Company profiles

Papua New Guinea’s oldest finance company remains optimistic

Papua New Guinea’s credit finance industry has had ‘a challenging year’, according to Peter Burland, at one of the country’s leading finance companies, Credit Corporation Finance Ltd. Despite that, the company has expansion plans, he tells Business Advantage PNG.
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Five questions for … John Kaio, Interim Managing Director, PNG Infrastructure Development Authority

As part of the 2012 Alotau Accord, the O’Neill Government agreed to establish an Infrastructure Development Authority to ‘take ownership’ of Cabinet decisions and oversee major infrastructure projects in Papua New Guinea. Business Advantage PNG spoke recently to the authority's interim Managing Director, John Kaio.
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Puma Energy commits to PNG growth, rebrands first service station

Puma Energy is starting to show its colours in Papua New Guinea, with the rebranding of its first service station following the acquisition of InterOil's downstream assets in PNG earlier this year. It's part of a regional investment strategy, PNG General Manager Peter Diezmann tells Business Advantage PNG.
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Coffee capsules a ‘win-win situation’ for local industry

Coffee is recognised as one of Papua New Guinea’s most important commodities. So it was only a matter of time before locally manufactured ‘Nespresso compatible’ coffee capsules entered the PNG market. Business Advantage PNG talks to Cool Stuf, the company behind PNG’s first locally manufactured coffee capsules.
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Paradise Foods marks 80th year with expansion plans

Papua New Guinea’s oldest manufacturing company, Paradise Foods, is marking its 80th year of operations this year, after its humble beginnings as a small town bakery in 1933. Behind the quiet celebrations are big expansion plans, Managing Director David Peate tells Business Advantage PNG.
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