Author: Peter Carlisle

Largest IPP in Japan plans to bring clean technology to local coal-fired plants J-Power, Japan’s largest independent power producer (IPP), is eyeing Thailand as a centre for Asean investment because of the country’s potential growth in electricity demand, and hopes to supply advanced clean technology for use in Thai coal-fired power plants. The company is […]

In October 2010 CoGri Asia Ltd completed the first ever steel fibre only reinforced concrete (SFRC) slab on piles to be constructed inside China.  The project was built for a major UK retailer at their new distribution centre in Jiashan, Zhejiang province, China.  Face Consultants carried out the structural analysis and the design of pile […]

Japan’s Aichi Steel Corp. plans to construct a factory in Thailand as soon as 2012 as automakers boost procurement in the country. The company will initially invest 1-2 billion yen (US$12.1-24.3 million) to launch production of crankshafts, gears and other forged products there. At start-up, the plant will be able to turn out 10,000 tons […]

Construction machinery imported from China is not a threat as long as the product quality, after-sales service, sales network and spare parts availability are not on par with those of locally made products, says Pranitan Phornprapha, executive vice-president of Bangkok Komatsu Sales Co (BKS). The threat of the Chinese-made products is looming on the horizon […]

Two Chaiyaphum sites to generate 100 MW SET-listed Glow Energy Plc, a unit of France-based GDF Suez, is ready to spend US$300 million to develop two wind turbine projects in Chaiyaphum generating a combined 100 megawatts. The independent power producer (IPP) has been securing hundreds of rai in the northeastern province while it is in […]

Castlewood Group building luxury hotel at Bang Tao Beach in Phuket, Thailand Singapore based Castlewood Hotels and Resorts has announced the launch of a new two hundred key hotel project near Laguna Village and Bang Tao Beach in Phuket, Thailand. Castlewood Group’s in house hospitality brand, 8over8, will manage the new hotel which will consist […]

Luxury properties with a sea frontage on the Thai island of Phuket were the best performing properties, according to the latest real estate market overview. The Residential Market View quarter three 2010 report from CB Richard Ellis shows that there was a continued recovery in tourism arrivals and the consultants expect that this trend will […]

The supply of newly launched high-end condominiums is expected to rise this year as developers are more confident in the Thai and world economies, while lending curbs and higher interest rates may curb sales of mid-priced units,. Suphin Mechuchep, managing director of the property services firm Jones Lang LaSalle (Thailand), said luxury condo developers had […]