Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Jakarta Provincial Government learns the lesson after buying rusty buses made in China. Now, as an effort to expand public transportation in the capital city, city government will opt for …
Disappointed by made-in-China buses, city opts for Scania Read More
Chinese automaker Geely saved Volvo in 2010, buying the on-the-rocks Swedish automaker from Ford for $1.8 billion, but speculation persists whether the acquisition will amount to a corporate raid. Not …
Geely’s Volvo Investment Long-Term Play, Says Top Exec Read More
MANILA – The joint venture between Aboitiz Power Corp and Norway’s SN Power Invest AS has signed an agreement with the National Grid Corp of the Philippines (NGCP) for the …
NGCP signs up AboitizPower-Norwegian JV for back-up power supply Read More
The Danish government on 5 March 2014 released a new strategy on aquaculture. The aim is to make the industry more sustainable by using green technologies and increase export of …
Danida promotes aquaculture tech in Indonesia Read More
Swedish commercial vehicle (CV) maker Volvo is looking at assembling Eicher-branded CVs at its factories in South Africa and Indonesia to boost volumes. The company has an equal venture in …
Volvo to assemble Eicher trucks in Indonesia, S Africa Read More
Sweden-based Alfa Laval has secured an order worth SEK55m to supply Packinox heat exchangers to a refinery and petrochemical plant in Vietnam. Scheduled for delivery in 2015, the Alfa Laval …
Alfa Laval supplies heat exchangers to Vietnam’s refinery Read More
Container shipping company Maersk Line, a unit of A.P. Moller-Maersk, plans to increase freight rates on main routes from ports in Asia to ports in northern Europe with effect from April 1. …
Maersk Line to increase rates from Asia to Europe Read More
DNV GL has opened a new laboratory in Singapore to deliver innovative and integrated solutions for the marine and offshore industries. The laboratory located at Gul Circle demonstrates DNV GL’s …
DNV GL triples size of marine, offshore lab in Singapore Read More
Five hundred Husqvarna chainsaws have just arrived in the Philippines in early February. The donation is done to support UNHCR’s relief efforts in the aftermath of the Typhoon Haiyan that …
Husqvarna donates chainsaws to UNHCR’s Philippine relief efforts Read More
The Swedish oil and gas exploration company, Lundin Petroleum AB, announced in a press release on March 4, that the exploration drilling of the Balqis prospect in the Baronang PSC, …
Lundin Petroleum completes exploration in Indonesia Read More