Sugar with calcium from Wangkanai

Calcium is produced from cow milk extracts, making the new sugar product richer in calcium than general white sugar.

The company also plans to produce organic sugar without chemicals within three years. The group has spent Bt80 million on plantation process and soil adjustment by encouraging farmers to use organic instead of chemical fertilisers.

UAE-Tokyo flights

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has been awarded rights to start a five-flights-a-week service from its Abu Dhabi home base to the Japanese capital of Tokyo, from March 2010.

In line with gaining flying rights to Narita airport in Tokyo, Etihad also has the option to start flights to the regions of Kansai and Chubu.

Room for new outlets

Siam Global House, a building material distributor, will open four more outlets in the second half of next year after seeing room to grow amid the decline in material prices.

CEO Witoon Suriyawanakul said yesterday the company would go ahead with its investment plan next year even though its shop in Chiang Mai was burned down last month.

He said the drop in material prices presented a business opportunity, and if the government allocates funds to the grassroots, this will create employment and restore consumer confidence.

The company targets sales growing by 25 per cent from Bt4 billion this year. - The Nation