Italy, Prime Minister discusses with businessmen in aviation, insurance and automobiles, inviting investment. and set up an office in Thailand Ready to upgrade the airport and the army plans to organize a MotoE and Formula E competition in Chiang Mai. Mr. Settha Thavisin, Prime Minister, gave an interview to the media after meeting with businessmen from a space technology company (Leonardo), an insurance company (Generali) and an automotive company (Ducati Motor) that the first group talked with Leo Company. Nardo which is a company that sells airplanes and helicopters In Thailand, there are approximately 30 helicopters from the said company and radar is being worked on. including aviation technology In addition, the company acquired a half-shareholding in Airbus. The production of ATR aircraft by the government has two objectives: moving the regional office Come to Thailand and the maintenance center which Leonardo Company was interested in moving the office to Thailand But about the maintenance center Le t's look at the quantity first. The main policy of the government is to upgrade the aviation industry, namely airports. It is about Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang, Lanna and Andaman airports. Apart from that, there will be discussion about the secondary field. that is small For example, if an ATR aircraft is to be used, it will be smaller than the Airbus 320 aircraft currently in use or the Boeing 737 that are widely used. which is a secondary airport cannot allow these planes to land. Including wanting to upgrade the entire Thai army according to the 5-10 year plan discussed in France. So he told him to go talk to the military ambassador. He also asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to contact the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces that the company has high potential in organizing defense industry matters. The Prime Minister continued: Today I talked with Generali (Generali), which is an insurance company. and currently holds approximately 49% of shares with Thai people and understands the growth potential of the Thai market, which Generali is confident that the Thai market will grow a lot. and the market penetration of the insurance business is low when compared to global figures. Therefore, it is a channel that Generali The goal is to do business. But there is difficulty in proposing to the committee to invest a large amount in Thailand. Because it holds only 49% of shares The Prime Minister informed that If the market is very large Even if you hold only 49% of the shares, you will still receive a high financial return. along with believing that the insurance industry can grow far Therefore, I would like to ask that company to go back and think. Ready to expect that he will return to invest more in Thailand. After this, the Prime Minister spoke with executives of an automotive company (Ducati Motor), a company that manufactures premium motorcycles. Which is a pleasure to say that Apart from Italy, Ducati Motor Company has invested in Thailand in only one country. There is also a Training Center. In additio n to that, they are interested in investing in MotoE or E-bikes that use batteries. Moter bike racing and Ducati currently have an understanding of the Motor Grand Prix in Buriram, which the said company is involved in. While the matter of Formula E that the government is contacting And will bring it to compete in Chiang Mai next year, which the MotoE competition has the same owner. Therefore, there was discussion about the possibility that if Thailand organized Formula E in Chiang Mai. And the following week there will be a MotoE competition as well, which we are trying to talk to each other about. Ducati has not asked for anything more from us. but want to expand the supply chain (Supply Chain), which is important Because it's not just about putting together parts. But more parts will be produced in Thailand. So let's talk today. It's all about business exchange. Because European society is quite close to each other. It can be seen that France and Italy are connected. Source: Thai News Agency
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