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Japanese Firm Bags USD 103 Million Philippine Air Force Defense Radar Project

Mitsubishi Electric Corp of Japan won a project to supply air surveillance radar systems to the Philippine Air Force (PAF) under a government to government (G2G) deal. This ...

Defense Industrial Ecozones Eyed by PEZA and AFP

The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) eyes a partnership with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for the establishment of defense industrial ecozones. In a ...

DDLS Australia Launches IT Training Facility in the Philippines

DDLS Pty Ltd., Australia’s largest provider of education training programs focusing on corporate IT, process and cyber security, has opened up its first training facility in ...

D&L Industries Doubles Capital Expenditure to USD 59 million

D&L Industries, Inc., the country’s largest specialty foods ingredients, plastics and oleochemicals firm, is doubling its capital expenditure (capex) this year to about ...

African Swine Fever Pushes Demand for Pork and Poultry Imports in the Philippines

The Philippines is expected to buy more pork and chicken from the global market as African swine fever (ASF) cases in the country would pull down local supply according to a ...

Aboitiz Unveils PHP 73 Billion Capital Expenditure Budget for 2020

The leading Philippine conglomerate, Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV), has allocated PHP 73 billion (USD 1.432 billion) for capital expenditure during 2020 to show support ...

US-based Guardion Contracted by Malaysian Firm to Develop Immuno-Supportive Formula

Guardion Health Sciences, a US-based ocular health sciences company and its recently acquired subsidiary NutriGuard, have been contracted by Malaysia’s Ho Wah Genting Berhad ...

US-based Advanced Energy Starts Manufacturing Operations in Penang

Advanced Energy Industries, a US-based global leader in the design and Manufacturing of power conversion, measurement and control solutions has started the commercial ...

Project Launched in Sabah to Convert Timber Waste to Biodegradable Plastics

Sabah, a state located in east Malaysia, has announced plans to use technology to convert waste from the timber industry into biodegradable plastics in a venture called Benta ...

Petronas Creates Predictive Maintenance Solution for Industrial Facilities

Malaysian state-owned oil and gas company, Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) announced the development of a digital solution called the Advance Diagnostic and Prognostic ...

Malaysia’s First Online Solar Energy Marketplace BuySolar Launched

OpenSys (M) Bhd's unit, OpenSys Technologies Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian open source software solutions focused company has launched BuySolar, the country’s first online marketplace ...

Malaysia Relaxes Rules for Foreign Grocery Retail Operators

Malaysia has relaxed the rules governing foreign operators of large-format grocery stores, following a recent revision on the Guidelines on Foreign Participation in the ...

Malaysia Airlines Partners with REVIMA to Provide Landing Gear Services

Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) entered into an agreement with France-headquartered REVIMA to provide landing gear services.  REVIMA is a leading Maintenance, Repair & ...

London-Based AI-Focused Venture Capital Firm to Expand to South East Asia

Skymind Global Ventures (SGV), an artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem builder based in London has announced the launch of a USD 800 million fund in January to support new ...

Axiata Plans to be Operating a Digital Bank by 2021

Axiata Group Bhd, one of Malaysia's leading telecommunications groups has revealed that the company is in talks with 11 parties on possible partnerships to set up Malaysia’s ...

Singapore’s OUE Acquires Majority Stake in Indonesia’s Maxx Coffee Chain

Singapore-based property firm OUE announced that it acquired, through its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Oddish Ventures Pte Ltd, a 88.43% stake in Indonesia's Maxx Coffee ...

New USD 1.1 Billion Viscose Rayon Production Facility Unveiled in Indonesia

In late February 2020, President Joko Widodo inaugurated Indonesia’s largest integrated viscose rayon production facility for Asia Pacific Rayon (APR), which is part of Royal ...

Indonesian Customs Adopting Blockchain-Enabled Platform from Maersk and IBM

Indonesia's Customs and Excise Department under the Ministry of Finance has announced the adoption of the blockchain-enabled TradeLens platform in Indonesia. The ...

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