BAT to close Malaysian factory in stages


Shut down of cigarette plant to affect 230 employees

PETALING JAYA: British American Tobacco (M) Bhd (BAT), the country’s biggest cigarette maker, is winding down it manufacturing business in stages with the shut down of its facility in Petaling Jaya expected in the second half of 2017.

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