Q1090. How to process industrial factory establishment permit translations for specialized facilities?

Answered by the NYC Visa & Translation certified translation team

Factory establishment permits for specialised facilities (Ror Ngor 1 for establishment, Ror Ngor 4 for operation under the Factory Act) involve heavier documentation for specialised categories — chemical plants, power plants, cold storage, and facilities with environmental or safety impacts. The translation flows: the foreign parent's technical documentation (process descriptions, equipment specifications, safety systems, environmental controls) is translated into Thai for the Department of Industrial Works (DIW) application; and for BOI-promoted factories, the BOI documentation layer runs in parallel. What the DIW examines: the factory category and machinery capacity (transcribed exactly — the category determines the applicable rules), the site plan and layout, the pollution-control systems, and for hazardous installations, the safety management documentation. Specialised-facility points: power plants add Energy Regulatory Commission licensing with its own document set; chemical facilities add hazardous-substance permits and possibly process-safety management documentation; and cold storage and food facilities add FDA or livestock-department layers. Translation practice: process flow diagrams and P&IDs are not translated as drawings — the accompanying text and equipment lists are translated with tag numbers preserved; foreign engineering standards referenced (ASME, API, IEC) are cited by their codes; and the EIA report, where required, is a Thai document prepared by a licensed consultant — the foreign parent's input data is translated for the consultant's use. Confirm the DIW's current requirements for the specific factory category before preparing the document set.