Thailand announces new promotion package to attract investment
On September 6th, Thailand's economic ministers meeting endorsed a package of measures, called 'Thailand Plus,' which aimed at attracting more foreign investment, especially to expedite investments from companies seeking to relocate as a result of the ongoing trade war.

FDI Applications More Than Doubled in First Half, Thailand BOI Says
The total value of applications received by the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) from foreign investors more than doubled to 147.2 billion baht (around USD4.8 billion) in the first half of 2019, as compared to the corresponding period last year, according to data from the BOI.

Aviation MRO as Key Part of Future
Thailandย’s government is offering enticing tax and visa incentives for companies to bring aerospace and MRO businesses to their country.

Thailand Promotes Promises as Bioplastics Base
TThailand has massive potential to transform itself into a key global production base for bioplastics and converted products thereof. Speaking to PlasticsToday, Plastics Institute of Thailand Executive Director Dr. Kriengsak Wongpromrat said that Thailand produced around 17 million tonnes of sugar in 2018 and exported around 11 million tons.

Digital content to reach B33bn
The value of the digital content industry in Thailand this year is expected to reach 33 billion baht, up 10% from 2018 thanks to rising demand for animation and games in the global market as well as business development and promotion by the private sector and state, says the Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP).

The IoT Institute to anchor Thailand digital valley
The IoT Institute will be an anchor tenant at the Digital Park Thailand that is now being constructed in the countryย’s Si Racha district in Chonburi, according to the Digital Economy Promotion Industry (DEPA).

Total Corbion PLA celebrates the opening of its 75,000 tons per year bioplastics plant
Total Corbion PLA, a 50/50 joint venture between Total and Corbion, has just inaugurated its 75,000 tons per year PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) bioplastics plant in Rayong, Thailand. The opening celebrates the start-up of the worldย’s second largest PLA plant, which enabled an increase in available production capacity for this versatile biopolymer by almost 50%.

BMW Group Thailand is Plugging in for Thailandย’s Electric Future with the Local Assembly of High-Voltage Batteries for BMW Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles
BMW Group Thailand is marking another historic milestone with the inauguration of a local high-voltage battery production plant in partnership with the DRร„XLMAIER Group, one of the worldย’s leading automotive suppliers and a partner of BMW Group since 1966. BMW Group Thailand launched the local assembly lines in July 2019 at the DRร„XLMAIER Group plant.

GM Powertrain Thailand Celebrates 500,000TH Engine Production Milestone
GM Powertrain Thailand, General Motors' (GM) first diesel engine plant in Thailand and Southeast Asia, recently achieved its 500,000th production milestone since production officially started in 2011. It is the first GM facility in the world to produce the four-cylinder Duramax turbo-diesel engine.

WeWork Labs join hands with local industry to innovate Thailandย’s food industry
WeWork Labs today announces its partnership with National Innovation Agency (NIA), SET-listed Thai Union Group and Mahidol Universityย’s Science Faculty for the SPACE-F program that aims to build a sustainable ecosystem to nurture FoodTech startups in Thailand.

TurbineAero moves into new Thailand facility
TurbineAero started moving into its new state-of-the-art facility in Chonburi, Thailand on July 31 that will enable it to bring most of its repair processes under its own roof.