Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
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In a new report by NBC (Norwegian Business Association) Norway is rapidly growing in the Chinese seafood market. Since 2013 Norway has slowly been climbing the ladder towards tipping Japan …
Norwegian seafood booming in China Read More
Danish Crown is finally ready to begin the construction of the long-awaited processing factory in the outskirts of Shanghai. That means the Chinese will be able to further feast on …
Danish Crown ready to construct Chinese factory Read More The Danish badminton player Mathias Christiansen can now be seen getting ready for a smash on the cover of the Chinese seafood distributor Bei Yang Jia Mei Seafood Products. Mathias …
Danish badminton-star cover for Chinese seafood distributor Read More
The first noteworthy thing when arriving for the latest visit to Penang was to find only one plane parked at the gates at the airport – nearly unheard of these …
Penang: where cultures blend and living heritage keeps evolving Read More The Norwegian joint venture Ocean Quality has received a decision from Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) which bans the company from exporting salmon to China. This comes as a consequence …
Norwegian company barred from exporting salmon to China Read More
Soon the people of China will be able to feast on Danish sausages. Within a small amount of time, the Danish meat company Danish Crown will begin exporting goods such …
Danish Crown to finally begin export to China Read More
During 10 – 12 January Finland’s Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Jari Leppä and a Team Finland business delegation promoted Finnish meat and liquor production companies in Singapore. Pure ingredients …
Finnish minister, liquor and meat delegation, minister in Singapore Read More
Wine Bonanza is passionate about their wines and culinary expertise to ensure customers have the most memorable dining experience. The new wine and gourmet food restaurant, located right in the …
Wine Bonanza Is Where The Wine Is Read More
Before the Christmas Stanley Plaza hosted the ‘Finnish Christmas Wonders’ during two weekends. At the launch the Finnish Consul-General and his wife enjoyed the market on a VIP tour. Over …
Finnish Christmas Wonders market Hong Kong Read More
Gustav is the name of Finnish premium range of spirits, produced by Finland’s oldest alcohol producer still in production, Lignell & Piispanen. Gustav reflects both Gustav III (the late Swedish …
Finnish spirit Gustav celebrated in Hong Kong Read More
Rasmus A. Kristensen arrived in Jakarta in September 2017 appointed as the new Danish Ambassador to Indonesia replacing Casper Klynge (who prematurely left in the summer to become Denmark’s first …
Rasmus Kristensen: Back in Asia – as Denmark’s Ambassador to Indonesia Read More
In the for Finland pivotal 2017 which is a time for celebration of 100 years as an independent nation, it has been all about promoting Finnish culture, education, know-how, ‘Finnish …
Finnish Embassy dinner showcased Finnish food and drinks Read More
The F&B company D’Evenitif in Kong Kong invites to the ‘Gustav Nordic Pop-Up Bar’, taking place on Thursday 2 November, at VEA Restaurant & Lounge. Master mixologist Antonio Lai will …
Gustav Nordic Pop-Up Bar 2017 in Hong Kong Read More
During 18-20 October, Finnish Kyrö Distillery Company & Runway Bar in Central, Hong Kong are teaming up to celebrate Gin Jubilee 2017. Over the course of three days the bar …
Awarded Finnish Napue gin at Hong Kong festival Read More
Vinamilk’s chief marketing officer, Phan Minh Tiên (R), and Chr. Hansen’s vice president, Lasse Nagell, on Thursday 21 September signed a strategic co-operation agreement in Copenhagen, Denmark. The deal is …
Vinamilk expands cooperation with Danish firm Chr. Hansen 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
Dr Jaana Husu-Kallio, Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Finland gave a keynote speech at international conference on food safety in Hong Kong in early September 2017. She presented practices …
Finland food safety speech held in Hong Kong Read More
The announcement it out that on Friday 13 October the annual Seafood Gala Dinner will take place at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, hosted by the Royal Norwegian Embassy. This highly …
Norway’s annual Kuala Lumpur Seafood Gala Dinner 2017 Read More
As ProPak Asia 2017 celebrated 25 years Scandinavia had relatively strong presence there, with Tetra Pak and a Denmark Pavilion of companies in the Processing Tech Asia exhibition, as well …
Scandinavian brands and Denmark pavilion at Propak Asia Read More
Charlotta Schlyter, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Sweden, Bangkok, participated on the 24th of July 2017 in the launch of the company BioGaia probiotics in Thailand. Ms Schlyter made …
Swedish Embassy at BioGaia probiotics launch in Thailand Read More
On 18 July 2017, the Norwegian Seafood Council launched the new country of origin mark for Norwegian seafood, ‘Seafood from Norway’, in Bangkok. The new mark guarantees the origins of …
Norway’s new seafood trademark launched in Bangkok Read More
Kasem Hasam, Nur Dairy Farm in Selangor, Malaysia, has increased the production on his dairy farm by 20 percent with a little Danish guidance. In March, a Danish business delegation …
Malaysian dairy farmer increases production with Danish help Read More
Every day, more than 1 billion people worldwide consume a product with a natural Chr. Hansen ingredient. Significant potential remains within the remaining 6 billion people who demand tasty, healthy, …
DABS Event: Chr. Hansen – Improving Food & Health Read More
On 22 May Ambassador to Malaysia, Nicolai Ruge, and Minister Counsellor, Nina Talvela together with Bent Urup from Aqua Partners A/S and Michael Aaman from Veolia met with Ministry of …
Denmark met with Ministry of Agriculture Malaysia Read More
A photo of a beach filled with untouched, unwanted oysters got a lot of attention. The picture of a beach on the northern Danish coast at Limfjorden was posted on …
Denmark’s unwanted oysters become big hit in China Read More
On Wednesday 7 June 2017, Nina Hvid Talvela, Minister Counsellor at the Danish Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, joined the Danish Embassy in Bangkok in a meeting with Dr. Wacharapon Chotiyaputta, …
Danish-Thai cooperation on livestock Read More
Norwegian salmon is growing in popularity in South-East Asia, and Norway is the leading supplier of fresh salmon into the region. According the Jon Erik Steenlid, Director of Norwegian Seafood …
Sushi causes growing popularity for Norwegian Salmon in Thailand Read More
Minister of Housing, Energy and the Environment, Mr. Kimmo Tiilikainen, visited the Finnish pavilion at SIAL fair, the biggest food fair in Asia. 11 Finnish companies attended the 2017 fair …
Finnish minister visit at Sial fair pavilion Read More
Sweden’s Minister of Agriculture, Sven-Erik Bucht visited Hong Kong on 8 – 10 May 2017, in connect with Asia’s leading food fair Hofex, and as an export promotion follow-up to …
Swedish minister Bucht’s Hong Kong food export promotion trip Read More
27 March – 6 April 2017 the Embassy of Denmark, Kuala Lumpur arranged the ‘Cattle trip – or the Market Study Visit: Dairy Production’. The purpose of the trip was …
Danish market study visit dairy production Malaysia Read More
Last week Nina Hvid Talvela, Minister Counsellor for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries from the Danish Embassy in Kula Lumpur, went to Bangkok to visit the VIV Asia exhibition in order to …
Denmark at VIV Asia in Bangkok Read More
The largest food and beverage exhibition in Asia (with more than 75,000 visitors), Sial China in Shanghai, will, in 2017 for the first time in Asia, include a Swedish Pavilion. …
Food trade show Sial China gets Finnish-Swedish Pavilion Read More
She started by sharing baby food recipes with busy mothers online. Soon after she was selling her products in Danish super markets. Now she is about to start exporting her …
Christina is ready to take on China with organic baby food Read More
The big pork producer from Denmark, Danish Crown, is targeting China with new plans for opening a factory in Shanghai. As the Chinese market is demanding higher quality meat and …
Danish Crown to open new plant in Shanghai Read More
Jon Georg Dale, Minister of Agriculture and Food in Norway, met with the Chinese Ambassador to Norway, Wang Min, on 21 February 2017, to discuss opportunities for a collaboration in …
Norway’s Minister of Agriculture and Food meets with China Read More
Danish biscuits have long been popular among the Chinese. Now it seems the Danish jam is also experiencing a higher demand in China. Scandic Food, a food producing company based …
Scandic Food to focus on jam export to China Read More
On Wednesday, 8 February 2017, Halton Group, a Finnish company specialising in indoor climate and indoor environmental products, services and solutions, announced a new strategic alliance with Thai Welbilt Inc. …
Finnish Halton Group announce alliance with Thai company Read More
Mikkeller, a Danish microbrewery, will be opening a new bar in Chiang Mai in Thailand. According to a press release from 3 February 2017 the new bar will be opening …
Danish Microbrewery Mikkeller to open in Chiang Mai Read More
The Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) is again showing a great interest in the Chinese market of seafood. On several dates in February, NSC is inviting the industry to a dialogue …
Norway focuses on Seafood in China again Read More
ScandAsia met up in southern Thailand with Mr Conny Andersson, who can appropriately be seen as a ‘travelling chef’, having been on assignments as a cook to far-flung corners of …
Chef Conny Andersson enhances Six Senses’ healthy concept Read More
As Indoor Ag-Con (indoor agriculture) returns to Asia for their second annual event on January 24-25, 2017, in Singapore, Norwegian entrepreneur Per Aage Lysaa from Intravision Group is among the …
Norwegian photobiology, Led lights company at Ag-Con Asia Read More
In 2017 there will for the first time in Asia be a Nordic exhibition space at Hofex in Hong Kong, the region’s leading food & hospitality tradeshow. A Swedish Pavilion …
Nordic exhibition at Hofex 2017 Hong Kong Read More
The name Ecolean can imply an inclination towards being eco-friendly [writer’s interpretation], and it turns out the be true that this Swedish company’s products are indeed friendly to nature, mainly …
Innovative package solutions provider takes on Southeast Asia Read More
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik from Denmark opens the new Arla office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It will be the main office for all of the company’s activities in …
The Danish Crown Prince opens Arla’s new business region in Asia – Arla Foods Read More
In nod to the international café culture, and with some key Swedish flavours added to the menu – including bakery temptations such as Swedish cinnamon bun, chocolate balls and the …
Sapparot Group’s Swedish baker Jeff Oberg Read More
Sapparot Group, looking to strengthen its team of skilled bartenders, as the owners increasingly have to manage, and let go of their favourite function of being hands-on cocktail shakers, has …
Sapparot Group’s Swedish bartender team reinforced with Sebastian De la Cruz Read More
[sliderpro id=”20″] Sapparot Group could very well be the name of a producer and exporter of Thailand’s tropical fruit pineapple. But no, we are talking restaurateurs, where the three Swedes …
Swedish bar trio brings international café culture to Bangkok Read More
Arla Foods is integrating its markets in China and South East Asia in a new regional market called Business Unit Asia. The regional office will be placed in Kuala Lumpur, …
Arla establishes new business region in Asia Read More
Denmark is well known for its dairy products, ‘Smørrebrød’ (open sandwich with toppings), and bread and pastries such as, in particular the ‘Danish’ (a Viennese bread usually topped with chocolate), …
Dane at Outrigger Phuket satisfies tourists’ insatiable appetite for bread Read More
Thai Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, H.E. Pongpol Adireksarn, together with a delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture visited Denmark from the 3rd to the 6th of June 1998. “There …
Thailand’s Minister of Agriculture visits Denmark Read More