The Nation (Thailand) The facility, which will be the largest of its kind in Thailand, is expected to be operational in 2013. While declining to disclose the investment cost of the plant, the company said yesterday that it would have an annual recycling capacity of about 30,000 tonnes. “We have already started the construction of […]
Continue ReadingThe Highways Department will propose to the new government the construction of five motorways at a cost of Bt180 billion. The department’s director-general Veera Ruengsooksriwong said yesterday that the new inter-provincial motorways would cover a distance of 700 kilometres. Initially the target completion date was 2017, but given the heavy investment required, that target has […]
Continue ReadingSCHOTT Solar to supply 67,000 solar modules to Thailand SCHOTT Solar AG announced that it received a large order from Thailand. The company will be delivering 67,000 photovoltaic modules for two solar power plants that Phoenix Solar Singapore has been building just north of Bangkok since June. The two sites will achieve peak output of […]
Continue ReadingBEML has announced that the company has launched its products in Thailand by appointing Paragon Machinery as its distributor for Thailand. With this business association, Paragon Company will market the range of BEML products like dump trucks, excavators, loaders, motor graders, dozers, etc all over Thailand and neighboring Nations like Myanamar, Lagos, Cambodia, etc. The […]
Continue ReadingAccording to C9 Hotelworks “Phuket Hotel Market Update Mid-Year Edition 2011” which will be released next Tuesday August 9th, Hong Kong based Marco Polo Hotels and InterContinental have signed new properties on the island. The 294 room Marco Polo Resort Phuket will open in Q1 2014. Located on the east coast’s Koh Siray near to […]
Continue ReadingMai-BS (Thailand) has signed an agreement with DuSai Hotel & Resorts Ltd to develop a 5-star category Eco-Resort in the naturally beautiful part of north-eastern Bangladesh. It will be the first true Eco-boutique resort development in the country featuring 78 rooms and suites and a four-bedroom presidential villa with its own private lap pool. Construction […]
Continue ReadingDemand is high for solar energy in Thailand, where a pioneering project is afoot in the western province of Kanchanaburi. Finishing touches are being put on the first large-scale direct-steam-generation-based parabolic trough power plant in Asia. The sun shines brightly as about 10 workers clean the troughs before the final reflective layers are fastened to […]
Continue ReadingThe State Railway of Thailand board yesterday denied a rumour it will soon close down the Airport Rail Link system over liquidity problems and a shortage of spare parts. Supoj Saplom, the transport permanent secretary and chairman of the SRT board, dismissed as untrue a rumour that has been circulating that the liquidity problems and […]
Continue ReadingBriton Steven James Granville has been released from prison after nearly 18 months , as outstanding criminal charges have been dropped over his involvement in the Purnavarna project in Phuket. The high profile case of a luxury multimillion dollar luxury estate and ownership of the Royal Phuket Yacht Club in Rawai has been reported widely […]
Continue ReadingExclusive provate hidaway, Akatsuki Resort opens in Koh Samui Japanese-Thai inspired resort already hailed as one of the island’s newest “five star, super stylish, private places” by Conde Nast Traveller. Akatsuki Resort is the latest property to open on the scenic western coast of Koh Samui, Thailand. Taking the exclusive resort experience to a new […]
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