Garment factories to buy into automation
Investors in Cambodia’s garment industry are increasingly purchasing modern equipment as they look to produce higher value-added products to compete in the international market and counter rising labour costs, an industry insider said on August 22. Akai Lin, project manager of Yorkers Trade & Marketing Service, the exhibition’s organiser, said the rising cost of doing business in China was pushing garment manufacturers to shift their production bases to ASEAN countries, including Cambodia. “A lot of people from major garment factories are showing their intention to invest more in machinery,” he said. “They need this machinery to improve the quality of their products and to increase productivity.”
