News — Exporter Magazine

by admin · January 26, 2016

Chef-turned-businessman Sean Armstrong’s successful business Loaf is expanding internationally in a multi-million dollar deal.
The New Zealand Africa Business Council launched this month has the support of initial founding members as well as New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the New Zealand Middle Eastern Business Council. In addition many New Zealand corporates that either do business with African based companies or want to start exporting to the region are also members.
The GMANZ business bridge is opening up New Zealand food technology companies that are prepared to make New Zealand the natural pharmacy of the world, according to Hank Ensing, chairman of the Green Medicine Association of New Zealand.
New Zealand consumer confidence is closely tied to export growth making it ‘relatively vulnerable’ to a slow-down in global economic growth, according to a new report released by MasterCard Worldwide. The report assesses the extent to which a slower growing global economy – and specifically a slowdown in merchandise exports – will impact the resiliency of consumer confidence.
The just-released OECD–WTO trade flow database has significant implications for government trade policy in New Zealand according to the New Zealand Chambers of Commerce Inc (NZCCI).
The global financial crisis has accelerated the shift of the economic centre of gravity, with China, the US and India set to be the three major economies by 2050; but the emerging economies do face major challenges in their bid to sustain their recent strong growth.
A new global arrangement will make it easier for many New Zealand products to gain access to overseas markets, and vice versa. At the recent ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Co-operation) general assembly in Brazil, New Zealand’s accreditation organisation (IANZ) was one of the inaugural signatories to a new global mutual recognition arrangement (MRA).
While business leaders in mature economies are looking for international expansion opportunities in higher growth emerging economies, the same cannot be said of New Zealand businesses, according to the latest Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR).
New Zealand’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are very entrepreneurial and innovative, but few successfully internationalise their products, says a Massey University lecturer. Dr Loren Stangl says New Zealand SMEs often underestimate the importance of building strong and varied networks if they want to develop products for export.
Tasti Products was named as Woolworths Supplier of the Year, under $50m category, at Woolworths Australian Awards dinner held on 09 November in Sydney.
The largest electricity supplier and grid operator in Taiwan has selected Tait to improve the communications system it uses to support its energy to more than 12.5 million customers.
BurgerFuel Worldwide (BFW) has opened its largest store to date in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia. This latest BurgerFuel flagship store in the centre of the capital can cater for over 250 burger enthusiasts.
Gallagher is demonstrating its commitment to the US economy with the opening of their new Kansas City headquarters this December. Gallagher Deputy CEO, Steve Tucker, says as well as indicating their long-term intention in the market, the purpose built facility is also is an opportunity for the company to deliver increased benefits to their animal management and security customers.
The CEO of NZ National Fieldays Society, Jon Calder, has attended the opening of the Yangling Agricultural Hi-Tech Fair in the Shaanxi Province, West China attended by 50,000 people.
PowerbyProxi, the Kiwi developer of the world’s most advanced and safest wireless power system, attracted strong interest in its In-Device Wirelessly Rechargeable Battery Solution at the recent China Hi-Tech Fair in Shenzen.
Historic sweeping changes at the helm of China’s ruling communist party signals the beginning of a new era for the Chinese people and a once in a decade opportunity for New Zealand to consolidate its relationship with the emerging economic powerhouse.
Auckland meat snacks manufacturer Jack Links has uncovered tens of thousands of dollars in energy savings, thanks to prompting from its international customers.
The designers of New Zealand fashion label I Love Ugly have been awarded the $10,000 DHL Express Fashion Export Scholarship for 2012, establishing them as New Zealand’s top emerging fashion exporter.
Dairy, IT, tourism, commerce and agribusiness are all on the agenda for the Hamilton-based India-New Zealand Business Forum, the first of what Waikato University hopes will become an annual event.
New Zealand’s high-tech sector looks to be holding its own in spite of the prevailing tough global market conditions, if the results from the latest TIN100 report are anything to go by.