Thailand—did you know your company may receive incentives for improving production efficiency by upgrading or replacing your machinery? Arunrat Chumroentaweesup August 5, 2021 Don’t let your efforts go to waste—if your company has a plan to incorporate energy conservation, alternative energy utilization or environmental impact mitigation, you should consider pursuing a compensation package as your project may be eligible. What types of investment activities are considered? A project must invest in: Upgrading machinery to modern technology that helps… Read More
Growing Pains: Investing in Industrial Real Estate in Vietnam – The Conundrum Dennis Meseroll July 12, 2021 Foreign manufacturing investment in Vietnam is preferentially located in industrial real estate zones—areas specifically zoned for industrial property—whose developers have acquired, consolidated, and established clear titles to the land and installed utilities and infrastructure to support manufacturing investments. The great difficulty in obtaining clear title to land in Vietnam, government policies promoting manufacturing clusters and… Read More
What the Ever Given Suez Canal obstruction teaches us about relieving bottlenecks in our businesses Andrew Crowder May 26, 2021 The Ever Given Suez Canal obstruction On March 24, 2021, the containership Ever Given, one of the largest in the world, with a capacity for over 20,000 TEUs (twenty-foot container equivalent units), on a voyage from Shanghai to Rotterdam departed the main channel in the Suez Canal and grounded on its eastern bank. Later, the… Read More
India’s reservation of private sector positions for nationals puts investors in a fix Tractus Global May 10, 2021 India has a long-standing relationship with reservation, a system that entails reserving quotas or seats in all public sector undertakings for marginalized demographics of the population in order to promote social and economic equity across the national economy. India’s private sector companies have been the engine of its development and employment generation since the 1990s…. Read More
End-of-Month April 2021 Financial Highlights Tractus Global April 30, 2021 Deal Flow Mergers & Acquisitions Venture Capital Initial Public Offering/Direct Listing Special Purpose Acquisition Company Bankruptcy/Restructuring This Month’s Featured Company: Line Founded in 2011 in Japan as a disaster response app, today Line has over 220 million Monthly Active Users (and more than 700 million registered users) globally. 71% of the total has been dominated… Read More
In the midst of semiconductor supply chain disruptions and shortages, Southeast Asia holds the key for future growth Michael Hirou April 20, 2021 It has been well documented that the semiconductor supply crisis has caused supply chain disruptions and shortages worldwide. In many cases, lead times are as far out as one year! Semiconductors are in just about everything we use. The auto industry has been particularly hard hit with industry leaders such as Ford, Nissan, Toyota, VW… Read More
Happy International Women’s Day! Tractus Global March 9, 2021 In honor of International Women’s Day, we thank all of the incredible women driving the success, vision and mission of the Tractus Team. From our Financial Director Mingkwan Chaiyapong, to our women-powered Vietnam office led by Thuy Le and women-powered Administration team led by Julada Thongsupa, to all our women Managers, Consultants, Analysts and Administrators… Read More
Tractus Asia Celebrates its 25 Years in Business! Tractus Global December 8, 2020 Join us in celebrating Tractus Asia’s 25 years in business! From the bottom of our hearts, we thank our Co-Founders and Directors John Evans, Dennis Meseroll, and Mingkwan Chaiyapong for their unwavering dedication and support. We thank our clients, partners, and friends for making our 25 years fulfilling and successful.
Tractus is now on WeChat! Tractus Global November 17, 2020 Scan our QR code or search up “TractusAsia” on WeChat for news articles, weekly focuses, and event updates from our Tractus Shanghai Team.
Employment Challenges & Solutions During COVID-19 Tractus Global April 30, 2020 Thailand’s tourism is globally renowned for its hospitality and value. According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand, a record 39.8 million tourists visited the Kingdom in 2019. This generated US$ 93 billion or 18.4% of Thailand’s total US 505 billion GDP as reported by the World Bank. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit… Read More