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PNG Investment Summit an ‘unqualified success’

22 Oct 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Papua New Guinea Advantage 2012, PNG’s inaugural international investment summit held on 10 and 11 September, was an unqualified success according to its organisers. Numbers at the event exceeded expectations, with over 300 delegates attending over two days to hear 35 expert speakers—including PNG’s Public Enterprises Minister Ben Micah, high profile business journalist Michael Pascoe and […]
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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 Pacific Marine Industrial Zone: an update

1 Sep 2012 by Leave a Comment
Work on the flagship project of Papua New Guinea’s fisheries industry, the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ) in Madang, is progressing steadily, with the presentation of the design concept in early 2012. While National Fisheries Authority Managing Director Sylvester Pokajam concedes ‘it has been slow going,’ he also says it has been important to get […]
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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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Lae: Papua New Guinea’s manufacturing hub

1 Sep 2012 by Leave a Comment
PNG’s second-largest city is the focal point for the nation’s downstream processing industries. Although it plays second fiddle to the national capital Port Moresby, Lae in Morobe Province is PNG’s industrial capital and boasts considerable activity in manufacturing, trading, agribusiness and, more recently, fisheries. Lae: the facts Despite being the second city in a country […]
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Spotlight: Focus on palm oil

1 Sep 2012 by Leave a Comment
Palm oil production has the potential to play a major role in economic development of Papua New Guinea. Industry development now underway in PNG shows that the returns on investment for local communities involved in palm oil plantations or smallholder systems can be high. This is particularly important for PNG, where over 80% of the […]
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Key players in fisheries

1 Sep 2012 by 4 Comments
We take a look at some of the key players in Papua New Guinea’s fisheries sector. R D Tuna PNG R D Tuna PNG is Papua New Guinea’s largest tuna canner. The Philippines-owned company is based in Madang. R D Tuna operates 17 fishing vessels in PNG waters and sells its products under the Diana, […]
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Spotlight: Aquaculture

1 Sep 2012 by 7 Comments
Aquaculture is a potentially important industry for income generation and food security throughout many parts of Papua New Guinea. While exact statistics are difficult to come by, pond culture of carp, tilapia and rainbow trout has increased significantly in recent years. Over 10,000 farmers are engaged in the sector throughout inland areas with the value […]
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Profile: Niu Homes, new approach

1 Sep 2012 by 78 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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