# Continental opens new mixing facility at Alor Setar tyre plant in Malaysia

Continental inaugurated a new rubber compound mixing facility at its Alor Setar tyre plant in Malaysia, investing over MYR 65 million (£10.6 million) to increase capacity and flexibility.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-06-25
- Where: Alor Setar, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Value: $15.6M (65.0M MYR)
- Starts operating: 25 Jun 2019
- Status: completed
- Products: rubber compound, tyres
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Continental](https://endata.com/companies/925.md)

## Sources

- [tyrepress.com](https://www.tyrepress.com/2019/06/new-mixing-facility-at-continentals-malaysia-tyre-plant/), 2019-06-25: "Continental has inaugurated a new, state-of-the-art rubber compound mixing facility at its tyre plant in Alor Setar Malaysia."
- [dsf.my](https://www.dsf.my/2019/06/continental-expansion-in-alor-setar-2019/), 2019-06-26: "Continental invested more than 65 mio MYR for the new mixing facility that will further enhance the manufacturing process by adding state-of-the-art rubber compound mixing technology locally."

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