While U.S. employees were celebrating Independence Day last week, employees at our Chonburi facility in Thailand were celebrating a major business milestone on July 4 – the production of the first Maidenform bra style (9729) in the Hanes supply chain.
Chonburi employees marked the occasion with a ceremony to pack the first dozens. Roberto Mayr, vice president, Eastern Hemisphere operations, noted the global teamwork required to achieve the milestone.
"This was accomplished with a lot of collaboration between New York design, product development, materials planning, the planning groups from Bangkok and Winston-Salem, as well as the Chonburi team," Roberto said.
Roberto said another eight Maidenform styles are expected to be internalized within Chonburi before the end of 2014, and other Maidenform styles are also being introduced into Hanes facilities in Central America.
Congratulations to the 1,100 employees of Chonburi on this first for the global supply chain!