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Currently, Supermax has production capacity of about 24.0 billion pieces of gloves per annum and will end the calendar year 2020 with just over 26 billion pieces in installed capacity with the commissioning of Block B of Plant #12. With its order book swelling to over 23 billion pieces of gloves from 7 billion pieces pre-Covid-19, the urgent need to increase capacity has been made very clear. The Group has responded by accelerating its expansion program and for the first time in its history, will be constructing 5 factories simultaneously. Production lines will be commissioned progressively at each plant with about 10 billion pieces added to installed capacity in calendar year 2021 and another 12 billion pieces added in 2022. RM1.3 billion has been allocated for this expansion program over the next 2 years.
Despite this aggressive expansion, the Group would still fall short of meeting its current order book in full and an oversold position would remain. Nevertheless, the Group still has a landbank of over 130 acres for further expansion as necessary. It is also always on the lookout for more suitable land that can be acquired for further capacity expansion.
We have achieved a spectacular FY2020 and can already foresee that the next financial year will be an even better year. We have put in place a comprehensive expansion plan that will enable us tap the expected strong market growth in the year ahead and beyond and help us realise the vast growth potential in the glove business. We expect to increase our capacity by 10.25 billion pieces in 2021 and 12 billion pieces in 2022. This would represent an 85% capacity increase in 2022 as compared to 2020. This new capacity will help to bring the Group’s highly oversold position to more manageable levels and enable the Group to generate sustainable top-line and bottom-line growth.
The Board of Directors has proposed a share dividend distribution for shareholders‘ approval at the upcoming Annual General Meeting for financial year ended 30 June 2020; and is looking into rewarding shareholders further for their continuous support with a special dividend for a start in respect of the next financial year ending 30 June 2021.