EP Manufacturing (EPMB) is targeting to begin vehicle production at its factory in Hicom Pegoh Industrial Park in Melaka in the third quarter of this year. According to EPMB CEO Ahmad Razlan Mohamed, the company is looking to produce 6,000 units by year-end, the Malaysian Reserve reports.
Production, which will be carried out by the company’s subsidiary, Peps-JV Melaka (PJVM), will kick off with builds for two Chinese carmakers. The first is China-based Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC), with the company having inked an 10-year vehicle assembly agreement with the carmaker in April. Initial models slated for production being the BJ40 Plus and X55II SUVs, with the CKD forms expected to debut in 2025.
EPMB will serve as a vehicle assembler, with BAIC providing relevant technical support and training as well as guidance and supervision on the assembly and manufacturing process. The Chinese automaker will be responsible for the sales and marketing of vehicles in the region.
The company will also produce vehicles for Great Wall Motor (GWM), with EPMB, via PJVM, having been appointed earlier this year as a contract vehicle assembler for the Chinese automaker in Malaysia for a period of eight years. EPMB will initially assemble the Haval H6 Hybrid and the Haval Jolion in Malaysia for GWM.
In October last year, EPMB announced that over RM100 million would be invested for the construction of the plant in Melaka. The facility is expected to create around 1,000 new jobs upon full operation and produce up to 30,000 vehicles annually in the first phase of its operations. The company has said it is aiming for an annual output of 20,000 units by 2028.
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Hope your assembly quality not like H which assembled in Melaka also.
Now even rice cooker manufacturers in China also want to build EV… scary times.
Betul! Apek2 sini tau masalah jenama ching chong nih tapi tamak, tak kesah pasal nyawa majoriti. Die tau anak2 die dah tak naik motor dah
Actually can the local market sales be good enough to sustain these extra brands coming here? Even the BYD and Chery seems to be cooling down. They need constant launching and product re-pricing / repackaging to make it attractive.
EV is just an electrical appliance. Tweak your expectations and you will be fine.
We never complain there are too many brands of rice cooker in the market….
similar to MBMR + UMW = P2
EPMB one of largest OEM auto parts in malaysia
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Elegant and graceful but empty wai
A fine match for the fool follow lies.
He throw honey in soup and chant BoLai BoLai
Hopefully the 1000 job opportunities goes to local Malaysian and not foreigners especially Bangladeshi
Don’t be fooled by the external beauty of China made car.
Hidden beneath the pretty skin are broken axles
Without doubt chinese automakers have improved a lot more than we malaysian have achieved. out small marker size doesn’t give out proton much chance at all.
unlike china with domestic markets, they started assembly of foreigh vehicles and eventually produce their own. taking note, chinese automaker have been present much earlier but older vehicle model and outdated technology then. but they have benefitted from globalisation and progressed.
vietnamese are starting anew like proton, let’s see how they perform in long run. with so many vehicle offering coming out of china, automotive industry will be flooded with choice. consolidation will happen some time in future. just like how last mega merger of euro and american car makers.