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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.

Thai Stanley Electric, a leading Thai manufacturer of lights for the automotive industry with a Japanese parent company, believes the quake and tsunami disaster in Japan will not affect its operations in Thailand. The company imports only one raw material from Japan, said Apichart Leeissaranukul, executive vice president of Thai Stanley Electric, adding that stocks of the item would last until the end of the month.

Somboon Advance Technology Plc (SAT) will review this year's revenue forecast of 7.3 billion baht to take into account the Japanese disasters and Middle East riots.

The domestic sale of motor vehicles in Thailand surged by 44.2 per cent to 78,039 units in February, with Toyota retaining its predominant market share of 30,592 units, up 44.2 per cent, and Isuzu, ranked second largest with 14,713 units, up 22.2 per cent, an informed source in the automotive industry revealed on Wednesday.