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SEW-Eurodrive expands operations with new facility at Frontier Industrial Park
Ground-breaking ceremony of SEW-Eurodrive new and largest centre officiated by Dato’ Azman Mahmud, CEO of MIDA.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr Soh Lep Ming, Managing Director of SEW Eurodrive Malaysia; Mr Andreas Appel, District Manager of South East & East Asia, SEW Eurodrive; Dato’ Azman Mahmud, Chief Executive Officer of Malaysian Investment Development Authority; Tuan Haji Abdul Ghazali Haji Karim, Deputy Secretary of Johor Bahru City Council; Mr Woon Yet Leng, Managing Director of WB Land and Mr Wong Yen Yap, Director of WB Land at the groundbreaking ceremony of SEW Eurodrive’ s Drive Technology Centre in Frontier 2.
Artist impression: SEW Eurodrive build-to-suit facility.
Frontier-Type A.
A WORLD LEADER in drive technology and a pioneer in drive-based automation, SEW-Eurodrive, headquartered in Bruchsal, Southern Germany, has been a solutions provider to power transmission and motion control challenges – with their unique modular system of components in their gearmotors introduced back in 1931. In the ensuing eight-and-a-half decades, it has established a global presence and reputation with annual worldwide sales of € 2.6 billion in 144 countries, supported by a network of 92 production plants / drive technology centres( DTC) in 48 countries.
Here in Malaysia and marking its 30th anniversary, SEW- Eurodrive Sdn Bhd, the local subsidiary of the SEW-Eurodrive Group, is expanding its operations with the commissioning of a new DTC in the second phase of the Frontier Industrial Park, located in Ulu Tiram Johor. SEW-Eurodrive’ s new 2.4-acre facility will house, as a‘ one-stop’ centre, its assembly, engineering, sales, service and training functions, on the premise, and promise, of providing‘ faster delivery and after-sales support within the shortest time-frame’, shored by a nationwide supply chain that includes branch offices in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu.
With four more products added to its range, SEW-Eurodrive Sdn Bhd’ s‘ customised’ factory will assemble all types of gearmotors to suit different types of conditions / requirements, e. g., the S-Type geared unit for low-noise operations in airport conveyor systems. The technology behind it all is centred on its modular system, where the gears allow an infinite number of combination options in torque and speed, a unique feature that allows for and guarantees to fit the requirements of any applications.
About Frontier 2 Sited next to Desa Cemerlang at Ulu Tiram, Johor( within Iskandar Malaysia), Frontier 2 is a 62-acre industrial park comprising 66 semi-detached and 11 build-to-suit( BTS) factories. For industries, it is a secure and green complex with gated-guarded surveillance, a purpose-built two-acre central park for rest and recreation and a workers’ dormitory for on-site accommodation. Aside from easy accessibility by road, an added logistical advantage is its proximity to the state’ s key points of commerce, i. e., Johor Port( Tanjung Pelepas) is 15 minutes away, the Woodlands Checkpoint, 25 minutes, and it takes 30 minutes to Senai International Airport.
A part of the award-winning * 136-acre Frontier Industrial Park development by WB Land, first launched in July 2014, Frontier 2’ s value-added benefits are( a) the availability of industrial-grade broadband service( in a tie-up with Bursa-listed REDtone International Bhd) and( b) its passive green feature, being north-south oriented, which helps in the design for natural lighting and ventilation. ■
* Five-star Winner as‘ Best in Malaysia for Industrial Development’ at the Asia Pacific Property Awards 2014.
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