# UPA Healthcare Products to build melt-blown fabric line in Seri Kembangan

UPA Corporation Bhd's subsidiary UPA Healthcare Products Sdn Bhd is investing RM10 million to manufacture melt-blown non-woven fabric for face masks in Seri Kembangan, Malaysia. Production is expected to start by end of November 2020, with annual capacity of 600,000 kg of fabric and 86 million masks.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-07-08
- Where: Seri Kembangan, Malaysia
- Value: $2.40M (10.0M MYR)
- Starts operating: Nov 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 600,000 kg per year of melt-blown fabric; 86 million masks per year
- Products: melt-blown non-woven fabric, three-ply masks, surgical face masks
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [UPA Corporation Bhd](https://endata.com/companies/48433.md)
- [UPA Healthcare Products Sdn Bhd](https://endata.com/companies/48434.md)

## Sources

- [bernama.com](https://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=1868011), 2020-07-08: "Total investment for the project is RM10 million and would be funded internally, said the company."
- [nonwovens-industry.com](https://www.nonwovens-industry.com/breaking-news/upa-expands-into-meltblown-production/), 2020-08-06: "Total investment for the project is estimated at RM10 million, or about $2.5 million, to be funded through internally generated funds."

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