Ajinomoto to join Krungsri Business Talk on âWhatâs Next for the Food Industryâ
published : 6 May 2021 at 11:10
Ajinomoto Co., (Thailand) Ltd., as a leading food company in Thailand, has been invited to join the next Krungsri Business Talk seminar on the topic of âWhatâs Next for Food Industryâ, hosted by Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited. Mr.Chaiyapat Ongsri, Director of Ajinomoto Co., (Thailand) Ltd., will be one of the key speakers.
Topics to be covered include ‘Food Trends: the future of food’, transformation of business models to adapt to health trends, value-added innovation, and government sector opportunities to improve the food industry.
Bloc urged to focus on digitalisation
Connectivity crucial for economic growth
published : 25 Jan 2021 at 04:30
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The Covid-19 pandemic may have restricted trade, as borders were partly closed, but it has opened the door to digitalisation, a seminar was told.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), the World Bank and the Asean secretariat on Friday co-hosted a virtual seminar titled Connecting the Connectivities: Synergy through Enhanced Partnership , with panellists from Asean Plus Six countries and the European Union.
Digitalisation, referring to the conversion of the business processes online, was necessary for Asean to build a more stable and resilient productivity network and work on the soft side , referring to rules and regulations that can help ease trade, the panellists said.
Thailand’s high-tech Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) will this year become the first part of Southeast Asia to offer 5G telecommunications connectivity as it targets becoming the region’s gateway and digital innovation hub, EEC Secretary General Kanit Sangsubhan said.
“Half the area of the EEC will be covered by 5G by February 2021,” Dr Kanit said. “The signal is already there and we are now working with companies and local residents to help offer them the best solution for their individual needs.”
In a wide-ranging interview to mark the upcoming third anniversary of the establishment of the EEC, Dr Kanit also confirmed that the government and private investors would this year spend 100 billion baht ($3.3 billion) on the next stage of construction of a 220-km high speed train connecting Bangkok’s two existing airports, Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang, with the EEC’s own airport at U-Tapao.
China, well-known as the “world factory”, has accounted for 35% of the manufacturing output worldwide, in accordance with a recent McKinsey report. Over the years, China has been the go-to destination for labour-intensive, semi-skilled manufacturing, with superior strengths like abundant land supplies, lax industrial regulations and the unmatched connectivity linking the 1.4 billion domestic market with the rest of the world. In 2020, the burst of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a massive upheaval to global economies, giving rise to nation-wide shutdowns of factories in China and subsequent global supply chain dysfunctions. In view of the inauspicious start of 2020, China demonstrated its resilience and agility, working tirelessly to bring the COVID-19 cases and deaths to a very low level. As the economy had quickly recovered from the coronavirus plunge, China’s manufacturing activities continued to extend its strong growth and achieved a faster-than-expected rise of industri
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