Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Norwegian Trade Council (NTC) in Singapore and the Association of Norwegian Maritime Exporters (NME) are together organizing a Norwegian Pavilion at the forthcoming Asia Pacific Maritime 2004, which is …
Norwegian pavilion at Asia Pacific Maritime 2004 Read MoreThe smell of spices from various pots and sizzling pans fill the room. It is lunch hour and the place is packed and noisy. At one table, a man in …
Little Asia in Stockholm Read MoreThe Stockholm School of Economics has participated in seven Asian trade fairs during November in an effort to recruit new students to the school’s new MBA-program, writes Swedish business daily …
Swedish institution wants Asian MBA-students Read MoreDanish suppliers of medicine and hospital supplies Missionpharma on July 3 this year signed a cooperation agreement with Danish biotech company ViroGates ApS to obtain the exclusive rights to distribute …
Missionpharma to distribute ViroGates’ new, low-cost HIV-test next year Read MoreDanish pump manufacturer Grundfos has been listed as one of “Ten Great Places to Work For in Europe” in a survey conducted by the renowned US business magazine, Fortune. To …
Grundfos listed in “Ten Great Places to Work For in Europe” Read MoreAfter Singapore’s Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong first mooted the idea to erect a Nordic Centre in the island state during a round trip to the Nordic countries in June …
Nordic European Centre up and running Read MoreAbout 225 members and guests of the Danish Business Association of Singapore (DABS) celebrated DABS’ 20th anniversary at the 3rd Annual Ball held at Singapore’s prestigious Raffles Hotel on October …
DABS celebrates 20th Anniversary at Annual Ball Read MoreNorwegian shipping group Tschudi & Eitzen has recently appointed Jorgen Lofqvist as senior chartering manager of Tschudi & Eitzen Bulkers (Singapore) Pte Ltd. Mr. Lofqvist is currently a chartering manager …
Tschudi & Eitzen appoints new manager for Singapore Read MoreNorway’s exports of traditional commodities (all commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates) to Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand all fell …
Exports to major ASEAN countries declined Jan-Sept 2003 Read MoreJyske Bank will this November go on a tour of South East Asia to visit Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. The bank will this year be represented by Mr. Mads …
Jyske Bank (Schweiz) to visit South East Asia again Read MoreThe DABS Annual Ball this year will be held on Saturday, October 25 at the Ball Room of the prestigious Raffles Hotel in Singapore, with the highlights including presence of …
Eddie Skoller at DABS Annual Ball 2003 Read MoreStrong economic growth and lower costs in Asia is proving very attractive. But to cope with the very different business cultures and laws there is a challenge for Scandinavian leaders …
Asian values consultant IWNC Group opens new office in Stockholm Read MoreDanish shipping group A.P. Moller – Maersk A/S and Norwegian marine transportation group I.M. Skaugen ASA on September 29 announced an establishment of a new gas carrier pool to commercially …
Maersk, I.M. Skaugen establish new gas carrier pool Read MoreThe Sars outbreak forced organisers of the Swedish design exhibition “swedenmade design 4stories” originally scheduled to open in May 2003, to delay the show to this fall. Now it is …
Swedenmade exhibition in Singapore opens 19 November Read MoreSell harder! That is the message Swedish exporters active in five major Asean markets – Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand – should get after reading the latest market survey …
First half year 2003 fall in Swedish exports to five main Asean markets Read MoreWallenius Wilhelmsen ASA, the world’s largest provider of vehicle and ro-ro (roll-on, roll-off cargo) transportation services, expects a 10-20 percent rise in cargo moved through Singapore this year from the …
Wallenius Wilhelmsen expects 10-20% rise in cargo moved through S’pore Read MoreNorske Skogindustrier ASA’s half-owned joint venture in Singapore, Pan Asia Paper Co. Pte Ltd., announced on September 10 the creation of a 65-35 per cent joint venture with Hebei Longteng …
Pan Asia Paper to form joint venture in China Read MoreEAC has signed an agreement with Alpharma ApS which is expected to lead to a legally binding agreement for the acquisition of the full ownership rights of the Dumex trademark …
EAC acquires the Dumex trademark on a global basis Read MoreSwedish bank SEB is one of several foreign banks, the other are German and Japanese, that extended loans to a Singaporean man who pretended to take the credits on behalf …
SEB targeted by Singaporean swindler Read MoreThe Swedish Trade Council has initiated a Swedish pavilion at the mobile communications trade fair 3GSM Asia held in Singapore 24 to 26 September. Teligent, Enea and Netcom consultants have …
Swedish pavilion at 3GSM Asia in Singapore Read MoreThanks to a Swedish innovation we may soon skip the traditional use of poison to get rid of termites, ants and other unwelcome guests in South East Asian homes, offices …
Nasty small creatures freeze to death by new Swedish innovation Read MoreBo Bjerregaard Rasmussen has succeeded Thomas Christensen as Director Asia at Invest in Denmark’s Tokyo office. A masters graduate in economics with a wealth of experience, Bo Bjerregaard Rasmussen’s career …
Invest in Denmark’s new Director Asia Read MoreThey moved abroad because of the adventure: How would it be to live and work somewhere else? They are mostly well educated and thought it might strengthen their skills and …
Danes of no return Read MoreFor those who wish express their sympathy to Sweden’s Foreign Minister, Mrs Anna Lindh, who died Thursday 11 September, following a brutal stabbing attack in Stockholm the day before, books …
Book of Condolences opened at Swedish Embassies Read MoreTrade consellors and export advisors from the Danish embassies in Indonesia, Singapore, New Zealand, Australien, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand will jointly visit five Danish cities from 10 -14 November this …
Asean/Oceania export counsellors on tour Read MoreNorway’s longest and most expensive court case ever finally came to an end late August, when Esso Norge AS agreed to accept compensation for a faulty production vessel. The five-year …
Smedvig ordered to pay NOK 509 million on Balder dispute Read MoreSwedish health care giant Mölnlycke posted a profit of 134,6 million SEK for the first half of this year, compared to a loss of 26,2 million SEK during the same …
Sars increased profits for Mölnlycke Read MoreJust weeks after WHO declared the Sars epidemic over in early June, travel increased rapidly in the Asia Pacific region. But it will still take time to get back to …
Asian travel picks up after Sars Read MoreMr. Yian Cheng Gan has taken over as Vice President for Novo Nordisk Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. in Singapore. Mr. Yian Cheng Gan succeeded by the end of June Mr. …
New VP for Novo Nordisk Asia Pacific Read MoreThe Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Norwegian Business Association Singapore are jointly organizing the annual dinner cruise on The Imperial Cheng Ho Friday 5 September. Every first Friday of the …
Norwegian Dinner Cruise in Singapore Read MoreJebsen & Jessen Group of Companies South East Asia (JJSEA) will on January 1 next year embark on a corporate realignment expected to sharpen its business focus and maintain its …
Jebsen & Jessen SEA to enhance focus and quality Read MoreSingaporean telecom operator SingTel has chosen Ericsson as its as sole supplier for SingTel’s WCDMA, or third generation – 3G – mobile phone technology, system in Singapore. The contract is …
SingTel picks Ericsson as sole 3G system supplier Read MoreOne year after the implementation of a new Danish immigration law, pressure is mounting on Danish Minister for Integration, Mr. Bertel Haarder to revise parts of a law approved by …
Danes should not marry non-Danes Read MoreNorway’s trade of traditional commodities (all commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates) with Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia slipped in …
Norway’s half-year trade with major ASEAN countries slipped Read MoreThe Swedish government has decided arrange referendum 14 September 2003 on the introduction of the euro. All Swedish citizens who, according to the Elections Act, fulfill the requirements to vote …
Sweden holds referendum on Euro introduction Read MoreMr. Karsten Holst Thomsen has since July 1, 2003 assumed the responsibilities as manager of the International Seamen’s Centre, Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia. A reception was held by …
Danish Manager of Seamen’s Centre in Malaysia Read MorePreparations took one year, but finally the daily Danish Kingergarten “Mariehønen” could open its doors to the first children earlier this year. Mariehoenen is primarily meant for children 2-5 years …
New Danish Kindergarten opened in Singapore Read MoreAsian Development Bank (ADB), a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific, will administer a new DKK20 million (US$3.2 million) cooperation fund financed by …
Denmark provides second technical assistance fund Read MoreManaging Director Mr. Jan G. Vistisen, Ferrosan Asia Pacific, on Tuesday 10th June 2003 briefed Members of DABS – Danish Business Association of Singapore – about the activities of Ferrosan …
Ferrosan expects high growth rates in Asia Pacific Read MoreDenmark’s international consumer healthcare and medical devices company, Ferrosan A/S, in April 2003 acquired its Singapore-based distribution partner Bionax Holdings Pte. Ltd., which has for many years handled the marketing …
Ferrosan Asia Pacific established via acquisition of Singaporean distribution partner Read MoreNorges Fiskerihogskole (Norwegian College of Fishery Science), University of Tromso and Tropical Marine Science Institute at National University of Singapore early in June entered into a memorandum of understanding opening …
Norway–Singapore aquaculture cooperation expanding Read MoreFive new members were elected to the Church Committee of the Danish Seamen’s Church in Singapore. The new board members are Heine Askær-Jensen, Peter Borup, Søren Kjær Mortensen, Helle Mørup …
New Danish Church Committee in Singapore Read MoreNeraTel, Singapore in April signed three new contracts worth a total of 62 Mill NOK. Two of the orders worth 44 Mill NOK were with two mobile telecom operators in …
NeraTel signs orders worth 62 Mill. NOK Read MoreThe World Health Organization (WHO) has already removed Singapore from the list of areas with recent local transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and no longer recommends exit screening …
Singapore removed from WHO’s list of SARS-hit areas Read MoreThe website of DABS – Danish Business Association of Singapore – was recently re-designed by CAPS Media, the head office in Johor Bahru of the original creator of the website, …
New design of DABS website Read MoreStein Vangen, the Norwegian pastor at the Norwegian Seamen’s Mission in Singapore since October 2002, will this autumn start in a full time job visiting the Norwegian communities in South …
Norwegian Priest in Singapore appointed new regional duties Read MoreFinland’s national carrier Finnair will in June cancel three weekly flights from Helsinki to Bangkok and onwards to Singapore and Hong Kong due to weak seasonal demand, but repeated its …
Finnair to cut flights to South East Asia due slow season Read MoreThe East Asiatic Company Ltd. A/S (EAC) is setting up a new, shared IT platform to serve the group’s head office in Singapore and Denmark and Nutrition companies in Malaysia, …
EAC’s shared IT platform to optimize group’s operations Read MoreViking Cup, the annual encounter of all Viking football teams from Asia, has been postponed this year to 25-28 September 2003 due to the uncertainties surrounding the SARS virus. …
Viking Cup moved to September due to SARS Read MoreMr. Sim Boon Kiat, President of ABB Industry Pte Ltd., has since March 1 assumed Mr. Charles Sher’s responsibilities as Head of Low Voltage Products of the company. Mr. Sher …
ABB’s new head of low voltage products in Singapore Read More