Good Health Products, a New Zealand-based food supplement company, has appointed Asia Supreme, a Thai direct-selling firm, to distribute its healthcare products in Thailand and China for three years. Asia Supreme will distribute Good ...
Thailand has signed a rice deal with China, a move which will strengthen the trade between the two countries. The deal will enable Thailand to sell rice to China, allowing it to offload the surplus rice in the country. As per the deal, ...
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Indorama Ventures PCL, Thailand, has announced plans to expand its U.S. polyethylene terephthalate (PET) annual production capacity by 540,000 metric tons at an undisclosed brownfield location. The expansion is expected to be completed in ...
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Thailand's apparel companies should focus on overseas markets, mainly Indonesia, to sustain their business, in view of increasing competition in the domestic market, a report by Kasikorn Research has suggested. According to the ...
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Clinique,the first ever dermatologist-created,prestige cosmetic brand,announced a multi-year partnership with Happy Hearts Fund,an international charity founded and led by Petra Nemcova,helping to build and rebuild schools in areas ...
Through the participation at the upcoming Australia International Sourcing Fair (AISF) 2012, the Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) Council of Fiji is planning to make further headway in the global apparel and fashion industry. ...
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Myanmar's UMH Garment Industries has for the first time established a garment factory in Kayin state based Hpa-an township's industrial zone. The move is expected to reduce pressure on industrial zones in Yangon and generate several ...
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With an aim to enable garment makers in Thailand to boost their international presence,CAT Telecom has launched CAT e-exhibition,which would help Thai garment producers to present their products before world market. The e-exhibition is ...
Tags: garment makers, international presence, CAT e-exhibition, TGMA
IRPC, Thailand's fourth-largest petrochemical company is planning to invest about US$ 1 billion to expand its production capacity and thereby double its earnings over the next three years. The new petrochemical plant, when it goes ...
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Italcementi s net profit for the first nine months of 2012 has fallen by 92% to Euro17.1m from Euro213m in the same period in 2011. The Italian cement major blamed the on-going crisis in western Europe and new competition in Egypt and ...
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Teijin Limited announced that Teijin Polyester (Thailand) Limited (TPL), a Teijin Group subsidiary in Bangkok, Thailand that manufactures and sells polyester fiber, has received the Best Labour Relations and Welfare Award for a tenth ...
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The Dubai-based apparel retailer Fashion Fabrics has forayed in the southwest Asian market by unveiling its maiden store in Muscat, the capital city of the Arab state 'Sultanate of Oman'. The newly launched outlet, covering an area of ...
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Vietnam’s economic slowdown is proving a tough hurdle to overcome for mainland Chinese and Taiwanese plastics industry exporters, although some of them say they continue to see long-term potential there. Chinese and Taiwanese firms ...
Japanese petrochemical major – Asahi Kasei intends to restart operations at its ACN plant in Kawasaki and Thailand in mid-November. Both the ACN plants, in Kawasaki – Japan and Map Tha Put in Thailand are currently undergoing ...
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Thai blow molding machinery maker SMC Corp. Ltd. is spending 40 million euros ($51.7 million) on an expansion that will roughly double its capacity, reflecting what it said was demand from increasing population and economic growth in ...
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