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Japan keen on investing further in hybrid car industry in Thailand
Japanese companies are interested in investing more in hybrid car manufacturing in Thailand, the National News Bureau...
Thailand seeks to lure more electric vehicle makers
Thailand’s Board of Investment (BOI) has announced new packages and privileges for electric vehicle companies to establish operations in the Eastern Economic Corridor, a...
Asian firms with strong UK ties feel the heat after Brexit vote
Asian companies with investments, services or manufacturing bases in the UK will have to reconsider their ties to the country as it prepares to...
Myanmar’s car industry on the rise
Nissan has joined Suzuki in opening a car assembling facility in Myanmar, giving the dormant automotive industry in the country a much-needed push. Assembling...
GM struggling in ASEAN as Thai unrest knocked sales
US car maker General Motors (GM) said it was “struggling” in Southeast Asia as the recent political upheaval in Thailand knocked sales, compounding stiff...
Thailand: 30,000 auto workers lost jobs
Thailand’s auto sector, Southeast Asia’s biggest, has fired more than 30,000 subcontracted workers this year and slashed production, as sales plunge after months of...
Thai, Japanese firms to build car plants in Myanmar
Car companies from Japan and Thailand are now planning to build car and spare part factories in Myanmar, according to the Union of Myanmar...
Nissan to build car factory in Myanmar
Japanese auto maker Nissan will invest more than $ 200 million for an auto factory construction project to be built on 100 acres of...
Thailand loses auto investments to Indonesia
Indonesia has become increasingly successful in its bids to woo away investments of global car companies from Thailand.
Honda opened its second car-manufacturing factory in...
Mitsubishi next to enter Myanmar
Mitsubishi is the next car maker to enter the Myanmar market through local partners, saying on October 7 that it will start selling its...
Mazda to sell cars in Myanmar
After Suzuki, Nissan, Toyota, Tata, Chery, Ford, General Motors and other carmakers, Japan's Mazda Motor Corp has said it will start selling new vehicles...
Nissan to start car production in Myanmar
Japanese carmaker Nissan plans to begin producing small cars and trucks in Myanmar with its Malaysian partner later in 2013, Nikkei newspaper reported on...
Photoblog: 2013 Bangkok International Motor Show
Thailand is the center of the Southeast Asian car industry and the fifth biggest vehicle producer in Asia. A fact that makes the Bangkok International Motor Show a big draw for the entire industry - and also for Inside Investor.
E-trike wave
The Philippine e-trike project majority financed by the Asian Development Bank has galvanised worldwide interest in the country’s electric vehicle industry.
A helping hand for investors
Thailand’s Board of Investment (BOI) is the main facilitator of investment projects in the country. The state-run agency has seen a double-digit percentage growth...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...