MHE-Demag Opens Southeast Asia's Largest Crane Manufacturing Plant In Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 (Bernama) -- MHE-Demag, a joint-venture between Terex MHPS GmbH and Jebsen & Jessen (SEA) Pte Ltd, has opened its largest manufacturing and warehouse facility costing RM45 million in Bukit Raja, Klang, Selangor. In a statement Tuesday, it said the facility, sited on 26,000 square metres of land with built-up area of close to 15,000 square metres, could operate at a capacity of 200,000 production hours a year and was capable of building cranes of up to 50-metre span. The plant, the largest and first of its kind crane manufacturing facility in Malaysia and the region, is expected to support the fabricated metal products and machinery and equipment industries, two key areas that have been identified as drivers for the manufacturing sector to attain its projected growth of 5.1 per cent per annum. "This plant will primarily serve customers from Malaysia, Australia, Cambodia, Myanmar and Singapore from various industrial sectors where lifting, moving and maintenance of materials or machinery are required," it said. MHE-Demag Regional Managing Director, Karl Tilkorn, said this plant was the largest and most modern of its 11 manufacturing facilities across the Southeast Asian region. "Each industrial crane needs to be individually designed and custom fabricated, hence the larger production facility along with state-of-the-art equipment will allow us to maintain our leadership position to meet the high standards required by our growing customer portfolio, particularly with the projects we have secured," he said. The facility will also host MHE-Demag's regional training centre, which will conduct skills training and upgrading programmes for employees and customers throughout the group to ensure that excellence in operations, maintenance and safety for industrial cranes is maintained. -- BERNAMA