BANPU in collab with SG partner Durapower & TH largest bus manufacturer, Cherdchai Motors sales to establish battery assembly plant in Nakhon Ratchasima province, target cod 1H23, aims to boost capacity to 1GWh by eo-FY26. Comment: I just wonder where they’ll source the raw materials for this to ensure competitive pricing? BEM’s retail subsidiary, BKK […]
Read More →BEM expects daily avg FY22 MRT riderships within 300k-400k trips/day, above 200k avg FY21, sees Jul Blue line ridership at 320k trips/day, account for 80% of pre-Covid level while avg tollway traffic stands at 1m trips/day account for 85% of pre-Covid. Comment: Is the -15% drop due to the number of entities shut down? Or […]
Read More →BDMS, who owns 95.76% in SVH, will tender for the remaining 4.24% at Bt480/share and will delist SVH from SET. BEM to hold rate for Blue Line at Bt17-42 until end of year, then raise to Bt17-43, sees no impact. Comment: I have often commented that the MRT in Singapore is cheaper than the subway/skytrains […]
Read More →ACC: purges entire holding in Saraburi Solar (SSL) to PM Energy for Bt 272.1m (2.76m shares @ Bt 98.6), transaction is expected to complete within June. ADVANC may acquire Triple T Broadband (TTTBB) to boost its internet broadband biz and level up with TRUE who is in process of merger with DTAC. TRUE has 4.7m […]
Read More →BAFS signed MOU with sugar & bio-energy producer, Mitr Phol group to joint develop low-carbon aircraft fuel. BEC allots Bt400m budget to revamp 28.8 acres studio, aims to increase contents production, co-production with partners to expand sales local & overseas. BEM firms on plan to submit bidding for 13.4km West Orange line MRT (Bang Khun […]
Read More →ADVANC joins partnership with KTB to offer Point Pay campaign via KTB’s Pao Tung app, allowing subscribers to pay for >400k shops registered with KTB, aims to boost net add from incentive package. Comment: There’s a lot of positives with the Pao Tung app, they’re going to take the market away from Grab, Rabbit, Shoppe, […]
Read More →ASK reported Bt15b new loan 5M22, driven by e-commerce, logistic, agricultural and tourism sectors, keeps Bt37b full year target, lifts loanbook to Bt66b by end of year. BAM and KTB, both held by FIDF, are allowed to set up a JV AMC. BAM’s in talks with 7 banks for such JV. Comment: Setting up an […]
Read More →BANPU acquires Barnett shale field in Texas with gas production capacity of 225mmscfd from Exxon Mobil for US$750m, lifts total gas production in the US to more than 900mmscfd. Comment: Ya ya ya, share price would’ve been far higher…ok time for me to move on from whining about last year’s recap. Once BANPU has finished […]
Read More →BEM upbeats 1Q earnings from 200k average MRT ridership/day, 1m trips tollway usage/day. CENTEL sees recovery in hotel and F&B business to Bt5.9b and Bt12b to the level seen in 2019, boosted by relaxed PCR rules for tourists starting April 1, and 2 new hotels in Dubai and Samui. Comment: No reason to be surprised, […]
Read More →AOT: Vietjet annced resumption of SIA – Danang route, 3 flights/week from Mar 27. Comment: VN was far stricter than Thailand in their restrictions, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see them open up far faster. Hell, even Malaysia is opening up faster than Thailand with less onerous requirements BEM: Office of Transport and Traffic […]
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