India, Sweden may explore ties in food processing, tourism: Subhash Mittal
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From left to right H E Mr Lars-Olof Lindgren, Ambassador, Embassy of Sweden; Mr Ulf Berg, President & CEO, Swedish Trade Council; Mr Mattias Bergman, Vice President, Swedish Trade Council; Mr Ajay Sachdeva, Project Leader of Swedish Trade Council; Mr Ajay Sahai, Director General; Dr R K Dhawan, Chairman FIEO(NR), and Mr Subhash Mittal, Convenor, FIEO Committee on IT & EP. |
Swedish Ambassador has said that Swedish companies are best suited to carry out infrastructure projects in India. At a meeting organized by FIEO with visiting Swedish Trade Delegation on 4th April at New Delhi, Mr. Lars - Olof Lindgren said "as India is currently placing emphasis on building infrastructure, it should look towards Swedish companies which are well known for their efficiency in handling infrastructure projects."
The delegation leader Mr. Ulf Berg, who is the President & CEO of Swedish Trade Council, said India is known as an IT country in Sweden while the awareness about Sweden in India is very low. "One of the foremost requirements is to spread the knowledge about India and Sweden in both the countries," he said. Mr. Berg mentioned that various Indian companies namely TCS, Wipro, Mindtree, Infosys, HCL etc. had already made successful presence in Sweden. He was accompanied by Mr. Mattias Bergman, Vice President, Mr. Fredrik Fexe, Trade Commissioner and Mr. Ajay Sachdeva, Project Leader of Swedish Trade Council.
Mr. Fredrik Fexe informed that Sweden was strong in production of pulp & paper and could transfer the technology to interested Indian companies. On this, Mr. Subhash Mittal, Convenor, FIEO Committee on IT & EP suggested that Indian companies should import wood from Sweden for exporting furniture to Sweden and other countries. Mr. Mittal identified food processing and tourism as the other two major sectors where the two countries could collaborate for mutual benefit. Speaking further, he proposed a multi-product delegation to Sweden and sought the cooperation of Swedish Trade Council in this regard.
Earlier, the Northern Region Chairman of FIEO, Dr R K Dhawan grieved that India’s share in Sweden’s import was a meager 0.9% and said the Federation would welcome a delegation of importers from Sweden to increase the bilateral trade.
Towards the end of the meeting, FIEO Director General Mr. Ajay Sahai observed that Indian and Swedish companies could forge joint ventures in R&D activities. "Sweden companies could outsource R&D services and other Knowledge Process Outsourcing services from India," he said.
