The International Engineering Public Company Limited, is an information, energy and communication company whose headquarters are located in
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populatio ...
, Thailand.
History
The company was established in 1922 to undertake engineering work on the Bangkok-
Aranyaprathet
Aranyaprathet (Thai: อรัญประเทศ) is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in Sa Kaeo province in eastern Thailand . It covers the entire ''tambon'' of Aranyaprathet, in Aranyaprathet district. As of 2005, the town has 16,937 inhabitant ...
Railway, which connected Thailand to the
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand ...
n border for the first time. IEC participated in building up the infrastructure of the country as it rapidly modernised. IEC became, in 1929, the sole official distributor of
Westinghouse products.
IEC was involved in the reconstruction efforts following
World War II. For its distinguished position and services, it received in 1965 the honour of
Royal Appointment from His Majesty the King of Thailand, making it one of the first Thai companies to receive this honour.
IEC has been listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand since 1992. It is running and implementing a collective 16 MW solar and waste-to-energy power plants in Thailand, also providing information and communication solutions to state and private corporations in Thailand.
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Design companies of Thailand
Companies based in Bangkok
Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1922
1922 establishments in Siam
Thai Royal Warrant holders
Companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand
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