Leather manufacturing group Hung Fu has hosted a ceremony to mark the breaking of the ground on a new facility in Indonesia.
Hung Fu has its roots in China and already runs a tannery in Vietnam, where it produces around 40 million square-feet of finished bovine leather per year. It supplies a large number of international footwear brands.
It is constructing its new facility, PT Hung Fu Leather Indonesia, near Cimanggu in West Java. The site will cover 30,000 square-metres.
Industry commentators in Indonesia have welcomed the development, saying PT Hung Fu Leather Indonesia’s use of advanced processes and technology will contribute significantly to the progress of the leather industry in the country.