EPMB inaugurates its Tanjong Malim chassis facility

The chassis facility

EPMB inaugurated its Tanjong Malim facility on 18 August 2026, after operations began in October 2025. Peps Sanly JV operates the RM9.5 million investment with China's Sanly Auto Parts. The 9,909-square-metre site has annual capacity for 480,000 vehicle sets. Production covers Proton's AMA01, Persona and Iriz, plus upcoming AMA02 and AMA05 programmes.

Local component production

Front-corner modules.
Subframe modules.
Rear-axle modules.

Earlier supply-chain improvements

In its 2023 annual report, EPMB described value-analysis and value-engineering initiatives at its primary Batang Kali facility, intended to improve existing processes and reduce costs. Sourcing work had begun in October 2023 following increases in the price of locally supplied components. The company said it identified an international supplier meeting customer price requirements and negotiated lower logistics costs. It also introduced combined deliveries carrying mixed loads from several suppliers to one customer. Earlier technical-support and supply agreements with Robert Bosch between 2000 and 2012 enabled its modular-product manufacturing.

Assembly and component localisation

The 2024 annual report described vehicle assembly starting at EPMB's Melaka facility in September that year. The company specified annual capacity of twelve thousand vehicles when operating two shifts. In early 2025, it also entered a joint venture with China's Jujin Automotive Parts Group for locally produced passenger-car seats and seat systems. EPMB described its strategy as providing incoming automotive brands with vehicle assembly and major-component production together. It intended this combination to support local-content requirements and its ambitions to serve domestic and regional markets.

The subsequent operating year

For 2025, EPMB reported revenue of RM554.7 million, down 6.7 per cent, attributing the decline mainly to reduced component orders from automotive manufacturers. Profit after tax fell to RM9 million from RM17.4 million. The company cited lower production volumes, reduced economies of scale, rising costs and competitive pricing as pressures on profitability. It separately reported commissioning its second Melaka assembly facility in December 2025 and the rollout and first regional export of the Great Wall Motor Wey G9 to Thailand. Its manufacturing partnerships also expanded to SAIC Motor Malaysia and XPENG.