Menicon Co Ltd, a Japanese manufacturer of contact lenses and lens care solutions aims to invest MYR 650 million (USD 153 million) in Malaysia to build its first daily disposable contact lens manufacturing plant. The plant, which is planned to begin construction in...
Malaysia’s Energy and Natural Resources Ministry has doubled the country’s green energy or Renewable Energy (RE) generation target to 18,000 megawatts (MW) by 2035, up from the current 8,700 MW. The energy transition plan, which will last until 2040, aims for a 31% RE...
KKIP Aerospace Training Centre (KATC), a subsidiary of Sabah’s industrial park KKIP Sdn. Bhd. will construct a licensed composite repair facility in Sabah and Asia for GMI AERO SAS, a French composite repair solutions provider. It has signed a tripartite...
Malaysian Cocoa Board (MCB), the federal statutory agency responsible for the cocoa industry, is collaborating with several partners to build the first smart cocoa plantation plan in the country. MCB has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Agrocloud Sdn...
Malaysia’s retail market is predicted to rise by 6.3% in 2022, following the opening of the border on April 1 as part of efforts to restore the country’s economy. Major drivers to increase retail spending in Malaysia include the forthcoming Eid...
The Chief Minister of Malacca State Government, Sulaiman Md Ali, has revealed that the state government intends to build an undersea tunnel for a rail system network to connect Malacca with Dumai in Indonesia. The tunnel project, which is part of a long-term strategy,...
Fujifilm Malaysia, a subsidiary of Japan’s leading camera and photography company, Fujifilm Corporation, has partnered with the University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) to establish the first endoscopy training center in Malaysia. As part of Fujifilm’s ongoing...
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI Inc) plans to train Malaysian engineers at its facility in Ankara for two months, following the opening of TAI Inc’s engineering and design office in Cyberjaya and a research park in Putrajaya. The initiative is aimed at...
The Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics Research and Training Unit (N²RTU) has been launched in Malaysia, specializing in knowledge and technology transfer in the field of nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics. The project is led by the UK-based University of Reading and...
The Malaysian government is working on a framework to meet its 2050 net-zero emissions goal which includes exploring a voluntary carbon market, carbon pricing mechanisms such as carbon tax, and expanding green technology tax incentives. Petronas, the largest...
Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), Malaysia’s largest utility provider, has been accelerating the national progress in electric vehicle (EV) and Broadband Infrastructure through cooperative partnerships. This is in line with the firm’s efforts to be part of the...
Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has announced the government’s plan to produce the National Robotics Roadmap (NRR) to push robotic technology into the mainstream and promote national productivity. NRR is instrumental in encouraging higher...
