Hoanh Than Textile: Sincerity and Kindness Protect You

Hoanh Than Textile Company arrived in Vietnam to build production factories in 1997. According to Mr Wu Pin Hu, general director of the company, his company encountered immense difficulties after arriving in Vietnam, from the factory construction in the rainy season to the deserted location of the factory. Then, there was only one customer from Hong Kong. The general director believed that all had just begun and the support of the holding company in Taiwan, the economic opening policy of Vietnam, the growing economy of Vietnam, the increasing protection of consumers and the sound business policies of the company would create a strong foothold for Hoanh Than products in Vietnam.

 

In 1998, the company had new customers from Japan, South Korea and Singapore. To date, loyal to the philosophy of “good quality, reasonable price, considerate service and punctual delivery,” the labour protective gloves made by the company are available in many countries in the world, especially the top choice of FDI companies in Vietnam such as Sanyo and Pouchen.

 

To meet growing demand for big orders, the company has scaled up production from one to three workshops covering 2,000 square metres, from 27 power looms in 1997 to 200 power looms now. “We will continue building new factories and increasing the workforce to 500 workers for 500 power looms. Apart from traditional labour protective gloves, we also manufacture gloves for hospitals, schools and other purposes,” Wu said.

 

Hoanh Than sees annual growth of 5 per cent. Currently, the company produces 100,000 dozens a month (a dozen consists of 12 gloves, with 80 per cent for export and 20 per cent for Vietnamese market.

 

With a population of over 83 million people, however, a limited number of Vietnamese labourers wear protective gloves because employers do not wish to pay more for production, Vietnamese people are unfamiliar with working with gloves and wearing protective gloves is not compulsory in Vietnam. Nonetheless, he believed that the gloves will eventually attract the attention of Vietnamese labourers the way they wear helmets now.