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Eco-friendly estate remains on track
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 02/09/2025
» The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) retains hope for the development of a "circular industrial estate", despite slow progress on the project.
SIG to stop using aluminium packaging
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 11/06/2025
» SIG Thailand, a Switzerland-based packaging developer, is continuing efforts to significantly cut carbon dioxide emissions, including abandoning the use of aluminium to make cartons that lengthen the shelf life of food.
SCG targets low-carbon cement with B1bn funding
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 08/05/2025
» SCG Cement and Green Solution, a unit of Siam Cement Group, is continuing to develop low-carbon cement, allocating an additional budget of 1 billion baht amid economic challenges that will slow domestic cement consumption.
PTT set to rev up hydrogen investments
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 13/03/2025
» National oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc is planning to strengthen investments in large-scale hydrogen energy development to serve industries, notably power generation, which increasingly require cleaner fuels.
IEAT eager to unveil Smart Park estate
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 14/12/2024
» The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) expects its Smart Park Industrial Estate and Map Ta Phut deep-sea port in Rayong to play a key role in drawing new investment and facilitating businesses, helping to drive the Thai economy.
EEC green light for new medical centre
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 20/11/2024
» Authorities have approved a plan to develop a medical and health centre in Rayong's Pluak Daeng district to support the government's goal of growing investment in S-curve industries in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
IEAT touts clean energy estates
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 23/07/2024
» The Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate and its deep-sea port in Rayong will be developed to have a clean new look under a plan to replace fossil fuel-derived energy with renewable energy to serve growing demand among companies committed to carbon dioxide reduction, says the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT).
Factories closing as cheap imports flood Thailand
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 27/06/2024
» Many local factories producing electronics, steel and plastics have shuttered this year as purchase orders shrink and cheap imports flood the Thai market, says the Industry Ministry.
Firms prepare for next phase of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 15/05/2024
» Local businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), need help to improve their manufacturing environmental standards as new phases of the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) are slated to cover exports to the bloc, says the Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB).
Grim outlook for Thai steelmakers
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 07/05/2024
» Many local steel manufacturers are likely to shutter their businesses this year, succumbing to the flood of dumping from China, says the EAF Long Product Steel Producers Association.