DUSHANBE, May 17, Asia-Plus — Finnish company Helkama Forste is interested in establishing cooperation with Tajik fridge-producing plant, Olga Haryu (phonetically spelled), the company’s director for CIS, said in an interview with Asia-Plus, following the first Tajik-Finnish business forum that was held in Dushanbe today.
The forum, staged by Tajikistan’s State Committee for Investments and Management of State-owned Property and Chamber of Commerce and Industries (CCI), brought together Tajik and Finnish entrepreneurs to discuss cooperation issues. Besides Helkama Forste, representatives from ABB Finland and Metso Automation also attended the forum.
During the meeting, the companies presented their products.
Olga Haryu told Asia-Plus that Helkama Forste, which is manufacturer of cold storage equipment, is ready to consider the project for rehabilitation of the Dushanbe fridge-producing plant. “” It is our first visit to Tajikistan and it has mainly fact-finding nature,” said the Helkama official, “We have to familiarize ourselves with Tajikistan’s economy and study whether there is demand for our product here.”
