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Asian leader SCG’s Thai Cane Paper draws on Konecranes safety and maintenance expertise in avoiding accidents and downtime in 24-hour plant

January 14, 2016May 22, 2016Peter Carlisle

A major operation of the biggest manufacturer of high quality packing paper in South East Asia is drawing on the maintenance expertise of Konecranes to help maintain outstanding safety standards and avoid downtime during its 24/7 operation. SCG’s Thai Cane Paper Plant at Kanchanaburi, Thailand, has entered into an extended maintenance contract with Konecranes […]

Toyo Construction, JFE to build port in Myanmar

January 14, 2016August 28, 2020Peter Carlisle

Toyo Construction and JFE Engineering have received an order from the Myanmar government to build port facilities in a special economic zone near Yangon. The order, valued at about 14 billion yen ($117 million), was awarded to the Japanese companies via competitive bidding. The project will be funded by Japan’s official development assistance program. The […]

Ministry of Transport set to expand transportation routes throughout 2016

January 13, 2016August 28, 2020Peter Carlisle

The Ministry of Transport has set plans to continuously construct transportation routes in 2016. The construction of the Bang Yai – Kanchanaburi motorway is expected to begin in June this year. Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said that in 2015 the ministry improved many land, water and air transportation routes as planned in an effort to […]

Cambodia’s Approved Construction Projects’ Value Soars

January 13, 2016August 28, 2020Peter Carlisle

The value of construction projects approved by the government in 2015 increased by 33 percent to about $3.33 billion compared to the previous year, according to a government report obtained on Sunday. The 2,305 projects approved last year by the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction covered approximately 7.7 million square meters of […]

Thailand’s Advanced Connection closes $8.82m solar energy group acquisition

January 13, 2016Peter Carlisle

Thailand’s SET-listed Advanced Connection Corporation (ACC) has sealed the deal to acquire the entire shares in Saraburi Project Group Companies from the existing shareholders with total investment of 320 million baht ($8.82 million). ACC’s managing director Yuttana Taepangthong told DEALSTREETASIA that the acquisition was in line with company’s plan to fully diversify into renewable energy […]

Transport projects seen as longer-term benefits

January 12, 2016August 28, 2020Peter Carlisle

THE GOVERNMENT’S policy to fast-track transport mega-projects worth Bt1.79 trillion might not stimulate the economy as much as hoped. Also, the rail projects by giant economies – China and Japan – were put in the plan as first priority to be carried out even though many market watchers harbour doubts that the projects would start […]

Thai property developer Sena invests in 46.5 MW of PV Solar

January 12, 2016Peter Carlisle

Thai property developer Sena Development PCL (BKK:SENA) said on Thursday it has purchased a company previously known as TT Renewable Energy Co Ltd that has interest in solar parks with a combined capacity of 46.5 MW. The firm, now known as Sena Solar Energy Co Ltd, has investments in five 8-MW plants and one 6.5-MW […]

CITIC consortium awarded Kyaukphyu SEZ project

January 12, 2016August 28, 2020Peter Carlisle

An international consortium headed by one of China’s biggest conglomerates has been awarded the project to develop the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone in Rakhine State, reports said last week. The decision to award the bid to build and operate an industrial park and a deep-sea port at the SEZ was announced on December 31 by […]

The Orange Line, Bangkok, Thailand

January 8, 2016Peter Carlisle

The Orange Line is a proposed rapid transit system that will connect the Thailand Cultural Centre in Huai Khwang district to Min Buri district in eastern Bangkok. The 21.2km electric railway line will include a 12km underground section and a 9km elevated section, and will serve approximately 114,000 passengers a day. A planned second phase […]

Thailand’s Electricity may soon getting more expensive despite low oil prices

January 8, 2016August 28, 2020Peter Carlisle

DESPITE world oil prices tumbling to 11-years lows, Thai electricity rates are returning to an uptrend, said Viraphol Jirapraditkul, a member of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). After announcing last month a cut of 1.57 satang per kilowatt-hour on electricity tariffs nationwide from January to April, he said the next four-month period would probably see […]

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