Guthrie
MDF Sdn Bhd is situated in Kulim, Kedah, which is about 50 kilometers from Penang,and
is strategically served by the North-South Expressway and East - West
highway to facilitate speedier deliveries. Guthrie
MDF began production in 1996. Set on 47 hectares near Guthrie's plantation, it
is one of the largest Medium Density Fibreboard plants in Malaysia, capable of
producing 130,000 cubic meters annually. The line manufactures
boards of varying thickness between 3.0 - 25mm. The total investment
of the manufacturing facilities amounted to US$60 million. The
base raw material for the plant come from old rubber trees which is a renewable
resource. The plant is ideally situated in Kedah which together with neighbouring
states of Perak and Perlis has about 400,000 hectares or 20% of the
rubber hectarage in Malaysia. In
1998, GMDF ventured into value added processing of their MDF to produce direct
printed MDF. This line caters for MDF with thickness of 3.0 - 25mm and
maximum width of 1220mm. The printing and painting capacity
of this line is about 9,000,000mē annually. In reinforcing
our commitment to protect the ecology, waterbased lacquers, UV
lacquers and waterbased inks are used on the product. In
our quest to provide quality assured products and dependable customer service,
GMDF became an ISO 9002 certified company in October 1999. |