Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Thai cabin crew on Norwegian’s new route to Bangkok is paid around 100.000 Thai baht per month. Norwegian labor union leader calls it social dumping. Norway’s fast expanding airline Norwegian, …
Norwegian accused of social dumping Read More
The colorful plastic bricks produced by Danish toy maker Lego are so popular in Asia, that the company now plans to build a factory in China. The plan was revealed …
LEGO now to be “Made in China” Read More
Geely-owned car maker Volvo Cars expects to sell more than 50,000 cars in China this year, Chief Executive Hakan Samuelsson said on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Volvo, wholly owned by China’s Zhejiang …
Volvo Cars sees its China car sales above 50,000 this year Read More
On the day Microsoft acquired Nokia’s device business, Thomas Zilliacus, who worked for 15 years at Nokia, and for seven years as the Asia-Pacific CEO of the company, founded a …
Singapore-based Newkia wants to bring Nokia back Read More
Denmark’s Dairy Company Arla Foods is working on its first formal marketing programme in China, Campaign Asia-Pacific reported. The communication campaign is going to be run by Draftfcb, after the …
Arla Foods to start marketing program in China Read More
Finnish elevator and escalator company Kone has won an order for 108 elevators and 57 escalators at Dazhongli, a mixed-use development on Shanghai’s flourishing commercial street, West Nanjing Road, the …
Finland’s elevator company Kone wins Shanghai order Read More
Eighteen leading Danish and Denmark-based international companies jointly launched a talent-hunting alliance, the Consortium for Global Talent, earlier this week to attract and retain more skilled foreign professionals into Denmark. …
Attracting Chinese talents is top priority for Danish CEO Read More
Nokia has sold its handset division to Microsoft for USD 5,6 billion. That is already old news, but what happened to the Finnish mobile phone maker that dominated the market …
Nokia ends an era after a particularly brutal fall in Asia Read More
The Norwegian government has committed up to NOK14.3m (US$2.3m) in funding to improve conditions for textile workers in China, Vietnam, India and Bangladesh, the Norway Post reported. The money will …
Norway to improve conditions for textile workers in Asian countries Read More
On Tuesday September 3 the Danish Ambassador to Malaysia Nicolai Ruge met with some of the key persons in Carlsberg’s Asia section, the Embassy said on their Facebook-page. The purpose …
Carlsberg’s Asia staff met in Malaysia Factory Read More