The East Malaysian state of Sabah intends to establish itself as the center of excellence for cybersecurity. The Sabahan State Government has assigned a state-owned technology firm, Sabah Net Sdn Bhd to undertake the security facilities project in collaboration with...
Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has unveiled Malaysia Digital as the new national strategic initiative to spur the growth of the country’s digital economy. Malaysia Digital is the new blueprint to attract high-tech firms, talent, and...
Companies are expanding their plant-based products in Malaysia as local consumers exhibit rising interest in plant-based alternatives. This will provide them with greater access to plant-based products from growing food brands such as Phuture and HAPPIEE™. Malaysia...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by the UK and Malaysia to promote bilateral cooperation on climate action. The MoU offers a framework for cooperation between the two countries on climate and biodiversity, and includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions...
Malaysia’s leading equipment manufacturer, Hong Seng Consolidated, (HSC) and California-based battery developer, EoCell have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create a regional manufacturing hub in Malaysia to produce batteries for electric vehicles (EVs)...
Indonesia’s headquartered logistics company, J&T Express (J&T) is spending MYR 600 million (USD 134 million) to purchase land and develop a new warehouse facility in Malaysia. J&T plans to establish an integrated center for express distribution, logistics...
The state government of Sarawak, the largest state in Malaysia, is exploring sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to sustainably produce jet fuel and reduce aviation carbon emission with potential partners from Brunei, Indonesia and South Korea. Sarawak is developing SAF...
The largest indoor vertical farm in Kuala Lumpur will be unveiled in the third quarter of 2022 by Sunway XFarms, a Malaysia-based agritech firm and subsidiary unit of Sunway Group, a local real estate and retail conglomerate. The new indoor farm will enable the urban...
Fortinet, the global integrated and automated cybersecurity solution provider from the United States is growing its presence and investment in Malaysia. The company has undertaken several initiatives such as expanding its physical office and enhancing the local...
As part of Malaysia’s investment promotion goal to attract premium and high-tech medical device product manufacturers, the country has successfully secured large investments from global medical devices and technologies companies, namely Insulet and Smith &...
The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) announced that Malaysia’s trade value reached a new milestone in 2021 as it surpassed MYR 2.2 trillion (USD 495 billion), the fastest growth since 1994. Malaysia’s exports increased by 26% to MYR 1,239.8 billion (USD 273...
Malaysia’s energy R&D firm, Graphene Synergy Sdn Bhd, has created the country’s first graphene-enhanced super battery energy solutions that could potentially disrupt the market. The new technology development has attracted the interest of China’s pioneer and...
