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Number of migrant workers climbs 23%
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 24/10/2025
» The number of migrant workers in Thailand is rising, as the border dispute with Cambodia has resulted in more labourers from other countries seeking employment here, says the Employers' Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry (EconThai).
STA banking on 'traceable rubber'
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 08/03/2024
» Rubber manufacturer Sri Trang Agro-Industry (STA) has launched "traceable rubber" to support its exports to the European Union (EU) which demands products that meet environmental and human rights standards.
Production hit by export slowdown
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 03/07/2023
» Manufacturers in 25 industries are adjusting their production plans following an export downturn that caused a drop in value for eight consecutive months, says the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
IEAT, PIN allot B2bn for expansion of complex
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 17/02/2023
» The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) and industrial estate developer Pinthong Industrial Park Plc (PIN) will spend 2 billion baht expanding a PIN-run industrial complex in Chon Buri to support industries under the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) scheme.
Exxon cancels B330bn project
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 05/05/2022
» US oil and gas giant Exxon Mobil Corporation has scrapped its 330-billion-baht ethylene cracker and refinery expansion project in Chon Buri, but the decision will not affect the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) scheme, says a source at the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) who requested anonymity.
Suriya: Protests not derailing FDI
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 27/10/2020
» The student-led protests against the government will not seriously affect the domestic economy as foreign investors view them as a short-term event, less frightening than the pandemic, says Industry Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit.
Smart Park being propelled ahead
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 25/08/2020
» Industry Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit plans to ask the cabinet to approve a 12-billion-baht Smart Park industrial estate as well new measures to stimulate car sales after the pandemic dies down.
Defence-tied industrial estate on tap
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 24/06/2020
» The Defence Ministry plans to invite foreign business people to invest in Thailand's first defence industrial estate in Kanchanaburi under the public-private partnership model, as the government seeks to reduce the nation's reliance on foreign weapons imports and position Thailand as a global arms dealer.
Bioscience lines up 3 new drugs
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 19/02/2020
» Thai pharmaceutical maker Siam Bioscience Group plans to produce and sell three new drugs for complicated diseases -- cancer, kidney failure and autoimmune diseases -- by 2022 both domestically and abroad.
Tie-up tackles cannabis pills
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 18/02/2020
» JSP Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Thailand is teaming up with Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi (RMUTT) to conduct research on sleeping pills made with cannabis.