Brooks Instrument opened a 57,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Penang, its fourth global production site, to make GF100 mass flow controllers for semiconductor customers.

Faeth Group was contracted by a major global customer to execute the specialty gas supply system for the expansion of its factory in Kulim, Malaysia, in a multi-million USD order.

Swiss vacuum valve maker VAT Group held a groundbreaking for a 39,200 square meter factory extension in Penang, Malaysia. The project will create about 500 jobs and more than double the Malaysian operation's production capacity.

VAT Group completed Phase 2 of its Malaysian campus in September 2019, expanding it from 6,000 to 24,000 square metres, a step forecast to raise global production capacity by 30%.