Walailak University, CP Foods to build green demonstration farms

Thailand |  News | 16 Jan, 2019

Walailak University and Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods) have signed an academic cooperation agreement for “Green Farm” project to provide first-hand experience on modern farmi...Read more

Yili in China acquires Thai ice cream maker Chomthana

Thailand |  News | 03 Dec, 2018

Yili Group held a grand signing ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand recently to officially buy Chomthana, which is the largest domestic ice cream company in Thailand. Acquiring Chomthana is an i...Read more

Food Proteins Asia 2019 to highlight Plant-based Proteins market

Thailand |  News | 28 Nov, 2018

Demand for protein fortified food is on the rise while there is also a growing shift towards alternative and plant based food protein - from chickpeas to peas to insects. On 22 & 23rd&n...Read more

Nestlé launches $24.6M Nescafé marketing campaign in Thailand

Thailand |  News | 17 Oct, 2018

Nestlé has started a THB 800 million ($24.6 million) campaign in Thailand to reinforce Nescafé’s position and celebrate the brand’s 45 years in the country. Calle...Read more

Iberchem Group inaugurates production facility in Thailand

Thailand |  News | 10 Oct, 2018

Spanish flavours and fragrances producer Iberchem Group has inaugurated a new production facility in Bangkok, Thailand, its fourth manufacturing site in Southeast Asia. The new site will f...Read more

Ingredion targets expansion in Asia

Thailand |  News | 27 Sep, 2018

Ingredion will invest $60 million to upgrade several of its Asian production facilities as part of a new investment programme, which aims to grow the company’s speciality food ingredi...Read more

Thai dairy firm Nutridor plans to enter Cambodia

Thailand |  News | 02 Aug, 2018

Thai dairy company Nutridor has formed a new partnership that will see it introduce its Abevia Gold sweetened beverage and evaporate creamers to the Cambodian market. The dairy producer wi...Read more

Eatigo receives follow-on funding from TripAdvisor

Thailand |  News | 17 Jul, 2018

Bangkok and India-based online restaurant reservation platform Eatigo has raised a follow-on funding as part of its pre-Series C round from existing investor TripAdvisor. This brings its to...Read more

Bell Flavors & Fragrances to set centres in Indonesia, Thailand

Thailand |  News | 05 Jul, 2018

Bell Flavors & Fragrances has stepped up its presence in Asia with the launch of new locations in Thailand and Indonesia. According to the US based company, this move marks its commitm...Read more

CP Foods signs deal with Brazilian shrimp farm

Thailand |  News | 25 Apr, 2018

Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods) has inked a deal to acquire a 40 per cent stake in Camanor Produtos Marinhos, one of a largest shrimp farmers and processors in Brazil. T...Read more

Dahmakan acquires Polpa to enter Thailand

Thailand |  News | 21 Mar, 2018

Dahmakan, a vertically-integrated Malaysian meal delivery startup, has acquired Polpa to enter Bangkok. Dahmakan was the first Malaysian startup to participate in Y Combinator and...Read more

Firmenich opens discovery centre in Thailand

Thailand |  News | 16 Mar, 2018

Firmenich has opened a new culinary discovery centre in Bangkok, Thailand, to serve as the company’s hub for Southeast Asia. The facility will provide a collaborative environment whe...Read more

ThaiBev Q1 profit drops 62%

Thailand |  News | 15 Feb, 2018

Thai spirits maker Thai Beverage has posted a first quarter net profit of 2.91 billion baht (US $ 122 million), down 62.3 percent from the same period a year earlier. The firm incurred acq...Read more

ThaiBev seeks dominance in South East Asia

Thailand |  News | 19 Dec, 2017

Thai Beverage (ThaiBev) has partnered a local company to buy a $4.8 billion stake in the country's largest brewer, Vietnam Beverage. ThaiBev is doubling down on Vietnam as it...Read more

ThaiBev buys Myanmar's largest distillery for US$742m

Thailand |  News | 06 Nov, 2017

Singapore – Thai Beverage, better known as ThaiBev (Southeast Asia's largest beverage company) now owns 75% of the Myanmar’s largest distillery. ThaiBev bought a 75% stake in M...Read more

Researchers in Thailand unveil anti-cancer mango

Thailand |  News | 04 Sep, 2017

Researchers at Nare-suan University in Phitsanulok, northern Thailand, have developed a mango that can reduce the risk of contracting some cancers. Faculty of Agriculture, Natural Resource...Read more

Thailand prepares for Save Food event

Thailand |  News | 29 Aug, 2017

Save Food, which was first held in Berlin in 2001, will be part of Pack Print International 2017, the sixth International Packaging and Printing Exhibition for Asia, which will be held from...Read more

CP Foods H1 profits up despite livestock pressure

Thailand |  News | 16 Aug, 2017

Charoen Pokphand Foods, the Thailand-based meat and seafood group, saw its earnings in the first half of the year rise despite a sharp fall in segment profits from its livestock division. ...Read more