Proton units up new regional components centre in Kuching to serve East Malaysia – 3x larger, sooner accident repairs

Proton is organising a brand new regional components centre (RPC) in Kuching, Sarawak to cater to the rising demand from an elevated buyer base in East Malaysia. The 28,000 sq.ft facility has greater than 3 times the storage capability of its predecessor and can operate as a components distribution centre for each Sabah and Sarawak.

“Proton is happy to announce our new RPC in Kuching is nearing completion. It’s designed to cater to the wants of our sellers and their prospects in East Malaysia and scale back the ready time for components in a area the place logistics will be difficult. As soon as accomplished, we could have the power to carry as much as three months of inventory and might even obtain direct shipments of components from abroad distributors,” stated Proton deputy CEO Roslan Abdullah.

Apart from the elevated area, the brand new RPC may even be capable to retailer as much as six containers, enabling it to obtain a number of orders concurrently. The flexibility to deal with elevated throughput reduces the time it takes to course of and ship orders to shops.

The brand new RPC improves the again finish, however it can even have direct profit for patrons. “We count on to see a major enchancment in ready time for accident repairs. Along with the three months of shares held on the RPC, our sellers are additionally required to have three months upkeep components inventory,” Roslan stated.

“That is an instance of Proton’s efforts to repeatedly enhance after gross sales service to ship the very best ranges of buyer satisfaction. We perceive many could also be cautious, however I wish to reassure each present and future house owners, components can be found to your new Proton,” he added.

Proton says that its gross sales in East Malaysia have “improved progressively” since 2019, following the launch of the X70 in December 2018. EM gross sales elevated by 120% from 2018 to 2021, and with wholesome bookings in 2022, the corporate is anticipating an additional 20% development in year-on-year gross sales.

“For East Malaysian automobile patrons, the Saga stays as our hottest mannequin, adopted by the X50. Final yr, we offered 8,692 models of the Saga and a pair of,934 models of the X50, and primarily based on the present reserving pattern, we forecast gross sales to exceed 10,000 and 4,200 models respectively,” Roslan added.