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TOMECO, a Champion of Change
Le Quy Kha, Chairman of TOMECO An Khang (right), discusses barcode and traceability application with the company’s Head of Continuous Factory ImprovementPhoto courtesy: Tran Luong Thai, TOMECO An Khang
Small and medium enterprises in Vietnam were hit hard by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and TOMECO An Khang is no…
read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic is a global health crisis and one of the greatest challenges humanity has faced in the past century. Since its emergence in late 2019, the virus has spread to every continent except Antarctica. More than 23 million people worldwide have been infected with COVID-19 and more than 1,000,000 have lost their lives to the disease. As the pandemic broke, hospitals found themselves simultaneously facing unprecedented patient…
read more“The statement – ‘A Vietnamese business couldn’t produce high quality fasteners for large customers’ motivated me to set up a new fastener production factory in Ba Ria – Vung Tau province in 2018,” said Ms. Pham Thu Mai, Chairperson and CEO of Tung Lam Manufacturing and Trading Company Limited, a small enterprise located in southeastern Vietnam. “I proved that a Vietnamese enterprise could, that my business could. And we could do…
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