Author: Peter Carlisle

Caterpillar announced today that it plans to open a new manufacturing facility for medium track-type tractors in Thailand. Caterpillar announced today that it plans to open a new manufacturing facility in Thailand. Construction will begin on the new factory in 2011, with production scheduled to begin in late-2013. The facility will produce medium track-type tractors, […]

Thailand’s Ch Karnchang Pcl has offered the lowest bid to build an elevated train system for Bangkok’s “green line” mass transit project, a government agency said on Thursday. It bid 14.14 billion baht ($462 million), lower than the 14.27 billion from Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction Pcl and 14.32 billion from Italian-Thai Development Pcl , a […]

Proposals for a rail network on Phuket appear to be getting more extravagant, with the latest company to express interest in the project advocating the construction of a sky train system, similar to Bangkok’s BTS network. Representatives from Gold Phoenix Construction Consulting (Thailand) Co Ltd, the Thai affiliate of Hong Kong-Korean joint venture company Zhi […]

The business sector in Yala is throwing its support behind a planned privately-owned biomass power plant which will generate 9.9 megawatts of electricity for the border province. The Federation of Thai Industries’ Yala province president Yoosin Jintapakorn yesterday said the 600 million baht plant located in Muang district would be environmentally friendly and pose no […]

Six Senses Resorts & Spas has agreed with the owner of Six Senses Sanctuary to “mutually part company” and terminate the management agreement for the property, which is located on Naka Yai island. In an email seen by HotelierMiddleEast.com yesterday, Six Senses CEO and chairman Sonu Shivdasani thanked his team and said: “The economic climate […]

Bintan Resorts International, a Singapore-based developer, plans to complete construction of a private airport on an island in western Indonesia by 2014, allowing visitors to fly in from other countries and stay at its resorts here. The company has developed resorts that cover 18,000 hectares in the northern coast of Bintan Island, and the airport, […]

Thailand’s Country Group Development are developing two luxury hotels as part of a mixed-use project in Bangkok. The Landmark Waterfront will include properties managed by global hotel chains Jumierah and Capella. With the later part of the offering include branded residences. Located along the Chao Phraya river the 36 rai site is garnering a great […]

Singha Corporation, the country’s largest brewer, plans to diversify into property next year, developing a plot of land on Phetchaburi Road as a mixed-used complex. Sant Bhirom Bhakdi, group director for the non-alcohol marketing department, said the company’s strategy endorsed by CEO Santi Bhirom Bhakdi was to explore new business opportunities to lift the sales […]

Weaning itself away from European dependence may take time for Phoenix Solar but signing contracts to build two solar parks in Thailand is a step in that direction. Phoenix Solar Singapore is partnering with the Thai company, Process Engineering Services Co Ltd (PESCO) to build the two power plants, which will have a peak power […]