wiredInUSA October 2020

Image courtesy of Sumitomo Wiring System, Ltd

Double harnesses!

During this year, the Japanese-owned automotive wiring harness manufacturer Sumi (Cambodia) Wiring Systems Co Ltd has doubled production to meet demand from overseas markets. Sumi Cambodia is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd, itself part of Tokyo- based Sumitomo Group. The company produces automotive wiring harnesses for export to Japan and currently employs 3,800 people.

Sumi Cambodia has two manufacturing facilities on the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone site. A report from the industrial park operator, Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone Plc, said: “Despite Covid-19, 22,000 people work at PPSEZ today, or 1,000 more than in January. Export value [has] increased 35 percent from January,” though precise figures were not given. PPSEZ is the Kingdom’s second-largest industrial zone.

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wiredInUSA October 2020