Plant
contract campus
South Korea (location known to country level only)[1, 2]. Built for 2 brands on record.
Squier brand job, 15 Oct 2026. Builder of E1/E7 serial Squiers c.1987 to late 1988/early 1989 per S452 (community); Guitar.com says production moved to Korea from 1987 (S448). The E prefix is attributed to Samick instead by GuitarInSite (S450). City, address and opening dates not found.
More: every plant in South Korea, the Squier lineage, the Fender lineage.
Every date on this page is unverified. It comes from an internal draft and has no source attached yet.
No location is on record for this plant (South Korea), so it is not mapped.
Every headstock this plant has built for, on record. A contract plant can sit behind several brands at once.
The operator is not always the brand owner. Follow a company to see every plant it ran.
| Years | Operator | Source |
|---|---|---|
| undated | Young Chang (Korea) | unverified[1] |
| Years | Brand | Line | Role | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987–1989 | Squier | Squier Korea | full build | unverified[1, 2] |
| undated | Fender | Fender Korea (MIK) | full build | unverified[3] |
The plant stays the same across these rows; the company behind the name does not.
| Years | Line | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987–1989[4, 1, 2] | Squier Korea | Fender Musical Instruments Corporation | — |
No supply records for this plant yet.
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