How to get CoSourcers on Wikipedia

Isn't it the dream of every commercial director, e-marketing manager etc. to get your company published on wikipedia.

Also my dream. So I tried. I tried to write in as neutral a language as I could about an international network of industrial experts. About the challenge for CoSourcers to capitalize on the trend in the European industries to search for cheaper manufacturing opportunities in countries like India, China etc.

Read the article for yourself by clicking this link;
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Literally within seconds the article was a candidate for speedy deletion. My protest could not save it unfortunately.

Anyone with advice on how to improve things in order to make it into the wikipedia ranks, please step forward. Step forward by clicking the envelope at the bottom and send a message, or just send an email to jan@nyeboer.com.

The least I can do is buy a good bottle of wine (or should I say a bottle of good wine ;-)) to the person giving the advice that leads to Wikipedia glory.

Present at Motek, tradefair for assembly and handling technology

22 - 25 September you will find the CBI team with 4 or 5 companies from India and Macedonia. Just cannot let you know yet where to find us. In the months to come you will find posts on this exhibition and on our participants.

Want to know what CBI has to offer when it comes to assembly and handling technology? Send an email to cbi@kommanet.nl

Meet the PARANAA family

Want to meet them in person? Come to Aquatech 2008 from 30 Sep - 3 Oct 2008, Stand 400 in Hall 7. Cannot wait that long? Visit; http://www.paranaapumps.com

Colombian gate valves and hydrants at Aquatech 2008

We just received great news from Colombia. AVA will promote its Apolo Valves on the CBI stand at Aquatech this year. Come and visit them, hall 7, stand 400, Amsterdam RAI exhibition center, 30 Sep - 3 Oct.

"In the last two years AVA invested in a major way in its company. Now they have the full FBE (Fusion Bonded Epoxy) coating process in house. This, together with other improvements drastically improved production rates. With these production rates they now await the inquiries from the European market, which now they can match easily, both in quality, as well as in quality."

For those familiar with the Spanish language, check out their website; http://www.ava.com.co/apolo_esp.html. For others, send an email to info@cosourcers.com for more background information or to send your inquiries.

Stopping the flow of outsourcing disasters

Press release
22 June 2008

Stopping the flow of outsourcing disasters
CBI audited secure safe supplies

During Valve World, from November 4-6 in Maastricht, CBI will once again introduce three excellent suppliers from developing countries. CBI offers a unique concept European valve buyers and engineers really cannot afford to miss.

It’s common knowledge that outsourcing in developing regions is not always without risk. Recently the Association of German Engineers and Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, reached (separately) the conclusion that the majority of outsourcing projects in all engineering sectors end up in disappointment. By auditing suppliers carefully however, CBI tackles all worries European businesses have with dealing with low cost partners from overseas.

The participants in Maastricht have gone through a strict Export Coaching Programme and are considered to be trustworthy partners for European prospects. They are fully aware of market demands on the continent and are consistent in both processes and product quality.

If you are looking for a partner who can deliver quality valves at considerably lower costs than European counterparts then look no further. Visit the CBI stand (numbers N492, N494 en N395) at Valve World in MECC Maastricht.

The CBI consultants can also inform you which of the 20 to 25 valve manufacturers in the CBI programme offers what you are after. They do that free of charge.

What is CBI?
The Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI) is an agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. Since 1971 the CBI contributes to the equitable economic development of selected developing countries and countries with economies in transition by providing services aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of companies in the field of export marketing and export management pertaining to the EU & EFTA markets. You can visit our website at http://www.cbi.eu/.

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Ahmedabad; India, 22 June 2008

Shreeraj Industrie’s expertise is foremost in design, manufacture and supply of Oil- and Gasfield Equipment nowadays; employing 70 skilled people they have been in this field for over 35 years. Combining this experience with the flexibility of a small company they now offer you an interesting alternative for upstream solutions.

Shreeraj offers a wide range of Wellhead and X-mass Tree Equipment, Pipeline Valves (Through conduit Gate Valves and Full Bore Check Valves), Industrial Valves (Gate, Globe & Check Valves), Swivels Joints/ Lines & Quick Opening Hammer Unions and Casing Centralizers.

An “in-house” design and development team is continually re-evaluating, improving and adding new products to their range using the latest CAD techniques. The 5000 sqm production facility employs today’s very latest specialized machinery like, CNC machining Centers, both CNC and conventional turning machines and well equipped testing facilities; these ensure the consistency of product quality. This combined with the experienced workforce makes the engineering capacity at the plant very flexible.

All equipment is manufactured to the applicable international standards while Shreeraj Industries operates a quality system, independently accredited to ISO 9001: 2000. The company is authorized to use the official monogram for API specification 600, 6A, 6D, 10D & 16C.
Shreeraj Industries products are designed & manufactured to meet and often even exceed API, BS, DIN, ASTM, NACE, ISO, EN standards.

Shreeraj Industries’ major market is the supply of High Pressure Valves and full range of Wellhead and X-mass Tree Equipment for On-shore applications.
Today Shreeraj Industries is a truly international company selling in Europe, America, Middle East and many other diverse locations and welcomes the opportunities to enter into an alliance with companies in other countries.

All in all, reason to contact them and research whether the ‘big guys’ are indeed in trouble;

SHREERAJ INDUSTRIES

Regd. Office : 101, "SAMRUDDHI", Sattar Taluka Society,

Opp. High Court Lane, Ahmedabad-380 014, INDIA

Phone : +91(79) 2754 2813, 2754 3680 Fax : +91(79) 2754 0847

E-mail : info@Shreerajindia.com

Looking Back; Aquatech 2006; Small delegation, big results

Rotterdam: 18 October 2006

Only two participants from the Export Development Programme for Pipe and Process Equipment exhibited with CBI during the Aquatech exhibition in Amsterdam, a small delegation indeed. But no delegation to be ‘snubbed at’.

Around 300 people visited the CBI stand. This is an increase of over 20% compared to the last exhibition in 2004. Remarkable taking into account that the total number of visitors to the Aquatech exhibition only rose by 4% compared to the previous exhibition. Even more remarkable considering that during the previous exhibition CBI exhibited with 7 participants instead of only 2 this year.

Jan Nijeboer and Peter van der Sman of the CBI team feel that ‘smart promotion’ is the secret of this success. An extensive, but cost efficient mix of promotion tools were used to draw visitors to the CBI stand. A much targeted phone campaign was executed. Targeted to those companies who are likely to have an interest in the products promoted. These products consist of centrifugal pumps, malleable iron fittings and water handling pumps. A mailing campaign with the same target was executed as well.
At the same time the participants executed, under guidance of the CBI team, their own editorial campaign, attempting to get their message published. Their message of course being; “Visit my booth during the exhibition”.

It is this last element that is often a complete new promotion tool for our participants. Getting an article in a specialized engineering magazine is the best advertising you can wish for. Let us start with the obvious advantage everybody can think of. It is for free. No matter how interesting this may be, this is not the main advantage. The main advantage is that the specialized target audience will not recognize it as an advertisement. They will consider it a news article. Apparently this is such an important notice that their specialized engineering magazine finds it necessary to inform them about it. The chance that the reader will put a visit to the booth of our participant dramatically increases.
The fact that to most manufacturers in developing countries this is completely new and the fact that it is such an important promotion tool made the CBI team decide to give this such a high priority.

The Aquatech website itself was used to its full extent; press releases were published on the CBI Outsourcing activities, but also on the presence of the participants. E-mail signatures and announcements on various websites complete the promotion mix.
According to Jan Nijeboer (Commercial Manager of KommaNet Industrial Marketing Consultants and the CBI stand manager during Aquatech 2006) this is also ‘an important message’ we give to our participants. ‘Companies in our programme do not normally have huge promotion budgets. We did not have that either for promoting our Aquatech presence. Yet we really made a mark. If you do not have money, be clever !!’.

Not just in terms of visitors the results of this exhibition were ‘big’.
Khanna Malleables, first time participant and producer of malleable iron fittings expects to ‘cash in’ 350.000 USD in trial orders as a result of Aquatech 2006. And already they plan to come back to Europe to visit the companies of the most promising contacts.

APE Pumps is already experienced in the European field. Their centrifugal pumps attract fewer visitors, but that is only due to the nature of the product. Their business related to Aquatech may easily run into the millions of euros. This business is a combination of trial orders and of repeat orders that were either negotiated or sealed during the exhibition.

For the first time a local consultant joined the CBI team at Aquatech. Jay Srinivasan (Director of Industrial sourcing agency Unique Source Point and the local CBI consultant in Coimbatore) promoted three manufacturers of water handling pumps from the city of Coimbatore. He is from the same city and knows the companies inside out. Although the companies were not present themselves, visitors were very interested. Many brochures and CDs were taken. Visitors were especially interested when they heard that these companies had successfully passed a thorough CBI Export audit.

The interest of the visitors went so far, that already visits to and by European partners are taking place at this moment. Adding more results to the already big results of Aquatech 2006. It is more than likely that the three companies will be present in 2008 when the next Aquatech exhibition is taking place.

Aquatech showed a break in the trend of lower numbers of visitors to industrial exhibitions and subsequently to the CBI stand. The good news is that the quality of the visitors is judged very high by both the CBI team as well as the participants. First impressions show that the number of importers and traders is increasing. A good development for CBI, since we can often offer them cheaper suppliers offering the same quality.

From Eastern Europe and even from Asian countries a large number of public authorities visited the CBI stand. They are searching for suppliers for their, often large, project in public waterworks and face huge investments in waste water projects.
CBI did not mean to attract many visitors from the Middle East during the exhibition. That did however not stop visitors from the Middle East from visiting in great numbers.
They form a very good potential for our participants.

The title of this article already says it all. It was a small delegation achieving big results. From 30 September until 3 October 2008 we will however not have a small delegation. Instead of 2 this year, we already count 10 likely CBI exhibitors. Two years is of course too long. So just contact us and we will let you know which of those companies is most interesting for you:

CBI
Att: Peter van der Sman / Jan Nijeboer
P.O. Box 30009
3001 DA Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 10 201 34 34
Fax +31 10 411 40 81E-mail: cbi@cbi.nl

CBI : atteindre une envergure mondiale à l’Aquatech

Communiqué de presse

CBI : atteindre une envergure mondiale à l’Aquatech

Vaste gamme de pompes avec raccords

« Tout acheteur de pompe doit impérativement se rendre au stand CBI à l’Aquatech », affirme haut et fort Peter van der Sman (expert externe chez CBI). En effet, vous y trouverez une gamme complète de pompes dans le cadre de la nouvelle édition d’Aquatech. Pompes à eau, pompes à piston, pompes de refoulement et monopompes. Mais, selon M. Van der Sman, les acheteurs de raccords et soupapes ont également tout intérêt à venir exposer leurs besoins. L’Inde, la Macédoine et la Colombie seront représentés à Amsterdam du 30 septembre au 3 octobre.

Cet événement mondial très attendu dans le secteur du traitement de l’eau attirera des milliers de professionnels et de décideurs internationaux.

À l’heure de la mondialisation et face au besoin croissant d’opportunités d’externalisation, les entreprises issues des pays à bas salaires recherchent plus que jamais des partenaires européens.

Sur ce marché, les acteurs recherchent une qualité irréprochable, la fiabilité, des exigences strictes en matière de logistique, un bon rapport qualité-prix et une excellente efficacité. Les experts externes chevronnés de CBI sélectionnent des exportateurs prometteurs dans les pays en développement, les guident, les assistent et les forment de manière intensive pour en faire des partenaires potentiels de haut rang pour les importateurs de la zone UE/AELE.

Les exposants à CBI offrent d’excellentes opportunités pour l’approvisionnement et l’externalisation.

Les visiteurs peuvent se rendre au pavillon CBI situé dans le hall 7, stand 400.

Présentation de CBILe Centre de Promotion des Importations provenant des Pays en Développement (CBI) est une antenne du Ministère des affaires étrangères néerlandais. Depuis 1971, le CBI contribue au développement économique équitable des pays en voie de développement et pays en phase de transition économique sélectionnés en fournissant des services visant à renforcer la compétitivité des entreprises dans le domaine du marketing et du management d’exportation sur les marchés de l’UE et de l’AELE. Visitez notre site Internet à l’adresse www.cbi.eu.

CBI: Entwicklungen von Weltklasse auf der Aquatech

Pressemitteilung

CBI: Entwicklungen von Weltklasse auf der Aquatech

Umfangreiches Sortiment an Pumpen mit Armaturen

Der externe Experte von CBI, Peter van der Sman, ist voller Zuversicht: "Interessenten an Pumpen werden auf dieser Aquatech am Pavillon von CBI wohl kaum vorbeikommen". Denn hier wird auf der diesjährigen Aquatech ein besonders umfangreiches und wettbewerbsfähiges Sortiment an Pumpen vorgestellt: Wasserpumpen, Tauchkolbenpumpen, Schwimmpumpen und Monopumpen. Aber auch für die Käufer von Armaturen und Ventilen gibt es nach Auskunft des Ansprechpartners Herr van der Sman vieles zu entdecken. Die Länder Indien, Mazedonien und Kolumbien treten in diesem Segment als äußerst attraktive Aussteller auf der Aquatech in Amsterdam vom 31. September bis 3. Oktober auf.

Diese bedeutende internationale Messe für die wasserverarbeitende Industrie wird Tausende von Branchenprofis und Entscheidungsträgern aus allen Ländern anziehen.

In einer Welt der Globalisierung und bei ständig wachsendem Bedarf für das Outsourcing stellen die Unternehmen aus Niedriglohnländern für Firmen in Europa besonders interessante Partner dar.

Die grundlegenden Marktanforderungen von heute sind: Hohe Qualität, Zuverlässigkeit, straffe und effiziente Logistik, gutes Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis und große Effektivität. Die präsentierten Unternehmen sind von den externen Experten von CBI nach dem erfolgreichen Abschluss eines strikten Trainingsprogramms sorgfältig als qualifizierte und attraktive potenzielle Partner für auf den EU- und EFTA-Märkten tätige Unternehmen ausgewählt worden.

Denn diese Aussteller unter dem Dach von CBI bieten hervorragende Möglichkeiten für beide Aspekte: Sourcing und Outsourcing.

Die Präsentation von CBI finden Sie in Halle 7, Stand 400.

Was ist CBI?CBI (Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries – Zentrum für die Förderung von Importen aus Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländern) ist eine Agentur des niederländischen Außenministeriums. Seit 1971 unterstützt CBI den Export von in Europa wettbewerbsfähigen Produkten und Dienstleistungen aus diesen Ländern in die EU und in die EFTA. Auf diese Weise will CBI die wirtschaftliche Unabhängigkeit von ausgewählten Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländern nachhaltig fördern. Bitte besuchen Sie unsere Internetpräsenz www.cbi.eu!

CBI: Developing World Class at Aquatech

Press release

CBI: Developing World Class at Aquatech

Wide range of pumps complimented with fittings

‘A pump buyer cannot afford to miss the CBI pavilion this Aquatech’ according to a confident Peter van der Sman (CBI external expert). And indeed, the CBI pavilion will offer a very complete pump range at Aquatech this year. Think of water pumps, plunger pumps, floating pumps and mono pumps. But also buyers of fittings and valves are advised to discuss their requirements according to Mr. Van der Sman. India, Macedonia and Colombia will be the countries represented in Amsterdam from 31 September – 3 October.

This high-profile international event for the water processing industry will attract thousands of market professionals and decision-makers from all over the world.

In a world subject to globalisation and considering the ever growing demand for outsourcing opportunities, companies from low wage regions are more than ever determined to find business partnerships in Europe.

Key market requirements are high quality, reliability, strict requirements in logistics, good price-performance ratios and high efficiency. Experienced CBI external experts select these promising exporters from developing countries and guide, assist and intensively train them to become excellent potential partners for importers on the EU/EFTA market.

The companies exhibiting with CBI provide excellent sourcing and outsourcing opportunities.

Visitors can find the CBI pavilion in hall 7, stand 400.

What is CBI?The Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI) is an agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. Since 1971 the CBI contributes to the equitable economic development of selected developing countries and countries with economies in transition by providing services aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of companies in the field of export marketing and export management pertaining to the EU & EFTA markets. You can visit our website at www.cbi.eu.

CBI: wereldklasse in ontwikkeling bij Aquatech

Persbericht

CBI: wereldklasse in ontwikkeling bij Aquatech

Grote selectie pompen met appendages

“Pompkopers mogen het CBI-paviljoen tijdens deze Aquatech niet missen” zo zegt een zelfverzekerde Peter van der Sman (extern expert van het CBI). En inderdaad, het CBI-paviljoen biedt dit jaar een zeer compleet pompassortiment tijdens Aquatech. Zo zijn er waterpompen, dompelpompen, drijvende pompen en monopompen. Maar volgens van der Sman worden ook kopers van appendages en kleppen aangeraden hun wensen te bespreken. Van 31 september tot 3 oktober worden de landen India, Macedonië en Colombia in Amsterdam vertegenwoordigd.

Dit belangrijke internationale evenement voor de waterverwerkende industrie trekt duizenden marktprofessionals en beleidsvormers afkomstig uit de hele wereld.

In een wereld die onderhevig is aan globalisering en rekening houdend met de continu toenemende vraag naar mogelijkheden voor outsourcing, zijn bedrijven uit lageloonlanden steeds meer op zoek naar zakelijke partnerschappen binnen Europa.

De belangrijkste marktvereisten omvatten hoge kwaliteit, betrouwbaarheid, strikte vereisten aan logistiek, goede prijs-prestatieverhoudingen en efficiëntie. Ervaren externe experts van het CBI selecteren deze veelbelovende exporteurs uit ontwikkelingslanden en begeleiden, assisteren en leiden hen intensief op om te garanderen dat ze uitstekende potentiële partners worden voor importeurs op de EU/EFTA-markt.

De bedrijven die met CBI tentoonstellen, bieden uitstekende mogelijkheden voor zowel sourcing als outsourcing.

Bezoekers vinden CBI paviljoen in hal 7, stand 400.

Wat is het CBI?Het Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries (Centrum tot Bevordering van de Import uit Ontwikkelingslanden; CBI) is een instelling van het Nederlands ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken. Sinds 1971 ondersteunt het CBI de gelijke economische ontwikkeling van geselecteerde ontwikkelingslanden en landen met een overgangseconomie door diensten te verlenen die zijn gericht op de verbetering van de concurrentiepositie van bedrijven op het gebied van exportmarketing en exportmanagement binnen de EU & EFTA markten. Bezoek onze website via http://www.cbi.eu/.

De commissie Bakker heeft gesproken (Text in Dutch)

Vanaf 2010 neemt de beroepsbevolking af. In 2040 hebben we 700000 vacatures die niet vervuld kunnen worden.

"Voor het eerst in de geschiedenis zullen er structureel minder mensen beschikbaar zijn om te werken dan er banen zijn", aldus Bakker.
Bakker slaakt een kreet voor actie om meer mensen aan het werk te helpen.

Laat mij hier nog een kreet aan toe toevoegen. Laat het niet gebeuren dat u ‘nee’ moet zeggen omdat u de mensen niet heeft om het werk te doen. In de techniek gebeurt het helaas maar al te vaak, nu al.

Maak gebruik van een betrouwbaar netwerk voor het vinden van betrouwbare producenten in India, Indonesië, Zuid Afrika, Colombia, Mexico etc.
In die landen zijn nog steeds meer dan voldoende mensen beschikbaar, ook na 2010.

En via http://www.cosourcers.com/sourcing.html ziet u waar u moet zijn.

Best Pumps; What's in a name?

CBI brought them into their programme to make sure their name is not a hollow phrase to the European industry. This year they exhibit in the Aquatech exhibition to prove they have an excellent proposition.

Perhaps the best range of centrifugal pumps. They have a really impressive range: Jetpumps, Monobloc and Submersible pumps, all in different stages.

They may very well have the best price quality proposition.
On thing is sure, you are Best advised to visit Best pumps at Aquatech (Stand 7.400).

Just a few notes to share with you. Notes to come to a press release on their Aquatech participation. But suppose it is slightly too commercial for a press release right?

Aluminium Precision Drawn Tubes; Precision shapes, precision tolerances

In 14 different Aluminium alloys we manufacture precision drawn tubes. Quantity of shapes in our tubes have a much larger number. Very low are the numbers indicating how close our tolerances are.

We take the liberty to send you this introduction in order to assist you in your daily work. We mean your daily work of arranging good supply for aluminium tubes. We also offer rods and profiles of aluminium.

To make clear to you what our capabilities are, let me add a few details on our aluminium precision tubes. Diameters range from 1 mm to 115 mm OD with thicknesses from 0.10 mm to 7.0 mm. Tolerances are stringent between ±0.025 mm. Here we offer diameters from 1 – 110 mm, with thicknesses of 0.15 mm.

The tubes are produced from Alloys such as 1100F, 1050, 3003, 3103, 5052, 6005, 6060, 6063, 6061, 6351 and as per customer's requirements. The tubes have good internal & external surface finish and can be supplied with plain finish or in hard anodized condition.

Contact:

http://www.siddhiindia.com/contactus.html / http://www.cosourcers.com/contactus.html

Indian electric motors, since 1973

Always great when the editorials you write are actually being published.

My editorial on Elcen Electric Motors was published last year on impeller.net (and a number of other websites). To promote both Elcen and my own writing skills ;-), have a look at this link; http://impeller.net/default.asp?lgg=en&redir=/magazine/newsframe.asp?doc=doc3820x.asp.

And keep an eye on this blog, great technological developments made me decide to start up a new editorial campaign for these Indian motor builders.

Want to know more on their motors in the meantime, just send me an email.

HS code for hydraulic cylinders

Yes! Yes!, found it!; an HS code, within half an hour, no problem at all, no sleepless nights etc. Have to share this with you.

What was it this time? Hydraulic cylinders for a South African company. For the very few readers that belong to the population of South African hydraulic cylinder manufacturers wishing to export to the EU I have good news;

The correct HS code for Hydraulic Cylinders (system calls them ‘linear acting cylinders’) is: 84122100.
Customs duties are 0% for Cylinders with origin South Africa (plus many other developing countries).
You can check this information yourself via the following link; http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds/tarhome_en.htm.

If you scroll down on the webpage of the following link; http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/global/gsp/gspguide.htm you will find a checklist on how to profit as an exporter from the 0% tariff.

For the larger population that do not see themselves as a South African manufacturer of hydraulic cylinders; Sorry to bore you mate.
Wish you all a great weekend.

Best Pumps; What's in a name?

CBI brought them into their programme to make sure their name is not a hollow phrase to the European industry. This year they exhibit in the Aquatech exhibition to prove they have an excellent proposition.

Perhaps the best range of centrifugal pumps. They have a really impressive range:
Jetpumps, Monobloc and Submersible pumps, all in different stages.
They may very well have the best price quality proposition.
On thing is sure, you are Best advised to visit Best pumps at Aquatech, 30 sep. - 3 oct. 2008, RAI Amsterdam, Hall 7, Stand 400.

Clamped between pumps; Nanda Millar Couplings

On this year's Aquatech in Amsterdam (30 sep - 3 oct.) they are the only non-pump manufacturer on the CBI stall. And that is good. In water affairs it is so useful to have reliable clamps and couplings supplier. Nanda Millar from Kolkata in India is that, and more.

Of course you can come to them with a drawing and ask them to make the product. But if you want a good piece of advice on what solution to take based on pressure requirements, special applications etc. you must also speak to these people. They have their house well in order, have a good team of engineers and consultants to serve your needs.

Do keep in mind this company offers Roll grooving and Rilsan/epoxy powder coating facilities.

Contact them directly http://www.nandagroup.com/contact.htm or visit them on stand 400 in Hall 7 at Aquatech.

CBI NEVER TRANSFERS FUNDS

Recently, several of our clients have been approached by a source that claims to be the “Office of the Auditor” of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs/CBI in an attempt to fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as the addressee’s bank data and signature.

In these letters, CBI clients are informed that they are entitled to receive a certain amount of money as a result of a successful participation in one of CBI programmes.
The addressees are requested to fill in a ‘Verification form’ requiring to provide bank data and a signed declaration.

Please carefully note:
- not to react to any letters of this type;
- letters of this type do NOT come from CBI; the sender has made unauthorized use of the logo’s of CBI and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
- that it has never been and never will be CBI’s policy to transfer funds, as we are a technical assistance organization only.

Criminal investigation has meanwhile started to apprehend the culprits.In case you should have received a similar (e) mail of this kind, you could help the investigation by sending me the original letter (and envelope) and email received by you.

Catch the plane to Indonesia

Had to negotiate with my father in law today. He flies back to Jakarta on Tuesday.

Had a big pile of catalogues for our CoSourcers Jakarta office (perhaps known to you as Aristirta). Too big a pile, so had to settle in the end for only one catalogue per company.
Well, it gives our guys in Jakarta the opportunity to study supply of valves, flanges and finned tubes.
Excellent manufacturers for their Indonesian oil sector customers who already buy their tubing and casing.

Yes, CoSourcers has a Jakarta office. What do they offer?
Well, tubing and casing for the oil sector of course ;-). But let me add;
- gaskets (rubber and metal)
- excellent cnc and other machine centers for parts manufacturing
- gears
- metal stamping
- dies and jigs

Want to know more about outsourcing in Indonesia or want to know what my father in law carries in his suitcase (and what the Jakarta office may offer in future) on Tuesday?

Mail us at jakarta@cosourcers.com