A Japanese consortium will build an urban transit system in Bangkok, as part of Japan’s drive to expand exports of railway infrastructure to the rest of Asia, a report said Sunday. East Japan Railway, trading house Marubeni and electronics giant Toshiba have landed the deal, at an estimated price of around 40 billion yen ($405 […]
Continue ReadingProperty companies are expanding their investment to develop more than Bt50-billion worth of residential and commercial projects in Phuket this year and next, on the back of strong demand from both Thais and foreigners. According to a survey by The Nation early this week, a number of Bangkok and Phuket developers and investors have introduced […]
Continue ReadingThe gala dinner and awards ceremony, which took place in front of more than 400 from the region’s real estate and property industry, also saw Sansiri pick up the Best Developer Thailand award. Raimon Land’s 185 Rajadamri collected the Best Condo Thailand prize. Koh Samui’s all-pool villa estate Samujana was also a big winner. The […]
Continue ReadingDow Polyurethanes has launched two expansion projects aimed at expanding its operations in the U.S. and Asia. The Dow Chemical Co. business will spend about $42 million to construct a polyether polyols facility at its Map Ta Phut, Thailand, complex. Dow also is adding polyol and copolymer capacity at its Freeport, Texas, site as part […]
Continue ReadingConergy Thailand solar projectConergy is constructing is another large-scale solar project in Thailand with a total capacity of 21 megawatts. This is the third consecutive project for the Bangkok-based Siam Solar Energy 1 Co., Ltd. (SSE1), a subsidiary of Thai Solar Energy Company Limited (TSE). Conergy has closed power plants for SSE1 with a total […]
Continue ReadingThailand may welcome more coal-fired power plants and even nuclear power in the next 20 years under the new Power Development Plan, according to the newly appointed director-general of the Energy Policy and Planning Office. Samerjai Suksumek said yesterday that more coal and nuclear plants were among the options in the PDP 2013 (2013-2033) to […]
Continue ReadingAs reported by Gulf Times on October 17, an agreement is set to be signed this month between Thailand’s labour ministry and officials from Qatar to send no less than 30,000 Thai workers to Qatar to fill labour shortages in Qatar’s busy infrastructure, transport and construction sector. The people are supposed to work in various […]
Continue ReadingThe first and largest specialty chemicals company in Thailand, Sika, is planning to enter Myanmar’s construction sector, sources say. The company applied to the Directorate of Investment and Companies Administration (DICA) to open a branch office in Myanmar and the DICA approved its proposal on October 4. Sika (Thailand) was founded in 1989 and is […]
Continue ReadingThe cabinet has approved the construction of a green line skytrain extended route, which is estimated to cost 26.5 billion baht. The Green Line, running from Mo Chit to Khu Khot, will be constructed as part of the northern expansion plan. Bangkok’s existing Green Line, also known as the Sukhumvit Line, is an elevated rail […]
Continue ReadingOPINION: SwedishIndian lawyer and diveinstructor Aruna Singh protests a coal power plant on the tourist island Koh Lanta. The Island of Koh Lanta and the Krabi province, in Thailand, are battling to save their beloved islands, their National Marine parks and their untouched coral reefs, from a Government Petrochemical Industrial Estate in the south of […]
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