Building-products ecosystem · Koh Kong SEZ, Cambodia

Your factory, inside a campus built to sell together.

We're assembling a curated group of non-competing building-products factories — cabinets, countertops, hardware, faucets, sinks and more — inside one Cambodian zone, so a buyer visits once and sources the whole project. We bring the site, the incentives, and the U.S. builders, contractors, wholesalers and retailers who buy what you make.

01The Ecosystem

One address, not one factory.

Most factories that move to Cambodia move alone — one gate, one product, one sales team trying to find buyers from scratch. We're building something different: one campus where a buyer can walk in, see the cabinets, the countertop, the hardware and the faucet on it — all made a few doors apart — and ship it all out together instead of five separate shipments from five separate factories.

One trip, one shipment

A builder, contractor or distributor sourcing a large project — an apartment complex, a subdivision — visits once and sources cabinets, countertops, hardware, faucets, sinks and more from factories that already work together, instead of five separate sourcing trips to five separate provinces. Half a container of faucets and a pallet of light fixtures combine into one shipment.

Shared clients, not shared customers

A client the cabinet factory brings in gets introduced to the countertop maker next door, the hardware factory across the street, the faucet or sink line down the block. Business moves between factories, not just in from outside.

Built to be visited

Buyer logistics, showrooms and site visits are part of the campus from day one — not something each factory has to figure out alone after it lands.

02How We Curate

We don't stack competitors.

The ecosystem only works if factories aren't fighting each other for the same order. So we're deliberate about who we bring in, and where the lines sit.

One seat per nicheWe bring in one strong factory per category, not three competing for the same buyer. If two makers serve the same niche the same way, only one gets a seat.
Room for real differentiationA second factory in a category is only in if it's genuinely a different product — a solid-wood cabinet shop and a melamine cabinet shop aren't competing for the same order, so both can have a seat.
Known quality onlyWe're not filling slots. We bring in factories whose work we already know — direct relationships or vetted reputations — so every referral inside the campus reflects well on everyone in it.

Some categories fill quickly, and stay closed once they're taken.

03The U.S. Market

We don't stop at the gate. We bring you the buyers.

Moving your factory to a lower-cost zone doesn't put a single new order on your books. We treat U.S. demand generation as part of the campus, not an afterthought each factory has to solve alone.

Builders & contractors

Relationships with the builders and contractors who spec building products at volume.

Trade shows

Placement and representation at the U.S. shows where your category gets bought.

Wholesalers & distributors

Introductions into the wholesale channels that already move product at volume.

Retail

Relationships with the retail chains and showrooms that put your product in front of the end buyer.

This is marketing your factory can't easily do alone from Cambodia — a dedicated presence in the market you're selling into, working on behalf of the whole campus, not just one factory.

04Koh Kong SEZ

One zone, known properly.

The zone sits in Cambodia's south-western coastal province, on the Thai border. Knowing one zone down to individual parcels, substations and district officials beats a brochure view of five.

01

Position

Border, Coast and Road
Cham Yeam crossing into Thailand, a Gulf of Thailand coastline, and National Road 48 inland to the Phnom Penh–Sihanoukville highway.
Thai border & coast
02

Land

Cost and Room to Grow
Parcels price well below the Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville corridors, with room for the campus to add the next factory and the next category alongside it.
Lower land cost
03

Utilities

Already Built, Not Promised
A dedicated substation, a water intake and treatment plant, and a wastewater treatment plant already serve the zone, alongside a vocational training school and labour service centre for hiring at volume — this is an operating zone, not a plotted masterplan.
Built infrastructure
04

The Trade-off

Said Plainly
About 69 km and 54 minutes to Sihanoukville's deep-sea port on today's roads — a real cost in haulage time and filing trips to the capital, priced into the model rather than left for you to find.
Distance to port
05Headline Terms

What the investment law offers.

Cambodia's Qualified Investment Project (QIP) incentives are administered by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). Approval — and the tier you get — is decided project by project.

100%

Foreign ownership permitted for the operating company

Up to 9 yrs

Income tax exemption for a Qualified Investment Project

0% duty

On imported equipment, construction materials and production inputs

One window

Licensing, customs and permits handled at the zone administration

How the exemption actually runs

The 9-year headline figure is the top tier, not the average. The CDC assigns every QIP to one of three groups by sector and location, and the tax holiday steps down afterward rather than ending outright:

Sector group Full exemption Then: years 1–2 Years 3–4 Years 5–6
Group 1 9 years 25% of standard tax 50% of standard tax 75% of standard tax
Group 26 years
Group 33 years

Separately, the annual minimum tax (otherwise 1% of revenue) is also waived for qualifying QIPs — automatically in year one, and from year two onward provided you file an independent audit report before June of the following tax year. Locally sourced production inputs are VAT-exempt, and imported production-line inputs — construction materials, construction equipment, production machinery — come in free of customs duty, special tax and VAT.

Indicative terms only. Incentives are granted project by project by the Council for the Development of Cambodia and depend on sector, location and investment size. Confirm with licensed Cambodian counsel before committing capital.
06Categories

What the campus is built around.

Building products, treated as one connected supply chain rather than isolated factories. This is where we're focused first — not the final word on where it stops.

Cabinets — solid wood Cabinets — melamine Countertops — quartz & stone Countertops — laminate Cabinet hardware & hinges Faucets Sinks & basins Tile & stone Flooring Doors, windows & millwork Decorative lighting Closet & storage systems Outdoor & decking

One or two makers per category, chosen for genuine differentiation, not competition. If your category has a seat open, the first conversation is free and short. If it doesn't, we'll tell you that plainly, too.

07What Joining Gets You

One accountable team, feasibility to first order.

Most factories assemble this from four separate firms and carry the coordination themselves. We hold it as one workstream — including the parts that happen after you've moved in.

01

Feasibility & landed-cost model

Koh Kong tested against your product: labour, power, lease, haulage, duty, lead time.

02

Category fit & site selection

Confirming your category has a seat, and where you sit in the campus relative to the factories you'll work with.

03

QIP registration & incentive structuring

Structured for the incentives you can actually qualify for, filed through the CDC.

04

Entity formation & licensing

Company and tax registration, sector licences, and the permits your process requires.

05

Lease, build & utilities

Lease negotiation, contractor oversight, power and water connection, customs at the gate.

06

Workforce & HR compliance

Recruitment at volume, contracts and work rules, labour and social security registration.

07

Campus introductions

Referral relationships with the other factories in your part of the campus, from day one.

08

U.S. market access

Trade shows, and introductions to the builders, contractors, wholesalers and retailers who buy your category.

08Process

How a factory gets a seat.

Sequence matters more than speed. Each phase closes with a decision you can act on, and you can stop at any of them.

Phase 01

Scope

Your product and category matched against open seats in the campus.

Phase 02

Shortlist

Site visited, parcel and neighbours confirmed, seat held.

Phase 03

Structure

Entity registered, QIP application filed, lease terms signed.

Phase 04

Build

Fit-out overseen, utilities connected, first hires trained.

Phase 05

Operate

Campus introductions made, U.S. buyers engaged, first order shipped.

09Contact

See if there's room in your category.

Tell us what you make, and what makes it different. We'll tell you plainly whether there's a seat open in your category, what the incentives would look like, and what it would take to bring you in.

We don't stack competitors.One seat per niche, so referrals inside the campus never send business to a rival.
Local execution.The work happens in Khmer, in person, at the ministry counter.
Present after the seat is filled.We stay through fit-out, hiring, campus introductions and your first order to a U.S. buyer.
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