Industrial Estate Business In the first 6 months of 2021, the Company had total land sales of 274 rai (Thailand 241 rai / Vietnam 33 rai) and total signed MOU of 83 rai (Vietnam). The company was able to recognize revenue from industrial estate business in the first half of the year. Total 691.8 million baht, decelerating from the same period last year.
However, compared to revenue in the first quarter of 2021 of 154.1 million baht, revenue from industrial estate business in the second quarter of the company increased to 537.7 million baht, in line with the investment and export conditions of Thailand in the quarter. past that began to return to send a positive signal especially among Japanese, European, Chinese and Taiwanese investors. Including Indian investors who showed more interest in moving production bases to Thailand. After India had to experience the crisis of the epidemic of the Covid-19 virus. hard at the beginning of last year
sideIndustrial Estate Business in Vietnam At the end of the second quarter, the Company had total land sales of 33 rai and MOU of 83 rai due to WHA Industrial Zone 1, Nghe An of the Company. Received a good response from investors, the company has accelerated the construction in the area of Phase 1B, the remaining 2,100 rai, along with expanding the construction in Phase 2 and Phase 3, representing an additional area of 4,700 rai, including the implementation of The application for permits and project approvals to develop two industrial zones in Thanh Hoa Province on a total area of more than 7,500 rai are still in progress as planned.
The company expects to start developing areas in the WHA Northern Industrial Zone and WHA Smart Technology Industrial Zone by the end of this year. And start opening the area to interested investors within the next year.
The company The situation of vaccine production and distribution of Thailand and neighboring countries in the region has been closely monitored and assessed. In the past, the company Still receiving contact from investors who showed interest to invest continuously. The company is in the process of negotiating with more than 30 interested parties, representing a total sales area of more than 2,000 rai, both in Thailand and Vietnam. If the action of vaccines in different countries As planned, it will be an important supporting factor for the expansion of trade and investment in the region.
The company continues to develop the concept of Smart Eco Industrial Estate or Smart ECO Industrial Estate that is modern in terms of production technology, transportation, communication, etc., and is environmentally friendly. At present, the company It is in the process of preparing with partners to provide comprehensive Digital Healthcare services to entrepreneurs, employees/workers and residents within and around the Company’s industrial estates. through the application of telemedicine technology (Telemedicine), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Blockchain Technology
Including recently, the company has supported the company pezeptra (Perceptra), a Thai startup that uses artificial intelligence to analyze X-ray images to facilitate medical personnel of field hospitals in the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19.
In addition, the Unified Control Center (“UOC”) at the WHA Tower, the new head office of the Company. Ready to open for full operation, the said UOC center can present information. and follow up on the results of work Including installing a real-time surveillance system To be used as information to support decision-making in daily operations or in emergency situations, the system will send an alarm to the responsible person at the UOC center, as well as via the LINE application for staff to take corrective action. problems appropriately and in a timely manner
Group Chief Executive Officer further mentionutility businessThat the performance of the water business in the past quarter was outstanding, with the company’s total water sales and management in Thailand and abroad in the second quarter and the first 6 months of 2021, totaling 35.2 cubic meters and 67.3 million. cubic meters, enabling the Company to recognize revenue from the utility business in the second quarter and the first 6 months of 2021 equal to 595.8 and 1,182.1 million baht, respectively.
Domestic water sales volumes are growing better for all product categories. The volume of water sales in the second quarter and the first 6 months of 2021 amounted to 29.3 million cubic meters and 56.8 million cubic meters, an increase of 27.3% and 16.6% from the same period last year. This growth reflects the growing demand for water from both existing customers in every industry. and new customers in the petrochemical group such as GC Oxirane, which started commercial operation since the end of the year and has a water consumption of about 5,000 cubic meters per day. or power plant customers such as Gulf SRC, whose production capacity has increased, resulting in an increase in water demand of approximately 12,500 cubic meters per day. It also reflects the exponential growth of the sales volume of Value-Added Products that has grown significantly during the first 6 months of 2021 compared to the same period last year.
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