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Entrepreneurs: Larry Andagali, Trans Wonderland

27 Feb 2013 by 2 Comments
An entrepreneur who has gone from a career in teaching to being appointed to the board of the National Petroleum Company, potentially one of the the most important companies ever established Papua New Guinea. We trace the remarkable journey of  Larry Andagali, Managing Director of landowner company Trans Wonderland Limited. A teacher by training, Larry Andagali’s […]
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Credit bureau a sign of Papua New Guinea’s growing consumer market

19 Feb 2013 by
When it comes to enforcing contracts, Papua New Guinea ranks 166 out of 185 in the World Bank’s ‘Ease of Doing Business’ survey. Small wonder the country’s only credit bureau is growing fast. Credit & Data Bureau (CDB) provides credit histories on almost 150,000 Papua New Guineans and more than 16,000 local businesses to a […]
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Twenty-five years of Nestlé in PNG

1 Sep 2012 by
2012 marks 25 years of successful manufacturing in Papua New Guinea for global food giant, Nestlé. Nestlé is one of the world’s leading food and nutrition companies, employing more than 330,000 people worldwide and with more than 460 factories across 83 countries. From its humble beginnings in PNG in the late 1970s, Nestlé operations have […]
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The inside view: Mainland’s recovery

1 Sep 2012 by
Bob Hansen, appointed Mainland’s Chief Executive Officer in May 2012, provides an insight into the challenges the company is facing, and outlines a strategy to place it on a sustainable and profitable footing. Mainland has between 2000 and 2500 employees, plus we have four hundred smallholder growers on our books, and we’ve got a turnover […]
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Profile: Niu Homes, new approach

1 Sep 2012 by 76 Comments
Niu Homes has a 30-year history of providing buildings for Papua New Guinea’s residential and industrial sectors, from 24-room complexes for mining camps to family homes. A division of PNG Forest Products, Niu Homes makes buildings which use renewable plantation pine and are entirely designed and made in Papua New Guinea. Its services extend from […]
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Profile: Cloudy Bay Sustainable Forestry

1 Sep 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Cloudy Bay Sustainable Forestry Company operates to a simple formula: ‘high quality at a fair price.’ Cloudy Bay Sustainable Forestry Company places high value on sustainability. It received a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Controlled Wood and Chain of Custody accreditation in 2011. Since 2006, it has been developing a Forest Management Area in the […]
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K K Kingston: 40 years old and growing fast

1 Sep 2012 by
K K Kingston, one of Papua New Guinea’s largest manufacturers, turns 40 in 2012. Paying a visit to its HQ in Lae, Robert Hamilton-Jones found the company evolving at a furious pace. ‘We’re bursting at the seams,’ declares K K Kingston’s General Manager Michael Kingston. We are sitting in the boardroom of the company’s head […]
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Profile: PNG Taiheiyo Cement

1 Sep 2012 by 2 Comments
Papua New Guinea’s only cement manufacturer is riding the wave of soaring demand from the real estate, mining and public sectors. ‘2011 sales increased by about 20%, to 155,000 tonnes,’ says Makoto Kagamida, Managing Director of PNG Taiheiyo Cement. The increase in demand means PNG Taiheiyo is close to its production capacity of 200,000 tonnes, […]
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Profile: Laga Industries

1 Sep 2012 by 1 Comment
Laga Industries is a big name in Papua New Guinea manufacturing, producing, blending and importing a wide range of foodstuffs, condiments and beverages. Originally formed in 1975, a merger with Trade Winds Liquor in 2008 dramatically broadened its suite of products. Today, it produces a range of ice cream and freezer dairy products, vegetable oils, […]
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