South Korean firms to go big in Sarawak


KUCHING: South Korea-based Lotte Energy Materials Co Ltd is to invest an additional RM2.3bil to expand the production capacity of its copper foil plant in Samajaya Free Industrial Park here.

Lotte Energy acquired the copper foil manufacturing facility from ILJIN Materials Co Ltd, which has invested about RM3bil in the plant that commenced operations about four years ago.

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