POIPET, BANTEAY MEANCHEY, CAMBODIA -- A subsidiary of Sumitronics Manufacturing will build its own factory here, firming up stakes established with the Japan EMS company's leasing of its first plant in the country two years ago.

Sumitronics Manufacturing (Cambodia) announced an agreement to lease land in the new Poipet Special Economic Zone. The company purchased one hectare of land, with an option for two additional hectares.

Poipet is a city in Banteay Meanchey Province in Western Cambodia, on the border with Thailand.

Sumitronics Manufacturing (Cambodia) is a jointly owned venture between Alpine Technology Manufacturing (Thailand) and Sumitronics (Thailand). Most of the products assembled in Cambodia are for export to Thailand, Japan and other East Asian countries.

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