Insulet intends to expand its manufacturing plant in Johor

New phase: Hollingshead (left) and Kagan launching Insulet’s new plant in Johor. The company expects increase its workforce threefold in the coming years.

ISKANDAR PUTERI: US-based Insulet Corp (Insulet) plans to expand its Malaysian manufacturing plant in the coming years as part of the company’s US$200mil investment in Johor.

According to its president and chief executive officer Jim Hollingshead, the maker of medical devices planned to increase the number of its employees to more than 1,000 at its facility here from 350 currently.