On the 24th of November the three CITO representatives Tommy Engqvist, Kasper Westman and Love Carlson visited the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Taipei. The CITO representatives met up with the CEO Louise Byström and conducted an interview with her to learn more about the Chamber and their activities.
Issue number 24 is now printed and released in Sweden! You can grab a copy around the Chalmers Johanneberg campus. You can find it, among other places, in the student union house and the NCTU Europe office (Chalmers Tvärgata 1B). The magazine will be released on the 18th of November in Taiwan and will there be available at our office. Enjoy!
We would like to welcome you to this years opening event of the Chalmers International Taiwan Office (CITO) at NCTU, the 30th of September at 6:30 pm. During the evening there will be some light snacks, information about the office, Sweden and Chalmers, fun competitions and, most of all, a lot of nice people to get to know! If you are even a little bit interested in studying in Sweden or just in having a good time, you definitely should come see us!
The office closes today to mark the end of this installation of the CITO staff. The office will resume business as usual during the beginning of the coming autumn term, run by a new, fresh crew line-up! Have a good summer break and see you soon!
The last event of CITO 2013/2014’s in Taiwan was held and we were really glad to see you all one last time! As usual, we showed a good Swedish Movie, called “I rymden finns inga känslor”. This time around we also offered a classic Swedish pastry, the “semla”. Thanks to everyone who came by, and thanks for a great year. We in CITO 2013/2014 all hope to see you again sometime in the future!
Today, on the 6th of June, Pascal Csikasz and Marcus Kalander visited Ericsson’s office in Manila. We were welcomed by Sales Manager Hans Hermenius, who has been at this location for three years. We were given a presentation about Ericsson’s operations in the Philippines and what their market looks like there today.
Today, on the 5th of June, Pascal Csikasz and Marcus Kalander visited Swedish Match’s production plant of lighters in Manila. There we were recieved by Mattias, who is the current Finance & IT Manager on the site, and by Martin, who is set to fill this position in a few weeks. We were given a tour around the factory together with the production manager, and later we got to hear more about Swedish Match’s products, operations, and history, both in the Philippines and world wide.
On Wednesday 26th of March it was time to meet up with Atlas Copco (AC Holding) at their Tokyo office. We had the honor to meet the General Manager, Thomas Östergren, and the Holding HR Manager, Grace Tokue Sumoto, who both have worked at AC for several years.
During the afternoon of May 23th, Anna Ohlin and Sofie Weidenlöv visited Volvo Trucks in Beijing. The CITO representatives were welcomed by Mr. Claes Svedberg, senior vice president at China Joint Ventures. The office was located in an office building where two floors where dedicated to Vovlo Trucks but with different focus areas.
The CITO representatives Anna Ohlin and Sofie Weidenlöv continued their company visits in Beijing by visiting Beijing’s brand new IKEA store – Beijing Xihongmen, at the 22nd of May. The store opened in November 2013 as the second IKEA store in Beijing and the 15th in China. A large shopping mall, owned by IKEA, is to be connected to the store and will be opened later this year, which makes this facility the largest single investment in the history of IKEA.