THE GOVERNMENT’S Thailand 4.0 initiative and Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) mega-investment programme have significantly boosted businessmen’s interests in automation and related technology investment, according to Chaiyot Piyawannarat, ABB’s managing director for Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos.

A Positive spillover effect from Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) investment, export growth and cheaper housing loans from state-owned bank have pushed an increase in housing loans in some secondary provinces.