Alco Holdings Ltd (0328.HK), a Bermuda incorporated investment holding, is a manufacturer of Consumer Electronics and Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS). Founded 1968 the company is headquartered in Hong Kong and listed on the Main Board of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 1992. The company is among Forbes’ list of ‘Best Small Asian Companies Under A Billion’. Continue reading “Alco Holdings – Ready to Challenge the Market Leaders”
Category: Technology
Techtronic Industries – Solid Like a Rock
Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. (0669.HK) is the world’s third largest producer of power tools and electrical home appliances behind Black & Decker and Bosch. Techtronic Industries (TTI) started in the 80’s as a contract manufacturer of batteries and battery-powered equipment for some of the cheapest trademarks of major US retail chains (Sears, Roebuck) but acquired over the years additional rights on various well-renowned brands such as AEG, Hoover, Ryobi, Dirt Devil. TTI’s well-known Milwaukee brand grew 24.4% globally. Continue reading “Techtronic Industries – Solid Like a Rock”
Alibaba – Open Sesam!
Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) will be part of the MSCI emerging market index from Dec 1. The world’s biggest e-commerce company is listed since September 2014 at the NYSE. An IPO pricing of 25bn USD made the company the largest IPO in history. With a first day closing price at 93.89 USD, Alibaba has reached a market value of 231bn USD. Since then, the stock has traded down to 57.39 USD end of September 2015, a market cap of only 145bn USD. Continue reading “Alibaba – Open Sesam!”
Tencent – Ahead of the O2O Game
Tencent Holding Limited (700.HK) is China’s largest internet company with a portfolio including some of China’s most successful internet services such as instant-messaging services QQ and WeChat, each with more than 600m active users. Tencent is on its way to close a deal to invest 1bn USD in the Meituan-Dianping, a joint venture backed from two startups in the area of group-buying services (similar to Groupon) and restaurant-review (similar to Yelp). Continue reading “Tencent – Ahead of the O2O Game”