We would like to congratulate our Corporate Partner, Ericsson who has recently won the Best Vendor 5G Innovation at The Glotel Awards last week!

Malaysia’s 5G network has been recognised globally at the prestigious Glotel award which acknowledges innovation and excellence in advancing and transforming telecommunications.

The winners were revealed at the global awards ceremony in London last Thursday where Ericsson’s joint submission with Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB) won the “Best Vendor 5G Innovation” category.

In a statement today, Head of Ericsson Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, David Hagerbro said the award was testimony to the technology and innovations being incorporated into the network that Ericsson is delivering for DNB, which would be the backbone for Malaysia’s digital transformation.

Introducing our first video-documented site visit! EUROCHAM Malaysia was invited by our member Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad to their first and newly developed industrial project, Hap Seng Business Park under Hap Seng Land Sdn Bhd located in Shah Alam. Mr. Manfred Webber, Director of Property Management, Hap Seng Land welcomed our CEO, Mr. Sven Schneider and the team at the site.

The project was developed on a 20-ha piece of land and is a one-stop solution for interested tenants, which are looking for a state-of-the-art, secure, and strategically located venue to operate in. Hap Seng Business Park features exceptional facilities that cover security and traffic management systems, a basement parking sector that spans almost the entire site, and forward-thinking unit specifications that will accommodate virtually all business needs.

We would like to thank Hap Seng for inviting us and giving us a private tour of your exceptional business park and its facilities. It was a great session to understand and know more about the ever-growing industrial park.

We would like to wish all our members, friends and connections a happy International Day of Banks!

International Day of Banks was instituted by the United Nations General Assembly to acknowledge the importance of banks and the role they play in the financial stability and development of their communities.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has announced the full list of the cabinet line-up.

The full list of cabinet ministers are as follows:

Today, the Commission is proposing new EU-wide rules on packaging, to tackle this constantly growing source of waste and of consumer frustration. On average, each European generates almost 180 kg of packaging waste per year. Packaging is one of the main users of virgin materials as 40% of plastics and 50% of paper used in the EU is destined for packaging. Without action, the EU would see a further 19% increase in packaging waste by 2030, and for plastic packaging waste even a 46% increase.

The new rules aim to stop this trend. For consumers, they will ensure reusable packaging options, get rid of unnecessary packaging, limit overpackaging, and provide clear labels to support correct recycling. For the industry, they will create new business opportunities, especially for smaller companies, decrease the need for virgin materials, boosting Europe's recycling capacity as well as making Europe less dependent on primary resources and external suppliers. They will put the packaging sector on track for climate neutrality by 2050.

The Commission also brings clarity to consumers and industry on biobased, compostable and biodegradable plastics: setting out for which applications  such plastics are truly environmentally beneficial and how they should be designed, disposed of and recycled.

The proposals are key building blocks of the European Green Deal's Circular Economy Action Plan and its objective to make sustainable products the norm. They also respond to specific demands of Europeans as expressed at the Conference on the Future of Europe.

EUROCHAM Malaysia delegation led by Mr. Oliver Roche and Mr. Sven Schneider alongside the Construction Sector Committee members, Mr. Sayed Daher, Mr. Vincent Kok, and Ms. Mr. Shoko Okui has received a cordial welcome from the CEO of the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), Datuk Ir. Ahmad 'Asri Abdul Hamid and team for the technical meeting between Construction Sector Committee and CIDB.

This meeting objectively provided exposure and understanding of current initiatives in the industry, to develop professional growth opportunities and strengthen the cooperation between EUROCHAM Malaysia and CIDB and. Aligned with the objectives, this meeting also discussed the pertinent issue in the industry such as talent challenges, Industrialised Building System (IBS), regulations, sustainability and digitalisation in construction.