On 25 August 2021, H.E. Mr. Paisan Rupanichakij, Ambassador of Thailand to Mexico, visited the factories of two Thai companies, namely Royal Interpack and Indorama Ventures, during his visit to Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco State, on 23-26 August 2021 as part of the Royal Thai Embassy's Economic Roadshow Project.
The Ambassador met with Mr. Visanu Chawal, Managing Director of Royal Interpack, which has invested in a factory producing food packaging from Polyethylene Therephthalate (PET) for fruits and vegetables in Guadalajara since 2019 in order to meet the demand of customers such as Walmart and Costco in Mexico. Mr Visanu invited the Ambassador to see the packaging manufacturing process at the factory.
Later in the afternoon, the Ambassador visited Indorama Ventures where he was warmly welcomed by Mr. Anand Kumar Agrawal, Director of Finance and Administration, who led him to visit the company’s factory producing rPET flakes. Indorama Ventures also has many other pkants in Mexico, including one of Mexico’s biggest plants producing PET and tire cord fabrics in Querétaro, as well as a plant manufacturing technical fibers for industrial and automotive applications, including airbags in Puebla.