Nordic Chamber of Commerce organized on 16 June 2010 business breakfast with the guest speaker from Norway, Mrs. Irene Nygårdsvik, Owner and manager of company Spekulatoriet. The topic of the lecture was A Humanistic Economy - Life-enriching businesses with life-enriching bottom lines.  Business breakfast was well attended and an interesting discussion followed after the presentation.

Nordic Chamber of Commerce was a proud supporting organization of the Adriatic Infrastructure Investment & Finance Summit 2010 that took place at The Regent Esplanade Zagreb on 11 and 12 May.
The Summit was well attended and members of the Nordic Chamber of Commerce participated actively at the Summit either as exhibitors, partners or guests.

Program of the event can be downloaded here.   

Nordic Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with Croatian Society of Lobbyists organized Busines breakfast on Effective Government Relations and Ways to Influence Decisions in Croatia that took place on Wednesday, 14 April 2010 at the Regent Esplanade Zagreb.
The guest speaker was Mr. Natko Vlahović, Secretary General, Croatian Society of Lobbyists and Accredited Lobbyist at the European Parliament for the Croatian Chamber of Craft Enterprises.  The event was well attended and after the presentation an interesting discussion followed.

30 March 2010 – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has agreed to acquire a large portion of the business of EXOR, an engineering company headquartered in Zagreb, Croatia, for an undisclosed amount.
The transaction is expected to be completed in April, subject to customary regulatory approvals.The acquisition increases ABB’s offering and engineering capabilities in the growing Balkan region. Moreover, this transaction will enable ABB to further increase business activities in process automation, providing complete solutions for various industrial applications. For more information downlaod press release here.

Nordic Chamber of Commerce  organized on 10 March 2010 Business breakfast on Intellectual Property – Defining Strategic Goals for a Company.

The event took place at The Regent Esplanade Hotel in Zagreb from 9:30 to 11.30 am. The guest speker was Mr. Mladen Vukmir, Founder VUKMIR & ASSOCIATES, Patent and Trademark Agents. To view images, please visit Photo gallery.

KONČAR – Generators and Motors has successfully carried out a trial run of its generator 6.2 MVA, 333 rpm produced for the hydropower plant Iggesund. The company signed a contract with Swedish company NEA Gruppen for production and delivery of generator, control over installation, testing and commissioning.

KONČAR - Distribution and Special Transformers Inc. produced and delivered three generator power transformers of 50 MVA for Finnish company Pohjolan Voima Oy (PVO). Transformers will be implemented in a couple of dozen hydropower plants on the river Iijoki that are being reconstructed at the moment.