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Indiska is a Swedish family enterprise, started in 1901. Its style of

business is based on chain concept stores, offering a modern

mix of fashion and interior. It has over 100 shops in Sweden,

Norway, Finland and Germany. The company has its own pro-

duction office in India. It is also empowering women living on

the margins, promoting education for children and taking a

stand against child labor.

Delling Energy is an independent power producer that devel-

ops, owns and operates solar energy power plants. The com-

pany sells electricity, via local project companies, to end-

users through long term Power Purchase Agreements.

MRT (Mercury Recovery Technology) System International

started in 1975, as a of result of a study at a lamp manufactur-

er, which showed that a large part of its workforce had high

content of mercury in their blood. A “Batch Distiller” was intro-

duced to isolate the mercury and to manage the issue. MRT

was born. It is headquartered in Karlskrona, Sweden.

COMMUNITY- NEW MEMBERS

FEB 2017

Gelato Print is a global cloud printing service, which is an en-

terprise solution that enables end to end content manage-

ment. The company believes in “collaborative consumption”

by monetizing underutilized assets and environment friendly

local delivery.

Otivr was founded with the vision to become the leading

open digital marketplace for sourcing B2B IT-staffing and -

consultancy services.

Building on a “disruptive business-model” the company is set

to launch in India in June 2017.

Bluefish Pharmaceuticals has a long tradition of industrial en-

trepreneurship. The company manufactures generic pharma-

ceuticals in an innovative and cost-effective way and be-

lieves in creating a strong and vibrant brand that offers quality

pharmaceuticals at prices affordable to all.

SCCI NEWSLETTER

SCCI STRATEGY AND WAY FORWARD

In the middle of December the SCCI Board of Directors sat down for

a day-long workshop to chalk out the wanted position for the Cham-

ber in five years time and key strategies to take us there.

The workshop was facilitated by Patrik Antoni, Deputy Country Man-

ager for IKEA and the discussions energetic throughout the day.

In parallel, the SCCI Forum for Public Affairs worked on the strategy

for the Business Climate Survey, read more about this below and

ensure you join for the journey ahead.

Together we build sustainable, meaningful and successful business in

India.

More communication on the Strategy will follow.

BUSINESS CLIMATE SURVEY 2016/17– ENGAGEMENT

160 Swedish companies in India (91%)

shared their perception of doing busi-

ness in India in the 9th Business Climate

Survey recently completed.

Over the years the BCS has become an

important tool for bi-lateral engage-

ments, discussions with state govern-

ments and to promote India as a desti-

nation for Swedish businesses.

Ease of doing business is a key area for

the Chamber. The BCS tells us more about key challenges faced by

companies.

Last year we worked more in depth with the central govt. and spe-

cifically the Maharashtra state govt. on labor and tax regulations.

The BCS also tells us about companies long-term commitment to

India and to pursue a holistic sustainability agenda.

We are now building further on this and we will do it in partnership

with India.

Join us for our series of Executive Roundtables on BUSINESS CLIMATE

SURVEY– WAY FORWARD in BANGALORE (FEB 21), PUNE (FEB 28) and

DELHI (MAR 1) to discuss this further.

The Agenda will thereafter be discussed with key agencies of the

Indian government, leading up to the Joint Commission meeting

between our two Ministers of Trade & Commerce on May 17 in Delhi.

This will be followed by strategic discussions with state governments.

LIMITED EDITION MEETING WITH MINISTER MIKAEL DAMBERG

DELHI: “We may have many or few trade partners, but India will al-

ways be there” said Swedish Minister for Enterprise & Innovation,

Mikael Damberg at the interaction with Swedish companies during

his visit to India in November.

This was iterated by Ylva Berg, CEO Business Sweden who shared on

the different ways trade between Sweden and India are being pro-

moted.

PKSV Sagar, MD for Camfil Air Filtration India and Deepak Sharma,

Regional Director APAC, Hemocue talked about their experiences of

doing business in India and the discussion afterwards could have

gone on for yet another hour.

Minister Damberg was in Delhi to participate in the first ISBLERT ses-

sion (India Sweden Business Leaders’ Executive Round Table) orga-

nized on Nov 9. This Round Table was agreed between Prime Minster

Löfven and Modi as they met during Make in India, about a year

ago, and the purpose is to build up collaboration in key areas; Smart

Cities, Digitalization, Defense & Security and Skill India.

1 out of 3 Swedish companies actively work with skill development,

both in own business operations and as part of their CSR commit-

ment.

Discussions are ongoing in the Chamber on how we can gather our

forces. Keep an eye out for “Kraftsamla” going forward and get in

touch if you want to get involved.

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT—”KRAFTSAMLA”- DELHI FEB 27

SCCI FORUM: QUALITY & COMPLIANCE

DELHI: The Quality & Compliance Forum has been very active during

2016, working on subjects of common interest to strengthen wanted

positions:

Vision on Quality and Compliance 2020

Challenges and SWOT on Quality and Compliance

Sustainability and fairness throughout the supply chain

With active support of the Embassy of Sweden, the group has inter-

acted with several different stakeholders from the private and public

sector during the year, such as Quality Council of India, ILO and in

Dec with the Swedish National Board of Trade. NBT is the govern-

mental agency dealing with issues related to foreign trade, trade

policy, the EU internal market and development cooperation. They

shed light on the Technical Regulations and the trade policy be-

tween India and Sweden and the discussion centered on challenges

faced while doing business in India for the Board to address with

their counterparts within the Indian Govt.

The next step is a collaborative workshop between companies, their

suppliers and QCI to achieve the highest standards of quality and

compliance within supply chains.

The SCCI Forums are open to all member companies.

SNAPSHOTS – CHAMBER ACTIVITIES NEWS FROM MEMBERS

NEWS FROM MEMBERS

NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR ALFA LAVAL

From Jan 1, 2017, Mr. Anantha Pad-

manabhan is the new Managing Director of

Alfa Laval India and Cluster President for In-

dia-Middle East &Africa.

He has over 30 years of experience with Alfa

Laval and has served in various leadership

position, the latest one being the Managing

Director of Alfa Laval Middle-East business

operations.

We welcome Mr. Padmanabhan in his new role at Alfa Laval and our

best wishes to Lars Dithmer for his future endeavors. Click here to know

more.

FLIR ONE © - TURNING SMARTPHONE INTO A

THERMAL IMAGER

“Smaller is better”. FLIR is taking this phrase to the

next level by the introduction of the FLIR One©

thermal camera.

The compact imager detects invisible heat ener-

gy, allowing users to “see” and measure subtle

changes in temperature.

It attaches to smartphones and tablets via micro

USB (Android) or a lightning connector (iOS).

Powered by Lepton-FLIR’s smallest thermal cam-

era module it is quick plug n play device. Read

more here.

NEW OFFICE CUM WAREHOUSE CUM TRAINING FACILITY AT

BHOSARI, PUNE

With a 2,500 m2 office and training facility. Nederman has moved its

location to Bhosari, Pune.

The team here is part of the global solutions for eco-efficient produc-

tion of air filtration products and are continuously working on develop-

ing their skills to ensure support for new sales, installations and services.

Click here to know more.

NEFAB PLUGS INTO SOLAR ENERGY

FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

Showing commitment to India’s target of 100 GW of clean energy by

2022, NEFAB is doing their part!

At Manesar, Gurgaon the company has installed a supply unit of 20 KW

Roof Top Solar Power Plant and it was inaugurated on Oct 19, 2016. by

NEFAB’s Group CEO, Staffan Pehrson.

Two adjacent buildings now have a 10 KW supply unit each. This plant

is expected to generate 30,000 KW of power annually. This is the first of

its kind in the NEFAB group globally.

SANDVIK WINS GOLDEN PEACOCK CSR

AWARD 2016

On 20th January Sandvik was declared the winner of ‘Special Com-

mendation’ for ‘Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Respon-

sibility’ at the 11th International Conference on CSR held in Bangalore

by the Institute of Directors (IOD).

Out of the 325 responses for the award, 191 corporates were shortlisted

for the final jury round.

Parag Satpute, Managing Director of Sandvik Asia gave a special ad-

dress on “CSR emerging good governance practices for a new era”.

He was also part of the panel discussion that followed on the same

topic.

The awards were presented by Shri Shri Ravi Shankar, Founder of the

Art of Living and Mrs. Rajshree Birla from Aditya Birla Group to Saharsh

David, Head CSR, Sandvik Asia.

NEWS FROM MEMBERS

Sara Larsson

General Manager sara.larsson@swedishchamber,in Dolly Berry

Sr Manager, Operations & Events dolly.berry@swedishchamber.in Nobin Thomas

Executive, Admin & Comm. nobin.thomas@swedishchamber.in

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CHRISTMAS DINNER 2016

December 3, Bangalore

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HR LEADER’S FORUM- PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

AND GLÖGG CELEBRATION

December 9, New Delhi

The SANDVIK INDIA DIVERSITY AWARD means;

Fostering and promoting an inclusive ap-proach in the communities

Challenging and overcoming conscious and sub-conscious bias

Developing a gender-balanced leadership

Helping women achieve their ambitions.

Apply here before 18th Feb, 2017!