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Crown Holdings Inc. will construct a new beverage can plant in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, to accommodate growing demand. The new plant is designed to produce multiple can lines and will have an initial annual production capacity of 725 million, two-piece 33cl aluminum cans. The facility is expected to be operational in the third quarter of 2013 and […]
Continue ReadingArchetype Group, a leading multi-disciplinary construction consultancy in South East Asia, announced today its new partnership with AIA Associés. AIA Associés, who recently opened an office in Beijing, is a French-based firm specialized in the development of high-quality and technical healthcare facilities. The purpose of such alliance is to bring together the regional expertise of […]
Continue ReadingLaos said yesterday it would not make a final decision on construction of the Xayaburi dam in the main stream body of the Mekong River before approval by the international community and countries in the Lower Mekong basin over environment concerns. Work on the site by the Thai construction company Ch Karnchang was just preparation, […]
Continue ReadingAjiya Bhd is investing RM30mil to set up a safety glass processing plant in Thailand this year the company’s second after a metal roofing manufacturing plant there. Managing director Chan Wah Kiang said construction of the facility would start any time now and was expected to be completed by the end of the year. He […]
Continue ReadingThe controversial Xayaburi hydro-electric dam project in northern Laos may have already begun, despite countries, including Cambodia, requesting further studies to assess possible negative effects on Lower Mekong communities. According to a statement released on its website late on Tuesday, Thai development firm Ch.Karnchang said it was due to begin building the dam on March […]
Continue ReadingPlans move ahead for Laos’s controversial hydropower project on the Mekong. In a controversial move, a Thai company has signed a nearly $2 billion dollar contract for the construction of a dam on the Mekong River in Laos even though governments in the region have not cleared the project. Ch. Karnchang informed the Thai stock […]
Continue ReadingPlans move ahead for Laos’s controversial hydropower project on the Mekong. In a controversial move, a Thai company has signed a nearly $2 billion dollar contract for the construction of a dam on the Mekong River in Laos even though governments in the region have not cleared the project. Ch. Karnchang informed the Thai stock […]
Continue ReadingUp to 100,000 firms may go under The increase in the minimum wage may force 100,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) out of business or force them to relocate their factories, according to industry representatives. The daily minimum wage in Bangkok and six other provinces rose to 300 baht Sunday; the rate will be applied […]
Continue ReadingUp to 100,000 firms may go under The increase in the minimum wage may force 100,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) out of business or force them to relocate their factories, according to industry representatives. The daily minimum wage in Bangkok and six other provinces rose to 300 baht Sunday; the rate will be applied […]
Continue ReadingConstruction would start in as soon as two months, and the newly formed joint venture, KK Power, was in negotiations with Thai officials on the price at which the power would be sold, said Ly Yong Phat, now the JV’s CEO. He declined to comment on the company’s ownership structure. “We already agreed in principle […]
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