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Healthcare
With expanding investments in health care and increasing life expectancy the industry in Asia keeps growing strongly. With us you can cover all major sectors including Health care services and facilities, medical devices, equipment, and hospital supplies.
Renewables
Energy sector is going through a major transformation towards clean and renewable sources. Asian countries are closely following market leaders to secure clean, independent and reliable energy sources for the future. Energy saving solutions are in high demand.
Manufacturing
Asia has been a manufacturing powerhouse for long dominated by China, Japan and Korea. In recent years major shift towards manufacturing in countries like Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia while high value-added manufacturing still remains in the powerhouse countries.
Digital Media
Online media, gaming, animation, mobile apps and other digital media are strong and growing sectors in many Asian countries. Art outsourcing, full-stack development, animation production and anything between can be outsourced from Asian countries. The region also offers great opportunities in funding, investments and the countries are lucrative markets for app developers accessing the consumers.
Retail
Consumer buying power is in certain areas the strongest in the world, while the middle class continues to grow strong in most countries in Asia. Retail markets offer multiple market opportunities while it is important to realize differences in tastes, trends and consumer behavior in each market.
Services
Services is growing sector in many countries in the region. Both b2c and b2b services are continuously gaining importance and become especially relevant as the labor cost goes up. Legal, financial, accounting and other professional services are just few examples.
ICT
Information and communication technologies are huge industries in Asia and companies such as Samsung, LG, Huawei, NTT are global leaders in many sectors. Value chains supplying these sectors are broad and deep in the region. ICT sector offers continuously market opportunities revolving around raw materials, components and technical solutions.
Construction
Asia is home for world’s larges construction companies, which are heavily involved in global projects in housing, plant and infrastructure. Often suppliers can access major projects around Asia, middle east and Africa through partnering with Korean, Japanese and Chinese EPC companies. We have identified purchasing channels and behavior of many of EPC companies in this region.
Engineering
Industrial equipment, heavy machinery, shipbuilding and offshore industries are extremely well developed in Asia. Identifying the correct sales channels and target markets is crucial in leveraging your market access in the region.

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Anssi Mikola
Founder - River Recycle
The team in the Philippines has been instrumental in identifying the right business opportunities and partners for us. Thanks to their local expertise, we have been able to gain a solid market understanding, and build a pipeline of projects in less than six months. We have been doing business development side-by-side with the team, and the prospects are very positive as we continue our cooperation.
Heli Karaila
Business Manager, Wastewater Automation - Valmet
We have been working with Asian Insiders consultants in one Asian market, where our company has also our own sales office. For this particular customer segment we need in most countries an external sales channel as our own sales teams focus on Valmet’s core customer segments. With Asian Insiders we first tested and verified the market for our products. Based on the very positive outcome we then continued to an in-depth market analysis and channel concept development. Finally, we selected our new distributor out of several good candidates. We have noticed, that the consultants of Asian Insiders are committed to seek real success for our business. Their concept for sales channel development is also very comprehensive.
Antti Tiihonen
Vice President - Kiteen Huonekalutehdas Oy
“We have worked with the Korean team through the years on many occasions and are happy to recommend their services to any organization. The drive for quality, professionalism and work ethic is exceptional”
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Korean team has managing our operations for a year with extremely smooth fashion. We enjoy working with them and we value their quick responsive working style, integrity and flexibility. We are more than happy to recommend their services to anyone.
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Regional Director - Metso Thailand
We have been working with Asian Insiders in some Asian markets. Our sales relies heavily on joint sales work with our distributors in most Asian markets. According to my experience the services, methods and ways of working of Asian Insiders are unique. As a result of their work with us we have successfully engaged new distributors and the future outlook looks very promising. We have also now a much better understanding of the market situation and competitive environment.

Our Case Studies

Build strategies, build confidence, build your business.
APAC
Channel Partner search in South Korea and Japan for Tana Oy
Customers Problem Client company is Tana Oy from Finland. Tana is one of the leading manufacturers of solid waste management
Medical device success story in the Phillipines
Philippines
Healthcare Market Entry in the Philippines
Customer’s Problem The client company is a pioneering European healthcare technology company, aiming to be the leading manufacturer of medical
APAC
Market Test Drive in Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, India and the Philippines
Client company is a family owned European technology company. The company has developed through intensive R&D work a unique technology

Your Asian Market Expert Team

A Team Of Seasoned Consultants have pooled their expertise
Seiichi Yamanaka
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Senior level business development expertise, with over 25 years of Japan and Scandinavia experiences. Worked 17 years as the commercial division
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ASEAN
Volker Friedrich
Volker U. Friedrich has more than 25 years of experience in the international industry and trade in Asia.
India and Sri Lanka
Silva Paananen
Senior level business development expertise, with over 10 years of India specific experience.
South-Korea
Sean Han
Twenty (20) years professional experience: Animation production, Character license business, Consumer products, IT and education.
Philippines
Joona Selin
Manila-based Finnish native with 9 years international experience in trade and investment promotion and management consulting: Market Entry Consulting, Business development,
South-Korea
Hannes Humala
Fifteen (15) years professional experience: Business, Consulting, Finance, Business development and Market research.
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Thailand
Kai Tuorila
Thirty (30) years of entrepreneurial experience: Business and market entry consultant in SEA region.
Vietnam
Claudio Karjalainen
Multi industry business development and operations management professional, with over 10 years experience in Vietnam and Europe.
APAC
Jari Hietala
 Senior-level business development expertise across Asian markets based in Hongkong and Thailand. Forty (40) years professional experience.
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Vietnam
Pietro Karjalainen
Senior level business consultant and entrepreneur in Vietnam with 25+ years of international experience in Europe and Asia. Specialized in sales

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