Hong Kong Foreign Direct Investment Issue January 2011

client profiles
January 2011
www.investhk.gov.hk
AUSTRALIA
C3 Church is a place of life development. Its message is one of faith, hope and love and its
purpose is to give people their best life by connecting them to Jesus Christ. Established in
Sydney, Australia in 1980, C3 Church is now a global Christian denomination of churches
consisting of more than 300 churches throughout Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific
region, Asia, Africa, Europe, the UK, US, Canada and South America, with a membership of
approximately 100,000 people.
C3 Church Hong Kong will open in February 2011 with Sunday worship services at Cityview
Hotel, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. Its aim is to build and establish a culturally relevant Christian
church in Hong Kong that has a strong local influence, and contribute to the community in
respect of religion and culture; community care and social work; leadership; and performing
and creative arts.
Christian Church
www.c3church.hk
CHINA
China Merchants Godown, Wharf & Transportation Co Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary
of China Merchants Group. The company owns two air-conditioned warehouses with a
total floor area of over 500,000 square feet, which includes a pier and private parking lot. Its
business mainly covers warehousing, wharfage and cruise vessel berthing.
Since Hong Kong is now Asia’s wine hub, the company recently invested a significant amount in
the development of its new wine storage service. In early 2010 it was among the first batch of
companies to obtain the ‘Wine Storage Management System’ Certificate issued by the HKQAA. In
October the same year it opened a private wine cellar with controlled temperatures and humidity
to ensure the optimum storage of fine wines. The facility has separate wine cellars ranging from 17
to 100 square feet, a 3,800 square foot tasting room with full harbour view and a sky promenade.
The new cellars are located on the western side of Hong Kong Island.
Warehouse, Loading and Uploading of Dock Services
www.cmgwt.com.hk
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Established in 1997 with its head office in Guangzhou China, I&D International Flavours &
Fragrances (GZ) Ltd specialises in developing, producing and selling food flavours and cosmetic
fragrances. The company has a 12,000 square metre production plant and technical centre located
in Guangzhou Economic and Trade Development Zone. Besides compounding facilities it also has
various application laboratories, a pilot extraction plant, R&D facilities and a central warehouse. With
its sales network covering China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and southeast Asia, I&D has also set up
branch offices and dealers in major cities within Mainland China and Hong Kong to provide marketing
support in the Asian region.
I&D’s core values are innovation and research development to increase its competitiveness
and provide customers with quality products that meet international standards. The company
therefore plans to set up a new testing laboratory for flavours and fragrances in Hong Kong to
serve as its Asian research and development facility.
Food Flavours and Cosmetic Fragrances Production and Selling
www.ind-china.com
COLOMBIA
EXIM KOI is a trading and consulting firm set up to serve the needs and support the success
of the many importers and exporters from Asia and Latin America. The company has a team
of professionals, in Asia and Latin America, with vast experience in international trade and
international marketing.
EXIM KOI considers Hong Kong to be at the heart of Asia in terms of international trade. The
city also offers many other business benefits to overseas investors, particularly its rule of law.
EXIM KOI therefore chose to open its new company in Hong Kong in November 2010. The main
objective of the new business is to represent its customers as if they were partners and commit
to do its best in each and every step of the negotiations on their behalf. The Hong Kong team
will also be responsible for sourcing export credit insurance and trade financing services for Latin
American importers and China manufacturers.
International Trade
www.eximkoi.com
FRANCE
AMPERSAND Ltd is a leading international television distribution and production company,
based in Paris. The distribution of television programmes on the international market has
been the core business activity of the company since 1987. Responding to the ever-growing
demand for factual programming, AMPERSAND has specialised in marketing documentaries,
magazines and current event programmes. Beyond television, the company has expanded into
DVD, VoD, closed circuit TV and internet markets. The company was a pioneer and currently
remains a leader for inflight rights. Ampersand currently produces 10 films per year, choosing
diverse subjects and partners.
Recognising the growing importance of the Asia-Pacific region in the new media and
technology fields, the company decided to open a regional office in Hong Kong in September
2010. The new office will enable the company to offer the best quality factual programmes to
Asian satellite and cable operators, TV broadcasters and IPTV channels.
TV Distribution and Production
www.ampersand.fr
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GERMANY
Express Logistic International was founded in Germany in 2004. The company provides
customised transport logistics and optimised inter-modal transport worldwide. Using its
expert knowledge, its mission is to provide a new style of logistics solution to cater for each
individual customer. The company prides its success on its provision of a cost effective and
reliable service which exceeds customers’ expectations.
With the establishment of ELI Forwarding (HK) Ltd in 2010, its excellent service has now
extended to Hong Kong, which serves as the gateway for southeast Asia and China. The Hong
Kong office provides a full range of services including air and sea freight import and export,
transshipment, trucking, warehousing, door-to-door service, customs formalities, insurance,
dangerous goods handlings, heavy or out of gauge cargo, assemblies, small parcels and express
services.
Freight Forwarding and Logistics
www.eli-logistic.com
MetalSafe Deposit Ltd is headquartered in Hamburg in Germany; its name is its vision. The
company is selling precious metals such as gold, silver and palladium as well as strategic
industrial, rare earth and minor metals and provides physical metal storage facilities. The
company also trades precious and other metals such as bullion coins and bars via its online
web shop that are shipped to the buyer’s home address or safely stored on their behalf. The
company has a range of safe storage facilities in 14 locations worldwide as well as the world’s
finest luxury home safes by “TraumSafe”.
MetalSafe Deposit’s clients are companies and private and institutional investors, that in times
of global and financial turmoil invest in metal assets. All metals held on the company’s clients
metal accounts are always allocated to guarantee full ownership.
The company recently set up operations in Hong Kong, a global financial centre with a long
history in metal trading.
Precious and Industrial Metal Investment & Storage Facilities
www.metalsafe.hk
GUERNSEY CHANNEL ISLANDS
Founded in 2000, International Administration Group provides fund administration services to
a select international client base, with assets under administration of over US$15 billion. The
company specialises in administration services for alternative assets funds including private
equity funds, real estate funds, fund of funds, certain esoteric hedge funds, both open and
closed ended schemes and listed corporate structures.
The Group has seen a great deal of interest from alternative fund managers in Asia and
therefore decided to set up its Hong Kong office, International Administration Group (Hong
Kong) Ltd, in 2010 to service clients in the region. The Hong Kong office is the first phase of
its international development plan that includes the Cayman Islands and other parts of Asia.
Fund Administration
www.iagasia.hk
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JAPAN
Dahn World Hong Kong Ltd recently opened its first yoga centre in Central, Hong Kong,
using the brand name of ILCHI Brain Yoga. It is the first company to introduce the new
concept of mind-body training method to Hong Kong. The various exercises and workshops
offered fit into a comprehensive programme called BEST: Brain Education System Training,
created by ILCHI LEE. The programme has now been provided to more than one million
practitioners in 600 centres around the world. Through ILCHI Brain Yoga programme people
will realise the brain is the key to achieve a better life for themselves and a peaceful society.
Dahn World believes the BEST programme can help people in Hong Kong gain greater health,
happiness and peace for a better life. Dahn World intends to expand its programme to other
cities in Mainland China and believes Hong Kong is the ideal launch pad to test the China
market.
Yoga Club
www.ibrainyoga.com
In 1867, Japanese-based Kamigumi Co Ltd first started operations when its predecessor Kobe
Hamanaka served as a cargo handling agency under license from the Kobe port tax office. A
pioneer of port transportation in Japan, the company grew with the development of the Japanese
economy and transformed from its original business to one that provides comprehensive
international distribution services.
In 1985, Kamigumi’s subsidiary Kamigumi (Hong Kong) Co Ltd was established in Hong Kong.
Like Kamigumi’s founding principles, the company’s core value was to be ‘a pioneer spirit of total
logistics’ and provide total logistics services in Hong Kong. 20 years after setting up the business,
in 2005 the company opened its wholly owned office in Shenzhen under the CEPA scheme, and
thereafter, Kamigumi Shenzhen opened representative offices in Guangzhou and Zhuhai. In 2010,
the headquarters further increased its investment in Hong Kong in order to support its expanded
Shanghai operation.
Logistics Forwarder
www.kamigumi.co.jp
Kinki Nippon Tourist has over 55 years of experience in the travel industry, and has 183 offices,
43 branches and over 3,000 employees in Japan and worldwide. KNT is also a listed company
in Tokyo and Osaka.
In October 2010 Kinki Nippon Tourist Co Ltd set up KNT (HK) Ltd in Hong Kong. The Hong
Kong company offers a wide range of professional travel services, mainly to outbound and
inbound business clients. Its travel services include seasonal group tours; educational tours;
business tours and hotel packages; wedding packages; events; conventions; exhibitions; theme
park tickets; Japan Rail passes and travel insurance. It also has an instant hotel reservation
system with same day confirmation with over 7,000 hotels including Onsen Ryokan in Japan.
Travel Agent
www.knt-hk.com
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JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS
Altis Partners (Jersey) Ltd is a commodity trading advisor that was established in London
in 2000 and has been based in Jersey, Channel Islands since 2005. Altis currently manages
more than US$1.5 billion of client assets for some of the world’s most prestigious financial
institutions. Altis trades in more than 100 exchange-traded futures markets globally, using a
trading platform that is automated from start to finish, with a team of operations and trading
professionals who oversee trading round-the-clock.
In November 2010, Altis set up its first office outside Europe, namely Altis Partners (Asia) Ltd
in Hong Kong, which demonstrates the growing ties between the city and Jersey, and strong
demand for Altis’ financial products and services. A key function of the Hong Kong office
is to direct trading operations across futures markets in the Asia-Pacific region, where they
supervise trading in Sydney, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Commodity Trading Advisor
www.altispartners.com
KOREA
Korea Well-Being House was founded in October 2010 with the aim to provide disease
prevention and essential nutrients to modern customers in Hong Kong. Its high-quality health
drinks use the company’s worldwide first patent updated technology (LSTS)’s juicer which is
made in Korea, to combine Korea’s traditional drink and fruit juice for preserving taste with
colour and nutrition to provide 97 percent preservation.
Korea Well-Being House chose to set up and build its well-being brand in Hong Kong because
it is a leading international city and Asia’s business platform. The company’s initial set up costs
were HK$500,000 and it currently employs five staff. Korea Well-Being House plans to open
its second retail shop in Hong Kong in January 2011.
Health Drink Retail
NETHERLANDS
Based in the Netherlands, Vogel’s Group is an industry leading expert in the design, placement
and manufacturing of mounts and accessories for audio/video equipment worldwide. For
almost 40 years, the Group has been producing audio/video mounting solutions that meet
and exceed consumers’ and installers’ needs. Today, Vogel is the European market leader
with a distribution network that spans the globe making it one of the most trusted and wellknown experts in the mounting solutions business.
VTC Asia Pacific Ltd, setup in Hong Kong in September 2010 and is the newly established
arm of the Vogel’s Group. The core activities of the new company are engineering, quality
control and quality assurance with future activities being buying and technical control as well
as product development.
Consumer Electronics
www.vogels.com
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Barnyard Far East Ltd empowers international creativity. This innovative company provides
mutual access to creative and productive strength, for both Chinese and European companies.
With offices in Hong Kong and The Netherlands, Barnyard is uniquely positioned to bridge
market differences between the two continents and to deliver competitive advantages to
home markets.
The Barnyard way is all about creating brands, concepts and products. The Hong Kong office
opened in November 2010 and is a non-regular corporation that includes a communications
and design agency, a publishing house, a digital media company and an international
business hub. As a “Creative Powerhouse”, Barnyard applies an entrepreneurial approach:
pragmatic, creative and strategic. Mutual trust and long-lasting relationships are important for
developing great ideas, therefore Barnyard works closely with its customers to make business
opportunities happen in a way not thought of before.
Creative Services
www.barnyard.hk
UK
BMX racing is Hong Kong’s most recent cycling discipline and, whilst new to Hong Kong, it
is actually a 40 year old sport that began in Southern California. Since then it has developed
to become one of the most popular forms of cycling and now features in top ranking world
sporting events.
BMX Evolution Ltd is committed to becoming a key part of the developing sport of BMX
racing in Hong Kong by helping to promote the sport to the younger generations, working
with the Hong Kong Cycling Association and the Hong Kong Jockey Club sponsored BMX
Park. With its opening in November 2010, the company aims to bring the best choice of top
quality complete bikes, frames, and parts from the world’s leading brand names to BMX racers
in this part of the world as well as provide useful information on training, racing schedules,
and even the history of the sport.
Bicycle Retailer and Wholesaler
www.bmxevolution.com.hk
Founded in London in 1995 with clients such as Tesco, Arsenal FC, Liverpool FC and
the English Premier League, Designercity is today one of Hong Kong’s foremost digital
consultancies. With more than 100 staff, it has the critical mass to tackle major projects –
evidenced by its many premier clients including Hong Kong International Airport, the Hong
Kong Jockey Club, CLP and others.
The company’s expertise includes digital strategy consulting, online creative and marketing
solutions, technology integration, mobile applications as well as new media such as multitouch technology. Designercity has its own R&D facility, studio and also provides a digital
outsourcing service, allowing new Hong Kong companies to get up and running. Apart from
providing technology, the company also sells the practical business applications of technology,
providing real solutions in a virtual world. Business prospects are strong across the region, and
further growth of 15 to 20 percent is anticipated across Hong Kong and Mainland China in
2011.
Digital Consultancy
www.designercity.com
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Kelvin Hughes Ltd is a world leader in the design and supply of marine navigation systems.
With more than 250 years of experience and knowledge and a history that dates back to
the 1800s, the company has a highly innovative product range, which is designed to provide
mariners with the most advanced navigation solutions and services available. Kelvin Hughes
has its headquarters in Hainault in East London and subsidiary offices in other parts of the UK,
as well as in Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, US and China. With this global
presence, Kelvin Hughes provides a first-class sales and support capability for customers
worldwide.
In April 2010, Kelvin Hughes set up an office in Hong Kong to meet the growing demand for
its products and services. The current set up includes sales and marketing operations and it
sees potential growth to expand the office to include administration and chart supplies in the
near future.
Marine Navigation
www.kelvinhughes.com
RP International is a specialist technology, media and telecommunications recruitment
services organisation. Established in 1998, the company has offices in London, Dubai,
Singapore, Sydney, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong. The Hong Kong office was launched in
2010 to extend the level of support it provides to its global clients in Hong Kong, China and
Taiwan, and to develop new business partnerships. The company chose Hong Kong for its
proximity to its clients that are expanding within the high growth Greater China region.
The office is a sales and delivery operation staffed with experienced recruitment consultants
focused on semiconductors and components, lighting technologies and financial services
technology. It provides executive search, contingent and freelance recruitment services to
clients across these practice areas. Looking ahead RP International is expanding its Hong Kong
team and has established a preferred partnership with a Shanghai-based executive search firm
to extend its China footprint.
Search and Selection Recruitment
www.rpint.com
US
Great Lakes Hong Kong Ltd was formed in 2009 to bring quality commodity futures and
investment services to institutions and professional investors in the Asia region. The firm is
licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and offers 24 hour service
and access to global financial markets. Clients are afforded direct market access to global
futures markets through cutting edge technology with multilingual support. The company has
roots going back to the formation of Great Lakes Trading Group, now GLT Group, in New York
in 1987. In 2009 the Group formed Great Lakes Global and Great Lakes Hong Kong to serve
the fast-growing financial and investment community in Hong Kong and Asia.
Futures and Options Investment
www.gltdirect.com
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Kaplan EduNeering, a leading provider of corporate regulatory and compliance training
solutions, opened its Asia Pacific office in Hong Kong in November 2010. The new location
which houses sales and support staff, is based in the Hong Kong offices of its parent company,
Kaplan, Inc. US company Kaplan EduNeering, is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. In
2008 it opened a European office in Reading, England.
The opening of Kaplan EduNeering’s Asia office reinforces the company’s commitment to
its clients in many industries throughout the region and in particular life science companies
that have to comply with heightened global regulatory enforcement. Kaplan EduNeering
and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded their Cooperative Research
and Development Agreement (CRADA) last year, which includes use of Kaplan’s learning
technology and content to address regulatory challenges in Asia. The new Asia-Pacific office
will help support the efforts of China’s regulatory organisations to enforce the safety standards
for FDA-regulated products.
Corporate Compliance and Regulatory Training Solutions
www.kaplaneduneering.com/asia
Micrel Semiconductor Hong Kong Ltd i s t h e A s i a h e a d q u a r t e r s o f M i c re l , I n c .
(NASDAQ:MCRL), a leading manufacturer of IC solutions for the worldwide analog, Ethernet
and high bandwidth markets, serving key manufacturers of enterprise, consumer, industrial,
mobile, telecommunications, automotive, and computer products. Headquartered in the US,
Micrel has offices, distributors and representatives in almost all major cities in the region, with
advanced design and test centres in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Taiwan.
The Asia headquarters performs the important functions of driving regional business growth and
enhancing customer service capabilities. The design centre in Hong Kong also provides product
development and field applications engineering support in close proximity to customers. Located in
the heart of Asia, Hong Kong is the gateway to China and other key markets in the region. Micrel is
confident that investing in Hong Kong is a strategic step in enhancing its reach throughout the region.
IC Solutions
www.micrel.com
Founded in 1979, US-based Ocean World Lines, known in the industry by its iconic owl logo,
is one of the largest fully bonded non vessel operating common carriers in the world. The
company maintains more than 45 service contracts with the top ocean carriers and handles
today’s most complex global supply chain requirements. Ocean World Lines works with
importers, exporters and freight forwarders to move all types of cargo and provides global
ocean and air door-to-door/end-to-end service. It offers its customers a truly value-based
solution. With over 200 employees worldwide, Ocean World Lines has offices in Hong Kong,
Shanghai, Qingdao, Singapore, Tokyo, Berlin, Poland, Bremen Hamburg and Ipswich.
Ocean World Lines set up its Hong Kong operations Ocean World Lines HK Ltd in 2009 and
it employs 20 staff. The Hong Kong office will develop as its Asian regional headquarters
because Hong Kong is the gateway to China.
Freight Forwarding and Logistics
www.owlusa.com
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