Penfibre Sdn. Bhd. is a company under the supervision of Toray Industries (Malaysia) Sdn. Berhad,
[{{Cite web, url=http://www.toray.com.my/malaysia/about/index.html, title = Group Companies in Malaysia | Toray Group in Malaysia | TORAY] the subsidiaries of
Toray Industries
is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan that specializes in industrial products centered on technologies in organic synthetic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and biochemistry.
Its founding business areas were fibers and textiles, ...
. Founded in 1973. In 1998, the company started to manufacture polyester film under the brand of Toray Lumiror Polyster. The plant has a capacity for producing 60,000 tons of polyester staple fibre a year. The company was divided into 2 different divisions, Penfibre Film and Penfibre Fibre.
History
* 1973 - Establishment of Penfibre Sdn. Berhad (Malaysia) - Fibre Division
* 1974 - The first polyester staple fibre factory in ASEAN began its production.
* 1997 - Established of Penfibre Sdn. Berhad (Malaysia) - Film Division
* 1998 - Film Division started commence production for Polyester Film "Lumirror"
Division
Penfibre Film Division
Specialized in BOPET (POLYESTER) FILM manufacturing plant under the trademark of Lumirror.
Penfibre Fibre Division
Has a capacity for producing 60,000 tons of polyester staple fibre a year.
References
1973 establishments in Malaysia
Companies based in Penang
Privately held companies of Malaysia
Toray Industries