We prospected, contacted, met and successfully followed up with a high-quality Nordic menswear brand leading not only to a product order for our client from that brand but also to a sample order for a not yet publicized new brand to be launched in Fall 2023.

Our client wanted us to contact a well-known brand in the outdoor apparel business. We met online with their Swedish key decision maker, but communication eventually waned when transferred to other geographical area. The client decided to have us responsible for the communication once more, resulting in re-establishing contact, finding new project opportunities and getting a new F2F meeting to further potential sales.

We supported one client with their activities related to a major trade show. This included mediating trends from the Nordics for the booth display, translating original marketing material from Japanese to English, localizing the message, and actually participating at the fair to boost our client’s sales.

We introduced an established Nordic self-driving vehicle developer, who was looking for a technology to help their fleet to drive safe even in extreme weather condition, to a Japanese component supplier that wanted to get customer feedback of their prototypes. With our support, prototype specification was fixed, tests were conducted and feedback given. Based on the feedback, Japanese supplier could make an improved version of prototypes and further tests are being planned.

Japanese apparel business was looking for new sustainable raw materials for their products because of global demand. We matched them with one of the fastest-growing sustainable material startups in Finland. Meetings were held, samples sent and currently tests are being conducted. We have supported our Japanese client throughout the project for two years now, acting as their local advisor to keep things moving forward even though multiple well-known global companies compete for the new material.

We have experience in mentoring Japanese startups who wish to expand their business to the Nordics. During these mentoring sessions, we have taught the startups about the business culture and customs in the Nordics, helped them with their presentation material and pitch, as well as helping them evaluate the fit of their product with the market. We have also scouted potential partners and customers for them, acquired sales meetings, and received VOC from selected companies regarding their product.

In spring 2023 a Japanese robotics company contacted us and requested us to conduct research on the elderly care market in Finland, focusing especially on home care. They also wanted us to find out the process of acquiring the CE marking in Finland. Relying especially on local language materials, we delivered them both reports in two weeks, and translated the reports into Japanese within a week. Our client was extremely happy about the results.