Thilawa SEZ Management Committee

Chinese manufacturers eye Myanmar base as trade war escalates

June 28, 2018 by Thiha

Myanmar stands to gain from the ongoing trade spat between China and the US, U Than Aung Kyaw, deputy director general of the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA), said yesterday. Interest to set up manufacturing and production facilities in Myanmar among the Chinese has risen ever since the US this month imposed a […]

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More Japanese companies to invest in Myanmar: Thilawa Special Economic Zone

April 20, 2018 by Thiha

More Japanese companies to invest in Myanmar: Thilawa Special Economic Zone Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Increasing numbers of Japanese companies are investing in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Myanmar. Of course, this SEZ is especially important for Japan because it highlights the importance of Myanmar to political elites […]

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New bridge to resolve Thilawa’s transport nightmare

April 5, 2018 by Thiha

INVESTORS in Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and Thanlyin residents now see the light at the end of the long tunnel, as a new bridge connecting the area with Yangon is scheduled to complete within four years. The new Bago River bridge, expected to become operational in 2021, will be built next to the existing […]

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JFE Meranti Myanmar to build $85M steel plant in Thilawa

March 13, 2018 by Thiha

Japanese steel maker JFE Meranti Myanmar held its ground-breaking ceremony at Zone B of the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) to much fanfare last Friday. It is the first to commence operations at Zone B. “This ceremony is a symbol of the development in Myanmar-Japan bilateral cooperation and friendship,” Vice President U Henry Van Thio […]

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60 pc of investments in Thilawa SEZ target local market

October 24, 2017 by Thiha

There are 85 local and foreign investments in Thilawa Special Economic Zone Project, with most of them targetting the local market. Sixty per cent (51 businesses) of the total investments target the local market, 29 per cent (25 businesses) traget the export market, and nine per cent service the distribution sector, according to Thilawa SEZ […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Asean countries, construction, construction of Zone-A, Directorate of Investment and Company Administration, distribution sector, East Asian countries, Export Market, foreign investments, good trading sector, Guarantees, hotel sector, housing development sector, international investors, Japan accounts, local companies, Local Market, Service Sector, tax relief, Thilawa SEZ, Thilawa SEZ Management Committee, Thilawa Special Economic Zone Project, transport and logistics sector, under-construction Zone-B, US and the EU countries, Zone A

ASEAN’s largest packaging firm to start Thilawa operations next year

October 13, 2017 by Thiha

Kian Joo Group, the largest packaging business in ASEAN, is investing in a packaging plant in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Construction of the plant is expected to be complete by the first quarter of next year. Malaysia-based Kian Joo is one of the biggest can manufacturers within ASEAN, manufacturing a wide range of […]

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Suu Kyi Government Brings Back Myanmar’s ‘Mr. SEZ’

August 4, 2017 by thiha

YANGON — Myanmar’s government has brought a key architect of the previous administration’s economic policy back into the fold, aiming to bolster confidence in the business community. President Htin Kyaw’s office on Monday announced the appointment of Set Aung, until recently the deputy governor of the central bank, as deputy minister for national planning and […]

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MTSH gives three companies green light to develop housing complex project in Thilawa SEZ

December 28, 2016 by thiha

A Japanese company, Super Hotel Co Ltd, and the Max and Myint Myat Htut Khaung companies, have been given the go-ahead for developments as part of a housing complex project in Thilawa Special Economic Zone, according to announcement from Myanmar Thilawa SEZ Holdings Public Limited (MTSH). Thilawa Property Development Limited (TPD), a subsidiary company […]

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68 companies approved to invest in Thilawa SEZ

November 17, 2016 by Thiha

A total of 68 companies have been approved to invest in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ), according to an announcement released by Thilawa SEZ Management Committee. The granting of a permit to work in the areas of a first-phase project on 400 acres of land in Thilawa SEZ was issued during the second week […]

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Myanmar’s New Economic Zone Attracts Foreign Interest But Local Ire

October 20, 2016 by thiha

YANGON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Looking north from Myint Win’s farm, across rice paddies and past bamboo huts, a massive new industrial development on the outskirts of Myanmar’s biggest city gleams in the distance. The buildings sprang up during the first phase of developing the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a 6,200 acre (2,500-hectare) industrial […]

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Chinese manufacturers eye Myanmar base as trade war escalates

More Japanese companies to invest in Myanmar: Thilawa Special Economic Zone

New bridge to resolve Thilawa’s transport nightmare

JFE Meranti Myanmar to build $85M steel plant in Thilawa

60 pc of investments in Thilawa SEZ target local market

ASEAN’s largest packaging firm to start Thilawa operations next year

Suu Kyi Government Brings Back Myanmar’s ‘Mr. SEZ’

MTSH gives three companies green light to develop housing complex project in Thilawa SEZ

68 companies approved to invest in Thilawa SEZ

Myanmar’s New Economic Zone Attracts Foreign Interest But Local Ire

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