Proton gears up for higher global sales

SUBANG JAYA: Proton Holdings Bhd is gearing up to expand its completely knocked down (CKD) programme to new international markets, aiming to boost global sales and strengthen its presence abroad.

“There are a few destinations (to set up CKD plants). One of them will be in Central Asia and another in the Middle East. We are also studying, for instance, to have another CKD programme in Indonesia,” director of international sales Steven Xu Yuan told StarBiz.This is following the setting up of a US$35mil CKD plant in Egypt – Proton’s fifth plants involved in CKD and semi knocked down activities outside Malaysia.