GERMANY – Jowat SE has replaced its Malaysian production site of Balakong, opened in 2009, with a new site with expanded capacities in Bandar Enstek opened in April 2015. 

The new Jowat plant was built on an area of approx. 45,000 m² and is located close to the International Airport of Kuala Lumpur. After a construction period of almost 14 months, the plant is equipped according to modern technical standards with German engineering technology so that non-varying adhesive qualities can be provided due to a high degree of automation.

With a staff of currently about 80 qualified employees, the location in Malaysia will function as regional centre for manufacture, applications and R&D, covering substantial parts of the entire production portfolio of Jowat. Apart from the wood processing industry, Jowat’s customers from the Asia Pacific region come mainly from the paper, packaging automotive and textile sectors.

Jowat SE, a family owned company, is actually generating almost 75 % of the Group income outside of Germany, and is well under way to reach its declared strategic target:  to establish the region Asia-Pacific in the medium range as a unit generating one third of the international revenues. The new production site in Malaysia is an important milestone on this course.