Gulf Marketing Group (GMG), a Middle Eastern conglomerate, has announced that it will open its first Sun & Sand Sports (SSS) store in Singapore. SSS, established in Dubai in 1979, is the middle east’s largest sports retailer, and has been credited for championing...
The US Department of Treasury and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have announced an expansion of their collaboration related to cyber and operational resilience issues. This move comes after a three-day cross border cybersecurity exercise held in late April...
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Wärtsilä, a Finnish company that manufactures and services power sources in the marine and energy markets, to collaborate on projects to enable the introduction of...
Amidst a recent expansion of operations by the biopharma industry in Singapore, Thermo Fisher is the latest player to expand its manufacturing and research capabilities in the city-state. In late May 2023, the company officially opened its new sterile drug...
Amidst record-breaking temperatures in Asia, Singapore is putting increased efforts to decarbonize shipping, being the largest refueling hub for ships in the world. With ships globally emitting a total of around 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide a year, or about 3% of...
Singapore plans to strengthen the country’s energy resilience, with the Energy Market Authority (EMA) announcing plans to build 2 open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) generation units. The units, which run on natural gas with diesel as a backup, are expected to go...
In early June 2023, Estonia announced the opening of its embassy’s new premises in Singapore, as well as a trade and business hub. Estonia is among the European Union’s most digitally advanced economies, and the Estonian Business Hub is the country’s second such hub,...
In May 2023, oil refining and marketing company Neste celebrated the official opening of its Singapore Refinery Expansion. The expansion, which was first announced in 2018, cost USD 1.95 billion, and is expected to double the company’s production capacity in Singapore...
In late May 2023, Solein, the sustainable protein developed by Finnish Tech Food company Solar Foods, underwent its first official tasting in Singapore, half a year after the city-state first approved the sale of products containing this ingredient in October 2022. As...
Singapore has retained its position as the best business environment over the next five years, according to EIU’s latest business environment rankings for the second quarter of 2023. Canada and Denmark, with tied scores, follow closely behind, largely supported by...
Singrow, the Singapore company that has developed “climate-resilient strawberries” designed to be grown in tropical climates, has announced its intentions to collaborate on agricultural projects in Malaysia and Thailand. The planned farmlands in these countries will...
The Changi Airport Group (CAG), in collaboration with Accenture, has unveiled a metaverse experience called ChangiVerse, a fresh way for new audiences to connect with Singapore Changi Airport and explore its notable sights in the digital space. ChangiVerse is the...
