Sae-A Trading

The Sae-A Trading Company, Ltd., usually called Sae-A Trading or simply Sae-A /ˈseɪ ˈɑː/ (Korean: 세아), is a global clothing manufacturer in South Korea.

About

Sae-A's headquarters is located in Gangnam-gu of South Korea, and the factories producing its products are in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia,^[1] and Haiti.^[1]^[2] According to its data, sales result for year 2015 increased from $740 million in 2007 to $1.6 billion. Which are from mass market retailers and specialty clothing brands in the United States and some in Europe and Asia. The company is known for its Product Development and Design (PDD) department which consists mainly with Fabric R&D, Wash Innovation and Design functions. The chairman of this company is Woong-Ki Kim.

History

Sae-A was founded in 1986.

S&H Global

Frédéric Thomas, writing in Le Monde Diplomatique, claims that the number two employer in the garment industry in Haiti currently employs 8,000 people. He further describes the hierarchy in late 2016 as being composed of Korean upper management, Central American or Dominican Republic middle management, and Haitians providing the unskilled labor.^[3] In May 2016, President Jocelerme Privert expressed concern over violence directed at S&H Global executives.^[4]

Timeline

2015 SAE-A Spinning Mill in Costa Rica^[5]
2014 Opening S&H School in Haiti^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b "Global Business of SAE-A". Retrieved 16 November 2014.
^ Deborah Sontag (July 5, 2012). "Earthquake Relief Where Haiti Wasn't Broken". The New York Times. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
^ Thomas, Frédéric (November 2016). "Haïti, l'imposture humanitaire" (in French). No. 752. Le Monde Diplomatique. p. 8. Retrieved November 11, 2016. Dans l'enceinte du parc, la hiérarchie recoupe la division internationale du travail; au sommet, les Coréens; un étage au-dessous, des cadres administratifs issus d'Amérique centrale et de la République dominicaine; au bas de l'échelle, une main d'œuvre non qualifiée, haïtienne, noire.
^ Wilner, Jean-Louis (May 13, 2016). "Haïti-sécurité: des responsables de la compagnie S&H Global agressés, le président Privert préoccupé". Haiti Press Network (in French). Retrieved November 11, 2016.
^ McIntire, Mike (October 16, 2016). "Haiti and Africa Projects Shed Light on Clinton’s Public-Private Web". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-10-17.

[SAE-A-1] "Global Business of SAE-A". Retrieved 16 November 2014.

[Sontag-2] Deborah Sontag (July 5, 2012). "Earthquake Relief Where Haiti Wasn't Broken". The New York Times. Retrieved July 6, 2012.

[3] Thomas, Frédéric (November 2016). "Haïti, l'imposture humanitaire" (in French). No. 752. Le Monde Diplomatique. p. 8. Retrieved November 11, 2016. Dans l'enceinte du parc, la hiérarchie recoupe la division internationale du travail; au sommet, les Coréens; un étage au-dessous, des cadres administratifs issus d'Amérique centrale et de la République dominicaine; au bas de l'échelle, une main d'œuvre non qualifiée, haïtienne, noire.

[4] Wilner, Jean-Louis (May 13, 2016). "Haïti-sécurité: des responsables de la compagnie S&H Global agressés, le président Privert préoccupé". Haiti Press Network (in French). Retrieved November 11, 2016.

[nyt-McIntire-5] McIntire, Mike (October 16, 2016). "Haiti and Africa Projects Shed Light on Clinton’s Public-Private Web". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-10-17.

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