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A grass roots story
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 13/11/2017
» It takes gumption to pick yourself up after repeated business failures and keep trying. But Phaiwan Malailoi sleeps well at night knowing he finally found a success with his herbal fragrance.
Farming, food sectors face flooding hit
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 17/10/2017
» The recent floods across several provinces have inundated business districts and farm areas and will have a short-term impact on the agricultural and food processing sectors, say government and industry officials.
Living the dream
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 26/06/2017
» Komsan Jiwakanon's working life did not have a good start.
Hunt on for low-cost ethanol
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 13/06/2017
» Thai Roong Ruang Sugar Group is seeking technology to produce ethanol from an alternative raw material, bagasse, in order to make use of waste from the sugar industry and increase Thailand's ethanol production at a lower cost.
New sugar trading system from November
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 24/05/2017
» Thailand, the world's second-largest sugar exporter, is introducing regulations to govern its sugar trading system for the 2017-18 crop, which commences in November, to bring the system in line with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.
Farmers reap gains from sugar cane
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 26/04/2017
» Better yields have given Thailand abundant sugar output in the current 2016-17 crop, allowing the world's second-biggest sugar exporter to capitalise on rising global prices, says the Thai Sugar Millers Corporation Ltd (TSMC).
Steer the course
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 08/04/2017
» Can someone run a business through passion alone? For the family behind Farm Chokchai Group, the perfect marriage between a teenager's dream of becoming a cowboy and the personal grit to take the bull by the horns when times got tough proved a winning combination for Thailand's pre-eminent cattlemen.
Buriram Sugar eyes infrastructure fund
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 20/01/2017
» SET-listed miller Buriram Sugar Plc (BRR) has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch an infrastructure fund to raise money for the expansion of its core sugar business as well as its renewable power business.
Sugar yield quells ethanol shortage fear
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 16/01/2017
» Ethanol shortage concerns in Thailand have subsided on the good sugar yield from the latest sugar cane crop, providing abundant molasses for the ethanol industry, says a senior industrial official.
Bad weather threatens to put a damper on sugar harvest
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 08/12/2016
» Unfavourable weather has delayed Thailand's sugar crushing season, threatening a reduction in sugar output for the 2016/17 crop.