Exclusive Portal to promote Indo-Swedish trade

Thiruvananthapuram, May 31 (UNI) An exclusive business portal -- business-matching.com -- was launched today in a bid to promote trade and commerce between India and Sweden/Scandinavia and to establish a common platform for the business communities of the nations.

An online B2B e-marketplace, business-matching.com enhances the possibility of introducing e-commerce while doing business on the Internert and to create a one-stop information centre for businessmen of India and Sweden/Scandinavia.

Expressing his views about the launch, Mr Andrew S Sunneson, Founder partner of business-matching, said ''there has been a long and fruitful cooperation's between Swedish and Indian compaines for a long time. Bilateral trade has been growing steadily over the years. India is now placed 20-25th among Sweden's top 50 export markets and ranks third in Asia. Now over 100 Swedish companies have operations in India and nine Indian IT Companies operate in Sweden.'' A membership in business-matching.com is an easy and cost-effective way to find partners in different markets. Both Indian and Swdeish/Scandinavian traders will be able to cooperate with each other in business promotion and marketing, in the areas of IT and software, biotechnology, health and pharmaceuticals, environment technology, heavy engineering, e-commerce and internet banking, waste management, energy, pulp and paper, lake conservation and waterways, housing construction and building materials, sport goods, Automotive parts and components, steel and fruits, vegetables and food products.

Mrs Sarah Meiling, Partner and Founder of business-matching, said ''We want to have at least 1,000 Indian companies that have signed in as members by the end of June. There are already about 3,000 Swedish company's registered in our database. All these companies have either import or export as their line of trade.'' UNI CR ROY 1953