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The next guardians of the sea
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 14/07/2025
» When Natyada Thuasawad gazes upon the vast sea, she sees assets. A student at Prince of Songkla University, Ms Natyada said the sea is a key source of revenue for Thailand, offering people food and exciting tourist attractions along shorelines and on islands.
Ways sought to appease irate householders
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 05/02/2024
» The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is conducting a study concerning how to compensate people who work at home for the impact of blackouts and an unstable power supply on their business.
OR budget hotels in the pipeline
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 12/12/2023
» PTT Oil and Retail Business Plc (OR) has dusted off its plan to build budget hotels inside its petrol stations, adding community malls for tourists as the company focuses on non-oil businesses, says president and chief executive Disathat Panyarachun.
TOP allocates $5bn to invest in fast-growing businesses
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 23/09/2022
» Thai Oil Plc (TOP), Thailand largest oil refinery by capacity, is planning to allocate US$5 billion in capital spending to support its long-term investments in new rapidly growing businesses.
PTT invests in technologies that can produce protein from flies
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 21/09/2022
» National oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc continues to widen its food business by injecting money into Singapore-based startup, Nutrition Technologies (NT), which can produce protein from flies, in a move to fund its new production facilities in Thailand and Southeast Asia.
JP allies with small firms, startups using new model
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 19/07/2022
» MAI-listed JSP Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (Thailand) Plc (JP), a distributor of medicines and nutritional supplements, has initiated a new business model by partnering with startups and small companies to jointly seek revenue in the herb and food supplement segments.
BCP sees Koh Mak as low-carbon haven
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 04/07/2022
» Unlike other resort islands that use beaches and the sea to attract visitors, Koh Mak is positioning itself as a low-carbon tourist destination.
Gas rigs transform into undersea paradise
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 06/06/2022
» Retired oil and gas production rigs are being developed into a tourist attraction for the first time in Thailand, in an attempt to create a new diving destination in the South.
Oil refiner makes move into syringe alternatives
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 11/01/2022
» Thai Oil Plc (TOP), the oil refinery arm of PTT Group, has diversified into deep technology business by co-investing in Mineed Technology, a local healthcare startup, to produce microneedles which promise faster drug delivery and an alternative for patients with needle phobia.
IRPC to push ahead with HVA products
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 21/05/2021
» IRPC Plc, the petrochemical arm of PTT Group, is pushing ahead with its plan to produce more high value-add plastic products from polymers in the post-pandemic period after returning to profit on its balance sheet in the first quarter of this year.