{"id":323661,"date":"2026-02-06T09:56:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=323661"},"modified":"2026-02-06T09:56:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:56:42","slug":"menicon-advances-high-value-ophthalmic-manufacturing-in-malaysia-with-smart-factory-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=323661","title":{"rendered":"Menicon Advances High-Value Ophthalmic Manufacturing In Malaysia With Smart Factory Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>KULIM, Kedah, Feb 6 (Bernama) \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>Menicon Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based Menicon Co., Ltd., and a global provider of comprehensive ophthalmic solutions spanning lens materials, design and lens care products, officially launched its new manufacturing plant at the Kulim Hi-Tech Park on 5 February 2026, reinforcing Malaysia\u2019s position as a high-value medical device manufacturing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a total approved investment of RM1 billion, the new facility represents Menicon\u2019s most advanced and future-ready manufacturing site globally. Designed around a fully integrated smart factory concept, the plant combines automated production, logistics, warehousing and quality control within a digitally connected ecosystem, enabling stable, high-volume production of silicone hydrogel contact lenses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mrem.bernama.com\/viewsm.php?idm=53435\">https:\/\/mrem.bernama.com\/viewsm.php?idm=53435<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KULIM, Kedah, Feb 6 (Bernama) \u2013&nbsp;Menicon Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based Menicon Co., Ltd., and a global provider of comprehensive ophthalmic solutions spanning lens materials, design and lens care products, officially launched its new manufacturing plant at the Kulim Hi-Tech Park on 5 February 2026, reinforcing Malaysia\u2019s position as a high-value [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[315],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323661"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=323661"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323663,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323661\/revisions\/323663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=323661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=323661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=323661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}