Camfil Invests MYR50m In Malaysia: Expanding Manufacturing To Meet Global Demand

Land acquired in Malaysia is the base for a new plant expansion for Camfil Malaysia (Ipoh). This is one of the Group’s latest investments that further increases its capacity and manufacturing footprint to meet to global demand in air filter products and services. The plant will be operational by Q4 in 2022.

The total land size of the plant will increase to 759,000 square feet. This plant will enable Camfil to meet the growing demand for air filters (particulate and molecular) solutions not only in the Asia Pacific region but also globally.

Photo: Camfil Malaysia celebrated Chinese New at the new expanded plant on the 7th of February 2022. Joining in the celebrations were (Left) Siri Logeswaren,Senior Production Manager; (Middle Left) Karunagaran Krishnan, VP Supply Chain (APAC) & Head of Plant; (Middle Right) Teng Kim Ming, VP Finance & IT (APAC); Right, Arthur Khor, Human Resources Manager (Malaysia).

The plant expansion will be adjacent to the existing Camfil plant including a hi-tech R&D facility as well as a state-of-the-art High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filter, Turbo Machinery and Molecular Filter manufacturing. The plant will continue to produce more energy-saving air filters and provide clean air solutions aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG).

The group has pledged its company and manufacturing strategy to support the UNSDG ensuring a meaningful contribution to sustainability globally. The four goals that have been identified as the most relevant to its business are goal 3, good health and wellbeing; goal 8, decent work and economic growth; goal 11, sustainable cities and communities and goal 12, responsible consumption and production.

“The MYR50M investment for the new plant expansion allows us to accelerate our growth strategy and broaden our offerings in APAC as we focus on delivering long-term value to our customers.” said Teng Kim Ming, Camfil Malaysia, VP Finance & IT (APAC)

This new integrated facility will run into multiple production lines, including HEPA filter and molecular contamination control filters. Together, with the plant expansion, deployment of modern manufacturing techniques and many other sustainable features, Camfil will be able to cater to the increased demand of air filters in the APAC region. “The new expansion will give us additional warehouse space, I foresee that we will have a reduction of approximately 50% in lead time” states Karunagaran Krishnan, Camfil Malaysia Head of Plant & VP Supply Chain (APAC).