Asian, (not china), 21st c. small Manufacturersclick for more
China does dominate the region, (and the world for that matter), when it comes to Ukulele manufacture but there are an increasing number of workshops and factories opening up elsewhere in Asia, and still a few in business from the time before China became pre-eminent. Getting information on them can be hard as the websites are often difficult to translateChai Guitar Craft
Founded by Yukinobu Chai, (and now run by his son), in Machida, Tokyo, Japan in 1959 to make Violins. Over the years the range of chordophones produced has expanded, and so has the workforce, now they employ 7 people and make mainly Guitars and Ukuleles. The Ukuleles they make are mainly Concert or Superconcert scale with a distinctive bell shape, and still very much hand made, in fact though not a luthiery school they were the place where a number of Japanese luthiers learned the craft. the headstock logo reads Ychai or Y chai - the c is not capitalised and the space between the Y and c is very small.It should be noted that the Chai part of the name often gets translated as tea but the name has nothing to do with the beverageHyun Dai
Based in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea they also make Guitars (I believe this is a separate company to Hyundai, the big industrial conglomerate who brand their UkulelesYoung Chang)