Thailand
ThyssenKrupp's relations with Thailand date back to the year 1872 when the Krupp representative Henry Haass in France offered field and mountain guns to the Siamese Consul Amedée Grehan in Paris.
In 1886, Princes Bhanurangsi and Chira visit the Krupp Works in Essen and Villa Hügel. In 1897, 1901 and 1902 several princes and King Chulalongkorn visit the cast steel factory and Villa Hügel.
On the Thyssen side, the company Henschel was among the group of traditional locomotive suppliers. Back in 1909, Henschel exported the first locomotives to the Siam State Railway. Locomotives were supplied to Thailand until 1980. The major transactions in the 1980s on the Thyssen side were the consulting for a shipyard, the supply of a frigate and the wire ropes for a suspension bridge in Bangkok. On the Krupp side, business with Thailand focused on cement plants, coaling and crushing plants as well as bucket wheel excavators for brown coal mining.
Today, our Technologies segment generates the largest share of business. The distribution of stainless steel, unalloyed steel and related products is a further focus of sales in Thailand. The Technologies, Elevator and Services segments are represented by local companies.
All figures relate to to the 2006/2007 fiscal year, Annual Report, as of September 30, 2007.
For further information please contact our ThyssenKrupp Group Representative for Thailand:
| Contact | |
| Chief Representative for Thailand |
Francois Schefman ThyssenKrupp Industries (Thailand) Ltd. 30/F, Empire Tower 3 195 South Sathon Road Yannawa, Sathon, Bangkok 10120 Thailand Phone: +66 2 6700840-5 Fax: +66 2 6700634 schefman@thyssenkrupp.co.th |