TOKYO -- Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing is among the many Japanese apparel companies moving production from China to Southeast Asia in search of lower personnel expenses.
Fast Retailing plans to open an Indonesian plant as early as November in collaboration with such partners as Toray Industries. The site will use materials procured within Indonesia, departing from the usual practice of importing them from China, as the company works to establish start-to-finish production operations in the region.
