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Norwegian Seafood Council and partners launched ‘Taste From Norway, to Your Home’ campaign in Thailand

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The Norwegian Seafood Council has teamed up with Central Food Retail and Thammachart Seafood and launched the ‘Taste From Norway, to Your Home’ campaign to promote Norwegian seafood products and …

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Business in Asia / Denmark / Finland / Iceland / Norway / Sweden / Thailand

DTCC share the good news – Thailand to keep VAT unchanged at 7% for another two years

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The Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce (DTCC) recently shared some good news for Danish and Nordic businesses operating in Thailand.  According to DTCC, there have been plans to increase the VAT rate from …

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Business in Asia / Energy / Finland / Indonesia / Innovation & Technology / Services

Valmet to supply paper machine grade conversion rebuild to one of its major customers in Indonesia

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Finnish Valmet, developer, and supplier of technologies, automation systems, and services for the pulp, paper, and energy industries, will supply a paper machine grade conversion rebuild to one of its …

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Shrewsbury: Exam Results and University Choices – A Parent’s Perspective with Professor Thitinan Pongsudhirak

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The decision for the Pongsudhirak family to place their daughter, Petra, in Shrewsbury International School Bangkok, Riverside at Year 7 has paid dividends. The school, which is celebrating 86% A*to …

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Business in Asia / Construction, infrastructure / Denmark / Oil and Gas, Mining / Singapore / Transportation, maritime

Tyra topsides arrive from Singapore for TotalEnergies North Sea project

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After traveling almost 16,000 kilometers from Singapore through the Suez Canal and arriving on 29 August, the first three new production platforms for Denmark’s most important gas field are to …

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Business in Asia / China / Energy / Norway / Sustainability

Norwegian renewable energy fund invests millions in Chinese companies suspected of forced labor

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Many Norwegians have been putting their savings into so-called “green” funds which invest in renewable energy sources. One of the most hyped funds is the Storebrand company’s Fornybar Energi-fund. A …

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Business in Asia / Innovation & Technology / IT Telecom / Norway / Sweden / Thailand

DTAC and ABB team up to jointly develop robotics and machine automation solutions

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DTAC owned by Norway’s Telenor recently announced that dtac TriNet and ABB Automation (Thailand) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly develop robotics and machine automation solutions enabled by dtac …

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Business in Asia / Oil and Gas, Mining / Sweden / Vietnam

Buyer of power plant in Sweden to negotiate re-sale with potential buyers in Vietnam and Dubai 

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  German utility Uniper UN01.DE recently announced the sale of its 450-megawatt gas power plant in Malmo, Sweden to Dutch PACO Holding which plans to dismantle the facility and rebuild …

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Business in Asia / China / Finland / Manufacturing / Services / Transportation, maritime

Deltamarin signs agreement with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard for three RoPax vessels

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The Finnish shipbuilding company Deltamarin has signed an agreement with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard Weihain for the basic and manufacturing design of three RoPax Stena E-Flexer vessels, media YLE reports. The Stena …

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Business in Asia / Denmark / Norway / Singapore / Sustainability / Sweden / Transportation, maritime

Maersk accelerates fleet decarbonization with 8 large ocean-going vessels to operate on carbon-neutral methanol

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In the first quarter of 2024, A.P. Moller – Maersk will introduce the first in a groundbreaking series of 8 large ocean-going container vessels capable of being operated on carbon-neutral …

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Business in Asia / China / Denmark / Manufacturing / Retail & Wholesale / Transportation, maritime

Shipping crisis creates shortness of important items for Danish families with children 

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The shipping crisis caused by the pandemic has seen massive problems of transporting goods around the world in recent months and now it has created a shortage in Denmark of …

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Business in Asia / China / Hong Kong / Hospitality / Indonesia / Malaysia / Norway / Philippines / Services / Taiwan

Norwegian Cruise Line appoints new Senior Director Sales of Asia

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Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has appointed Braydon Holland as Senior Director Sales for Asia as the company is positioning for continued success in the region, Hotelier India reports. The company’s history began …

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Business in Asia / China / Denmark / Food & Beverage / Services

Danish founded Just Eat is the world’s largest takeaway platform outside of China

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The online food order and delivery service platform Just Eat was founded in Kolding, Denmark in 2001 among others by the well-known entrepreneur Jesper Buch. After two major corporate deals, …

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Business in Asia / China / Construction, infrastructure / Retail & Wholesale / Services / Sweden

IKEA is expanding with housing adjacent to its shopping centers in China

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The Swedish furniture giant IKEA has started selling 500 apartments in Changsha in southern China, as the company invests in a combination of shopping centers and housing, Expressen writes.  IKEA’s shopping malls …

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Business in Asia / Construction, infrastructure / Denmark / Energy / Singapore

Sembcorp Marine completes two offshore wind farm substations for Ørsted Wind Power

- by Mette Larsen - 1 Comment

Sembcorp Marine has successfully completed the fabrication of the Offshore Substation (OSS) and Reactive Compensation Station (RCS) (collectively, “Substations”) for Ørsted Wind Power subsidiary Optimus Wind Limited, according to this …

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Banking, Fintech / Business in Asia / China / Denmark / Finland / Norway

Nordic pension investors not concerned with Chinese authorities recent regulatory actions

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The Chinese authorities’ recent regulatory actions have seen some foreign investors and market participants being concerned that it could bring a change in China’s policies, but according to IPE, three major …

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Business in Asia / Denmark / Finland / Hospitality / Services / Sweden / Thailand / Transportation, maritime

Air Traffic between the Nordic Regions and Asia is not currently expected to recover

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Although Eurocontrol (European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation) reported that airlines in central Europe last week operated about 70 percent of their pre-pandemic flights, it does look like …

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Business in Asia / China / Construction, infrastructure / Finland / Services

Finnish PES-Architects wins design competition for Shanghai Submarine Museum

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PES-Architects has won the invited international architecture competition for the Shanghai Submarine Museum on the Huangpu riverfront in Shanghai, China, according to this company announcement. PES-Architects was founded in Finland and …

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Farmers learn the SRI rice cultivation technique. Here measuring the growth
Agriculture, fishing, forestry / Business in Asia / Cambodia / Denmark / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam

ADDA is helping rural farmers to become self-sustainable in a changing world

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For more than 25 years the Danish NGO, ADDA, has been training farmers throughout Southeast Asia to be self-sustainable. Their continuous programs in the region strive to make the rural …

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Agriculture, fishing, forestry / Business in Asia / Food & Beverage / Iceland / Norway / Singapore

Singapore RAS signs genetics agreement with Benchmark

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The Singapore-based land-based project, Singapore RAS has signed a long-term agreement for deliveries of Atlantic salmon eggs with Benchmark Genetics, according to this company statement. Benchmark Genetics brings together the companies …

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Business in Asia / China / Entrepreneurship / Finland / Retail & Wholesale / Sustainability / Vietnam

Vietnamese students in Finland produces sneakers from used coffee grounds and plastic waste

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Vietnamese Tran Bao Khanh and Chu Hoang SonIn both have a great interest in fashion and environmental protection and in 2017 the pair established the company Rens Original while studying …

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Automotive / Business in Asia / Innovation & Technology / Sweden / Thailand

Volvo Cars Thailand launches a fully integrated digital Customer Service Center (CRC)

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Volvo Cars Thailand has launched a fully integrated digital ‘VOLVO Customer Relations Center (CRC)’, a central data center coordinating all the digital support channels, including the Volvo Cars App which …

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