Behind the Facade of Counterfeit Consumables What Manufacturers Need To Know When Purchasing Plasma Torch Consumables By Lester Lee, Regional Marketing Manager, Hypertherm Asia Pacific Mary Allen, IP Protection Manager, Hypertherm Inc. Sanjay Kumar, Consumables Sales Manager, Hypertherm India Ask any original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to share their critical business challenges, and they are likely to raise […]
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BANGKOK, Thailand – Following the groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, 11 November, 2015, Thailand-based design hotel group BHMAsia (Bespoke Hospitality Management) is proud to announce the commencement of construction on its eight-story X2 Vibe Onnut hotel and residences. The estimated completion date is Q4 2016. X2 Vibe Onnut boasts 267 rooms, 145 of which will serve […]
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Future Park Rangsit Mall opens its much-anticipated extension this Friday (November 27) making it Bangkok’s largest shopping destination. At 600,000 sqm it is a full 20 per cent larger than the Siam Paragon in downtown Bangkok, which checks in at 500,000 sqm, and 50,000 sqm larger than CentralWorld. The expanded Future Park Rangsit mall is […]
Continue ReadingTHE Department of Highways yesterday revealed its new Bt2.1-trillion 20-year plan to develop the motorway network, expecting these investments to have a multiplier effect by more than two times worth Bt5.7 trillion for the economy. “The plan is aimed at serving higher demand for travel and logistics transport, especially for tourist destinations and cross-border areas,” […]
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This bird’s-eye of the 12-billion-baht parliament building complex project shows clearly why it will not have its grand opening Tuesday as scheduled. Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction Plc blames problems with land transfers and soil removal at the site, in the Kiakkai area on the banks of the Chao Phraya River. (Photo by Krit Promsaka Na […]
Continue ReadingThe Erawan Group, which operates the Grand Hyatt and the JW Marriott hotels in Bangkok, Thailand, is opening a chain of hotels in the Philippines. Kamonwan Wipulakorn, president of the Erawan Group, revealed to a group of Asian journalists that the company is opening branches of Hop Inn hotels in the country, with one set […]
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Prasarana, operator of Klang Valley’s LRT and Monorail lines, has announced that it will be providing technical support to Thai MRT operators for the development of the latter’s new Bangkok MRT Purple Line. Six drivers and five controllers from subsidiary Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd made their journeys across the border yesterday to be stationed with […]
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A THAI company has initiated a plan to collect non-biodegradable plastic bags and turn them into something useful, such as bags to carry fruit. The idea is part of a corporate social responsibility by Schneider Electric Thailand. The firm hopes to not only make plastic bags reusable, but to also reduce the amount of plastic […]
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Thailand property demand is rising – with investors from the United States leading overseas sales – and there is a marked shift to online real estate searches. Leading real estate website DDproperty.com, part of the respected PropertyGuru stable, says it has enjoyed a 29% year-on-year rise in property searches in the nine months to September […]
Continue ReadingB.Grimm Power Limited has awarded Poyry with owner’s engineer services assignment for Amata B.Grimm Power (Rayong) 3, 4 & 5 gas-fired combined cycle power plant projects in Thailand. The assignment includes project management, engineering review, Quality Assurance and Control surveillance and site supervision services. The projects consist of 3 blocks each of 120 MW combined […]
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