EUROCHAM Malaysia CEO, Mr. Sven Schneider attended the Austrian Business Circle (ABC) yesterday evening. It was an important platform for all Austrian stakeholders in Malaysia for exchanges about current developments and market opportunities in the country.

We thank Advantage Austria for the invitation to the successful event. It was a good networking opportunity indeed. Looking forward to more opportunities like these in the future.

New milestone unlocked! EUROCHAM Malaysia ended the first quarter of the year with another great step in the direction of sustainability.

Today we had an MoU Signing Ceremony together with UN Global Compact Network Malaysia & Brunei (UNGCMYB) hosted at their new office to solidify our two organisations in working together to accelerate sustainable actions and impacts of businesses in Malaysia.

The MoU with UNGCMYB, will see and explore future opportunities to create awareness and training initiatives on the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ESG, and other sustainability initiatives.

On behalf of our corporate partner Futurise Sdn Bhd, we would like to share the following press release by Futurise on the recent Ground Breaking Ceremony of the National Academy of Drone Sports Excellence (AKSADRON). The Ground Breaking Ceremony was successfully officiated by YB Dato Indera Mohd Shahar bin Abdullah, Deputy Finance Minister 1 – press release as follows:

Futurise Sdn Bhd (Futurise) today officially announced the launch of Malaysia’s first-ever National Academy for Drone Sports Excellence (AKSADRON), located in Kuantan, Pahang, with a ground-breaking ceremony.

Set to be a hub for drone racing and high-performance drone activities, AKSADRON is also the country’s first drone sports zone. It will feature a drone racing track and will play host to internationally sanctioned drone sports events. The academy will also pioneer unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) development programmes to cultivate a vibrant pool of Malaysian talents for this emergent industry.

We are pleased to share that EUROCHAM Malaysia is in collaboration as a co-organiser with EuroCham Singapore for the third edition of the EV webinar - The Future of Connected Vehicles in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam.

In this webinar, we will feature the key market trends driving factors of the growth in this new market. We will answer a very important question in the webinar, “Is ASEAN ready to invest in the connected cars market and the required infrastructure to decrease the number of road accidents and to meet the higher demand for vehicle management?” We will hear from governments, international safety originations, and significant industry players in the ASEAN market about how they are working together to use information-sharing and connectivity to improve road safety further and provide the citizens with a more comfortable driving experience.

On behalf of our colleagues at the Italy Malaysia Business Association (IMBA), we would like to share that, IMBA will be organising a webinar in collaboration with Invenium Legaltech on International Credit Collection for SMEs: Emergencies, Strategies & New Tools to Recover Exporters' Credit.

The webinar will focus on emergencies, strategies & new tools to recover exporters' credit - the new focus on non-performing credit strategies in UE banking sector may be the opportunity to share and develop a new culture of credit management, focused on commercial and Export credit.

From old-style networks to new digitalized and structured special servicers. Exporters deserve extra-specialized solutions, cost-effective and affordable way-outs, and a real engagement of Fintech, Legal Tech, and Insurtech sectors, worldwide.