Tan (middle) witnessing the MOU exchange between Inix represented by chief executive officer Clement Lee (left) and Lgylan represented by its managing director Datuk Alwin Lui. — Bernama photo
SEREMBAN: The first production line of the rubber glove plant owned jointly by Inix Technology Bhd and Lyglan Properties Sdn Bhd is expected to be operating in October or November this year.
Lyglan director Datuk Lui Pak Leung Cha said the factory, built on a two-hectare (five acre) land, valued over RM100 million is expected to be fully operational with 10 production lines in January next year.
“We can’t wait until (all the) 10 production lines (are completed) before we can operate… when at least one or two production lines (are ready), we can start operating…
“Basically, we set up 10 production lines and every hour, one production line can produce about 35,000 gloves and in 24 hours, one production line can produce 840,000 gloves. And per day, our productivity is about four million pieces of gloves. This is just from plant one.
“Hopefully, by next month we will launch another plant called plant two, which can produce probably more than 10 million gloves per day,” he told reporters after a joint-venture (JV) signing ceremony between Lyglan and Inix on Tuesday.
Lui, an engineer with 15 years of experience in the rubber glove industry in relation to building factories, installing machinery, producing packaging, certification, and exporting of medical rubber gloves, said a single production line costs about RM7 million-RM8 million, while total investment of the two plants is about RM250 million-RM300 million.
On the market, Inix Technology vice-chairman Datuk Tan Choon Hwa said their products are highly demanded, especially in Europe due to a shortage of gloves.
“We still received the orders until next year and this year we hope we can (start to) operate our factory,” he said.
Describing the JV agreement as a maiden step for the two parties, he said a JV company named Inix Rubber Glove Industry would be formed with Inix Technology expected to invest RM22.75 million, accounting for 65 per cent of the company’s equity, and Lyglan another RM12.25 million, accounting for 35 per cent of the company’s equity. — Bernama