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Delighting our Clients!
We go beyond meeting client needs and satisfying our clients with our service delivery of desired results. We delight our clients! To help our potential clients evaluate our excellent service encounters and experience as well as to persuade them to switch to using our services, see what some of our happy clients say:

 

Eduardo Sampaio Marques, Director, Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply. "The results were excellent! AsiaBIZ Strategy has a real good working knowledge of the two markets and was able to identify and select the most important local companies to meet with the Brazilian businessmen. They are flexible and responsive, and were able to accommodate our requests, and can be counted to deliver what they promised. We will always remember AsiaBIZ Strategy when planning our next trade missions to Asia". AsiaBIZ Strategy organized the Singapore and China Trade Missions which included preparing the Information Guide for Brazilian F & B Companies (Singapore and China). These reports assisted Brazilian F&B manufacturers and exporters to export their products to Asia. We arranged confirmed appointments with Singapore and China buyer companies, conducted Partner Matching (Buyer & Distributor) and managed the Welcome Desk at hotel seminar room in Singapore and Beijing. Letter of Commendation from this client

 

London’s Financial Times Business Editor Courtney Fingar of its fDi magazine: “For the past few years Lawrence has been a highly valued contributor at fDi magazine, providing cogent, detailed and insightful analysis of the Asian market. The energy, dedication and professionalism which he brings to his role at fDi as well as his broader work on behalf of AsiaBIZ (research work on ‘2007 Asia Cities of the Future’ Asia city ranking competition) are second to none.” Letter of Commendation from this client

 

Patricia Figueroa, Executive Director, PROESA, El Salvador investment promotion agency. “We are thankful for your kindness and flexibility to serve us". AsiaBIZ Strategy prepared sector profiles of electronics, textiles and autoparts manufacturers. This included manufacturer profiles, their manufacturing facilities and recommendations of alliance and joint venture opportunities. Then, AsiaBIZ Strategy developed an investor database of more than 500 Korean investor contacts and generated short listed investor leads from electronics, textiles and autoparts manufacturers

 

Eric Bourges, Laval Developpement, French economic development agency. “Thank you for your help!” AsiaBIZ Strategy provided the ASEAN B2B Logistics Business Development service (sales lead generation). Sectors include electronics manufacturing services, automotive, FMCG, hi-tech, industry and healthcare.

 

Keith Davie, Yorkshire Forward, Invest UK. "Best in town!" AsiaBIZ Strategy beat 22 global consultancies to be awarded this extended 12-month contract in a global tender. Over an 18 month period, AsiaBIZ Strategy generated Asia investor leads from the food and beverage sector across 5 Asian countries

 

Ng Poh Beng, Chief Financial Officer, York Transport Equipment Asia Ltd. “Their service was of value to us and our overall customer service satisfaction with AsiaBIZ Strategy was moderately high!” Letter of Commendation from this client

 

Kok Peng Wai, Business Development Manager, Tuas Power Ltd. “We appreciate your effort in upholding your reputation and professionalism in your work!”

 

Danny Tay, Marketing Director, ECO Engineering. “We picked you as you are the only one that can do this! Help us!”

 

Alex Matheson, Trade Commissioner, New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE). "We like your enthusiasm, energy and ideas!"  AsiaBIZ Strategy prepared the Singapore In-Market Guides for New Zealand ICT Companies. As part of its Beachhead Programme, NZTE commissioned AsiaBIZ Strategy as its in-market consultancy to prepare 2 guide books to help New Zealand ICT companies to Singapore. The Singapore Survival Guide was produced to assist New Zealand businesses with setting up in Singapore. It provides an overview of the issues businesses will need to consider. It includes useful data, references, important links and information

 

Ray Poletti, Asia Pacific Brewery (APB). "Structured approach!"

Simon Field, Equal Strategy. "Detailed and comprehensive!"

Teo Soon Seng, General Manager, Escatec Engineering. "I like the system!"

 

Jack Lim, Managing Director, Brunei telecoms company. "I would like to express my sincere appreciation of the work done so far and the assistance given to me!"

 

Desmond Tan, Marketing Manager, Heineken Account, Asia Pacific Brewery (APB). "Great job! You communicated our brand vision and values well and managed to engage the audience and make the points across"

 

C. Ling, General Electric (GE). "I appreciate your team's hard work and we are looking forward a win-win cooperation in future. I thank your team's effort on this project and will stay in contact with AsiaBIZ Strategy for new opportunity in future!"

 

Lenore Scanlon, Vice President (Banking), Fuld & Co., Boston strategy consultancy. "I will definitely keep you in mind for other projects. The project went quite well, in particular due to some fantastic research. The piece for Asia ended up working out fine. I do appreciate your flexibility and quick turnaround on that assignment. Many thanks again".

 

 

CLIENT PROJECT EXPERIENCE

To help you evaluate our professional credentials and Asia expertise in serving market leading companies and governments, below is a sample of our previous Asia marketing research and consultancy experience. (For confidentiality reasons, some client references and details are omitted from this partial list of client projects our consultants have personally worked on).

 

AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR

 

COMPETITOR STRATEGIES

JETRO: Analysis of 2 US Carmakers’ Strategies in Asia

 

MERGERS & ACQUISITION 

GM: Financial Valuation of South Korean target (South Korea)

 

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

For US carmaker: Analysis of Automotive Supply Chain management Practices (Japan) 

 

TRANSPORT MARKET ANALYSIS

Honda Motor: Study included Electric Vehicle & Car Rental Feasibility Study (Singapore)

 

 

BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR

 

PERSONAL BANKING SEGMENT

Prime Credit (now acquired by SCB), Hong Kong: Unsecured Personal Lending (Singapore)

 

VISA: Asia Retail Market Size & Cards Penetration (13 Asian countries)

 

For Singapore bank: Web Content, Mystery Shopping (Singapore)

 

PRIVATE BANKING SEGMENT

For Indian Bank: Asian Market Opportunities Analysis & Customer Marketing Database Generation (Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan)

 

BUSINESS & COMMERCIAL SEGMENT

Royal Bank of Canada: Export Financing (Singapore)

 

CORPORATE & INSTITUTIONAL SEGMENT

Mizuho Bank: Asia Investment Banking Advertising, Branding & Concept (Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan)

 

State Street Bank: Fund Managers’ Portfolio Management Strategies (Singapore)

 

AMEX: Corporate Purchasing Cards (CPC) (Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand)

 

US Venture Capital client: Asia Pacific SME Investment Target Due Diligence

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS & ICT SECTOR

 

AIRCON (COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL) SEGMENT

Daikin: Competitive Intelligence & Competitor Profiling (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines)

 

Daikin: Residential Aircon Market Analysis (Singapore)

 

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SEGMENT

Thomson: Asia marketing strategies for Colour TV, Digital TV, Decoders (Singapore)

 

EDUCATION / E-LEARNING SEGMENT

Unext: E-Learning Market Entry Feasibility Study (South Korea)

 

ICT & CREATIVE SEGMENT

New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE): In-market Entry Strategies (Singapore)

 

FISHING TRADING PORTAL SEGMENT

Reuters: Incubator Feasibility Study (South Korea, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia)

 

PRINTERS & CONSUMABLES SEGMENT

HP: Brand audit and media perception of imaging (printers & consumables) products (10 Asian countries)

 

SYSTEM INTEGRATION (SI) SEGMENT

Motorola: Market Entry Strategy (Japan)

 

ENERGY SECTOR (OIL, GAS & POWER)

 

NATURAL GAS & POWER SEGMENT

ARCO (now BP): Gas Study (China)

 

Chase Investment Bank: LNG Project Financing Feasibility Study (South Korea)

 

Mobil: Asian Gas Study

 

Mobil: Gas Study (Indonesia)

 

OIL/REFINING SEGMENT

OilTanking: Petroleum Storage Opportunities Study (China)

 

RETAIL

Shell: Pre-Order Pick-Up (online shopping) Feasibility Study (Singapore)

AGRICULTURE, FOOD & BEVERAGE SECTOR

 

FOOD SEGMENT

Imperial Tobacco: Market Entry Strategy (Myanmar)

 

P&G: Asia Supermarket Analysis

 

Card Association: Asia Supermarket Analysis

 

Department of the Premier & Cabinet (Queensland, Australia): Asia Supermarket Analysis

 

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA): Asia Supermarket Analysis

 

Brazil's Agriculture Ministry: Singapore and China Trade Missions. Agri, F&B sector report & buyer search.

 

ReBorne: Business Planning for investor fund raising

 

BEVERAGE SEGMENT

 

Heineken: Brand Ambassador & Customer Service Training (Singapore)

 

UK Wine company: Asia Wine & Beer market analysis (10 Asian countries)

HEAVY INDUSTRIES/INDUSTRIAL SECTOR

 

CLEAN ROOMS SEGMENT

Hitachi Engineering & Construction: Clean Rooms Market Analysis (Singapore)

 

INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION SEGMENT

GE: Market Sizing & Share Data (South Korea)

 

SECURITY SEGMENT

Chubb: Market Sizing & Competitive Intelligence (Singapore)

 

LOGISTICS & TRANSPORTATION SECTOR

 

AIRLINES

Air New Zealand: Frequent Flyer Tri-alliance Strategy (Asia)

 

AIR EXPRESS

DHL: Maximisation of client’s Key 250 Corporate Customers Accounts Revenue (unserved potential services)

 

DISTRIBUTION

Bax Global: Asia Wholesale & Retail Distribution of Handphones

 

MARINE LOGISTICS

Sembawang Marine Logistics: Change Management (Singapore)

 

LAND

York Transportation Equipment: Thailand Marketing Strategy (truck axles and suspensions)

RETAIL SECTOR

 

AIRCON SEGMENT

Daikin: Residential Aircon Market Analysis (Singapore)

 

BANKING (RETAIL) SEGMENT

PrimeCredit (now SCB): Unsecured Personal Lending (Singapore)

 

VISA: Asia Retail Market Size & Cards Penetration (13 countries, 22 retail sectors)

 

Singapore Bank: Web Content, Mystery Shopping (Singapore)

 

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SEGMENT

Thomson: Asia marketing strategies for Colour TV, Digital TV, Decoders (Singapore)

 

EDUCATION E-LEARNING SEGMENT

Unext: E-Learning Market Entry Feasibility Study (South Korea)

 

FURNITURE SEGMENT

VHive, Singapore Furniture Retailer: Retail Furniture Shopper Brand Survey & Marketing Strategy

 

GAMING SEGMENT

M2B World: Cambodia business plan (lottery, jackpot, casino)

 

FOOD & BEVERAGE SEGMENT

UK Wine company: Asia Wine & Beer market analysis (10 Asian countries)

 

Heineken: Brand Ambassador & Customer Service Training (Singapore)

 

Imperial Tobacco: Market Entry Strategy (Myanmar)

 

MEDIA SEGMENT

M2B World: Asia Marketing Strategy (PayTV)

 

SUPERMARKET SEGMENT

P&G: Asia Supermarket Analysis

 

VISA: Asia Supermarket Analysis

 

Department of the Premier & Cabinet, Queensland, Australia: Asia Supermarket Analysis

 

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA): Asia Supermarket Analysis

 

TELECOMS SECTOR

 

Motorola: Asia Wholesale & Retail Distribution of Handphones

EXPORT & INVESTMENT PROMOTION

 

Brazil's Agriculture Ministry: Singapore and China Trade Missions. Agri, F&B sector report & buyer search.

 

Singapore Trade Development Board (TDB) (now International Enterprise of Singapore): Asia marketing and branding strategies that include brand awareness generation for top 25 brands short-listed from 162 brands using GE-McKinsey Portfolio Attractiveness approach.

 

New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE): Developed in-market guide for New Zealand ICT and creative sectors to enter Singapore.

 

http://www.nzte.govt.nz/section/14454/15656.aspx