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Sae-A Trading
Sae-A Trading is a global apparel manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
Sae-A Trading
Sae-A Trading is a global apparel manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The firm runs more than 40 factories across ten countries, including Vietnam, Indonesia, Guatemala, Haiti, and Nicaragua, with a combined workforce exceeding 60,000. Its output supplies over 50 international fashion and sportswear customers. Production spans knit and woven garments, sportswear, and workwear, with in-house spinning, textile, and dyeing units providing vertical control. Subsidiary Sae-A Spinning produces the 'Butterfly' brand of yarn, while Win Textile manufactures fabric and Tegra specializes in technical sportswear across five facilities in the Americas. The Central American factories leverage the CAFTA-DR free trade agreement for duty-free access to the US market. The firm maintains its principal offices in Seoul and operates foreign subsidiaries including Indonesia Winners, S&H Global in Haiti, Eins and S&H in Vietnam, and Centexsa, Texpia, Glovia, Tecnotex, and Eins II across Guatemala and Nicaragua. Tegra, its dedicated sportswear unit, employs 7,500 people with subsidiaries such as Fjord, ArtFx, SAC, and Decotex. Sae-A Trading's manufacturing footprint is unusual in combining Asian cost advantages with a near-shore platform in Central America and the Caribbean. This dual-hemisphere production model allows it to offer both cost-competitive bulk manufacturing and fast-turn replenishment for North American buyers — a structural hedge against supply chain disruption that separates it from single-region competitors.
General information
Firm type
other
Year founded
—
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
Asia
Country
South Korea
City
Seoul
Corporate office
Seoul, South Korea
Additional offices
Indonesia · Vietnam · Guatemala · Haiti · Nicaragua
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
What is Sae-A Trading's production footprint?
Sae-A Trading operates more than 40 factories across ten countries, with major manufacturing hubs in Vietnam, Indonesia, Guatemala, Haiti, and Nicaragua. The firm employs over 60,000 people globally and supplies more than 50 international fashion and sportswear brands. Its Central American facilities benefit from the CAFTA-DR free trade agreement with the United States.
How vertically integrated is Sae-A Trading's supply chain?
The supply chain covers spinning, knitting, dyeing, sewing, and finishing. Key subsidiaries include Sae-A Spinning, which produces the 'Butterfly' brand of yarn; Win Textile, an ESG-focused fabric mill; and Tegra, a sportswear specialist with five production sites in the Western Hemisphere. This vertical structure allows the firm to control quality and lead times from raw material to finished garment.
Which brands does Sae-A Trading produce for?
The firm's website states it supplies more than 50 global brands, but no specific customer names are publicly disclosed. The product range spans knit and woven fashion apparel, sportswear, activewear, workwear, and outerwear. Tegra, the sportswear subsidiary, focuses on high-performance technical apparel for international brands.
Does Sae-A Trading operate as a family office or an investment vehicle?
Available information characterizes Sae-A Trading as an operating company — a global apparel manufacturer and exporter — not a financial investment firm or family office. There are no public disclosures of a separately managed investment portfolio, family office entity, or direct investment activity outside its core manufacturing operations.
What is Sae-A Trading's relationship to Global Sae-A Group?
The website references 'Global Sae-A Group' (글로벌세아 그룹) through its corporate symbol mark and identity materials, indicating Sae-A Trading is part of a larger corporate group. No further details about the group structure, holding entity, or sibling companies are publicly available in the sources reviewed.
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