Dr. Apichai Boontherawara (second right), President of Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand), and Mr. Chainoi Puankosoom (second left), President and CEO of PTT Aromatics and Refining Public Company Limited (PTTAR), signed a 3-billion-baht loan contract whereby EXIM Thailand provides financing for the company’s business expansion, productivity enhancement and manufacturing process improvement as well as environmental preservation in both upstream petrochemical industry and petroleum refining industry. Dr. Prajya Phinyawat (center), Chief Operating Officer, Downstream Petroleum Business Group, PTT Public Company Limited, presided over the signing ceremony at PTT’s Head Office on November 17, 2009.