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Toyota reels from strong baht but still banks on local plants
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 24/01/2020
» Toyota Motor Thailand is feeling the pinch of baht appreciation and has a negative outlook on car and auto part exports in 2020.
FTI has modest view for 2020 output
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 23/01/2020
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has a conservative outlook for car production in 2020, staying at 2 million units because of many global economic difficulties.
Sahakol's boss engineers a regional push
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 14/12/2019
» Forty-nine years ago, Sahakol Engineer Co was just a local civil construction company run by the Sirison family. Some metropolitan and provincial roads provided the company with work to serve the government's roadmap for transport megaprojects.
Motor Expo bookings down 16.2%
Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 11/12/2019
» Exhibitors at the 36th Thailand International Motor Expo took 44,740 bookings for cars and motorcycles, down 16.2% on the last year's show.
Mazda budgets B1bn to refresh AAT plant
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 11/12/2019
» Mazda Sales Thailand, the local arm of the Japanese car maker, plans to allocate roughly 1 billion baht to improve its local manufacturing site in Rayong for 2020.
Car market confident 2020 sales will hit 1m
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 29/11/2019
» Local car distributors remain optimistic that the car market will reach 1 million sold for a third straight year in 2020, with an economic recovery predicted in next year's second half.
Local Mazda plant slashes overtime
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 13/11/2019
» Mazda's operation in Thailand has reduced its overtime payments for local workers as it production plan for this year decreased in line with lower exports and domestic sales, attributed to the US-China trade war.
Thai Summit gives details of work halt
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 07/11/2019
» Thai Summit Group, one of the country's biggest auto parts makers, says its plant in Laem Chabang is still in operation after suspending some manufacturing units and laying off 100 employees for two months.
FTI lowers car output forecast to 2m
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 19/10/2019
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has lowered its outlook for the country's car production this year to 2 million vehicles from 2.15 million, blaming bearish sentiment for both local sales and exports.
Car production figures down
Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 18/10/2019
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has lowered its projection for automobile production in 2019 from 2.15 million units to 2 million, blaming a bearish sentiment in both local sales and exports.