<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
                                <rss
                                    xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
                                    xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
                                    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
                                    xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
                                    xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
                                    xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
                                    xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
                                    version="2.0"
                                >
                                    <channel>
                                        <title>Factory | MalaysiaNow</title>
                                        <link>https://www.malaysianow.com</link>
                                        <description>News, views and insights into Malaysian current affairs.</description>
                                        <lastBuildDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2023 01:00:00 GMT</lastBuildDate>
                                        <language>en</language>
                                        <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
                                        <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
                                        <generator>MalaysiaNow RSS</generator>
                                        <image>
                                            <title>Factory | MalaysiaNow</title>
                                            <url>https://www.malaysianow.com/logo.svg</url>
                                            <link>https://www.malaysianow.com</link>
                                        </image>
                                        <copyright>Copyright © 2022 MNow Media Sdn Bhd. All rights reserved.</copyright>
                                        <atom:link href="https://www.malaysianow.com/tag/factory/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
                                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ The art of making tofu ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/multimedia/2023/09/23/the-art-of-making-tofu</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/multimedia/2023/09/23/the-art-of-making-tofu</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ahmad Sadiq Mohamad Sani ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2023 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ For years, Naim Samin, 65, has been skilfully crafting tofu from soybeans, distributing it across local markets in Sepang, Selangor. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/highlight"><![CDATA[ Highlight ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/multimedia"><![CDATA[ Multimedia ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/galleries"><![CDATA[ Galleries ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2023/09/22/7dd15805-b26a-4ab4-9f80-58823c619f10.jpg" length="107851" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2023/09/22/7dd15805-b26a-4ab4-9f80-58823c619f10.jpg" width="1280" height="853" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ Ex-Samsung Elec executive indicted over alleged data theft for China factory ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2023/06/12/ex-samsung-elec-executive-indicted-over-alleged-data-theft-for-china-factory</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2023/06/12/ex-samsung-elec-executive-indicted-over-alleged-data-theft-for-china-factory</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Reuters ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2023 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Prosecutors say they estimate the theft of the data to have inflicted at least US$233 million worth of losses on Samsung Electronics. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/out-there-now"><![CDATA[ Out There Now ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/world"><![CDATA[ World ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2023/06/12/cc5f307a-7c44-400a-a414-1719a9de6211.JPG" length="366184" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2023/06/12/cc5f307a-7c44-400a-a414-1719a9de6211.JPG" width="5707" height="3805" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ China's factory activity stuns with fastest growth in a decade ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2023/03/01/chinas-factory-activity-stuns-with-fastest-growth-in-a-decade</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2023/03/01/chinas-factory-activity-stuns-with-fastest-growth-in-a-decade</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Reuters ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2023 04:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The world's second-largest economy recorded one of its worst years in nearly half a century in 2022 due to strict Covid lockdowns and subsequent widespread infections. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/out-there-now"><![CDATA[ Out There Now ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/world"><![CDATA[ World ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2023/03/01/3b9879b9-92bf-4968-8a3c-27014080e5d0.JPG" length="872621" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2023/03/01/3b9879b9-92bf-4968-8a3c-27014080e5d0.JPG" width="5035" height="3357" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ China imposes Covid lockdown on area around iPhone factory ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2022/11/02/china-imposes-covid-lockdown-on-area-around-iphone-factory</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2022/11/02/china-imposes-covid-lockdown-on-area-around-iphone-factory</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ AFP ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 06:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The move comes after images emerged on Chinese social media showing people breaking out of the facility, which is run by Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn and employs hundreds of thousands of workers. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/out-there-now"><![CDATA[ Out There Now ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/world"><![CDATA[ World ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2022/11/02/655bc989-c1ca-41a2-81e1-2e9897734ac2.JPG" length="1029490" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2022/11/02/655bc989-c1ca-41a2-81e1-2e9897734ac2.JPG" width="4204" height="2803" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ From stubs to soft toys, an Indian factory reprocesses cigarette ends ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2022/10/05/from-stubs-to-soft-toys-an-indian-factory-reprocesses-cigarette-ends</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2022/10/05/from-stubs-to-soft-toys-an-indian-factory-reprocesses-cigarette-ends</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Reuters ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2022 01:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The material is composed of cigarette stubs, separated into fibres and cleaned and bleached after being gathered from the city streets where they had been discarded along with millions of others. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/out-there-now"><![CDATA[ Out There Now ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/world"><![CDATA[ World ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2022/10/05/7914af67-70ae-4574-8b61-226c8093a374.JPG" length="866139" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2022/10/05/7914af67-70ae-4574-8b61-226c8093a374.JPG" width="5500" height="3668" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ As Japanese manufacturing fades, a factory town fights to stay alive ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2022/08/22/as-japanese-manufacturing-fades-a-factory-town-fights-to-stay-alive</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2022/08/22/as-japanese-manufacturing-fades-a-factory-town-fights-to-stay-alive</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Reuters ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2022 00:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The amalgam of issues that Higashiosaka faces mirror the problems that have been chewing at the foundation of the world’s third-largest economy and its global exports, which hit US$610.54 billion last year. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/out-there-now"><![CDATA[ Out There Now ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/world"><![CDATA[ World ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2022/08/22/883aeaf7-aa38-4cb5-a51b-3176462e0ca7.jpg" length="146965" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2022/08/22/883aeaf7-aa38-4cb5-a51b-3176462e0ca7.jpg" width="1803" height="1200" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ Korea Inc's foreign labour crunch puts older workers back in factories ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2022/08/16/korea-incs-foreign-labour-crunch-puts-older-workers-back-in-factories</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2022/08/16/korea-incs-foreign-labour-crunch-puts-older-workers-back-in-factories</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Reuters ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The scramble for labour in South Korea, where unemployment hit a near-record low of 2.9% in July, has led to a surge in the number of elderly people in the workforce with 58% of the job increases driven by people aged 60 and older. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/out-there-now"><![CDATA[ Out There Now ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/world"><![CDATA[ World ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2022/08/16/1396ece6-e4d9-4356-b6d7-5ab5386fa66e.jpg" length="122966" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2022/08/16/1396ece6-e4d9-4356-b6d7-5ab5386fa66e.jpg" width="1920" height="1280" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ China's factory activity contracts unexpectedly in July as Covid flares up ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2022/08/01/chinas-factory-activity-contracts-unexpectedly-in-july-as-covid-flares-up</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2022/08/01/chinas-factory-activity-contracts-unexpectedly-in-july-as-covid-flares-up</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Reuters ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2022 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Chinese manufacturers continue to wrestle with high raw material prices, which are squeezing profit margins, as the export outlook remains clouded with fears of a global recession. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/out-there-now"><![CDATA[ Out There Now ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/world"><![CDATA[ World ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2022/07/31/2a2fb70d-7e6b-401f-8532-f8256bc642cf.jpg" length="114694" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2022/07/31/2a2fb70d-7e6b-401f-8532-f8256bc642cf.jpg" width="1639" height="1200" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ Samsung SDI breaks ground for US$1.3 billion battery factory in Seremban ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2022/07/21/samsung-sdi-breaks-ground-for-us1-3-billion-battery-factory-in-seremban</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2022/07/21/samsung-sdi-breaks-ground-for-us1-3-billion-battery-factory-in-seremban</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Reuters ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2022 03:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The factory will be Samsung SDI's second in Malaysia, with the first making cylindrical batteries for electric vehicle customers. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/news"><![CDATA[ News ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/highlight"><![CDATA[ Highlight ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2022/07/21/869fbaff-2602-475b-9252-8e4ca94c9e73.jpg" length="77265" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://cdn.malaysianow.com/uploads/images/media/2022/07/21/869fbaff-2602-475b-9252-8e4ca94c9e73.jpg" width="1712" height="1200" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                            <item>
                                <title><![CDATA[ China factory output, retail sales weak as Covid shadow persists ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2022/06/15/china-factory-output-retail-sales-weak-as-covid-shadow-persists</link>
                                <guid>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2022/06/15/china-factory-output-retail-sales-weak-as-covid-shadow-persists</guid>
                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ AFP ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 06:52:24 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The government is persisting with a zero-Covid strategy to stamp out clusters as they emerge, but this has placed companies and consumers at the mercy of snap, economically damaging lockdowns. ]]></description>
                                false
                                <category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/out-there-now"><![CDATA[ Out There Now ]]></category><category domain="https://www.malaysianow.com/section/world"><![CDATA[ World ]]></category>
                                <enclosure url="https://media.malaysianow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/15144725/china-shopping-singles-day-AFP-111121-1024x682-1-1-1.jpg" length="153960" type="image/jpeg" />
                                <media:content url="https://media.malaysianow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/15144725/china-shopping-singles-day-AFP-111121-1024x682-1-1-1.jpg" width="1024" height="682" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" />
                            </item>
                        
                                    </channel>
                                </rss>
                                