomous driving experiment.” On 9 September the Swedish premium car maker officially kicked off ‘Drive Me’, and presented the …
Volvo Cars launches experiment Drive Me Read More
Volvo Cars, the global premium car maker, and Autoliv Inc, the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, have on 6 September signed a letter of intent to set up a …
Autoliv and Volvo Cars set up autonomous driving company Read More
As the global start-up movement Slush debuts in Singapore on 20 September 2016 the full agenda, with the overarching themes, has been released. The themes intend to show what the …
Themes and Nordic components at Slush Singapore Read More
Volvo Cars, the Swedish premium carmaker, and Uber, the world’s leading ride-sharing company, are to join forces to develop next generation autonomous driving cars. The two companies have signed an …
Volvo Cars and Uber start joint autonomous driving cars project Read More
On 21 June media reported that the Swedish Saab car brand had been dumped on the scrapyard of automobile history as National Electric Vehicle Sweden, NEVS, launched its new trademark, …
Nevs new trademark launched as Saab brand denied Read More
Lesjöfors of Sweden, a leading spring suppliers with internationally well-known customers, has acquired the Singapore-based John While Group Inc. Also a spring company, with subsidiaries in China, Thailand and Singapore, …
Swedish Lesjöfors acquires Singaporean company Read More
On an auspicious date, number nine, in the month of March 2016, the moment had finally come: to unveil the much-anticipate new generation of luxury Volvo Cars to the Thai …
The new Volvo Cars era introduced to Thailand Read More
Fingerprint Cards, a Swedish high-tech, listed company which develops, produces and markets biometric technology, has reported on the full year results for January to December 2015. Revenues amounted to SEK …
Fingerprint Cards reports record year Read More
In early December 2015 Volvo Car Malaysia unveiled the all-new Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine. The arrival of the all-new XC90 in Malaysia marks a new chapter in Volvo’s transformation …
All-new XC90 Suv from Volvo launched in Malaysia Read More
Volvo cars sold, for the first time in its 89-year history, over half a million cars (totally 503,127 pieces). Record results underline the strength of Volvo Cars’ on-going operational and …
Over 500,000 Volvo cars sold in 2015 Read More
On 17 December 2015 National Electric Vehicle Sweden (Nevs) and the Chinese company Panda New Energy Co., Ltd. signed a strategic collaboration agreement, according which Nevs will provide Panda with …
New strategic partnership for Nevs in China: vehicle leasing Read More
Believing strongly in their concept, Swedish packaging and labeling producer Boxon continues its China expansion as the demand from European global companies with manufacturing there is widespread and persistent. Their …
Swedish packaging and labeling Boxon expands in China Read More
The 32nd Thailand International Motor Expo 2015 has kicked off. The theme for this year is “New Standards…Thai Vehicles Care About The Earth”. Thirty-three car brands and fifteen motorcycle brands …
Lucia introduced VOLVO V40 T5 R-Limited at Motor Expo 2015 Read More
Following on the Swedish Healthcare delegation to Thailand held in May 2015, Business Sweden is returning with two more delegations during November. The first one is a ‘Sustainable and Automated …
Business Sweden manufacturing delegation to Thailand Read More
In its effort to further strengthening sales and services for all customers in the East Coast region Scania Malaysia has officially launched its Kuala Terengganu service centre on 13 October. …
Scania Malaysia launches Kuala Terengganu service centre Read More
The European Association for Business and Commerce (EABC) on 25 September 2015 hosted the launch event for its Business Confidence Survey 2015. The main objective of this Survey is to …
EABC 2015 Business Confidence Survey shows optimism in Thailand Read More
The Swedish Parliament Committee on Transport and Communications, led by their President Ms. Karin Svensson-Smith visited Shanghai on September 8-9. During their visit the Committee had round table talks with …
Swedish Parliament Committee on Transport and Communications’ Hong Kong and China visit Read More
Business Sweden, Royal Thai Embassy, and Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) invites to investment seminars in Stockholm and Gothenburg in Sweden, on 21-22 September 2015. Among the presentations there will …
Thailand – land of investment seminars in Sweden Read More
The Chinese joint ventures for National Electric Vehicle Sweden (Nevs) is under way, with the construction of a Production and R&D factory in the Tianjin Binhai Hi-tech zone. The project …
Nevs strategic setup started in China Read More
SKF, a leading global supplier of bearings, seals, mechatronics, lubrication systems, and services, published its half-year 2015 report on July 15, with Alrik Danielson, President and CEO commenting: “Demand in …
Swedish SKF reports weaker demand in China Read MoreThe risk of having your car taken from your garage or another location where you might be keeping it temporarily or on the long term is a risk you will …
Top 3 Best Car Security Systems Read More
Swedish-owned Rosti Group, with manufacturing in among others China, Malaysia and Sweden has announced an agreement regarding the acquisition of 100% of the shares in the Dutch holding company Boog …
Swedish Rosti Group expands via acquisition Read More