Eclipse Automation Sets Up First Asian Factory In Penang

Eclipse Automation Inc, a leading supplier of custom automated manufacturing equipment for the life sciences, energy, transportation, consumer electronics, and industrial industrieshas chosen to build its first Asian manufacturing facility in Penang.

The facility in Batu Kawan is set to serve its major customers across the Asia Pacific and other regions and factory construction is expected to commence within the first quarter of 2022 with commercial operations targeted to begin in 2023.  Headquartered in Ontario, Canada Eclipse has 20 facilities strategically located in the vicinity of its customers and potential partners across Canada, United States, and Central Europe. The latest expansion is part of the group’s commitment to increase manufacturing production capacity to meet global demands.           

“The new facility in Batu Kawan is expected to create approximately 150 new jobs by 2025 with about 80 percent of the employees from the technical and engineering background. This project which further strengthens Malaysia’s position as a strategic destination for global Machinery and Equipment (M&E) players that will create a multiplier effect within the domestic economy in terms of local supply chain usage and technology transfer,” shared Datuk Arham Abdul Rahman, Chief Executive Officer of Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA).  

The Eclipse Automation Malaysia site will span three acres of prime industrial land, with a production area of 55,000 square feet and an office area of 27,000 square feet designed to fully support the compliance needs of the customers within the life sciences sector, as well as serving the high-tech automotive, alternative energy, and consumer industries. This site will also act as a cost-effective and desirable strategic location for continued global growth, in collaboration with Eclipse’s current technology and manufacturing hubs in Canada, the U.S.A., Germany, Hungary, and Switzerland.

Eclipse Automation CEO, Mr. Steve Mai, said “Our Malaysian facility will also employ a large team of highly-qualified engineers, assemblers, and other support teams to enhance our ability to provide solutions with a powerful follow-the-sun model of service. We appreciate MIDA for supporting us throughout our journey and Malaysia’s pro-business, pro-trade and business-friendly investment policies have played a key role in helping us make our investment decision.”

In 2021, a total of 49 M&E projects have been approved with an investment value of RM1.3 billion. Of the total, 27 were new projects, with investments amounting to RM753.7 million (56.3 percent). The remaining 22 were expansion/diversification projects worth RM584.4 million (43.7 percent). Most of the investments approved were from foreign sources amounting to RM906.0 million or 67.7 percent, while the remaining RM432.2 million (32.3 per cent) were from domestic direct investment (DDI). These approved projects are expected to create 2,253 new job opportunities.

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