According to local authorities, KP Aero, a South Korean aviation industry supplier producing components for Boeing aircraft, plans to invest USD 20 million in establishing a factory in central city of Danang. This move is anticipated to contribute to the expansion of...
In January 2024, Nestlé Vietnam announced a USD 100 million investment to increase production capacity at its Tri An coffee factory, located in the southern province of Dong Nai. This will help the company meet growing local and international consumer demand for...
VinGroup, Vietnam’s largest conglomerate with interests spanning technology, industrial sectors, real estate development, retail, healthcare, and hospitality, has shown keen interest in establishing an EV battery manufacturing facility in the Philippines. Its...
Indonesia recently inaugurated Freeport’s expanded copper smelter in Gresik, East Java, coinciding with the government’s forthcoming permanent ban on copper concentrate exports. The USD 250 million project bolsters the processing capacity of Smelting, a...
Malaysia’s Careplus Group Bhd, a medical device manufacturer, and Go Auto Group Sdn Bhd, a local automotive importer, are collaborating through their joint venture, NexV Manufacturing Sdn Bhd. to construct a MYR 600 million (USD 127 million) green technology...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) announced that four electric vehicle manufacturers were considering the Philippines as a manufacturing base. These include two Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers, one American maker of e-buses, e-heavy equipment, and...
Japanese automaker Honda Motor has started producing its electric vehicles (EVs) in Thailand and will begin selling them in the Southeast Asian country in the first quarter of 2024. Honda has thus become the first Japanese manufacturer to produce passenger EVs in...
Canadian Solar, headquartered in Guelph, Ontario, recently announced that it is establishing a 5 GW solar photovoltaic (PV) wafer production facility in Chonburi, Thailand. The company is building an advanced solar photovoltaic N-type wafer manufacturing plant with an...
Battery maker Svolt Energy just inaugurated its first battery pack production line at its Thailand plant. The pack is Svolt Energy’s LCTP battery pack with a capacity of 60 kWh, providing a CLTC range of up to 500 kilometres. The pack is based on lithium iron...
Reuters has recently reported that leading auto manufacturers from Japan have plans to invest THB 150 billion (USD 4.34 billion) in Thailand over the next five years, propelling the Southeast Asian country’s transition to electric vehicles production....
Nvidia confirmed intentions to deepen collaboration with high-tech companies in Vietnam, with a focus on fostering local expertise in artificial intelligence (AI) and digital infrastructure development. The US firm also revealed plans to establish a chip center in...
Hitachi Energy recently inaugurated a new transformers factory in Bac Ninh province of Vietnam. The new facility specializes in liquid-filled power and distribution transformers. It is set to nearly double the Hitachi’s previous factory’s annual capacity...
