# Eclipse Automation to build first Asia manufacturing facility in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Eclipse Automation Inc announced its first manufacturing facility in Asia, to be built in Batu Kawan, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on 10 February 2022, with construction expected to start in Q1 2022 and commercial operations targeted for 2023.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-02-10
- Where: Batu Kawan, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Jobs: 150
- Starts operating: 2023
- Status: announced
- Products: custom automated manufacturing equipment
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Eclipse Automation](https://endata.com/companies/18612.md)

## Sources

- [mida.gov.my](https://www.mida.gov.my/media-release/eclipse-automations-right-move-to-establish-its-overseas-manufacturing-facility-in-malaysia/), 2022-02-11: "The new facility in Batu Kawan is expected to create approximately 150 new jobs by 2025 with about 80 per cent of the employees from the technical and engineering background."
- [digitimes.com](https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20220214VL206/automation-malaysia-manufacturing.html), 2022-02-15: "A groundbreaking ceremony for Eclipse Automation's new factory was held on February 10, 2022, in Penang, Malaysia."

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