Governance & Economic

Industrial Gas Supply

WHAID and Bangkok Industrial Gas Co., Ltd. (BIG) established a joint-venture company called BIG WHA Industrial Gas Company Limited (BIGWHA). In line with WHAID strategic plan, this joint-venture is an example of establishing a win-win partnership with an industrial expert in order to offer value-added products and services to WHA Group’s customers. The goal of BIG WHA is to improve reliability in the supply of industrial gases such as Nitrogen, Oxygen or Argon in the industrial estates as well as reduce cost associated with supplying the gas. Providing increased reliability as well as enabling lower costs for customers will help sustainably enhance the growth of Thailand’s EEC projects.

In a first stage, the joint venture company will build a gas-generation plant with a pipeline to provide its customers with Nitrogen in the Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate (ESIE) and adjacent WHA Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate 1 (WHA ESIE 1), home to Thailand’s automotive cluster. Initial supply of Nitrogen via pipeline is expected to commence by end 2021. Production and distribution via pipeline of oxygen, or other industrial gases will subsequently be added to the JV product portfolio. In addition, from a geographical expansion perspective, this JV company will grow to other WHA industrial estates in Chonburi and Rayong provinces.