PACKAGING materials maker and property developer Scientex Bhd is aggressively stocking up on its land bank, at a time when most developers are taking it slow when it comes to acquiring and developing land due to the overhang in properties.

Scientex has been on an acquisition mode in recent years and would now have a landbank of 3,611 acres, after the completion of its latest purchases of six parcels of land in Penang, measuring 179.7 acres for RM109.59mil.