英美菸草、希捷及西方數碼外資集團相續撤資連鎖反應發酵！失去最大客戶來源的全馬最大印務集團《天華印務》今日忽然宣布倒閉！廠內237名各級員工失業斷糧！四家撤資及倒閉的大企業，總共造成5千人打破飯碗！
天華印務Tian Wah Press是大馬上市公司，英美菸草集團是它顯著股份持有者。天華印務主要承印香菸包裝紙，還有電腦軟體包裝原料。
天華印務公司早些時候已經把主要業務轉移到印尼、越南及泰國。隨著主要客戶《英美菸草公司》宣布即將在今年底全面撤出大馬市場，還有大客戶美國硬碟公司《希捷》Seagate和西方數碼Western Digital也關閉檳州及芙蓉的大廠之後，天華印務沒有了主要客源，印務廠已經沒有存在的必要了。
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希捷與西方數碼公司先後宣布即將撤出大馬市場，將生產線轉移到泰國。希捷將關閉檳州與芙蓉兩座工廠，裁員人數高達3,000人！而西方數碼的撤資也將造成1,200各級員工被裁退。
而英美菸草公司也已經宣布將裁退屬下400名員工；如今加上天華印務也完蛋，再有237名各級員工失業！
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單單是這四家大型外資及本地資本公司倒閉撤資，失業斷糧的人數就高達將近5,000人！
這樣的殘酷實況，比照首相納吉不斷吹噓的《大馬經濟前景欣欣向榮》，實在是莫大的諷刺！
天華印務公司向吉隆坡股票交易所提呈的報告書指出，集團最大的三個客戶，即英美菸草、希捷和西方數碼公司先後撤資到新加坡、越南及印尼，是造成集團決定關閉印刷廠的最主要因素。
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《沒有了大客源，我們發現依靠零星的散戶訂單已經無法生存。》天華印務公司表示：《倒閉已經是無法避免的結局。》
天華印務承諾將按照勞工法令規定，給予237名各級員工資遣。
Yet another factory closes, 237 out of jobs
Announcement that Tien Wah Press Holdings is closing its printing plant in Malaysia follows reports that Seagate and Western Digital are relocating to Thailand.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Tien Wah Press Holdings Bhd plans to close its 57-year-old printing business in Petaling Jaya under its wholly-owned subsidiary Tien Wah Press (Malaya) Sdn Bhd (TWPM).
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It told Bursa Malaysia in a filing that this followed the closure of the Petaling Jaya factory of its major customer, British American Tobacco Group.
Tien Wah will now shift printing done here to its factories in Vietnam and Indonesia. The company said 237 employees would be made redundant.
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News of this latest closure comes on the heels of the planned closure of two major factories in Penang.
It was reported on July 15 that hard disk maker Seagate Technology Plc and computer data storage firm Western Digital Corp (WD) planned to relocate the bulk of their operations to Thailand.
Seagate is expected to close its plants in Penang and Negri Sembilan, affecting more than 3,000 Malaysian staff. WD is expected to lay off 400 Malaysian staff and 800 foreign workers from its Penang manufacturing site.
Tien Wah told Bursa Malaysia: 「Following the cessation of its major customer’s operation in Malaysia and [its] subsequent shifts in production facilities to Singapore, Korea and Indonesia, the group acknowledged that there is no requirement for duplication of a printing base in Malaysia.
「Hence, [the group] had initiated transfers of its majority production volumes from TWPM to Vietnam and Indonesia to improve its strategic position to service the customer and reduce the group’s operating cost over the longer term.
「The board is of the view that the re-organisation of its production footprint which involves the cessation of TWPM’s printing business is therefore timely.」
TWPM constitutes about 13.6% of Tien Wah’s latest audited net assets of the group as at Dec 31, 2016.
TWPM specialises in printing cigarette cartons and consumer goods packaging, cartons, labels packaging and advertising materials.
In March last year, British American Tobacco announced it would close its factory by the second half of this year following a difficult business environment. It said it would lay off 230 workers.