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Mitsubishi Electric to Strengthen Overseas Elevator Business with New Model Series and Enhanced Maintenance Structure

December 27, 2011Peter CarlisleLeave a Comment

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (tokyo:6503) announced that it will globally launch a new series of state-of-the-art elevators this month to strengthen its overseas elevator business. The company will also strengthen its global supply of parts and engineering services through the establishment of a parts-supply and engineering company in Thailand. Mitsubishi Electric’s new, machine-room less NEXIEZ-MRL elevator […]

Parkson Holdings to set up presence in Philippines, Thailand and Myanmar

December 27, 2011August 28, 2020Peter CarlisleLeave a Comment

Parkson Holdings Bhd, which last month made a S$138 million initial public offering (IPO) of its Southeast Asian unit in Singapore, is looking to expand its footprint into the Philippines, Thailand and Myanmar through acquisitions or greenfield projects as part of its plans to become one of the region’s largest department store chains. Parkson Holdings […]

Italian-Thai aims to conclude Myanmar's Dawei financing in 2012

December 27, 2011August 28, 2020Peter CarlisleLeave a Comment

Italian-Thai Development Pcl, Thailand’s largest construction firm, said on Monday it expected to reach a conclusion in 2012 on how it would finance the Dawei deep sea port and infrastructure projects in Myanmar. Loss-making Italian-Thai has no plan to raise funds via an equity issue, but it planed to convert some land into capital and […]

Korea Midland Power forms alliance with Toyo-Thai

December 26, 2011Peter CarlisleLeave a Comment

Korea Midland Power Co (Komipo) is making inroads in Thailand by forming a business alliance with SET-listed contractor Toyo-Thai Corp (TTCL) and acquiring a stake in small power producer Navanakorn Electric Co. Under a memorandum of understanding signed yesterday by Komipo, TTCL and Navanakorn Land (NLD), the alliance will explore business opportunities in power-related projects […]

NED delivers `Lopburi Solar` The world's largest operating thin-film silicon solar energy project

December 26, 2011Peter CarlisleLeave a Comment

Natural Energy Development Company Limited (NED) is pleased to announce that Loburi Solar, a 73MW (DC) / 55MW (AC) solar farm, has successfully commenced commercial operation. Currently the world`s largest operating thin-film silicon solar energy project, the plant is the first solar energy project to have achieved Commercial Operation Date (COD) under the Small Power […]

Thai Tap Water to tap energy sector as water growth runs dry

December 21, 2011August 28, 2020Peter CarlisleLeave a Comment

Thai Tap Water Supply Plc (TTW), the country’s largest private tap-water supplier, will aggressively expand into the energy business, aiming at income from power to account for 35% within five years. As the market for water supply in Thailand grows saturated, TTW will begin booking revenue from power investments from the first quarter of next […]

NEC wins Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) Submarine Cable System

December 21, 2011August 28, 2020Peter CarlisleLeave a Comment

NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE6701) announced the signing of a multi-million dollar supply contract with the global consortium of communications companies, including NTT Communications, KT, Chunghwa Telecom, and others, to construct the Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) system, a high-bandwidth optical submarine cable system that will link 9 countries and territories in Asia. The signing took place […]

Thai PTTEP wins bid for 2 Myanmar oil blocks – says minister

December 21, 2011August 28, 2020Peter CarlisleLeave a Comment

Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production Pcl has won bids for two onshore petroleum blocks in Myanmar, Thai Energy Minister Pichai Naripthanphan said on Wednesday. “We won two, that’s for sure,” Pichai told reporters, adding that the blocks were close to the capital, Naypyitaw. Pichai returned to Thailand late on Tuesday after accompanying Prime Minister Yingluck […]

Expat property: time for a Thai buy

December 21, 2011August 28, 2020Peter CarlisleLeave a Comment

Little-known island destinations are stoking investor interest in the Zen paradise of Thailand Published in 1997, Alex Garland’s bestselling novel The Beach plugged a gap in the Generation X book market with its “new age” utopia tale of a disaffected back-packer in search of an exotic hideaway untouched by the cancer of tourism. It was […]

Thailand: Phuket’s Deep Sea Port Expansion Gets Support

December 21, 2011Peter CarlisleLeave a Comment

Deputy Minister of Transport Kittisakdi Hathasongkorh recently vowed to support plans to expand Phuket’s Deep Sea Port, which have run aground over its environmental impact assessment (EIA) report. At a meeting at Phuket’s Deep Sea Port, Phuket Marine Office Chief Phuripat Theerakulpisut explained to Mr Kittisakdi that his office had been working for more than […]