With just over a week to go, planning continues in earnest for the inaugural Cambridge Connection trade mission.

The powerhouse technology clusters of Singapore and Cambridge UK are set to be united through Cambridge Connection – a new high-profile sector networking forum founded by international law firm Taylor Vinters and partnered by leading business organisations, Cambridge Capital Group and UKTI.

Cyan, the Cambridge UK-based lighting and metering technology business, is ramping up operations in India where Shiv Kaushik has been appointed country manager and both headcount and manufacturing capability have been increased.

Cambridge personalised medicine pioneer Horizon Discovery is taking its technology proposition to Asia with a major push in Japan, South Korea and Singapore.

The skills and processes needed to manage and understand your workforce are universal, and a Cambridge business is taking advantage of that by exporting their products and expertise overseas.

From market research to solid contacts in just over a year, specialist engineering firm Huxley Bertram Engineering has seen its business start to gain a foothold in Asia.

The UK’s fourth Intellectual Property (IP) attaché has been appointed to support UK British businesses across the 10 countries making up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Cambridge infection technology company Tristel plc, has won a key approval for its anti-contamination wipes in China – the world’s most populous and fastest-growing healthcare market.

Traditional vintage British kitchen products that are starting to cause a stir in Asia helped a Suffolk company increase export sales tenfold in 2012.

UK businesses are rushing to take advantage of the many opportunities to trade in India without any thought as to how they should go about it says the owner of an Asian events company that aims to help firms avoid the potential pitfalls.

Digital radio technology from Cambridge UK is being used across four Malaysian airports.

A Norwich company that has made its name inspiring young people to engage in science has secured a £2.5 million contract in the Far East.

GlobalSat, a leading Chinese manufacturer of satellite and terrestrial products, has licensed Cambridge technology for a key deployment.

Cambridge UK technology company AVEVA Group plc posted revenue 13 per cent higher at £195.9 million and increased pre-tax profit 16 per cent to £57.7m in the year to March 31.

The Far East is providing an export sanctuary from the troubled Eurozone for Cambridge and other UK exporters.

AVEVA, the Cambridge based plant software specialist, saw its share price start to head north on early UK trading after reporting a strong bounceback in China.