# Hong Seng to build RM3 billion nitrile glove plant in Kedah, Malaysia

Hong Seng Consolidated Berhad will build a new nitrile butadiene latex (NBL) plant in Kedah Rubber City, Malaysia, with a total investment of approximately RM3 billion. The plant will be completed in four phases, with the first phase of 240 KTPA expected to commence commercial production by Q2 2024.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-11-01
- Where: Kedah Rubber City, Kedah, Malaysia
- Value: $720.0M (3.00B MYR)
- Jobs: 1,600
- Starts operating: Q2 2024
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 960 kilo-tonnes per annum
- Products: nitrile butadiene latex (NBL)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Hong Seng Consolidated Berhad](https://endata.com/companies/58417.md)

## Sources

- [businesstoday.com.my](https://www.businesstoday.com.my/2021/11/01/hong-seng-to-build-rm3-billion-nitrile-glove-plant-in-kedah-rubber-city/), 2021-11-01: "Hong Seng Consolidated Berhad is set to buld a new nitrile butadiene latex (NBL) plant in Kedah, with an approximate price tag estimated to be in the region of RM3 billion."

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