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GRAND HALAL BANGKOK 2026
@ Halal | May-June. 2026
EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES: Grand Halal Bangkok 2026 connects businesses with buyers, partners, and opportunities across the global halal market.
INNOVATION is often associated with laboratories, research facilities, and groundbreaking discoveries. However, its true value lies in how knowledge and technology can be applied to solve real business challenges.
For many small and medium enterprises( SMEs), turning innovative ideas into commercially successful products requires more than ambition alone.
Access to expertise, technical knowledge, and industry support can often determine whether a business moves forward or remains stagnant.
This is where Thailand ' s National Science and Technology Development Agency( NSTDA) plays an important role.
Through its Industry Innovation and Technology Assistance Programme( ITAP), the agency helps businesses adopt science, technology and innovation to improve productivity, strengthen competitiveness and unlock new growth opportunities.
Innovation is often associated with laboratories, research facilities, and groundbreaking discoveries.
However, its true value lies in how knowledge and technology can be applied to solve real business challenges.
For many small and medium enterprises( SMEs), turning innovative ideas into commercially successful products requires more than ambition alone.
Access to expertise, technical knowledge, and industry support can often determine whether a business moves forward or remains stagnant.
As Food, Agriculture and Health Industry Section Manager under ITAP, Peechaya Jirathumkitkul works closely with SMEs seeking to improve products, upgrade production processes and navigate increasingly competitive markets.
Her work focuses on helping businesses
From research to results
• NSTDA helps SMEs adopt science, technology and innovation to improve competitiveness.
• ITAP connects businesses with researchers, universities and industry experts to solve real-world challenges.
• Through innovation, collaboration and market exposure, Thai SMEs are better positioned for long-term growth and global expansion.
gain access to the expertise and support needed to transform ideas into practical solutions.
BUSINESS AND EXPERTISE
For more than 30 years, ITAP has served as a bridge between businesses and the research community.
Many SMEs have strong business ideas but limited access to technical expertise, while researchers often possess valuable knowledge that may not reach industry players directly.
Bringing these groups together is one of ITAP ' s core functions. Through the programme, businesses are connected with specialists from NSTDA, universities, public research institutions and industry networks.
These collaborations allow companies to access expertise that can help address technical challenges, improve operations and accelerate product development.
Without a platform that facilitates these connections, collaboration can be difficult. Businesses and researchers often operate in different environments, with different priorities and communication styles.
Acting as an intermediary, ITAP helps ensure that both sides work towards common goals while maintaining a productive working relationship throughout each project.
MARKET-READY SOLUTIONS
Innovation becomes meaningful when it produces tangible results. Rather than relying on a general advisory model, ITAP adopts a project-based approach in which businesses work directly with experts to address specific challenges.
Each project is tailored to the company ' s needs, ensuring that solutions remain practical and commercially relevant.
Support may involve developing new products, improving manufacturing processes, increasing production capacity or enhancing operational efficiency.