Launch
S&N plans three new breweries
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) plans to invest US$53 million to build three new breweries in China, The Scotsman of UK reported. John Hunt, S&N.s direc-tor for Asia, said the Scottish brewer would open the three plants through its China joint venture, Chongqing Breweries, over the coming year. The planned breweries will have a combined production capacity of 264 million pints per year, doubling its production of beer in China. Hunt added that S&N would also consider acquiring state-owned brewers if the Chinese government put them up for sale. He said, "This is a signi.cant increase, which with investment in existing plants and judicious acquisi-tions means you are looking at a business that could multiply in size." With beer sold around the cities of Chongqing and Chengdu, and in the provinces near Shanghai, S&N.s joint venture is tapping a potential market of between 20 percent and 40 percent of China.s population, Hunt said.
Standard Chartered approved to launch three more sub-branches
Standard Chartered announced that it has received approval to open more sub-branches in Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen. The three new sub-branches will provide individual customers with wealth management, mortgage loans and other investment products. Its professional team will also offer trade service, cash management and credit facilities to small and medium sized enterprises. The three sub-branches are expected to start business by the end of the .rst quarter of 2006.
Deal
Alcatel wins supply contract
Alcatel recently announced that it won a contract to supply an advanced communications network for China National Petrochemical Company (CNPC) Karamay, a subsidiary of PetroChina located in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The contract was won through Alcatel.s China joint venture, Alcatel Shanghai Bell. The Alcatel solution will integrate within CNPC Karamay.s existing private voice communication system and upgrade it into an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) ready network, which will support VoIP and a wide range of advanced IP-based multimedia services. The transformation of the network, which has some 100,000 users, is expected to enhance CNPC.s operating ef.ciency with assured quality, performance and support for new business-critical IP-based multimedia applications. The project is scheduled for completion by the end of 2005.
Opening
DHL inaugurates Logistics Management University
DHL announced the opening of a management training facility in Shanghai for its employees and customers in the Asia Paci.c region, in anticipa-tion of continued strong growth in the coming years. The training facility, named DHL Logistics Management University (DHL LMU), aims to offer 7,500 training positions in the .rst year of operations and train 2,000 employees by the end of 2006, with the majority of graduates in the inaugural classes coming from China. "Besides improving the skill sets and business knowledge of our employees, the university will also provide training to our customers to enhance their logistics and supply-chain management knowledge," said Jerry Hsu, President of DHL Express for Greater China and Korea. DHL has also teamed up with Fudan University to enhance the content of the DHL LMU.s programs and capabilities.
Pirelli opens new tire plant
The Pirelli Group announced the opening of a new radial truck tire plant in Yanzhou, Shandong Province. The 500,000-square-meter facility will employ about 750 people with an initial annual production capacity of approximately 540,000 tires. When fully operational, the plant will be able to produce more than 1.2 million tires a year, targeting the Chinese, South-East Asian and Australian markets. China.s tire market cur-rently represents 9 percent of the world market with radials making up more than 60 percent, said the company. Pirelli aims to capture three percent of the Chinese radial truck tire market by the end of 2006 and then grow at twice the speed of the market. The company also announced that it would invest approximately US$180 million in the coming two years to establish itself as one of the major tire producers in China. The invest-ment will also be used to build a car tire plant to serve the Chinese market.s growing demand for high-performance tires.
Metro opens Zhengzhou outlet
Metro Group.s China joint venture, Metro Jinji-ang Cash & Carry, opened a store in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China Daily reported. The new 26,640-square-meter store is Metro.s 26th outlet in China and provides more than 21,000 products for professional customers, including hotel and restaurant owners, small traders and government institutions. "For the .rst time, Zhengzhou busi-nesses can take advantage of the Metro logistics network, bene.ting from the world.s foremost model of self-service wholesale distribution," said Jean-Luc Tuzes, president of Metro China. The German retailer opened outlets in Nantong, Jiangsu province and Shenzhen, Guangdong province this year and plans to open another six to ten stores every year for the next three to .ve years.
Others
DSM acquires Chinese resins producer
Dutch specialty chemicals company Royal DSM N.V. announced the acquisition of Syntech, a coat-ing resins producer and marketer based in Shunde, Guangdong province. The Syntech Shunde site includes production facilities, self-owned R&D laboratories and a pilot plant for product develop-ment. "The acquisition serves two key strategic targets: growing our resins portfolio in the Perfor-mance Materials cluster and expanding our pres-ence in the emerging China market," comments Peter Elverding, chairman of DSM.s Managing Board of Directors. "The acquisition provides an accelerated growth path into the Chinese coating resins market, from which our new and existing customers will bene.t."
Allen & Overy advises on Changzhou water project
UK-based legal practice Allen & Overy advised Compagnie Generale des Eaux (CGE), the world.s largest water company, in the public tender of a 49 percent stake in the Changzhou Municipal Tap Water (Group) Company for US$55.6 million, the conclusion of a 30-year concession agreement with the Changzhou gov-ernment, the formation of a Sino-foreign water supply joint venture company and conclusion of various ancillary arrangements. Allen & Overy also assisted CGE in the establishment of the acquisition vehicle, Veolia Water (Changzhou) Investment, a 50:50 joint venture between CGE and the Hong Kong-listed CITIC Paci.c, and in .nalizing shareholders arrangements between the two groups. Changzhou Municipal Tap Water (Group) Company operates .ve water treatment plants and associated pumping stations and pip-ing network in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, with an aggregate daily treatment capacity of 790,000 cubic meters of tap water.
Another European China expert joins Taylor Wessing
European law firm Taylor Wessing announced that Christoph Hezel has joined its China team, which will further strengthen its European China expert team, already including Florian Ranft (Munich), Dr Joachim Glatter (Frankfurt), Ralph Koppitz (Shanghai) and Magdalena Harnis-chfeger-Ksoll (Munich) and Dr Sven-Michael Werner (Munich). Mr Hezel, formerly of Price-WaterhouseCoopers in Shanghai, has many years of experience in China, especially in the areas of foreign direct investment, M & A, as well as trade and distribution and tax law. He has headed the Trade and Distribution Working Group of the European Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. Mr Hezel will .rst work from the Munich of.ce, and return to China in mid-2006.
New Members
Beijing
COWI Consulting Beijing Co., Ltd
Line of Business: Consulting Services
Contact: Henrik Dalsgaard,
General Manager
Address: Beijing Sun.ower Tower, 37 Maizidian Lu,
Beijing 100026
Tel: 010 8527 6975
Fax: 010 8527 6974
Email: hda@cowi.cn
Chr Hansen Beijing
Representative Of.ce
Line of Business: Food
Ingredient
Contact: Grace Xu,
General Manager
Address: 217, Building B,
Grand Paci.c Garden Mansion,
8A Guanghua Lu,
Beijing 100026
Tel: 010 6583 2993
Fax: 010 6583 0306
Email: grace.xu@cn.chr-hansen.com
Favero & Milan Ingegneria S.R.L
Line of Business: Engineering
Contact: Sandro Favero, Senior Partner
Address: 30030 Mirano-venezia, Italy
Tel: +39 041 578 5711
Fax: +39 041 578 5700
Email: fm@favero-milan.com
Gala Media Group
Line of Business: Consulting Services
Contact: Yunpeng Wang,
Manager Beijing
Address: 10-1103,
18 Chaoyangmen
Nan Xiaojie, Beijing 100005
Tel: 010 6522 3225
Fax: 010 6522 3225
Email: galawang@gmail.com
Hageman, So & Metaal Co. Ltd
Line of Business: Training
Contact: Laurentius Metaal,
Managing Partner
Address: C102 Lonsdale Center,
5 Wanhong Lu, Beijing 100015
Tel: 010 6433 2599
Fax: 010 6438 1383
Email: l.metaal@hagemansometaal.com
Thomson Grass Valley
Line of Business: Telecommu-nications
Contact: Shengli Han,
Chief Representative
Address: C 903 Chengming Building, 2 Xizhimen Nan Dajie, Beijing 100035
Tel: 010 6615 9450
Fax: 010 6615 4367
Email: shengli.han@thomson.net
Trolltech Beijing
Representative Of.ce
Line of Business: Technology Solutions
Contact: David Almstrom,
Chief Representative
Address: A 906 Fullink Plaza,
18 Chaoyangmenwai Dajie,
Beijing 100020
Tel: 010 6588 8836
Fax: 010 6588 8826
Email: david.almstrom@trolltech.com
Nanjing
Avery Weigh-Tronix
Nanjing
Representative Of.ce
Line of Business: Construction
Contact: Lei Wu,
China Operation Manager
Address: 760 World Trade Cen-ter, 2 Hanzhong Lu,
Nanjing 210005
Tel: 025 8472 1797
Fax: 025 8472 1797
Email: wulei@awtxglobal.com
Lenzing (Nanjing) Fibers Co. Ltd
Line of Business: Fiber
Contact: Herbert Hummer,
General Manager
Address: 10 Fujiachang,
Nanjing 210038
Tel: 025 8559 7387
Fax: 025 8559 7301
Email: h.Hummer@lenzing.com
New Concept Mandarin Limited
Line of Business: Education
& Training
Contact: Kerry Burton,
Business Development Manager
Address: 2/F Beautiful Group Tower, 74-77 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2850 4332
Fax: +852 2850 5365
Email: study@newconceptmandarin.com
Shanghai
AAPC Shanghai Co., Ltd-China
Line of Business: Hotel
Contact: Brian Deeson, Senior President Asia Paci.c & CEO Greater China
Address: 1001 Tower A, City Center, 100 Zunyi Lu,
Shanghai 200051
Tel: 021 6237 0062
Fax: 021 6237 1250
Email: Daniel.Tannenbaum@accor.com
Shanghai Angela Wang & Co.
Line of Business: Legal Services
Contact: Caroline Pill, Foreign Lawyer
Address: 3708 Westgate Tower,
1038 Nanjing Xi Lu,
Shanghai 200041
Tel: 021 6267 9773
Fax: 021 6272 3877
Email: calolinepill@angelawangco.com
BNP Paribas Hong Kong Branch
Line of Business: Banking
Contact: Alain Benard,
Head of Multinational Asian Coverage,
Large Corporates Group
Address: 63/F Two International
Finance Center, 8 Finance Street
Central, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2909 8888
Fax: +852 2865 2523
Email: alain.m.benard@asia.bnpparibas.com
Helsinki School of Economics
Executive Education Pte Ltd
Line of Business: Education & Training
Contact: Francis Lai,
Managing Director
Address: 35108 Citic Square,
1168 Nanjing Xi Lu,
Shanghai 200041
Tel: 021 5111 9174
Fax: 021 6340 1933
Email: francislai@hseee.com
Hewitt Associaates Consult-ing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
Line of Business: Consulting Services
Contact: Jihann Moreno,
Marketing Manager
Address: 36/F Shanghai Central Plaza, 381 Huaihai Zhong Lu,
Shanghai 200020
Tel: 021 6391 6788
Fax: 021 6391 6766
Email: Jihann.Moreno@hewitt.com
Move One Relocations
Line of Business: Logistics
& Transportation
Contact: Sarah Tatrallyay,
Shanghai Branch Manager
Address: 503, 1465 Beijing Xi Lu, Shanghai 200040
Tel: 021 5212 3989
Fax: 021 5212 3990
Email: Sarah.Tatrallyay@moveone.info
NETK5
Line of Business: Information
Technology & Telecom
Contact: Alain Faure,
General Manager
Address: 1004 A, 1396
Lujiabang Lu, Shanghai 200011
Tel: 021 3318 3209
Fax: 021 6312 5755
Email: alain.faure@netk5.com
Renault SAS Shanghai
Representative Of.ce
Line of Business: Automotive
Contact: Philippe Thonier,
Chief Representative
Address: 1829 Bund Center,
222 Yan.an Dong Lu,
Shanghai 200002
Tel: 021 6132 3829
Fax: 021 6335 1696
Email: Philippe.Thonier@renault.com
RFS Radio Frequency
Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
Line of Business: Telecommu-nications
Contact: Hans-Juergen Tetzlaff,
APN CEO
Address: 299 Rongle Dong Lu,
Songjiang Industrial Zone,
Shanghai 201613
Tel: 021 5774 4500
Fax: 021 5774 4633
Email: esther.fan@rfsworld.com
SEB Bank (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banking AB (publ)), Shanghai Branch
Line of Business: Banking
Contact: Carl Christensson,
General Manager
Address: 31/F Lippo Plaza,
222 Huaihai Zhong Lu,
Shanghai 200021
Tel: 021 5396 6681
Fax: 021 5396 6181
Email: carl.christensson@seb.se
Murga Steel Abrasive
Line of Business: Manufacture
Contact: Benjamin Bilteryst,
General Manager
Address: 1211-1212 Charity Plaza, 88 Caoxi Bei Lu,
Shanghai 200003
Tel: 021 6468 6677
Fax: 021 6486 6484
Email: benjamin.bilteryst@shanghaimurga.com
So.tel Jin Jiang Oriental Pudong Shanghai
Line of Business: Hotel
Contact: Gerhard H. Zimmer,
General Manager
Address: 889 Yanggao Nan Lu,
Pudong, Shanghai 200127
Tel: 021 5050 4888
Fax: 021 5889 2556
Email: gm@so.teljjoriental.com
World Link Medical and Dental
Line of Business: Health Care
Contact: Alexandra Costantini,
Executive Account Manager
Address: 1/F, 135 Jianguo Xi Lu, Shanghai 200001
Tel: 021 6445 1515
Fax: 021 6445 9595
Email: Alexandra.Costantini@worldlink-shanghai.com
Tianjin
Glezco Consultants
Line of Business: Consulting Services
Contact: Manuel Lafuente,
Managing Director of Tianjin
Representative Of.ce
Address: 4/F, 59 Nanjing Lu,
Tianjin 300050
Tel: 022 2302 8972
Fax: 022 2302 3752
Email: manlafuente@yahoo.es
