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Millcon to upgrade steel capacity to serve demand
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 13/11/2018
» SET-listed steel producer Millcon Steel Plc is planning to increase its production capacity to 800,000 tonnes per year combined at its two plants in Bangkok and Rayong provinces to serve both domestic and export demand.
BIG to freeze fruit with nitrogen
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 18/10/2018
» Bangkok Industrial Gas Co (BIG), Thailand's largest industrial gas producer, has teamed up with national oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc to develop a frozen fruit centre in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) that will use liquefied nitrogen.
BIG budgets B4bn for capacity expansion
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 10/09/2018
» Bangkok Industrial Gas Co (BIG), Thailand's largest industrial gas producer, has set aside almost 4 billion baht for a capacity expansion in the domestic market and a new gas separation plant in Myanmar.
ITE eyes switch to solar power
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 17/05/2018
» Italthai Engineering Co, the construction firm arm of Italthai Group, plans to diversify its business into renewable energy even though regulations from energy policymakers have hurt potential for the segment.
Insurers eye Myanmar
Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 12/03/2018
» Myanmar is preparing to open up its insurance industry to foreign businesses, expecting to attract firms that see high potential in a country where few people have coverage and the middle class is growing.
Myanmar powers up
Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 11/12/2017
» The government of Myanmar has made energising the power sector an urgent priority, aiming to provide electricity to the whole country by 2030 at the latest. While hydroelectric dams will provide most power needs, new gas-powered plants and liquefied natural gas (LNG) will increase the supply in the medium term. International finance and expertise are being sought, with abundant business opportunities for foreign firms.
Myanmar renews SEZ push
Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 02/10/2017
» Myanmar's special economic zones (SEZs) are a central part of a revitalised economic strategy in which increased manufacturing activity will play a key role. And breathing renewed life and energy into stagnant or stalled SEZs has moved to the top of the government's agenda.
Ajinomoto returns to Myanmar with ingredient from Thailand
Published on 20/09/2017
» YANGON: Japanese seasoning and food maker Ajinomoto Co has restarted sales of its namesake seasoning in Myanmar through a local subsidiary, aiming to cater to growing demand after suspending business in the country in 2000.
Japanese firm opens noodle factory in Myanmar
Kyodo News, Published on 04/07/2017
» Japanese food manufacturer Acecook Co on Tuesday held an opening ceremony for its new factory in Myanmar, becoming the first Japanese instant noodle maker to produce locally in the Southeast Asian country.
Japan reaches out
Asia focus, Published on 17/04/2017
» With ample liquidity supplied by its central bank and facing an anaemic economy back home, many Japanese companies do not have to look any farther west than Southeast Asia to ply their trade and expand their business empires.