Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate Nestlé has just launched USD 147 million Nestlé Purina PetCare factory on the Amata industrial estate in Rayong. According to the company, the plant’s official opening marks a milestone for Nestlé in...
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution (LGES) just announced that it began construction of a nickel processing plant in Indonesia as part of a USD 9.8 billion investment in the country to produce electric vehicle batteries. LGES revealed that the company would build a...
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)...
A new Singapore-based research project, called the Accelerated, Manufacturing Platform for Engineered Nanomaterials (Ample), was launched in July. Funded by Singapore’s National Research Foundation’s Central Gap Fund, the project’s goal is to develop a manufacturing...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said Japan’s Nidec Corp., a maker of electric motors, is planning a PHP 40 billion (USD 710.8 million) expansion of its manufacturing site in Subic in the next three years. The expansion targets a 50,000-unit augmentation to...
Apple has announced to produce iPad in Vietnam for the first time. This is in an effort to diversify its supply chain and lessen reliance on China, the company’s primary manufacturing hub. According to Nikkei Asia, the American firm is shifting part of its iPad...
US-based global materials supplier Indium Corp is investing MYR 250 million (USD 56.8 million) in a new manufacturing plant in Penang. The company supplies to the electronics assembly and semiconductor packaging industries, and has been doing business in Malaysia for...
It has been recently revealed that Apple’s newest wireless earphones, the AirPods Pro 2, will be mass manufactured in Vietnam in the second half of 2022, as part of the American company´s strategy to expand production outside China amid strict Covid-19 policies...
Nidec, a leading producer of motors found in hard disk drives, automobiles, and consumer and industrial equipment, would break ground for a new facility sometime in the third quarter of this year, according to the Department of Trade and Industry. The manufacturer...
Lamipak, one of the industry leaders in providing high quality products and solutions in aseptic packaging, breaks ground on the construction of a new packaging factory in Indonesia. With an investment of USD 200 million, the factory will not only be Lamipak’s first...
MiRXES, a Singapore-headquartered biotechnology company that focuses on miRNA-powered cancer early detection tests, announced the opening of South East Asia’s first industry 4.0 (i4.0) in vitro diagnostic (IVD) manufacturing facility. The USD 5.7 million facility is...
The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has just announced its intention to partner with South Korean companies in order to explore the possibility of establishing a new high-tech industrial estate. The new facilities would be designed to specifically cater...
