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GM to lay off 1,500 staff in Rayong
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 19/02/2020
» US car maker General Motors has confirmed that roughly 1,500 workers from its Thai operations will be laid off this year once Chinese maker Great Wall Motors takes ownership of the company's Rayong facilities.
Car production down in 2019
Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 22/01/2020
» Car production fell 7.1% year-on-year in 2019 to 2.014 million units on contractions of both local sales and exports, the Federation of Thai Industries reported on Wednesday.
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.
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.
Car sales down 11% y/y
Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 20/11/2019
» Car sales fell in October year-on-year, totalling at 77,121 units, down by 11.3% on the same month in 2018, the Federation of Thai Industries announced on Wednesday.
B.Grimm's Korean projects firming up
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 15/11/2019
» SET-listed B.Grimm Power Plc expects to conclude development plans for new power projects in South Korea by December after forging partnerships with two local companies during 2018-19.
AP Honda's veep ready to ride into the Thai sunset
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 28/09/2019
» September is Suchart Arunsaengroj's last month as vice-president of AP Honda, the local sales unit for Honda motorcycles, before his retirement.
Mazda trims forecast as economy buckles under pressure
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 19/09/2019
» Mazda Sales Thailand has cut its overall market forecast for the country in 2019 from 1.06 million cars sold to 1.04 million, citing myriad factors domestically and abroad.
Industry sentiment plunges to 10-month low
Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 17/09/2019
» The Thai Industries Sentiment Index dropped in August to 92.8 points, the lowest in 10 months, on business concerns about people's lower purchasing power and a bearish sentiment on exports, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) reported on Tuesday.