Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has promised USD 666 million of further investment in Indonesia over the next three years as it tries to extend its manufacturing activities to hybrid and electric car production, according to Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister...
Chinese Pharmaceutical Company WuXi Biologics has announced that it aims to invest about USD 1.4 billion over the next 10 years to improve research and development plus large-scale drug substance and drug product manufacturing in Singapore. The new site in Singapore,...
British advanced materials’ group Haydale and Vittoria, and an Italian manufacturer of performance bicycle tires, entered into an agreement to collaborate on the innovation and supply of graphene with Vittoria already receiving its first order for one ton of...
South Korean top battery manufacturer, Samsung SDI Energy Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Samsung SDIEM) has launched the second phase of its EV battery cell manufacturing facility in Seremban, Negri Sembilan state. The firm has invested MYR 7 billion (USD 1.56 billion) in...
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...
