Supplier Robert Bosch is spending MYR140m (US$36m) on its car multimedia plant near Georgetown on the Malaysian island of Penang.

The project is scheduled to be completed by 2018 and will strengthen the Malaysian factory's position as a global multi-media systems supplier . 

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New buildings have been added at the plant to expand R&D and engineering operations and overall engineering staff is expected to increase 40% by the end of 2016.

Additional capacity and more advanced equipment has been introduced at the plant's surface-mount technology (SMT) manufacturing operations, in line with rising global demand. 

Almost half of the MYR140m budget has already been spent on expanding these operations since 2014.

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Bosch employs about 2,500 people in Malaysia. In Penang it has manufacturing facilities for multimedia systems, power tools and systems for automotive steering.

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Operations in Malaysia generated revenues of MYR552m (US$150m) in 2014.