Learn more about the oil & gas opportunities in Myanmar

To be able to get a clear picture of Food Tech Holland and the companies who are affiliated, therehas been issued a special booklet which tells you more about the companies involved.

Larive Thailand successfully advised Danone in teaming up with a leading local Thai food conglomerate.

The facility for Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Food Security aims to finance Public Private Partnerships (PPP) projects in 60 developing countries in the area of Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Food Security.

EU try’s to welcome European companies to explore the possibilities of trade with, and investment in Myanmar.

Myanmar is opening up its economy, which offers opportunities for foreign investors, especially in the FMCG, oil & gas, energy, agri-food, media & entertainment and tourism sector. Recently, Larive Myanmar has been established, supporting foreign companies to become active in Myanmar.

From March 5 – 9 2012, FME and Larive International organized a successful trade mission for airport development to Vietnam, supported by the Netherland Airport Technology Group (NAT).

On behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation, Larive Ukraine performed a market study about the opportunities for Dutch companies in the district heating sector in Ukraine.

Cryotech Asia Co Ltd was awarded “best SME in Thailand” by the Netherlands Thai Chamber of Commerce during a ceremony held in the Grand Hyatt Bangkok on February 29.

On behalf of the Dutch embassy in Kiev and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation, Larive Ukraine performed a market study about the opportunities in the Ukrainian bakery sector for Dutch companies.

Ukraine is Europe’s granary. Total production accounted for 56.7 million tons in 2010. However, the country lacks sufficient modern capacity for temporary storage of grain.

In the coming years, the demand for agricultural machinery in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan will grow rapidly. This offers potential for exporters of machinery.

Russia has been admitted into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on December 16th 2011. This will enable foreign exporters improved access to the Russian market. New opportunities especially arise for companies exporting agricultural or industrial products.

Until February 6th 2012, project proposals can be submitted for the Dutch grant program PSI.

The Ukrainian government has approved a plan to improve the vegetable processing industry till 2015.

Chinese investments in Africa through private equity funds will further increase. Institutions such as the China Investment Corporation (CIC)  and the China Africa Development Fund take opportunities to invest in Africa's private equity funds.

The Ukrainian bakery sector is developing and there are opportunities for Dutch companies. During this seminar, the results of the survey of Larive Ukraine on the developments in the Ukrainian bakery sector will be presented.

Mr. Rom Senakant, managing partner of Larive Thailand Co. Ltd, is appointed as permanent advisor to the Energy Committee of the Thai parliament.

The yearly research of the WorldBank - Doing Business 2012 - shows that doing business is the easiest in Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand; the US and Denmark.

Indonesia's economy grew more than 6 percent for a fourth straight quarter as consumption, investment and exports weathered a faltering global recovery.

The Dutch Government agency Agentschap NL announced that from the first tender in 2012, the country list of the Private Sector Investmentprogramma (PSI) will be expanded. The new included countries are Algeria, Angola, Cambodia, Djibouti, Iraq, Jordan, Laos, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Tunesia.

The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012 of the World Economic Forum shows that the competitiveness of many emerging market in Asia has improved, placing their growth on a more stable footing and mirroring the shift in economic activity to these emerging economies.

Over the last 12 months foreign direct investment (FDI) to Ukraine has increased almost five times over. According to Vladyslav Kadlubytskyy, Senior Advisor of Larive Ukraine, this increase indicates the positive tendency in the Ukrainian economy while proving the growing investment attractiveness of Ukraine.

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China increased 18.6 % last half year, taking the overall inward investment to US$ 69.2 billion.

In 2010 – for the first time – developing economies absorbed close to half of global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows. Especially FDI into East- and Southeast Asia and Latin America increased.

The Netherlands-based company Larive Holding BV has announced to be the sole shareholder of AquaSwiss AG based in Switzerland.

The Dutch company Kiremko, supplier of automatic and semi-automatic processing equipment of potatoes, signed a deal with the India-based ATOP. Kiremko has been exploring the Indian market for quite some years, but it is up until now that the Dutch company manages to sign such a significant deal with an India-based company.

The Dutch company Kiremko, supplier of automatic and semi-automatic processing equipment of potatoes, signed a deal with the India-based Fryo Foods. Kiremko has been exploring the Indian market for quite some years, but it is up until now that the Dutch company manages to sign a deal which concerns a 500 KG line converting potatoes into potato chips.

Larive International and Food Tech Holland have been present at the Asian Challenge on 18 and 19 May. On 19 May between 14:00-15:00 Eric Oving participated on behalf of Larive International B.V. and Food Tech Holland in the expert panel covering the topic: "Retail: How can you reach the Asian consumer?"

Presentation VIMAG GFM members, Wednesday 18 May 2011, Bosch en Duin.
On may 18th Eric Oving held a presentation on behalf of Larive International B.V. for VIMAG GFM members (www.vimag.nl and www.fpt-online.nl), a section of FME association.

The Indian presence of the leading Dutch supply chain cluster, Food Tech Holland, was formally launched today by the Secretary of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Sri Ashok Sinha, at the Images Food Forum 2011 in Mumbai, one of the leading fairs in India. Food Tech Holland is an initiative of Larive International.

The programme 'Partners for Water' is a joint initiative of six departments of the Dutch Government, developed to strengthen the international position of the Dutch water sector by uniting forces (i.e. private sector, public sector, non-profit sector and knowledge institutes).

Ole Jorgensen runs a lean, profitable pig farm in Ukraine and dishes out the simple advice of “just following the rules” to other investors looking to tap the enormous potential of Ukraine’s agricultural sector.

Larive has assisted a host of companies with their entry into Georgia. In Georgia, Larive is represented by TBSC, member of the Larive Group. The director of TBSC was recently interviewed by the major newspaper from Georgia.

Package 4 Growth Knowledge Acquiring Subsidy

Larive submitted 3 proposals (2 approved so far, 3rd is still in decision making process) for Package4Growth Knowledge Acquiring Subsidy China in food & agriculture. 4th will follow.

Creative Green Forum, by Ruben van der Laan, Larive Thailand

China's outward direct investment (ODI) growth will accelerate, and its volume will equal that of the nation's inward foreign direct investment (FDI) by 2015, said Yi Xiaozhun, vice-minister of commerce, on Thursday. Yi made the remark at a two-day annual commerce conference, which started on Wednesday.

Several governments in Central and Eastern Europe offer foreign investors grants which can have a value of up to 70% of the total investment sum. Larive Romania has more than ten years of experience in accessing EU non reimbursable funds and can assist you locally in getting access to such funds. We have obtained grants between EUR 150.000 up to EUR 1.5 million. 

Georgian agriculture reaches international standards
Article written by Natalie Mchedlishvili (Georgia Today, 12-03-2010)

Larive International together with TBSC Consulting are performing a feasibility study for a leading Georgian dairy producer company. This study is conducted in frame of a 2xplore program granted by the Dutch government.

TBSC just finalized a comprehensive database of local companies active in infrastructure projects in Georgia.

 PSI (previously knows as PSOM) is open for applications from foreign investors in 28 eligible countries, for which the participation of a Dutch company is no longer required. This offers new opportunties for qualifying business partnerships in most of the African countries as well as some Asian countries. Please refer to the relevant section on our website for the PSI country list and more information on PSI.