Boston Scientific plant in Penang to be ready by 2017

New plant: Artist’s impression of the new Boston Scientific plant at Batu Kawan Industrial Park.

GEORGE TOWN: Boston Scientific’s new medical device manufacturing plant in Batu Kawan Industrial Park, which will involve investments running more than hundreds of millions of ringgit, will be operational in the fourth quarter of 2017.

Boston Scientific vice-president (operations) Dave Mitchell told StarBiz the group would move production equipment into the facility in the second quarter of 2017.