Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Interaksyon.com reported on 7 Jan 2014 that Jotun, Norway’s leading producer of paints, coatings and powder coatings is setting up a factory in the Philippines. Michael Thorup Kruse, Jotun (Philippines) …
Jotun to set up paint factory in Philippines Read More
China expects to build its new icebreaker before 2016, government officials said, as the veteran Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, remains stuck in Antarctic ice after rescuing 52 passengers from a …
Finland’s Aker to design China’s new icebreaker Read More
Denmark’s largest manufacturer of workwear, MASCOT, inaugurated a newly built factory in Laos in early January 2014. MASCOT constructed the 9000 sq m building and the new production unit becomes …
Danish workwear ‘Mascot’ opens Lao factory Read More
KONE has won an order to provide 36 eco-efficient elevators and four escalators to Liuzhou Diwang International Fortune Center in China. The four-building mixed-use development will be located in the …
KONE wins order for tallest building in Guangxi Province, China Read More
Indonesian cement producer, PT Semen Padang, has ordered a new cement production line with a capacity of 8,000tpd from FLSmidth (Denmark), work EUR40m (DKK 300m), according to a press release …
Indonesian cement plant orders Danish production line Read More
Danish brewer Carlsberg said in December 2013 it had bought the owner of eight Chinese breweries for 1.4 billion kroner (US$258 million) as it grows outside the sluggish markets of …
Carlsberg buys Chongqing Beer Group Read More
Wartsila Corp, one of the world’s largest ship power suppliers and manufacturers by revenue, is hoping to turn China into its biggest market by adding more manufacturing capacity in the …
Wartsila to capitalise on China’s shipbuilding industry Read More
China’s top commerce watchdog is taking a more prudent approach than usual to granting approval for US software giant Microsoft Corp’s takeover of mobile telephone business from Finland-based Nokia, Beijing-based …
China keeps Microsoft’s Nokia takeover under microscope Read More
While electric car sales remain disappointingly low in North America, it’s the exact opposite in Norway, so much so that the existing infrastructure is unable to sustain the demand, according …
Electric car boom outpaces Norway’s infrastructure Read More
China will play a pivotal role in Volvo Car Corp’s global revival plan, said Alain Visser, senior vice-president of the automaker headquartered in Sweden. Volvo has set a goal to …
Volvo Cars’ fate rests with China – not Europe Read More