Penang Development Corporation (PDC)
Penang’s state development agency — master developer of the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone, Batu Kawan Industrial Park and Bandar Cassia Technology Park.
China’s S J leases 8.5 acres in Batu Kawan for US$70m plant
PEN S J Electronics, the Penang arm of China’s S J Electronics, is leasing about 8.5 acres in BKIP3 from PDC for a US$70m chip-materials plant with 1,000 jobs.
Jelutong landfill and the Karpal Singh Drive reclamation
Our standing page on the Jelutong landfill rehabilitation and the 70-acre reclamation off Karpal Singh Drive, updated each time the story moves. As of 24 September 2026: a RM1 bill…
Residents demand Penang reject 70-acre Jelutong reclamation
ProtectKarpal says the Jelutong landfill agreement allows extra land only to secure the site's perimeter, not 70 acres of seafront. It wants the state to decide on termination unde…
TT Vision commits RM92mil to a 153,000 sq ft factory on PDC’s Plot 81A, Bayan Lepas — RM160 psf land, RM600 psf to build, and a company worth RM105mil
TT Vision Technologies has awarded Yu Tong Construction a RM92 million contract to build a factory-cum-office on Plot 81A, Bayan Lepas Industrial Park — 3.6 acres leased from PDC f…
Penang approved RM17.3bil of manufacturing investment in six months — 77% of all of last year, and 69% of it is existing factories expanding
MIDA figures released on 3 September put Penang first in Malaysia for approved manufacturing investment in 1H2026: RM17.3 billion, 34% of the national total and 38% up year-on-year…
YBS International buys the Perai factory it was renting for RM390,600 a month
YBS International’s subsidiary is paying RM23.5 million for the Perai semi-detached factory it already occupies — the second adjoining lot it has bought on the same road, at the sa…
Intuitive’s RM2 billion Batu Kawan plant: 40 acres carry a seven-acre building
The da Vinci robotic-surgery maker will spend more than RM2 billion over five years on its first Malaysian plant at Bandar Cassia Technology Park — about RM817 million of it on lan…
Eppendorf picks Batu Kawan: RM180mil plant is its first factory in Southeast Asia
German lab-equipment maker Eppendorf has signed with PDC for a greenfield RM180mil plant at Bandar Cassia Technology Park — its first factory in Southeast Asia, exporting to the US…
PDC Takes Full Control of BKIP2 in Byram After Three Failed Tenders
The Penang Development Corporation will develop the 1,300-acre Batu Kawan Industrial Park 2 in Byram itself after three RFP rounds failed, releasing about 200 acres of industrial l…
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