Sundsvall, Sweden - On November 15; 2007, Martin Jetter, President of Emhart Glass signed a contract with Panoramic Industrial Development Sdn. Bhd to design and erect a new factory building for the operations in Malaysia, inclusive of the purchase of the land.

The new factory will be located in the same area as the present one, in Taman Preindustrian Cemerlang, Johor Bahru. The building will cover approximately 6000 m2. Under the same contract additional land was acquired for a possible later expansion.

The building is expected to be completed within 12 months from today, followed by another 2 months for fitting out and for the transfer of the activities from the current premises.

The new building will primarily contain the assembly of new IS machines, cross conveyors, the fabrication of welded parts as well as a job shop and a warehouse. There will be additional dedicated space for training on and demonstration of both HE and CE products. Finally, this new site will also serve as home base for selected Asia-Pacific HE and CE service engineers.

This new and larger facility will reinforce Emhart Glass’ strength in manufacturing, service and training and underline through the strong presence in Malaysia their commitment to Asian customers.