Bangkok--4 Oct--Aziam Burson-Marsteller
Continues to develop strong alliances and provide advanced logistics services to Thai SMEs
DHL Express, the world’s leading express service provider recently launched DHL Idea Street at the SME Thailand Expo 2013. Officiating at the annual launch at Muangthong Thani under the concept ‘sparking your idea’ was Arthit Wuthikaro, Deputy Permanent Secretary to Ministry of Industry, together with representatives from SME Thailand as well as the Creative Center for Eco-Design, Department of Building Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Kasetsart University.
DHL Idea Street, a collaboration between DHL Express Thailand, the Creative Center forEco-Design and SME Thailand Expo, was created as a means of attracting new SMEs throughout Thailand with an opportunity to showcase their creative ideas and new products and services to a wider public audience. The event was staged from September 5 to 8, 2013. DHL Idea Street featured 10 booths owned by entrepreneurs who were chosen among a large group of entrants in a competition that selected these 10 winners on the basis of the vision, creativity, marketability and sustainability of their ideas.
“As measured by aggregate employment and exports, SMEs continue to hold a very important position in Thailand’s economy. They account for 78 percent of employment, 43 percent of non-agricultural GDP and 30 percent of exports.[1] We remain committed to developing a very tightly knit network of alliances with our SME customer base as they develop their skills and capabilities in going global and reaping lucrative growth opportunities. These same SMEs are very well aware that doing business outside of Thailand, while strategically important, can host a large number of logistical challenges. That is where we can help by providing expert advice and intelligence on target markets and specific shipping and logistics counsel in such areas as customs regulations, duties and taxes. DHL Idea Street epitomizes our far reaching efforts to assist and guide SMEs in Thailand to new geographical frontiers of growth and lucrative profit centers,” said Yasmin Aladad Khan, Senior Vice President, DHL Express Southeast Asia.
Chananyarak Phetcharat, Managing Director, DHL Express Thailand and Indochina added,“We are delighted to have played a leading role in organizing this important event and showcasing to exhibitors and visitors alike our expertise and positioning at the center of macro-economic trends, entrepreneurship and just-in-time supply chain management. As more Thai SMEs are aware, shipping is just one of many wide ranging components of safely, securely and quickly getting your goods to foreign markets. Our customers increasingly see the need for a comprehensive range of end-to-end solutions that we expertly provide round-the clock. These solutions are linked to but are still far beyond the more traditional capabilities of warehousing and transportation. We look forward to leveraging the additional momentum attained in organizing DHL Idea Street to work with Thai SMEs in further exploiting their many competitive advantages in global trade.
SME Thailand Expo remains a widely attended annual event for Thailand’s growing business community. This year’s successful attracted over 500 exhibitors from a diverse range of businesses throughout Thailand. The four day networking and educational event represents an important milestone for Thailand’s growing base of creative entrepreneurs as they build their own platforms for growth and prosperity on the world’s vibrant trading stage.
[1] Source: http://www.iar-gwu.org/node/374