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We receive at least 1 email per day from students who request a wide variety of information. We welcome genuine inquiries and try to do our best to provide relevant answers.
If you wish SIRA to answer your questions we do ask you to follow these guidelines:
- First, have you searched the Internet? Have you checked out our Market Profile web pages ? If you still wish to send an email read on.
- Be specific and brief in your request. Do not request for a highly detailed answer or for SIRA to write your thesis!
- You must be a real student. You must state the education institution name and course you are studying. Without this we will not answer your email. Commercial organizations pretending to be students will be prohibited from using SIRA's resources and identified to other market and technical consultants with which we have a relationship. So be warned.
- Be realistic in your expectations. We will not waste our valuable time undertaking your research for nothing. If we have the answers close at hand we will provide them if not commercially or government sensitive. Do not expect SIRA to provide you with its full commercial services just because you are a student. We are charitable in small regular doses.
- Yes, we have a lot of data that is growing everyday. Yes, we probably could give you the answers you need so quickly. But please remember we invested considerable time, energy and financial resources to achieve what we have today. We are proud of our unique status in the Asia-Pacific region. You too can gain some satisfaction from undertaking your own research to derive your study results.
- Be patient and wait for an answer. We receive so many requests that you will be placed in a queue. 1-2 week response times for student inquiries are typical because we give priority to the organizations that pay us (and even they have to wait in a priority queue, so great is the demand for SIRA's services.)
- Be reasonable, humble and sympathetic to the response you receive. Remember we receive no government subsidies or aid. If we provide answers to your questions for free or a heavily discounted price, it is SIRA that must bear the loss of revenue from commercial sources while your request is met.
Whatever you request, do not follow the examples below. We did not assist them.
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I am currently doing a university research project on plastics in
Malaysia. Basically, what I am attempting to do is prepare a
feasibility report/investment risk analysis, on exporting or acquiring
a business to manufacture plastic. I have chosen automotive injection moulding
in Malaysia. As such I was inquiring as to a basic outline on how you prepare such
information for clients, and if possible I was hoping to gather
information from you such as, market performance, consumer analysis,
macro-economic considerations at present, and other information that
would help to provide an overall investment risk analysis. I would like to receive this information by the end of this week if possible, so we can begin to make site visits and assessments.
Thank you for your timely action."
University lecturer - Malaysia
"To whom it concerns,
I am a marketing student at the University Of XXXXXXXXXX and right now
I am collecting some data for our first marketing assignment for the latter
I chose the plastics industry and I have to collect all the data
possible about this industry in Australia (statistics, charts, etc.) Provided you being a very important and reliable source I ask for
some assistance. It could be direct information from your company or
just a guide for me of where to look at this.
Best regards I'll be waiting for your prompt response.
Marketing student - Australia
"My name is xxxxxxxx. I am doing Diploma in polymer technology at
Institute of chemical technology. I am doing my project on PVC foam
flooring. I request you to send some technical data and help me to make
my project a grand success. My e-mail address is xxxxxxxxx@hotmail.com.
I kindly request you to send the data to the e-mail address and help me
in doing my project.
Thanking you, yours sincerely
Student - India
"Dear Sira, Please send me all your database contents so that I can do my research on plastics and packaging across Asia. When I release the study I will credit Sira as assisting this work.
Chemical Technology student - Japan
"Dear Sir, I am a student with no spare money. I need to know the size and structure of the China PVC market. Please provide me with data that indicate the tonnes, value, grades and prices paid for PVC in its 10 largest application markets, the names and addresses of the 20 largest customers and the selling strategies of the present suppliers. Your market projection for the next 5 years would also help me. As I am hoping to visit China next month please send this information very quickly. Please send this to xxxx@yahoo.com and thank you for your good efforts.
Alex S. - Bangladesh
Very strange that he sent this from a prominent PVC manufacturer's corporate email address in South East Asia !! Really, we are not that stupid !
"Hello, I studying film extrusion. Please send me a list and corporate data all the BOPP film producers in Asia. Also send me your latest market projection for the next 10 years for BOPP film for each Asian national market
Miss xxxx - China
(we later found out that 'she' was in fact a male sales manager for a BOPP film manufacturer!)
Amazing what people ask SIRA !
How To Contact SIRA
You can contact SIRA by:
Address: GPO Box 2609, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Telephone: +61-2-6296 1933 Facsimile: +61-2-6296 1937
Email at: sira@siracorp.com
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