AME Elite wins RM120m Baltimore Aircoil job in Nilai

AME Elite Consortium Bhd's construction unit, AME Construction Sdn Bhd, accepted a RM120 million award on 27 October 2026 to build a single-storey detached factory, a two-storey office and support buildings in Kawasan Perindustrian Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. The plant is for BAC Malaysia Sdn Bhd, the local unit of US cooling-equipment maker Baltimore Aircoil Company (BAC), and will be BAC's Asia-Pacific manufacturing and technical hub. The work runs 14 months, from October 2026 to December 2027.

The award comes from Rock Link Sdn Bhd, which AME names as the project owner. Rock Link is a Malaysian company set up in 2003 for general trading and property investment. BAC Malaysia will run the plant once it is finished; the filing does not say whether BAC will rent it or buy it.

The project

• Site: four lots, PT 51885 to PT 51888, on Jalan TS Utama, Mukim Labu, Seremban. MIDA put the site at 18.2 acres, about 792,800 sq ft
• Phase 1: a manufacturing facility of about 30,000 sq m (about 323,000 sq ft) with a regional engineering and manufacturing office, due by the end of 2027. This is the part AME is building
• Phase 2: an R&D centre and more advanced manufacturing technology. BAC expects the main plant to be fully complete by 2030
• Products: closed-circuit cooling towers, adiabatic coolers, hybrid and liquid cooling systems for data centres, industry and commercial buildings. A climate-controlled laboratory will test equipment for tropical climates
• Standards: the plant is designed to LEED Gold and FM Approved standards

BAC's US$150 million plan

BAC broke ground in Nilai on 5 August 2026. MIDA said the project is a planned investment of US$150 million over ten years and should create up to 200 skilled jobs by 2035, including engineering and professional roles. BAC's head of Asia-Pacific, Ted Lim, said the plant would bring the company closer to its customers and partners in the region and support its fast-growing industrial and digital infrastructure.