The Eastern Economic Corridor of Innovation or EECi is an innovation hub located at the heart of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) in Wangchan District, Rayong Province. Its ultimate goal is to support the transformation of Thailand into a country that thrives on innovation and enhances the quality-of-life of its people on a sustainable and self sufficiency path.
160 km (99 mi) from Bangkok
170 km (105 mi) Don Mueang Airport
130 km (80 mi) from Suvarnabhumi Airport
90 km (55 mi) from U-tapao Airport
90 km(55 mi) from Pattaya
78 km(48 mi) from Laem Chabang Seaport
68 km(42 mi) from Map Ta Phut Port
110 km (68 mi) from Sattahip Port
EECi Innovation Platforms in the domains of Biotechnology, Digital and Advanced Material Technologies as well as industry-specific technologies comprises the backbone of EECi’s Innovation Platforms. These Platforms are BIOPOLIS for Biotechnology Platform, ARIPOLIS for Automation, Robotics and Intelligent System Platform, FOOD INNOPOLIS for food industry related technology platform, and SPACE INNOPOLIS for aviation and aerospace technology platform. In addition, Thailand’s 2 nd and state-of-the-art Synchrotron 3-GeV (4th generation) will locate at EECi to provide supplemental support on deep understanding of molecular structures to the EECi’s focused industries and beyond.
Synchrotron Light Research Institute (SLRI) has started a project on a new 3.0 GeV synchrotron light source to be located in the Eastern Economic Corridor of Innovation (EECi), aiming to make it a leading synchrotron facility in the Asia-Pacific region for researches in medical science, agriculture, industry, etc.
Synchrotron Light Research Institute (SLRI) has started a project on a new 3.0 GeV synchrotron light source to be located in the Eastern Economic Corridor of Innovation (EECi), aiming to make it a leading synchrotron facility in the Asia-Pacific region for researches in medical science, agriculture, industry, etc.