Written on 11.02.2012 - Industry
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Synthomer to expand nitrile latex plant in Pasir Gudang

Synthomer has announced a further MYR 110 million (~EUR 27.1 million) investment to expand its Pasir Gudang nitrile latex facilities, creating, according to its own words, the world biggest nitrile latex plant to supply the glove dipping industry.

The factory located in Johor, Malaysia, has recently been acquired as a result of the takeover of PolymerLatex GmbH by Synthomer’s parent company Yule Catto & Co plc, and was originally commissioned in October 2009. An estimated MYR 250 million (~EUR 61.7 million) was already invested in the state-of-the-art plant with an annual output capacity of up to 100,000 wet tonnes.

Construction has already started for the two phase expansion, which will increase the site capacity by over 60 %. The first phase is scheduled to start production in the third quarter of 2012 and will be followed rapidly by the second phase, says the company. In 2011, Synthomer completed a fifth phase of expansion at its Kluang facility in Johor. The combined capacity of the Kluang and Pasir Gudang plants in 2013 will be 300,000 wet tonnes.