Expansion works for Proton’s production plant in Tanjung Malim have officially begun, following an official groundbreaking ceremony to mark the addition of a new stamping facility. The expansion will house a new “Superlarge” press machine to enhance stamping abilities, and is part of the national automaker’s plan to increase localisation levels for current and future models.
Proton said the new press will allow for the stamping of much larger body panels, among other parts, and it is designed to allow for the manufacturing of more model lines and variants in the future. This will also enable Proton to build the cars to the highest standards. The facility will also be equipped with other complementary state-of-the-art tools.
The total investment for this is RM200 million, and goes on top of the RM1.2 billion that was spent in the previous expansion phase. Proton also said the investment is part of its growth strategy and future planning – the facility is expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2022.
Proton CEO Dr Li Chunrong said: “While we are happy with our progress so far, Proton must continue to look to the future. This new addition is part of our strategy to ensure that we can grow continuously as well as increase our model footprint when we have to. This means having the ability to build more variants, but more importantly to be able to build them to the highest standards as well as to incorporate new technology.”
“We are very clear about the direction and growth for Proton. While Malaysia will always be our primary market, we must be able to compete beyond our shores. This facility is one small part of the journey. It is especially important for us because it means we can do far more localisation going forward. This will have a spillover effect which will see us engaging with more vendors and further growing the local automotive ecosystem,” Li added.
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Aik.. ada duit buat kilang. “Happy Operation Entity” dah bayar ke blom? Happy konon.
Privatizing profits and socializing losses… janji jobs & $$ terjaga. Read up on Lemon sosialisme
Geely investments continues to berlimpah on and on and on. Proton made the right choice.
Proton under Drb received loans RM1.5 billion in 2016 & RM1.1 Billion in 2017 …so RM200million kilang stamping is really small money for Proton.
https://paultan.org/2018/10/10/proton-invests-rm1-2-billion-for-production-of-new-x70-and-next-gen-models/
Did you forget the RM 1.2Billion earlier? It’s even pointed in this article or did you not bother to read just to comment blindly?
This RM 1.2 Billion was forked out by Geely… the billion2 oredy walloped by drb gone with the wind. Syukurr
Copy paste: “Proton receives RM1.1 bil R&D reimbursement grant not loans.”
Proton receives RM1.1 bil R&D reimbursement grant not loans.
Gongxi Dr Li Chunrong! Brilliant work!! new Proton X50 no more waitings, JomSapotLokal..
Must be high production at factory now. Business semakin baik. Sales record pecah many times. Abang-abang at P1 can expect big bonus, yeah?
Great. Proton wouldn’t be able to going forward if it still depending on old technologies and local market. Proton wouldn’t be a giant automaker to compete with the other top producers but a step forward to clinch and chew a little of big pie in certain allies market like Pakistan would definitely gonna benefits everyone. Job creation is important to maintain and stabilize the economic growth for Malaysia. Only quality products would be remembered by importers to retain loyal customers.Thanks Najib for his visionary plan. It wouldn’t be this success if Proton is let hanging under PSA or any other European makers.
Syukuring to PM Najib
You know a car company is serious when they invest in body stamping as well. Body stamping creates the metal parts of a car, it is different from the plastic parts which use injection moulding. Some of the stamped parts are expensive and obvious like the doors, bonnet, pillars etc., but most are just minor and cheap parts like brackets, hinges, cowls etc.. Engine and transmission manufacturing use a completely separate casting process.
Body stamping is one of the most expensive parts of car manufacturing. The paint shop is another. But unlike the paint shop, which can be re-used for decades and shared with different manufacturers/models, body stamping is restricted to a certain model or platform. The same can be said for engine and transmission production. Both lifecycle and ROI margin are low for body stamping, so you really need high sales volumes to justify it.
In Malaysia, as far as I’m aware, only 4 car companies are currently doing significant body stamping; Proton, Perodua, Toyota and Honda. Some well known vendors which supply the stamped parts are PHN, Miyazu, Oriental Summit, Toyota Auto Body and IQM. Proton has gone one step further than the rest, as they’ve also invested in more advanced hot press forming (HPF). Meanwhile Toyota only stamps certain body parts for the Vios and Hilux.
Good info bro, thumbs upp
You may not know this but Tan Chong also did extensive body stampings for previous gen Almera, leading to near 70% local content which kept its price low. The new Almera however….
Part of Proton’s plan to consolidate production at Tanjung Malim
Fix your after sales and spare parts availability first.
Parts shortages is a worldwide problem tho…
Going from strength to strength
Doesn’t this fit Geely’s plan to use Proton as its hub to produce RHD versions of its models for the RHD markets throughout the world?
Geely: Just as planned….