Planning for a new containerboard machine will start when its PM 2 is profitable. In the early 1990s, Malaysia was still importing practically all of its containerboard. The country was booming, demand for boxes exploding and it was expected that more and more imports would be needed. An opportunity not to be missed, the government of Pahang state decided, and it set up the Pahang State Corporation, Pascorp, to supply the country with domestically produced contry with deomestically produced container-board. In May 1992, the mill started up with the 60,000 tonn/yr PM 1 at a cost of MR 60 million (US15.8 million). A second machine followed in 2001 at a cost of MR 95 million.
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