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Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC 2021 Asia-Pacific’s leading Trade Event for Industry 4.0 As Asian industries across the region are future-proofing their businesses and building their resilience in the constantly changing and challenging landscape, they look towards solutions from Industry 4.0. Based on this emerging trend, “Stepping up capabilities with Industry 4.0” is the central event theme of the Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC – a HANNOVER MESSE event will be held on 22-24 November. ITAP will showcase actionable Industry 4.0 solutions to inspire and deepen understanding among attendees and help businesses at varying stages of adoption to star t, scale and sustain their Industry 4.0 transformation journey. In the run-up to the ITAP Voice of the Market, the event series offers audiences an insight into the developments of Industry 4.0 in different Asian economies.
Voice of the market: Thailand Focusing on Thailand, the event on Thursday, 19 August elucidated the developments in the MedTech sector, Automotive and Electronics manufacturing industr y. About 15 notable speaker s sharing their experiences. All
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speakers agreed on Thailand’s high potential to transition towards regional players in the EV and MedTech industries. As Mr. Krisda Utamote outlined, as the “Detroit of Asia”, Thailand may not have “local parts suppliers [who] currently produce key EV components […], but their capability can be developed”. His organisation, EVAT, aims to promote the establishment of EV component suppliers to facilitate moving the industrial focus away from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles and towards EV vehicle production. This transition will allow Thailand to follow the global and regional trends in favour of EVs. To facilitate this change, EVAT has committed itself to enhancing the charging infrastructure for EVs. EVAT has established the “Charging Consortium” with 11 partners to provide a joint Mr. Krisda Utamote from the Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand (EVAT), in charge of promoting the use of electric vehicles (EVs) to tackle pollution and more energy-efficient transport systems.
