EUROCHAM Malaysia had the privilege of being invited to the Ada Apa Dengan NIMP 2030 event, themed "Maju Industri, Maju Ekonomi Rakyat," alongside YB Senator Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, the Minister of MITI. This event, held on Friday, 8th December, is part of the government's initiatives under the umbrella of the celebration commemorating the one-year tenure of the Madani government.

The event provided valuable insights as YB MITI shared the existing economic challenges, including low complexity, stagnant productivity and declining investment. The New Industrial Master Plan (NIMP) aims to address these challenges by focusing on developing the economy and achieving zero carbon.

The government has committed to various projects in collaboration with counterparts, encompassing water fabrication, advanced materials, smart factories, electric vehicles (EV) and decarbonisation. NIMP is expected to contribute significantly to the country, with projections indicating a 61% increase in GDP, a 20% rise in employment and a median salary target of RM 4,510 by 2023. The key sectors within the NIMP's focus include automotive, chemical, electronics and electrical (E&E), aerospace and advanced materials.

Hailing from Hull, England, Mr Andrew O’Brooks has more than 40 years of experience in the commercial vehicle industry. Although his passion was in automotive mechanical engineering, his interest in how to turn around a business and make it profitable led him to pursue business and management studies.

He spent 37 years with a major heavy commercial vehicle brand and its subsidiaries and served in various countries around the world before joining MAN Malaysia in January 2020.

In that time, he has accumulated invaluable experience in almost all aspects of the heavy commercial vehicle business. Andrew is responsible for the transformation and growth of the MAN Truck and Bus business in Malaysia which includes sales, aftersales and CKD operations. He also oversees MAN importers in eight of the 13 countries in the Australasia Cluster -- Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

We are thrilled to welcome VOX SEA Sdn Bhd and Mindmills as advocacy members of EUROCHAM Malaysia!

We help enterprises to automate conversational experiences with the adoption of Artificial Intelligence. We partner with our clients and drive their digital transformation by elevating their communication level. One-on-one with everyone.

Our team works unified to support brands in acquiring and applying knowledge and skills. We share values such as integrity, accountability, sustainability and diversity. We commit high quality solutions that scale, by working at our partners side.

We would like to wish all our members, friends and connections a Happy International Anti-Corruption Day!

Uniting the World Against Corruption

We would like to welcome Roche as a new member of EUROCHAM Malaysia! We are excited to work together with your esteemed organisation as we strive to bolster alliances and strengthen partnerships within the EU-MY business community.

Throughout our 125-year history, Roche has grown into one of the world’s largest biotech companies, as well as a leading provider of in-vitro diagnostics and a global supplier of transformative innovative solutions across major disease areas. Roche’s commitment to their people, partners, stakeholders and, most importantly, their patients remains as strong as it was on the first day of their journey.

Roche focuses on finding new medicines and diagnostics and establishing data-based insights that evolve the practice of medicine and help patients live longer, better lives.

The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached today between the European Parliament and the Council to reduce the emissions and energy use of buildings across the EU. The strengthened Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) will support the EU's efforts to decarbonise buildings across the whole Union. This is an area in which the concrete impact of the European Green Deal will improve the quality of life for people, in their homes and workplaces, and lower their energy bills. This deal will also boost Europe's energy independence in line with the REPowerEU Plan and make a strong business case for a cleaner buildings sector in the EU.

Better performing buildings to lower energy bills and cut emissions

The revised Directive will set out a range of measures that will help EU governments boost structurally the energy performance of buildings, with a specific focus on the worst-performing buildings.