Growing Demand for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in Singapore Singapore intends to operate with a one-third reduction in manpower for its conscription-dependent armed forces by 2030. To address this challenge, the city-state is investing heavily in unmanned aerial...
Market Overview Singapore and Malaysia present unique opportunities for AI technology firms due to their rapidly evolving tech ecosystems and increasing demand for AI-driven solutions. While both countries are investing heavily in AI, their approaches and challenges...
Agri-Food Innovation in Singapore Singapore imports approximately 90% of its food, relying on less than 1% of its land area for agriculture. Despite this limitation, the city-state has developed a thriving agri-food innovation ecosystem, with companies operating...
The Rise of Advanced Manufacturing in Southeast Asia Manufacturing in Southeast Asia is projected to grow by an additional USD 400 billion to USD 600 billion annually by 2030, according to Boston Consulting Group (BCG). This surge is driven by a large and young...
One of the most frequently asked questions we receive from clients is which country they should look at when they are looking at new export markets to target. This month, we share some thoughts on this issue. The insights we share have been gathered from our own...
Many companies will have to deal with product registration issues when they look at selling their products in Southeast Asia. For example, companies need to register medical devices and pharmaceutical or retail healthcare products in each country in Southeast Asia. In...
The Ideal Customer When we ask companies who engage us for our business matching services who is their ideal customer in the target market they have selected, they usually describe who they typically sell to in their own home market. But we have learnt from experience...
Over the past 23 years, we have helped thousands of companies find distributors in South East Asia. When we sometimes ask the client if they have done their market research, some say “yes”, but then we later find out they really haven’t really looked into the...
Singapore is a small, multi-cultural and cosmopolitan city-state of 5.5 million people, in the very heart of South East Asia. It is a thriving trade, manufacturing and financial hub with one of the highest per capita GDP in the world at USD 65,233 in 2019. The economy...
Singapore is the established hub for ICT companies in South East Asia. Unicorns like Grab and Sea Group as well as US companies like Microsoft, Oracle, and Amazon Web Services have chosen to be based in Singapore for its world-class infrastructure, supportive business...
Businesses can be registered in Singapore online at Bizfile, a web-based electronics filing and registration system managed by Singapore’s Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority. Generally, companies have the following options for business formation: Singapore...