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Bystronic Opens New Subsidiary In Thailand
In the immediate vicinity of the international airport Suvarnabhumi in the east of the Thai capital Bangkok, Bystronic has opened a new office as of March 22, 2021. With the new national company, Bystronic is moving closer to its Thai customers and can provide them with even more direct support with a motivated team.
After a decade of partnership with the local representative, the newly founded Bystronic Thailand Co. Ltd. enables Bystronic to work even more closely with customers in Thailand, to support them even more directly, and to advance into segments that could not be tackled before. The experienced team of engineers has been supporting customers for years. A new and dynamic sales team will further increase the awareness of the Bystronic brand in Thailand.
The company is headed by General Manager Mr. Thitipan Hirunpataya. He was instrumental in setting up the Thai subsidiary, building up the sales and service teams and fine-tuning new operating strategies to meet the needs of the market.
“The integral part of a local office is the direct link to our customers. We get to know their manufacturing needs, we offer solutions, we listen to their feedback and we are able to offer them the best service directly from the manufacturer”, said Thitipan Hirunpataya.
With the opening of the new office in Bangkok, Bystronic will have a further sales and service center in an important region for Bystronic. Sales, service, consulting and hotline services form the core services. In addition, the location will also include software and hardware training as well as spare parts. Customers will thus benefit from the comprehensive know-how of the leading technology provider.
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Bombardier To Maintain Services For Bangkok Mass Transit System
Bombardier Transportation has announced that the Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Co. Ltd. (BTSC) is the previously undisclosed customer that signed a contract for 20 years of maintenance services. The services will be provided for the BOMBARDIER INNOVIA monorail 300 systems in delivery for Thailand’s first two monorail lines: the Bangkok pink and yellow lines. This order is valued at approximately 245 million euros ($287 million US).
Commenting on the order, Khun Keeree Kanjanapas, Chairman of the Board of Directors, BTSC stated, “Our focus is to ensure the highest levels of passenger safety, comfort and performance and this agreement ensures we will strengthen system performance by drawing on Bombardier’s expertise to provide full continuity between delivery and maintenance of our new iconic system.”
Gregory Enjalbert, Managing Director Thailand, Bombardier Transportation, added, “This first long-term services contract for our INNOVIA monorail 300 system reflects the benefit we can bring to our customers throughout the full life-cycle of our systems, ensuring highest reliability and availability for the equipment maintained. We are very pleased to continue our over a decade-long partnership with BTSC and to continue to contribute to Bangkok’s urban development.”
This latest contract will see Bombardier maintain the monorail trains in Bangkok that comprise of 288-cars, as well as the system’s guideway switches and depot equipment. In 2017, Bombardier signed the contracts to deliver its full turnkey INNOVIA monorail 300 systems for Bangkok’s Khae Rai to MinBuri (pink) line and Lat Phrao to Samrong (yellow) line.
Bombardier is one of the few mobility solution providers to deliver projects from Thailand for Thailand, including its rail control solutions for Bangkok’s mass transit lines. Since 1997, Bombardier has continued to grow its Bangkok team to over 620 highly-skilled engineers and employees, providing full life-cycle rail system support for customers across Asia Pacific.
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Manufacturing Expo 2018: SMEs Encouraged To Adopt Robotics And Automation
Bangkok, Thailand: Manufacturing Expo 2018 was organised by the Office of Industrial Economics (OIE) in collaboration with public and private agencies, to support SMEs and to spur the robotics and automation industries.
This exposition was held to boost awareness of the importance of automation in production processes. It serves to encourage its adoption among SMEs in line with the Thai government’s One Factory, One Robot policy.
Dr Nattapol Rangsitpol, Director-General of the Thai Industrial Standards Institute and OIE Acting Director-General; Djitt Laowattana, associate professor and member of the robotics cluster committee; Somwang Boonrakcharoen, Director of the Thai–German Institute; and Dr Prapin Apinaraset, President of the Thai Automation and Robotics Association (TARA), where among the exposition’s attendees.
The guests spoke of the Robotics Cluster Pavilion project—including measures to help SMEs integrate robotics and automation into their operations to enhance production efficiency. In order to further technology adoption, a 30 percent tax exemption for three years for machinery importers was announced by the Board of Investment.
Manufacturing Expo 2018 was held from 20-23 June 2018.
