SIKUATI: Sabah’s silica sand needed for the manufacturing of photovoltaic panels, float glass, energy saving glass, solar glass, electronic glass and medical glass, was what attracted Kibing Group of China to set up a RM2 billion silica sand processing and solar panel manufacturing project here and in Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park .
CEO of Allyssa Certification Dr Raymond Alfred, Certified Lead Auditor for Integrated Quality, Environmental, Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems, who joined the inspection tour with the media recently said: “Kibing Group is one of the largest glass manufacturers and overall glass solution providers in China with 15,000 employees around the world. “About 1,500 staff or 10 per cent of our employees are experts in research and development . We have three R&D centres in Asia and our R&D investments comprises 4.5 per cent of our annual revenue,” said PR officer Levis Zhou Wen.