Workwear maker Mascot opens factory in Laos

MASCOT intends to integrate all aspects of the CSR policy in the new facilities in Laos. "Decent wages and good working conditions are important aspects of running a professional business," said owner Michael Grosbøl, who emphasises that there will be a comprehensive security set-up for all activities in MASCOT Laos.

"We will document the social responsibility we take, with SA8000 certification, as we have already done in our Vietnamese factories," said Michael Grosbøl.

MASCOT LAOS' senior management team consists of both expats and Lao nationals, all led by managing director Thomas Bo Pedersen. Thomas Bo Pedersen has extensive experience in Asia, and hehas, since 2006, served as the managing director for MASCOT VIETNAM.

Production can quintuple

MASCOT's new factory is 22 km from the Laos capital of Vientiane and thus relatively close to the Vietnamese MASCOT factories. MASCOT LAOS will have a close collaboration with MASCOT VIETNAM and with the logistics centre in Denmark.

MASCOT established itself in Vietnam in 2006 and since then has established three manufacturing plants that operate with very high efficiency and provide quality workwear to customers in Europe as well as Australia, South America and the United States. In the event that there is a need for additional capacity, the new site in Laos is prepared so that the factory buildings can be expanded up to five-fold.

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