# Sakamoto plans capacity expansion at Banting plant

Sakamoto plans to add a new blow moulding line in 2019 to increase the plant's capacity from 200,000 to 450,000 units per year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-11-28
- Where: Bandar Mahkota Industrial Park, Banting, Malaysia
- Starts operating: 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 450,000 units per year
- Products: plastic fuel tanks
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Sakamoto Manufacturing Malaysia](https://endata.com/companies/28414.md)

## Sources

- [paultan.org](https://paultan.org/2017/11/28/sakamoto-opens-new-fuel-tank-factory-in-banting-first-plastic-fuel-tank-manufacturer-in-malaysia/), 2017-11-28: "Sakamoto plans to build as many as 300,000 units a year here, with a new blow moulding line coming on stream in 2019 to bump up the plant’s capacity from 200,000 units to 450,000 units."

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