MT Alumet sets sights on Laos MT Alumet, one of Thailand’s leading manufacturers of aluminium extrusions, is beefing up its domestic and global expansion and is set to diversify into mining and drinking water in Laos. Executive director Jainnisa Kuvinichkul says the Thai-owned company is investing 200 million baht to raise production capacity at its […]
Continue ReadingThe Transport Ministry is setting up plans for a multi-billion-baht third ring road for Bangkok and surrounding provinces, which will feature a canal in lieu of a traffic island to alleviate flooding. Transport permanent secretary Supoj Saplom yesterday unveiled the six-lane, 280-kilometre-long ring road project that will cost an estimated 150 billion baht. It will […]
Continue ReadingThe Taiwan-based Tycoons Group Enterprise Co., Ltd., a large-sized steelmaker, has planned to construct an electric steelmaking plant in Thailand, in an effort to enhance its vertical integration to better compete in the country. Already approved by the local competent authorities and estimated to cost between NT$1.7 billion and NT$2 billion, the construction plan is […]
Continue ReadingSecurity checkpoints at Suvarnabhumi are undergoing dramatic changes under a 155-million-baht makeover designed to remove the bottlenecks choking traffic at one of Asia’s busiest airports. When construction of the new “centralised security screen checkpoints” is completed in March of next year, security screening for outgoing passengers will get a significant boost. The service area will […]
Continue ReadingPTT wants to co-invest with Italian-Thai Development (ITD) in a 3,000 MW coal-fired power plant supplying Burma’s Dawei deep-sea port and industrial estate, according to a PTT source. The investment value of the plant is expected to be as high as US$4 billion (Bt120 billion). PTT envisions the project being divided into three phases. ITD […]
Continue ReadingAn astonishing 4,000 properties on Phuket, ranging from single homes to hotels, have never been inspected for their adherence to the environmental aspects of their building permits. As a result, environment officials on the island have no idea how many of the 4,000 structures – built since environmental regulations were brought in eight years ago […]
Continue ReadingDuPont Apollo, a wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont specializing in silicon-based thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules, has completed a 8.7 megawatt (MW) ground-mounted solar farm project in collaboration with Loxley Plc, one of Thailand’s largest conglomerates engaged in the trading and sales of information technology and telecommunication equipment, through a newly formed venture, L Solar […]
Continue ReadingCEL engineers Ltd a local Thai based engineering consultancy and construction management firm has recently announced that it would be managing a number projects in the kingdom. The projects include the new parliament complex, the head office of the stock exchange of Thailand and Le Meridian Bangkok Suvarnabhumi. Founded in 2000 by Dr. Jaturun Siraphongpha, […]
Continue ReadingThe State Railway of Thailand will study the feasibility of upgrading its existing one-metre-gauge train tracks to the standard gauge, or 1.435 metres, proposed for future train services. The study was announced by Deputy Transport Minister Chatt Kuldilokeon on Thursday after a meeting with SRT officials to discuss the government’s plans to construct a high-speed […]
Continue ReadingPTTMCC Biochem (PTTMCC), a joint venture between PTT PLC and Mitsubishi Chemical, has selected BioAmber Inc. as its partner for a polybutylene succinate (PBS) plant that will begin construction in Thailand in 2012. BioAmber will build a biobased succinic acid plant in Thailand and supply PTTMCC with biobased succinic acid on an exclusive basis. Succinic […]
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