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Demco Plc is an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor focusing on electrical systems in Thailand for the utility, telecommunications and renewable energy industries and an investor in renewable energy projects. Chairman Phongsak Siricupta discusses the company’s strategy and outlook. What is Demco’s business model? Demco is an EPC contractor that covers the electrical, mechanical, telecommunications […]
Continue ReadingLaos halts construction project of controversial Don Sahong hydropower dam: envoy PHNOM PENH, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — Laos has suspended the construction project of controversial 260-megawatt Don Sahong hydropower dam on the lower Mekong River following requests from other countries, newly-designated Laos ambassador to Cambodia Prasith Sayasith said Tuesday. Speaking during a meeting with Cambodian […]
Continue ReadingThe Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has signed deals with ABB, for the supply of a high-voltage power transformer and improvement of the transmission grid in the East. The deals are worth Bt819.6 million.The 500-kilovolt transformer will support the transmission of electricity from two hydropower projects in Laos – Nam Ngum 3 and Nam […]
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SEOUL, South Korea, July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — POSCO Engineering & Construction (CEO: Tae-Hyun Hwang) announced on July 9 that it held a groundbreaking ceremony to build a hydroelectric power plant in the Phonhong District, 90 kilometers north of Vientiane, the capital of Laos. POSCO E&C Begins Construction of Nam Lik1 Hydroelectric Power Plant in […]
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BANGKOK, 20 June 2014: Ministry of Tourism and Sports reported, earlier this week, 5,969,913 Thais travelled overseas in 2013 representing an increase of 4.34% over 5,721,485 trips in 2012. Ministry data showed that Malaysia continued to be the most popular destination driven by short overland trips from southern provinces to destinations in northern Malaysia mainly […]
Continue ReadingThe construction of new roads to link the northern parts of Laos and Thailand through Xayaboury province has commenced, to facilitate trading, logistics and tourism between the two countries. Buakham Vannaly, the project manager, told Vientiane Times that the road link would particularly benefit the transportation of crops to Thailand and the flow of tourists […]
Continue ReadingEmerson Process Management opened a new 2,450-square-meter engineering and services center in Rayong, Thailand, to provide enhanced local support of its growing customer base in Indo-China. “The new facility is a strategic investment to support Emerson’s five-year plan for the region,” commented Sabee Mitra, president of Emerson Process Management Asia Pacific. “The plan is focused […]
Continue Reading24 March 2014 Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy Power Co recently clinched a US$700-million syndicated loan to develop a 410-megawatt hydropower plant on the Boloven plateau in Champasak in the south of Laos. The project is expected to generate 1,860GWh per year. PNPC is controlled by four leading multinational power companies – SK Engineering and Construction Co with […]
Continue ReadingChina should not be pessimistic about its prospects for winning a chance to construct a planned high-speed railway project in Thailand, which has been stalled due to the ongoing political turmoil in the Southeast Asian country, experts have told the Shanghai-based China Business News. Chula Sukmanop, director-general of Thailand’s Office of Transport and Traffic Policy […]
Continue ReadingChina is planning a large-scale engineering project that will see the construction of a railway from its south-west Yunnan Province to Singapore. The project will see the rail line travel through rural Laos, much of Thailand and Malaysia. The government in Laos has reportedly welcomed the deal with its neighbours with open arms, however there […]
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