Briefs

Hemaraj Land and Development has enjoyed an 88-per-cent spurt in first-half industrial-estate sales to 1,447 rai (231 hectares), with 67 contracts from 44 new customers and 23 existing customers with project expansions. More than 50 per cent of the contracts are Japanese and more than 30 per cent are automotive.

Higher stake in Aust
RH International (Singapore) Corporation, an indirect subsidiary of Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding, has increased its investment in Ratch-Australia Corp from 68.08 per cent to 80 per cent.
The transaction was funded by Ratch’s working capital through a loan to RH Inter-national of Bt1.38 billion, ac-cording to its filing to the Stock Exchange of Thailand yesterday.

Vote on capital hike
Tpark Logistics Property Fund’s unit holders on Monday will be called to vote on a proposed Bt2.25-billion capital increase, paving the way for more acquisitions of warehouses to cope with higher demand.
The proceeds will be used to buy more land and warehouses in various locations of Ticon Logistics Park in the Eastern Seaboard, Laem Chabang, Bang Na, Wang Noi and Rojana.

New Dell solutions
Dell Corporation (Thailand) has high hopes that its new end-user computing solutions will add about 25 per cent to its revenue from the corporate market this year by simplifying its customers’ client infrastructure, said Ekaraj Panijavinin, country manager. – The Nation