Pandora Launches Bangkok Factory

RAPAPORT... Pandora has opened a new manufacturing center in Bangkok, Thailand,aiming to speed up production and comply with consumers' sustainability demands. The facility, named Triple A, will produce more than 1.5million pieces of jewelry per week, and shorten production time to four weeksfrom the current five to eight weeks, Pandora said Friday. "We are very proud to celebrate the official opening of ournew crafting facility," Thomas Touborg, senior vice president of groupoperations, said Friday. "Pandora wants to meet consumers' demand for beautifuljewelry at affordable prices, made in an environmentally friendly way, andTriple A is an important milestone for us in this regard." The four-story, 20,000-square-meter factory has "gold"certification from Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), and meetsthe highest sustainability standards, Pandora explained. It is located near the company's existing crafting facilityin Gemopolis, a Bangkok industrial estate for jewelry, and will hold approximately5,000 workers, with robot vehicles transporting product parts around thecomplex. Image: Pandora