It has been recently announced that the Thai government has approved a budget of THB 3.85 billion (USD 100 million) for the construction of Siriraj station and hospital facility. It will connect the Light Red and Orange lines, making Siriraj Hospital the first in...
Following 18 months of construction and installation, Austria´s ALPLA Group and PTT Global Chemical are opening the state-of-the-art ENVICCO food-grade recycling plant for bottle-to-bottle applications in Thailand. With an annual production capacity of 45,000 tons of...
Thailand has just launched its long-term resident (LTR) visa program. While aimed at highly skilled workers, the program is also expected to attract foreign investors. In a recent interview with Nikkei Asia, the deputy secretary general of the Thailand Board of...
Thailand-based food manufacturer Thai Union has just revealed its goals for its plant-based meat and seafood range OMG Meat to generate USD 30 million in revenue by 2025. Thai Union’s first alternative protein brand OMG Meat includes meat and seafood products. While...
Thailand’s largest beverage company, Thai Beverage (ThaiBev), has confirmed its commitment to spend THB 5-8 billion (USD 130-210 million) to expand its businesses in 2023, mainly targeting for the domestic market. Of the total investment budget, THB 1.1 billion...
The BHC Group, South Korea’s second-largest chicken franchise by sales, has announced the opening of its third store in Malaysia in November 2022 as part of its strategy to expand into Southeast Asia. The new restaurant is located in Kuala Lumpur and will be...
Chevron Oronite announces the completion of Phase 1 and Phase 2 of an expansion project at its Singapore Manufacturing Plant (SMP), known as the ‘Future Expansion Project’. In Phase 1, which started construction in February 2020, facilities and supporting...
Singapore’s first integrated construction park, located at Jurong Port, will be operational in December 2022. It will bring together key supply chain players in the construction industry, making it easier for them to collaborate as well as share resources and...
Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) has signed separate memorandums of understanding with two of the world’s biggest international carbon offset standard programs, Gold Standard and Verra. The memorandums support Singapore-based companies in using eligible...
Malaysian Minister of Health Khairy Jamaluddin has announced five hospitals as sandbox sites for solution providers to test-bed medical and healthcare technologies. The five hospitals are the National Cancer Institute Putrajaya and Putrajaya Hospital in Putrajaya,...
Malaysia’s Environment and Water Ministry projected that the country will have to spend MYR 392 billion (USD 82.7 billion) on flood mitigation measures up until 2100. In the shorter term, the country has allocated an off-budget of MYR 15 billion (USD 3.17 billion)...
Independence X Aerospace, an aerospace tech company from Malaysia, has invented the world’s smallest satellite. The satellite is measured at 30mm and is fully functional in orbit. The satellite has been validated by industry experts at the International...
