ThaiVest Editorial Team

Banpu will continue to look for new acquisition targets after the takeover of a coal mine in Mongolia, but the value of any deals will be lower than those sealed to date.

Thai Stanley Electric, Thailand's largest manufacturer of lighting equipment for the automotive industry, will invest more than Bt1.8b in a new manufacturing plant to produce lights for eco-cars.

Leading property firm Pruksa Real Estate will propose measures to treat wastewater from its four residential projects in Rangsit in Pathum Thani province to the Senate subcommittee on the environment at the end of this month.

SET-listed Sri Trang Agro-Industry (STA)expects to see its revenue jump by 30-40% to B100b this year from business expansion and an increase in production capacity in all types of rubber products. Kitichai Sincharoenkul, an executive director of STA, the world's largest block rubber distributor, said the company was seeing solid demand in the market driven by strong economic growth in Asia and emerging economies.

After a glorious year for the automobile industry with record sales in 2010, the industry is hoping for another boost from the Bangkok International Motor Show, with as much as Bt40b expected to change hands during the 12-day event.

Members of a special government working committee were in Phuket earlier this month to gather information for a study on whether Tourist Police nationwide should be transferred out of the Royal Thai Police for administration by a different government agency or agencies.

The three main real-estate-industry associations, namely the Thai Real Estate Association, the Housing Business Association and the Thai Condominium Association, have jointly organised the 24th semi-annual "House and Condo Expo" over the past weekend.