Innovations
NZIFS Ltd
December 2008
Volume 1, Issue 1
Our Consultancy
services include:
Who are we? • Business development
NZIFS are a business ket entry strategies. Our policy is to engage • Project management
consultancy passionate We are especially experi- with reputable companies • Business management
about promoting Kiwi enced in, are the Indian in the region who have
• Sales and Marketing
companies overseas. In and South East Asian proven ethical and corpo-
our day to day business markets. Where we em- rate social responsibility strategies
we are constantly ploy in-country market policies, thus helping to • Business process
amazed by the ingenuity specialists who have ex- ensure both client and review
and creativity of Kiwi en- tensive local business customer obtain win-win
• Change management
gineers. Unfortunately networks and experience. scenarios.
not all ideas and products We operate on a fixed • Quality system
go further than our own consultancy fee, billed development
shores, this is where quarterly in advance,
• Health & Safety
NZIFS can help. thus avoiding the poten-
systems
We engage with Kiwi tial pitfalls of commission
companies, who have based deals, in these • Contract negotiations
innovative products and markets.
ideas, examine the mar- We work closely with
ket potential for their NZTE domestically and
goods in targeted over- internationally and are an
seas markets and assist Shimla, Northern India approved business con-
in building suitable mar- July 08 sultancy provider.
Our man in India Indian Economic
highlights - India
We would like to welcome Zealand from 2000 to Milind has networks in
Milind Kayande who has 2004 engaged in various Malaysia, Vietnam, Indo-
New Zealand Busi-
joined the NZIFS team nesia and China where he ness Council
based in Mumbai. Milind is in-touch with seed and India is second in global
has taken on the role of machinery activities. consumer confidence
“Indians have the second
India and Southeast Asia Milind was born and edu-
most optimistic attitude on
Manager, with responsi- cated in Mumbai and the current world financial
bility for in-country rep- completed his Agricultural crisis after Norway, ac-
resentation, business de- Engineering Degree from cording to a global survey
velopment and sales. an Agricultural University on consumer confidence
Milind has more than 20 in India, and then Post levels”
years experience in Agri- Graduated in Post Har- Indian population to
cultural Engineering and vest from IIT Kharagpur, overtake China by 2050
Post Harvest Engineering West Bengal. Milind lives “India will become the
including 10 years in with his two daughters in most populous country
overtaking China by 2050,
seeds and grains han- Mumbai and enjoys according to the United
dling, processing and engineering activities, the sports, camping, garden- Nation Population Fund
packaging. Milind also last years of these with ing, and travelling. (UNFPA).”
had a 4 year stint in New Wyma Engineering Ltd.
What our clients say about us
NZIFS Ltd
Ecologics is a New Zealand based company formed by a group
of talented design and manufacturing engineers, focusing on
PO Box 98 applying appropriate technologies towards facilitating sustain-
Lincoln able livelihoods for those in less developed communities.
Christchurch 7640
New Zealand
Phone: +64 3 325 3632
Fax: +64 3 325 3632
E-mail: info@nzifs.co.nz
Check out the web site
www.nzifs.co.nz
New
Zealand's
Innovative
Future
Solutions
Our fifth trip of the year update
Our most recent 14 day trip saw viously been manufacturing) to • An opportunity for a NZ based
us cover a large amount of terri- India. The Indian manufacturing company to quote on new pa-
tory, from Seoul and Pusan in costs are substantially less than per tray and packaging line
South Korea to Mumbai, Pune, current costs; leading to manu- • Established manufacturing po-
Delhi and Chandigarh in India. It facturing closer to the target tentials for a NZ company look-
was a particularly worthwhile trip market of some 600 million rural ing to manufacture packaging
for a number of our New Zealand Indians and being substantially equipment off-shore
clients with the Director of one of more cost effective.
our Christchurch based compa- NZIFS also had further success
nies, who have designed an inno- with the following.
vative high-capacity water pump, • An agreement to trial harvest-
accompanying us throughout In- ing equipment from an Auck-
dia. NZIFS were successful in land based company
securing an agreement for them • An agreement signed for supply
with a major Indian corporation of seed from a NZ company to
to explore manufacturing and an Indian producer
distribution of the pump through- • An opportunity to present a
out India, with the option to new technology developed in
manufacture the units for the NZ around engine design. This
global market. This success is an exciting potential and
means the NZ company will relo- there was great interest from
cate their manufacturing tools India – watch this space! The original sustainable transport
from China (where they had pre- system