Japan’s Shimano Components Buys Paragon Globe Factory in Johor

Japan’s Shimano Components Buys Paragon Globe Factory in Johor

Shimano Components, a Japanese leading manufacturer of bicycle components and fishing equipment, will expand its production in Malaysia through the purchase of new factory in Jeram Batu, Johor state. The Malaysian real estate firm Paragon Globe’s fully owned...
Etana Launches Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing in Indonesia

Etana Launches Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing in Indonesia

Etana Biotechnologies established its biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Jakarta. Etana is involved in developing a variety of innovative therapeutics, like vaccines, cancer drugs, and other biological products. The new facility, which has the latest...
Thailand’s First Vegan Cheese Factory Opens

Thailand’s First Vegan Cheese Factory Opens

Swees Plant Based Foods Co., a Thai-based dairy-free cheese startup, recently announced that it will start production in the country’s first vegan cheese factory in early 2023. The new facility is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2023. Meanwhile, the...
Chevron Oronite Completes Phase 1 and 2 of Its Singapore Expansion

Chevron Oronite Completes Phase 1 and 2 of Its Singapore Expansion

Chevron Oronite announces the completion of Phase 1 and Phase 2 of an expansion project at its Singapore Manufacturing Plant (SMP), known as the ‘Future Expansion Project’. In Phase 1, which started construction in February 2020, facilities and supporting...
BYD to Produce 150,000 EV Passenger Cars in Thailand

BYD to Produce 150,000 EV Passenger Cars in Thailand

Global electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD has just revealed plans to set up a facility in Thailand that will produce 150,000 passenger cars per year starting from 2024. The announcement was delivered in a joint statement with Thai industrial developer WHA Group,...
Vietnam to Join the Global Semiconductor Race

Vietnam to Join the Global Semiconductor Race

In order to enter the booming semiconductor market, FPT Software, the top ICT company in Vietnam, has established a new subsidiary called FPT Semiconductor. FPT Software aims to capture a significant portion of Asia Pacific’s semiconductor market, which represents 60%...
PT Vale to Open New Plants in Indonesia

PT Vale to Open New Plants in Indonesia

PT Vale Indonesia (PT Vale) and Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Company (Huayou) are planning to collaborate to develop a smelter with High-Pressure Acid Leaching (HPAL) technology in Sulawesi island, Indonesia. The agreement for the same was signed by the two parties on...
Vietnam to Join the Global Semiconductor Race

Samsung to Begin Manufacturing Semiconductor Parts in Vietnam

Samsung has just announced that it will commence mass-producing its ball grid array products at its factory in northern Thai Nguyen Province in July 2023, and it is currently at the testing stage. In addition to preparing for trial production of semiconductor chip...