Amway opens $25m manufacturing facility in Vietnam

West Michigan-based Amway, a direct selling company, has opened a new $25m manufacturing plant in Vietnam, one of the six new facilities company is set to open in 2015.

The 55,000m2 facility will be a home to select manufacturing operations for Nutrilite, a vitamin, mineral and dietary supplements brand.

Amway chairman Steve Van Andel said: "The opening of our second factory in Vietnam will help our distributors reach more customers and become even more successful. We’re committed to the continued growth of Amway Vietnam and look forward to many more years of helping to improve the lives of our distributors and the communities where they work and live."

Based in Ho Chi Minh City, Amway began selling products in Vietnam in 2008. The company’s first manufacturing facility is located in the Dong Nai Province. It has 10 branches throughout the country, with about 450 employees and 300,000 distributors.

Amway Vietnam general director Leo Boon Wang said: "The substantial investment in building up a second factory in Binh Duong demonstrates strongly our long-term commitment to Vietnam and our desire to play a part in contributing to the socio-economic growth of the country."

As a part of $332m global manufacturing expansion strategy the company has opened plants in India, China, Washington, California, and Ada, near the company’s headquarters.