Semperit Group invested EUR 21 million from autumn 2020 onwards in the construction of six additional dipping lines ("P7+") for glove production at the Malaysian subsidiary in Kamunting. Today, the new production lines with an output of 1.8 billion pieces per year were opened during a festive ceremony by CEO Karl Haider and COO Kristian Brok in the presence of the Chief Minister of Perak and the Austrian Ambassador. The most modern factory complex at the Kamunting site, called P7, thus now has 18 production lines with a target capacity of 5.4 billion pieces of gloves in total; 12 production lines had been built in an initial investment phase between 2015 and 2017.

"The construction of P7+ serves to preserve value atMalaysian Sempermed plant and represents the completion of the successful restructuring initiated in 2017, on the basis of which have achieved considerable efficiency gains," says Karl Haider, CEO of the Semperit Group.