In this biography
Quick facts
- Born
- Not reliably established
- Birthplace
- Not reliably established
- Country
- Thailand
- Nationality
- Thai
- Known for
- Tool-and-die production, automotive stamping and technical workforce development
- Company
- Thai Auto Tools and Die, trading symbol TATG
- Co-founding
- 1993, with Banthun Laosinchai and Kavut Haruthai
- Education
- Engineering bachelor’s and master’s degrees; honorary engineering doctorate
- Full-time business transition
- 2005, according to the company history
- Public-company CEO appointment
- 23 March 2023; earlier private-company CEO service also recorded
Why this life matters
His career connects engineering education with the tooling, fixtures and production skills behind Thailand’s automotive supply chain.
Timeline
Key moments
Co-founding
Helped establish the tool-and-die business with two partners.
Larger tooling and fixtures
The company history records expansion into larger dies, checking fixtures and assembly jigs.
Factory and career transition
A larger Pathum Thani factory was followed by his departure from teaching for full-time business work.
Earlier CEO service
The disclosed CV records leadership of the private company.
Public-company conversion
A 23 March CEO appointment accompanied the changed legal company form.
Market listing
SET’s October market report records TATG joining mai.
Engineering education and the classroom
Payung Sakdasawit is a Thai engineering educator and automotive-manufacturing executive. His company-disclosed qualifications include industrial engineering at bachelor’s level and a production-engineering master’s degree from King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok. He also holds an honorary engineering doctorate from Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi.
Before committing full-time to business, he taught tool-and-die manufacturing. The company’s personnel-development account also describes training and study in Germany and Japan. That connection between technical education and factory practice became a recurring theme in the business he helped establish.
Co-founding Thai Auto Tools and Die
Payung co-founded Thai Auto Tools and Die in 1993 with Banthun Laosinchai and Kavut Haruthai. The company describes an initial workforce of ten people and a focus on designing and manufacturing metal dies. The founders’ names appear in differing English transliterations across its pages; they remain three co-founders, not evidence of sole ownership by Payung.
Its historical account traces a move into larger dies, assembly jigs and checking fixtures in 1998, followed by a larger Pathum Thani factory in 2004. Payung left teaching for full-time business work in 2005. These are stages in the company’s development, distinct from its much later stock-market listing.
Tooling, stamped parts and skilled workers
The group’s activities extend from tooling design into the production of automotive parts. Dies and checking fixtures support the making and inspection of components; they are different outputs from a finished vehicle. The company history describes the expansion through specialist subsidiaries rather than a single undifferentiated factory.
Payung’s public statements at the group’s thirtieth-anniversary event emphasised personnel and technology as it prepared for public-market investment. Its training material similarly presents technical knowledge, quality, cost and delivery as connected responsibilities. These statements explain management priorities, rather than independently proving every claim about industrial leadership.
The public-company role and listing
The disclosed director biography dates Payung’s CEO appointment at the public company to 23 March 2023. It also records CEO service at the earlier private company in 2012–2023. The 2023 date therefore marks a corporate-form transition, not the beginning of his involvement in the business.
SET’s October 2024 market report identifies TATG as a new mai listing. That event followed the company’s conversion and earlier preparation; an announced listing plan was not itself the completed listing. His career offers a specific example of an engineering teacher moving into supplier management and public-company governance.
Quick answers
Frequently asked questions about Payung Sakdasawit
- Who is Payung Sakdasawit?
- He is a co-founder and CEO of Thai Auto Tools and Die, with a background teaching tool-and-die manufacturing.
- Did he found the company alone?
- No. Company histories also name Banthun Laosinchai and Kavut Haruthai, with varying English transliterations.
- Is his engineering doctorate honorary?
- Yes. The disclosed CV labels it honorary, separately from his bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
- Did his business career begin with the 2023 CEO appointment?
- No. He co-founded the business in 1993 and held earlier leadership roles; 2023 is the public-company appointment date.
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Sources and further reading
Explore the evidence
These references support the biography and offer further reading. Official records, first-person accounts and independent reporting provide different perspectives; image records document attribution and licensing.
- 1. Thai Auto Tools and Die · SET-hosted director detailsEngineering qualifications, honorary doctorate and private/public-company roles
The CV’s age is not converted into a birth year or exact birthday. Its 23 March 2023 appointment is read alongside earlier private-company CEO service. The doctorate is explicitly honorary. Portrait pending permission; the user approved content-first publication in source.
- 2. Thai Auto Tools and Die · company history1993 beginnings, factory expansion and 2005 teaching departure
A company-authored history, not an independent ranking of manufacturing capability. Initial headcount and the teaching departure are attributed to this record.
- 3. Thai Auto Tools and Die · business introductionThree founders and tooling/parts operations
Different pages romanise the two other founders’ names differently. The director-disclosure spellings Banthun Laosinchai and Kavut Haruthai are used consistently here.
- 4. Thai Auto Tools and Die · personnel developmentFormer lecturer and technical training background
- 5. Thai Auto Tools and Die · thirtieth-anniversary accountPayung’s statements on workforce, technology and listing preparation
- 6. Stock Exchange of Thailand · 6 November 2024October 2024 report confirming TATG’s mai listing
