BUTTERWORTH, MALAYSIA – Taiwanese PCB manufacturer Elna PCB has opened a new 10,000 sq. m. manufacturing plant here in the Perai Industrial Zone.

Located adjacent to Elna's existing plant, the MYR1 billion ($229.6 million) expansion will have an annual capacity of more than 300,000 sq. ft. of PCBs, and will cater to the automotive, server, network equipment, personal computing and consumer electronics sectors, said Ian Yang, president, Elna PCB.

"As global demand for high-quality and advanced PCBs continue to grow, we are poised to expand our production capacity to one million square feet in the near future," he said at the plant's opening ceremony. "The existing facility will maintain its production for the automotive customers, while this new plant enhances our capabilities, enabling us to meet our customers' needs with greater geographical manufacturing diversity and supply chain flexibility.”