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SK Nexilis Co., the South Korean company specializing in copper foil manufacturing, revealed it has started the mass production of the said material in Malaysia. This product is a critical part of making battery anodes in rechargeable batteries.
According to The Korea Economic Daily, SK Nexilis’ new production plant in Malaysia is the latest facility of the company which boasts of being the most extensive production line of copper foils in the world. This factory is said to be one of the twin plants the firm is building in the mentioned Southeast Asian country.
Boosted Production Output
SK Nexilis is the copper foil unit of SKC Ltd. and with its new Malaysian plant, it is now capable of making the longest, thinnest, and widest copper foil in the world. The firm said that its output with this new facility is expected to increase by three-fold or up to 160,000 tons starting in 2024.
In any case, the South Korean firm also shared it started the commercial production of copper foil in its very first overseas plant in Kota Kinabalu in the last week of October. It has another plant in the country which is set to be completed in the second quarter of next year. Currently, the construction is already 80% finished.
“Products that have undergone inspection are packaged for shipment to customers,” SK Nexilis Malaysia’s head of engineering, Kim Gwang Sun, said in a statement. “The first shipment in this plant is now crossing the Atlantic Ocean to go to customers in North America.”
The Second Factory
Donga Ilbo reported that the SK Nexilis facility in Malaysia is divided into two factories and they are of equal size. While the first plant already started commercial operation, the other one has yet to be completed around April to June 2024.
“Initially, the 1st and 2nd factories were designed to produce a combined annual capacity of 50,000 tons, but as productivity improved, the production capacity increased to 57,000 tons,” the company said.
Finally, SK Nexilis selected Malaysia to be its global production base because it has lower labor and power costs compared to other regions. The two factories will use electricity sourced from Sabah which is where Kota Kinabalu is located.
Photo by: SK Nexilis Media Center
