TENTAC's Business in Vietnam　　
Increased orders for Japanese-affiliated companies and the strength of the transfer mark is also spreading.

TENTAC, a mainstay brand tag and packaging company, is steadily growing its Vietnam business.
The company is capturing the demand for apparel production for Japanese-affiliated companies, which is shifting from China to Vietnam, is responding to quick delivery and local production for local consumption.
The company will continue to expand its services and production items in the country. (Tomoki Fujikawa)

Vietnam's domestic consumption is growing among the middle class.
(In Ho Chi Minh City, Courtesy of Tentac)

In Vietnam, production continues to shift away from China as Chinese manufacturers enter the market and cooperative factories expand.In particular, "expansion from Northern to Central Vietnam" and items "Outerwear and Clothing Sundries" are increasing.

The company has seen a "rapid increase in orders" for sports and daily-use clothing, so as uniform-related orders have also stabilized.The company is also doing well for Spring/Summer 2024 and "requests for chopped orders and shorter lead times are becoming stronger."

Although the company expects to make production adjustments for Fall/Winter 2024-2025 due to the impact of the warm winter, it will strengthen the new development it has been promoting during this period, including "brands that are expanding their store opening strategies and sales in the Japanese market in line with customer convenience, such as EC malls and convenience stores.

The company sells and supplies subsidiary materials to sewing factories from its production bases in Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi, also one product that is gaining particular support is the "transfer mark" manufactured at the Hanoi factory.The advantages of being able to provide transcription instruction on-site have becoming more widespread.In addition, development will be promoted to replace raw materials used for transfer marks with those that reduce carbon dioxide emissions, thereby meeting the needs for environmental friendliness.

For materials other than transfer marks, the use of sustainable materials for purposes such as de-plasticization, resource saving and recycling has been steadily increasing.As major customers shift their operations to Vietnam, IC tags are also in high demand.

The factory will continue to evolve to meet customer demands.New equipment will be introduced, production capacity will be expanded, also efforts will be made to save labor in the manufacturing process.The company will also promote the transfer of some operations to Vietnam, while conducting its domestic bases in Japan.