Chubb Lips opens new plant

Chubb Lips opens new plant

JP/afs

JAKARTA (JP): Safe and fire resistant equipment maker PT Chubb
Lips Indonesia (CLI) opened on Thursday a new US$12 million
state-of-the-art manufacturing plant at the Cibitung Industrial
Estate, east of Jakarta.

CLI president William M. Mouat said Chubb built the new
facility in order to keep up with demand for exports, growing
domestic demand, and its broadening product range.

The new plant is set to boost annual production capacity to
more than 20,000 safes, 10,000 fire resistant products, 1,500
vault room products and more than 280,000 fire extinguishers.

Forty percent of these will be exported to more than 40
countries, the company said.

The new plant was opened by Minister of Trade and Industry
Rahardi Ramelan (third right). He was accompanied by British
Ambassador to Indonesia Robin Christopher (right), Mouat (forth
right) and production director David Wellings (second right).

The plant's opening comes in Chubb's 25th year of operations
in the country. (afs/rei)