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Japanese Firm Nidec to Exit Cambodia Amid Thai-Cambodian Border Dispute
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A Japanese electronics manufacturer and two other factories are closing operations in Poipet, Cambodia, citing unsustainable logistics costs due to border closures.
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Events
2012: Nidec opens a factory in Poipet to produce small motor parts.
Undated: A border dispute leads to the permanent closure of the Thai-Cambodian border checkpoint.
Post-closure: Logistics costs surge as goods must transit through a third country or by air.
Undated: Starite Intimate Apparel and Hi-Tech factories close and pay worker compensation.
October 22, 2026: Nidec is scheduled to officially cease operations in Cambodia.
Who & What's Involved
NidecCambodian Ministry of Labor and Vocational TrainingYomiuri ShimbunStarite Intimate Apparel CambodiaHi-Tech factoryHeng Sour
Topics
Border DisputeForeign Direct InvestmentLogistics CostsLabor RightsThai-Cambodian Relations
Locations
PoipetBanteay Meanchey provinceCambodiaThailand