PETALING JAYA: UMW Lubetech Sdn Bhd, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of UMW Holdings Bhd, today opened its automated lubricants blending plant in Pulau Indah Industrial Park, Klang.
The new plant has a capacity to produce 60 million litres of lubricants a year, replacing the plant in Shah Alam which had a 35-million-litre capacity.
The event was officiated by Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari.
The new facility has a built-up area of 3.2 acres and sits on a piece of land measuring 6.9 acres. It has more than 200 employees.
Construction started in March 2022 with a total investment cost of RM67 million for land, building and equipment. It is equipped with IR4.0-ready processes to enhance efficiency and competitiveness as well as accredited laboratory facilities. The warehouse at the plant is equipped with automated racking system. The production floor has a total of 14 filling lines and commercial production commenced in April 2023.
In line with the UMW Group’s Sustainability Roadmap, the new UMW Lubetech plant is GreenRe Gold certified. Installation of solar panels at the plant will be completed by the first quarter of 2024. It has facilities for rainwater harvesting, electric vehicle charging, waste composting and energy efficient lighting.
UMW Lubetech produces a variety of products at the plant under its in-house brand “Grantt”. The brand’s range of products include passenger car motor oil, motorcycle oil, diesel engine oil, automatic transmission fluid, agricultural oil, marine oil, grease, radiator coolant, brake fluids, biohydraulic lubricants and food grade grease.
UMW Lubetech also does toll blending for original equipment manufacturing customers including Toyota, Perodua and Modenas.
UMW manufacturing and engineering division group director Anas Nasrun Mohd Osman said the new plant has increased their blending capacity by 71% compared with the previous plant and the new plant will allow them to increase production of all types of lubricants, penetrate the biolubricants market segment as well as expand their toll blending business, in line with the expected increase in demand for lubricants.
“We are also revitalising our export initiatives with the focus to penetrate the Asean markets through UMW’s establishments in Vietnam, Singapore and Myanmar,” he added.
