Bukit Selambau, Malaysia

On March 22, 2023, after a three-year project and construction period, the production plant of MÜNZING Malaysia SDN BHD for wax and polymer emulsions in Bukit Selambau Industrial Park, was ceremonially inaugurated.

Already in October 2022, the first product batch was produced in the new plant. Currently, approximately 20 customers are being sampled with additional batches. The goal is to ramp up production to 100% by Q3 2023 and produce a portfolio of up to 100 products at the site in the future. The completed plant is equipped with state-of-the-art technology and capable to produce water-based wax emulsions and other specialty additives such as liquid defoamers on an area of more than 18,000 m². The products are mainly used in the construction industry and for architectural paints and make a decisive contribution to improved processing and durability of plasters, exterior and interior paints used in construction.

In addition to a complete networking of production, logistics and infrastructure via process control systems, great importance was attached to the most energy-saving design possible during the planning of the plant. This includes an in-house combined heat and power plant, which generates environmentally friendly electricity and heat, and a sophisticated system for recovering energy in all heating and cooling processes. 70% of the energy used flows back into the production plant through the recovery process.