China, Myanmar and Thailand have agreed to study a 7,000-MW Myanmar hydropower project that would be Southeast Asia‘s largest by generation capacity, the Chinese government and wire services reported. The $10 billion project would be built on the Salween River in Myanmar over 15 years, China‘s State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission said in a […]
Continue ReadingMalaysia and Thailand have agreed to promote the use of rubberwood by sharing information relating to the regional and international markets for rubberwood products. Earlier in 2010, the Malaysian Timber Council (MTC), Malaysian Timber Industry Board (MTIB), Malaysian Furniture Promotion Council (MFPC), Thai Parawood Association and Wood Processing Industry Club of the Federation of Thai […]
Continue ReadingAjinomoto Co., (Thailand) Ltd. (Ajinomoto Thailand) has announced plans to invest JPY5.39 billion ($182 million) to build a new umami seasonings factory in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand. Ajinomoto Thailand, a subsidiary of Ajinomoto Co., Inc., has already decided to increase production capacity for nucleotide seasonings in Thailand. With the addition of the new umami seasonings factory, […]
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Thailand’s multi-award winning property, The Sarojin, is celebrating after it was declared the ‘Overall Winner’, and also winner of ‘Best Hotel in Thailand’, at the Thailand Green Awards 2010. The prestigious Green Awards are run by Tourism Authority Thailand in association with responsibletravel.com. These esteemed awards were presented to representatives of The Sarojin by Her […]
Continue ReadingTargeting 470 billion JPY in sales by 2016 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today its strategies to enforce its global elevator and escalator business with aims to achieve sales of 470 billion yen by the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016. By the same year, the company also aims to increase its overseas sales ratio […]
Continue ReadingHOTEL owner and operator Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc is expanding rapidly in Thailand, despite the political uncertainties there. Starwood — which operates the Sheraton, Westin, W and Le Meridien chain — expects to have 7,221 rooms by the end of 2012. It now has 11 hotels with a total room inventory of 4,500 […]
Continue ReadingRolls-Royce expects to win contracts to supply generators to four or five SPP (small power producer) projects in Thailand over the next five years, at a combined value of US$100 million, or nearly Bt3 billion. “Thailand is now the most active market in Asean for sales of Rolls-Royce power-generation solutions,” said Mahendra Singh Chauhan, senior […]
Continue ReadingThai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Friday that he and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao agreed to speed up negotiations to construct a high speed train system in Thailand. Mr Abhisit met Mr Wen before attending the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games at Guangzhou which was staged in the middle of the […]
Continue ReadingThe Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is building a system of giant drainage tunnels under the city to protect it from the annual threat of flooding, Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said on Thursday. The construction of the four huge tunnels is planned for completion in five years at an estimated total cost of 16 billion baht, he […]
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The largest civil construction company in Thailand, Italian-Thai Development, has signed a contract worth US$8 billion for an infrastructure project in Tavoy in Burma’s Tenasserim Division, the Bangkok Post reports. The Tavoy (Dawei) development project on Burma’s east coast to be built would include a deep-sea port with shipbuilding and maintenance facilities, a petrochemical industrial […]
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