Thai Herbal Research founder Mr. Dave Rockwood, has worked in Thailand for 30 years, he is fluent in Thai and spent the last 10 years working in the Thai agriculture & nutraceutical sectors. He has now partnered with a leading Thai food scientist and pharmacologist; Mr. Wicha Tuchinda, to create some of the most efficatious extracts and fruit juice blends from local Thai super fruits & herbs. We use thousand year old Thai herbal medicine concepts & techniques that utilize both Ayurvedic & Chinese medicine methods, with the most modern processing equipment & in house testing lab.
No other supplier in Thailand has the combined super fruit processing expertise of Thai Herbal Research and our strategic partners.
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Thailand is one of the largest agricultural exporters in a global economy, blessed with excellent soil and a wide range of microclimates many beneficial botanical herbs & fruits are cultivated in the country.
The Northern Region: is mountanous, part of the Himilayan rainforest plateau, with a cooler climeate where numerous traditional Chinese herbs & teas can be grown.
The Central & Northeast Region: has a dryer climate with sub-tropical fruits, grains, herbs & teas. Thai Green Tea (morus alba), Pureria Murifica, Butea Superba, Thai Black Ginger, Galanga, Tribulus, Holy Basil,
The Sourthern Region: mild weather, good soil, with tropical fruits & herbs. Mangosteen, Bitter Melon, Garcinia Cambogia, Turmeric, Tonkat Ali,
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It's 8:00 in the morning and Dave Rockwood backs out of his driveway in Prospector Square and heads to work. But Rockwood isn't driving across town. He's on his way to Salt Lake International Airport where he begins his usual 24 hour commute to Bangkok, Thailand. Like an increasing number of Parkite's Rockwood works internationaly but choses to live in Park City.
Rockwood moved to Park City in 1981 to be a ski instructor while he was studying international business and commercial recreation management at BYU and University of Utah. He then worked as a trade representative for sporting goods and with his ability to speak, read and write Thai, soon became a liaison between the American companies and their manufacturing facilities in Thailand. As Asian production of American good increased, so did demand for Rockwood’s expertise.
These days, Rockwood juggles the work of three international companies. Rockwood Trading specializes in sourcing and managing production for the ski, golf and tennis industries; Pacific Rim Consulting Group deals with international trade issues; and Thai Herbal Research, his latest venture, processes and imports raw materials for the expanding herbal supplement industry. With an international perspective on globalization and economic development, Rockwood also lectures about American competitiveness at several universities and serves as the honorary trade representative for the state of Utah in Thailand.
Traveling more than 200,000 miles a year, Rockwood spends half his time in Asia and half in Park City. He maintains an apartment in Bangkok so he doesn’t have to haul luggage, but “that necessitates having two of everything.” The downside of being gone so much is time away from his family. However, “technology makes a huge difference,” he says. “With video conferencing, I can help the kids with their homework using my cell phone.”
Trough the years, Rockwood has developed a great knowledge of his adopted country, a network of government and business contacts and a love of the native people. When the tsunami struck the Thai coastline, he quickly got involved, assembling a Utah forensics team that spent six weeks working with the Thai Department of Justice identifying victims. They conducted DNA testing of more than 1,200 bodies laid out in a temporary morgue on the grounds of a Buddhist temple. Rockwood’s routine of constant travel has made him appreciate the safety, quality of life, and climate when he comes home. “The beauty and serenity of Park City offset the grueling business of the world.”
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The tapestry of Park City is richer because of citizens of the world like Rockwood and Lacroix and Lapage. They could live anywhere, but find Park City to be a perfect base camp for their global operations, a safe haven for family life and relaxation, and a stimulating think tank for intellectual refueling. As Lacroix says, “It’s the center of the world.”
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