Half of Saha Rattana Nakorn back in business
Twenty four factories from total 46 operating in Saha Rattana Nakorn Industrial Estate have resumed operations allowing 9,000 workers to return to their work places, according to Ayutthaya governor Withaya Phiewphong.
Speaking while joining the re-opening ceremony of TS Tech (Thailand)'s plant, Withaya said that all the factories should resume operations within June. The 46 plants hire a total of 12,176 workers.
TS Tech is a supplier of seats and door panels for Honda Automobile (Thailand), which announced that it would resume operations on March 26.
Naraphot Tewthanom, deputy governor of the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand, said at the same occasion that none of investors, local and foreign, are relocating their factories elsewhere. He added that these investors show confidence towards the government's water-management plan and the barriers around the industrial estate.
Saha Rattana Nakorn is one of 7 inundated industrial estates in Ayutthaya and Pathum Thani. It houses plants mostly operating in the electrical and electronics, plastic, tannery and metal industries.
