Aker Solutions has expanded its Batam plant by 50% after investing $17 million into the upgrading of the manufacturing facility for subsea trees and wellheads.

The Batam plant now occupies 21,800 square metres, with 11,200 metres dedicated for construction. The expanded facility includes a machine shop with 11 new machines, test and assembly work shop and a new warehouse.

"Our business for surface products, which are manufactured at Batam, has achieved a 25 percent revenue growth annually over the past years," said Egil Martinussen, president - Asia Pacific, Aker Solutions.

"With the expansion and modernisation of our facility completed, it is now able to meet the expected market growth," he said

The expansion of Batam's manufacturing facility was completed in 500 000 man-hours with zero loss time incidents (LTI). This was achieved on the back of the plant's existing two million man-hours of zero LTI. Aker Solutions has been present in Batam, Indonesia since 1995.

Aker owns three other facilities in Asia Pacific, including a manufacturing centre in Malaysia, service and test centre in Australia and a new service base in Vietnam.