DONG NAI — The Kirby Building Systems from Kuwait yesterday kicked off construction on its first pre-engineered steel buildings and structures in Dong Nai Province.
Located on a 6.5 ha of land in Nhon Trach 3 Industrial Park, the US$15 million project will be capable of turning out 40,000 tonnes of products annually, according to general director Joseph Matthew.
Currently Kirby has offices in HCM City, Da Nang and Ha Noi and two additional offices will open in Hai Phong and Can Tho to support sales.
Matthew said the domestic market would buy around 60 per cent of the factory’s output.
The remaining would go to markets in Southeast Asia and Australia.
Kirby runs a global network of 24 offices. An additional 10 offices, excluding those in Viet Nam, will be added next year. A second factory will be built in the north, probably in 2009 with an estimated investment of US$20 million.
This second project will help increase Kirby’s total capacity in Viet Nam to 100,000 tonnes per year.
Together, the two factories are expected to employ 1,000 workers and create around 4,000 indirect jobs. — VNS