Thailand’s Inter Far East Energy Pcl said on Wednesday that China’s Goldwind International Holding will buy a 10 percent stake in its wind power unit as part of a partnership to expand the wind power business. Goldwind International is part of Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co Ltd, the world’s biggest wind turbine maker. The […]
Continue ReadingLAOS AIMS to use Monsoon Wind Power, Asean’s largest wind farm to be built by a Thai developer, as an exemplary prototype for Asean Monsoon Wind Power is a 600-megawatt wind-farm project that will be the largest in Asean. The site covers two districts in southern Laos – Dak Cheung in Sekong province and Sanxay […]
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Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts has been appointed to manage its second resort in Phuket, and fourth property in Thailand. Currently operating as dusitD2 Phuket Resort, it is scheduled to commence operation as Swissôtel Phuket Patong Beach Resort in June 2016. This is the second resort that the brand will manage for owner Destination Properties; the […]
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Plans have been revealed that a new international airport will be built in Lamphun to accommodate more flights, including Boeing 737 and Airbus A380 aircraft, to the north of Thailand. Lampang Governor, Samart Loyfa, revealed the plans when he was interviewed on the radio about talk about a new international airport being built in Lampang. […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s latest solar energy project is expected to spur investment of around 18 billion baht ($512 million) this year, which should help support the slowing economy, the country’s energy regulator said on Tuesday. Some 67 farm cooperatives along with several listed companies won the right to sell a combined 281.32 megawatts (MW) of solar power […]
Continue ReadingA UNIT of Soilbuild Construction Group has won a construction contract worth US$95.0 million or around S$128.7 million from a developer in Myanmar, the mainboard-listed group said in a Singapore Exchange filing on Monday. It added that the subsidiary, Soilbuild (Myanmar) Company, will be the main contractor for the project by United GP Development. The […]
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Apichart Chutrakul succeeded in transforming a small family construction business into one of the biggest developers in Thailand. He believes property is still cheap in Thailand, despite a 60% price jump since 2009. Sansiri Plc, Thailand’s second-largest property developer by sales, plans to attract Japanese investors to its projects in Bangkok as they search for […]
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Konecranes South East Asia Pacific includes Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand Vietnam’s high-flying Xuan Thanh Cement lifts reliability to new heights with Konecranes as it expands to be the largest in the world One of South-East Asia’s leading cement manufacturers, Xuan Thanh Cement, is deploying Konecranes durable […]
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A JCB product that revolutionised the handling of loads on construction sites and farms around the world today passed a major milestone – the production of the 200,000th machine. The JCB Loadall telescopic handler was first manufactured in 1977, transforming lifting and loading tasks on building sites which until then had been carried out by […]
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Singha Corp, Thailand’s leading beverage maker, is using the cash flow generated by beer sales to fund increasing diversification in property and other new businesses, according to Piti Bhirom Bhakdi, Managing Director of Boon Rawd Trading Co., Ltd., the group’s main sales arm. Singha, also known as Boon Rawd Brewery Co., Ltd., was set up […]
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