Improving Thailand’s Rubber Subsector’s Competitiveness

GTZ Convened a Colloquium on the Study Results of the Evaluation and Identification of Intervention Ideas for Improving Thailand’s Rubber Subsector’s Competitiveness

GTZ convened a colloquium on the study results of the evaluation and identification of intervention ideas for Thailand’s Rubber subsector’s competitiveness at the Office of Industrial Economics, Ministry of Industry on the 5th of September 2008.

During the colloquium, researchers from the Faculty of Technology Management, Prince of Songkhla University, Surat Thani Campus, led by Ms. Sunisa Suchet, presented the study results on opportunities and needs of Thai rubber enterprises.  Results of the study, a comprehensive analysis of the rubber value chain, form the basis for the initiatives to strengthen the Thai rubber subsector’s competitiveness.  The presentation was followed by an open discussion with the colloquium’s guest of honor, Mr. Sutin Pornchaisuree, Managing Director of Khao Mahachai Parawood Company, Thailand’s leading exporter of parawood products.