AEON Thana Sinsap (Thailand) Public Company Limited has launched the sixth version of its LINE sticker set “AE Chan, ON Kun & Kanekko”, introducing a new kawaii character “Kanekko”- a Japanese cat with colourful kimono who represents warmth and friendship towards AEON members.

The new LINE sticker’s 3D animations will make every chat more fun. The stickers have a 90-day validity and can be downloaded for free from now until 30 May 2018.

New campaign offers refinance, fee exemption

Kittichat Darnvachirakul, KLeasing deputy managing director, recently launched the company’s “K-Auto Finance (Refinance) with Fee Exemption” campaign, offering a number of privileges including an exemption of car valuation fee worth Bt1,500 and easy installments at Bt57/day, for customers owning vehicles and needing cash. Interested parties can contact K-Auto Finance at any KBank branch from May 1 to June 30, 2018.

AEC attendees visit Myanmar

Bangkok Bank’s Yangon branch manager Kanet Suranasin (standing, centre right) welcomed attendees of AEC Business Leader Batch 3 under the concept of “Go Asean Together” to a speech by Narong Boonsatheanwong (standing, centre left) Minister of the Royal Thai Embassy in Yangon, on the occasion of their visit to explore business opportunities and build a network with leading business people in Myanmar.

This trip is part of a programme including listening to speeches by individuals with insights and knowledge about economies, politics, culture and investment regulations as well as guidance on operating a businesses in CLMV countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam). This knowledge will help attendees with their business expansion to Asean markets.

Xpander SUVs due here from Indonesia

Mitsubishi will start importing the Xpander SUV from Indonesia to Thailand in the coming months, the company has announced.

The Xpander, powered by a 1.5-litre gasoline engine, is built at Mitsubishi’s new assembly plant in Bekasi, and the first export market is the Philippines, followed by Thailand, Vietnam and other international markets later this year.

A total of 30,000 units are expected to be exported during the first year. Mitsubishi said this is the first time that the company is carrying out “mass-scale” export from Indonesia.

“The export of the Xpander is an important milestone in our ongoing business plan, and adds further to our strong foundation in ASEAN, which are the key drivers of our growth in the region,” said Osamu Masuko, chief executive of Mitsubishi Motors Co.

Since it was launched in August last year, the Xpander has attracted over 66,000 orders, and it was also the best-selling model in Indonesia in March this year.

The Bekasi plant has a production capacity of 160,000 vehicles per year, which would be raised to 170,000 units per year in July.