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Penfibre

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Type
  
Public KK

Industry
  
polyester staple fibres.

Founded
  
1973 (Fibre Division) 1997 (Film Division)

Headquarters
  
Perai, Central Seberang Perai, Penang, Malaysia

Area served
  
Malaysia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, China, Colombia, El Salvador, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam

Key people
  
Hiroshi Yoshimura (Managing Director of Toray Groups Malaysia)

Penfibre SDN Berhad is a company owned by Toray Industries (Malaysia) Sdn. Berhad, the subsidiaries of Toray Industries. Founded in 1973. In 1998, the company started to manufacture polyester film under the brand of Toray Lumiror Polyster. The plant has a capacity for producing 60,000 tons of polyester staple fibre a year. The company was divided into 2 different divisions, Penfibre Film and Penfibre Fibre.

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History

  • 1973- Establishment of Penfibre Sdn. Berhad (Malaysia) - Fibre Division
  • 1974-The first polyester staple fibre factory in ASEAN began its production.
  • 1997-Established of Penfibre Sdn. Berhad (Malaysia) - Film Division
  • 1998-Film Division started commence production for Polyester Film "Lumirror"

    • Penfibre Film Division

    Specialized in BOPET (POLYESTER) FILM manufacturing plant under the trademark of Lumirror.

    Penfibre Fibre Division

    Has a capacity for producing 60,000 tons of polyester staple fibre a year.

    References

    Penfibre Wikipedia
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