Vietnamese tapioca maker learns from Lao factory
Vietnamese tapioca maker learns from Lao factory
A new Vietnamese tapioca maker, the Tapioca Starch Phuc Thinh Factory, is planning to use technical and management systems similar to those employed at the Lao Indochina Group Public Company's tapioca factory in Vientiane.
Representatives of the Tapioca Starch Phuc Thinh Factory visited the Lao Indochina Group Public Company Tapioca Factory in Pakngum district yesterday, to study the technical and management systems the company has in place.
“We are planning to build a new tapioca plant early next year in a province that's close to Huaphan province,” director of the Tapioca Starch Phuc Thinh Factory, Mr Van Tuong, said during the visit.
“We see that Lao Indochina's plant is a beautiful design. It is large and clean and uses modern production machines,” he added.
Van Tuong said the Tapioca Starch Phuc Thinh Factory has a production capacity of only 50 tonnes of powder per day, after operating for only a year. “But LIG's capacity is more than five times larger than ours,” he observed.
Lao Indochina factory director, Mr Duangdy Phommachanh, said normally technical and management systems are copyright and kept secret as it requires considerable expenditure to develop or purchase them.
“However we are pleased to help Phuc Thinh because we think it is good business cooperation, exchanging ideas and helping each other.”
Currently Lao Indochina's plant can produce about 320 tonnes of tapioca per day, mainly for export to China. It employs more than 300 people and provides an income for more than 4,700 families. The company won an Asean Business Award for 2012 in the growth category at the 21st Asean Business and Investment Summit.
Lao Indochina also obtained ISO 9001:2008 certification from the UK in recognition of the company's quality management system, along with Good Manufacturing Practice certifications from the government and an international organisation regarding food hygiene.
It has 12 large treatment reservoirs to treat the waste water discharged from the plant.
“They are the reasons why many foreign businesses and companies are interested in our technical and management systems that were conceived and designed by a local investor and company chairman, Mr Sengmaly Sengvatthana,” Mr Duangdy said.
vientiane times
