APCO Raising growth target again — APCO is raising its earnings target again to growth of 70-75% YoY. The company expects 4Q13s to be outstanding as it is the high season. (Khao Hoon, 11/10/13) Comment: Never heard of this company before, no idea what it is CPALL Cutting MAKRO holding — CPALL is planning to […]

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AMATA Flooding downs two factories on estate – Minor flooding at Chon Buri’s Amata Nakorn Industrial Estate has forced an auto parts factory and an electronic parts plant to shut down temporarily due to transport disruptions. Authorities say the water will recede within five days. The estate has seen minor flooding in phases 7-9, where […]

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AMATA  Flood hits Amata Nakorn- More than 700 factories in the Amata Nakorn Industrial Estate in Chonburi have been cautioned to monitor the floods closely, as they may face a repeat of the 2011 deluge. Viboon Kromadit, the estate’s chief of operations, said evacuation should be prepared and drilled even though the water has yet […]

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ADVANC AIS tries new approach for roaming fees – Advanced Info Service (AIS) is introducing an unlimited mobile chat package to ease consumer fears over exorbitant international roaming fees when using their phone overseas. (Bangkok Post, 08/10/13) CMO New venture with Zaap — CMO announced a joint venture with Zaap, called CMO-Zaap, a new company […]

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AOT 20% growth in September passengers — AOT announced that passengers in Sept grew by 20.43%, with number of passengers in Suvarnabhumi airport exceeding 50mn. (Tun Hoon, 07/10/13) Comment: Thailand is still attracting tourists at a fast growing pace BMCL BMCL board okays recapitalization plan – The board of Bangkok Metro Plc (BMCL) has approved […]

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The Board of Investment (BoI) recently announced a 2nd generation eco-car plan and producers can request applications between now and 31 March 2014. So what are the key details? Eco-cars phase 1 Eco-Cars Phase 2 Petrol-fuelled engines 1300 cc 1300 cc Diesel engines 1400 cc 1500 cc Fuel efficiency 5.0 l / 100 km 4.3 […]

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BAY Bangkok Branch of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ takeover approved by BoT — BAY reports that the Bank of Thailand has approved the entire business transfer of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Limited, Bangkok Branch to BAY. This will take place within one year from the date on which Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ becomes a shareholder of […]

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CPALL Expects 13-15% sales growth — CPALL is confident that sales will grow by 13-15%, and insists that it will continue to expand despite the domestic consumption slowdown. (Khao Hoon, 03/10/13) Comment: The key story here is on how they are re financing their debts from the MAKRO takeover DTAC 3mn 3G customers — DTAC […]

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ADVANC AIS gears up for 4G network expansion – Advanced Info Service is gearing up for fourth-generation (4G) network expansion on multi-frequency networks next year. AIS chief executive Wichian Mektrakarn said it could not afford to lose the auction for the 1800 MHz frequency planned for next September. (Bangkok Post, 02/10/13) Comment: WOOOOOO 4G. HEMRAJ […]

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