Menicon Co., Ltd.

Menicon announced an investment of RM650 million (JPY18 billion) for its first manufacturing plant in Malaysia at Kulim Hi-Tech Park, Kedah, to produce daily disposable contact lenses. The plant will span 200,000 square metres site area with 45,000 square metres floor area, and is expected to employ close to 100 personnel when production begins in 2025.

Menicon Co., Ltd. is adding second and third floors to its single-story Kakamigahara Factory to increase production capacity for daily disposable contact lenses. The expansion will add 12 production lines (from 3 to 15) and target an annual capacity of over 500 million lenses. Construction started December 2018 and is scheduled for completion in spring 2020.