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Don Agro enters the flour market, starts cultivating new protein-rich crops
Don Agro's expansion strategy is targeted on reducing dependence on wheat and the corresponding harvesting costs.
April 19, 2023
News
New accelerator to help Singapore tech companies expand into Australia
The programme is designed to fast-track and de-risk the process of expanding into a new market and achieving product-market fit.
February 14, 2023
Corporate moves
Singapore Paincare expands services to include traditional Chinese medicine
Singapore Paincare ventures into TCM space.
November 01, 2021
Corporate moves
Zhongmin Baihui sees growth in outlet malls; coronavirus outbreak impact yet to be felt
SINGAPORE (Feb 14): Online shopping is booming in Asia, but brick and mortar retail isn’t going away anytime soon. Outlet malls, for one, are gaining popularity in China as shopping and buying is an activity that comes in more variety and format. For co
February 14, 2020
Company in the news
Appetite grows for Japan Foods' brand despite concerns about its joint ventures
SINGAPORE (Jan 31): For the past 23 years, Japan Foods Holding has been bringing flavours of Japan to Singapore. It all started when founder, executive chairman and chief operating officer Takahashi Kenichi was posted here as an engineer for Pioneer Asia
January 31, 2020
Deals, joint ventures & alliances
Koufu enters into another JV for Indonesian expansion after first JV failed to take off
SINGAPORE (Dec 18): Koufu Group announced that its subsidiary, Super Tea, has entered into a joint venture with PT Berkah Cipta Adirasa to develop, establish, manage and operate the Supertea and R&B Tea brans in Indonesia.
December 18, 2019
Startups, Entrepreneurs, Digital economy
Alibaba bets on Frenchman to lead high-stakes Southeast Asia expansion
(Mar 4): In December, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. put Pierre Poignant in charge of Lazada, the subsidiary spearheading the Chinese e-commerce giant’s high-stakes Southeast Asia expansion. The choice was out of character for several reasons. Poignant
March 04, 2019
DBS sets its sights on China for debt capital markets push
(Sept 24): DBS Group Holdings, Southeast Asia’s largest lender, is expanding its fixed-income business in China in a bid to bring more first-time bond issuers to the offshore market.
September 24, 2018
BreadTalk partners Wu Pao Chun for expansion into Singapore and Hong Kong
SINGAPORE (Sept 10): BreadTalk Group announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Together Inc, has today entered into a 80:20 joint venture (JV) with Wu Pao Chun Food (WPC) to operate the Wu Pao Chun brand of Bakeries in Singapore and Hong Kong.
September 10, 2018
Mandarin Oriental hits South America amid new-hotel push
(Aug 22): Mandarin Oriental is opting for the safe bet over the big bet in South America.
August 22, 2018