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- Nestle invests RM150mil in new plant Shah Alam factory will double the production capacity of its RTD
- MMHE begins transformation programme
- MAS to fly to Kochi and reinstate flights to Dubai and Darwin soon
| Posted: SHAH ALAM: Nestle (M) Bhd is investing RM150mil in the first phase of its new plant, which will double the production capacity of its ready-to-drink (RTD) segment in Malaysia. The factory, built adjacent to the company's existing factory in Shah Alam, is expected to be fully operational by May 2014. "The facility will produce the company's RTD liquid beverages, such as Milo, Nescafe, Nestle Omega, Nestle Low Fat Milk and Nestle Full Cream," Nestle Malaysia/Singapore region head Alois Hofbauer told reporters after the ground-breaking ceremony yesterday. The event was also attended by Nestle SA operations and globe executive vice president Jose Lopez and chairman of Nestle Malaysia Tan Sri Syed Zainol Anwar Jamalullail. Today, close to 300 million servings of Milo and Nescafe RTD beverages were consumed by Malaysians every year, Hofbauer said. The new facility will double its RTD beverages capacity, enabling it to produce new products and catering for the export market. "In the last four years, we have seen significant growth in Nestle RTD beverages. This is mainly due to changes in consumer lifestyles, as people increasingly prefer on-the-go cold beverages. The strong surge in demand has encouraged us to invest and expand our manufacturing operations here in Malaysia," he said, adding that the group had allocated RM250mil for capital expenditure this year. The factory's state-of-the-art technology will optimise capacity and efficiency, thus ensuring higher productivity. The facility is equipped with sustainability design features like heat and rain water recovery systems to reduce energy and water usage while minimising the company's environmental footprint. Upon completion, the 16,000 sq metre facility will employ 160 workers and indirectly generate further job opportunities within its supply chain. Currently, the group exports about 25%, worth RM1bil, of its total capacity from seven factories to 50 countries. Besides the RTD category, Nestle products include coffee, prepared food, dairy, cereals, ice cream, chocolate and confectionary. – Bernama |
| MMHE begins transformation programme Posted: KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Sdn Bhd (MMHE) has initiated a major transformation company-wide to ensure it becomes a high-performance organisation. Managing director and chief executive officer Dominique de Soras said the transformation has a natural link to its yard optimisation programme launched a few years ago to improve asset base. "The intent is to increase our production capacity via optimism and upgrading," said de Soras during an oil and gas vendors' dialogue in Johor Baru yesterday. The text of his speech was released in Kuala Lumpur. The dialogue, entitled Hand-in-hand in delivering projects on time and at cost, was conducted by MMHE to update its vendors and subcontractors on the company's transformation initiative. He said their investment in transformation was comprehensive, encompassing hardware such as yard facilities and software such as process automation. "We are further investing on uplifting the capability of our people and our reputation through rebranding and corporate culture campaign," he added. MMHE signed long-term agreements on March 5 with five key contractors for the provision of structural fabrication services, and on March 8 it signed long-term price agreements with 19 vendors for the supply of structures, piping and electrical and instrumentation materials. MMHE vendors and subcontractors have been supporting the company's transformation efforts through various channels to provide manpower and material supply in their projects. – Bernama |
| MAS to fly to Kochi and reinstate flights to Dubai and Darwin soon Posted: PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will begin daily flights to Kochi, India, effective Sept 1 and is reinstating flights to Dubai and Darwin (Australia) as part of its aim to expand its regional network. Group chief executive officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said the flights to Dubai and Darwin would be reinstated effective Aug 5 and Nov 1, respectively. "Dubai provides us with connectivity to the Middle East, which is a growing market, while Kochi and Darwin are strong secondary markets that fit into our overall network (strategy)," he told a press conference yesterday. He said MAS would be flying daily to Dubai and five times weekly to Darwin. Effective last month, the national carrier also increased its number of weekly flights to Phuket, Kathmandu and Mumbai. From next month, it will be flying four times daily to Denpasar (Bali). MAS commercial director Hugh Noel Dunleavy said each route the airline added or reintroduced into its network was also part of the company's goal to improve its bottomline. "We conduct the appropriate research (before adding a route) and every market MAS enters, it is done for commercial reasons to maximise profitability," he said. MAS widened its net loss for the first quarter to March 31, 2013 to RM278.8mil from RM171.8mil in the previous corresponding period on the back of a 13% increase in revenue to RM3.5bil. The carrier's yield decreased 5% to 24.2 sen per revenue passenger kilometre in its first quarter, despite passenger revenue rising 11% to RM2.47bil. Dunleavy said MAS' strategy going forward was to "offer the right price in the right market at the right time." "Our yields were down in the first quarter but that's natural," he said, adding that MAS would tweak the number of low-end versus high-end seats it was selling "depending on market conditions." Ahmad Jauhari said MAS would add more aircraft to its fleet as it expanded its destination network. "We need to grow to make our presence relevant. As we add more destinations, we will add more aircraft." MAS has 120 aircraft currently. This year, it will take delivery of 24 new aircraft comprising 12 Boeing 737-800s, two Airbus A380s, four A330s and six ATR 72-600 turboprops. |
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