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MANUFACTURING

Medical Devices

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Aerospace / Avionics

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Electrical & Electronics

The electrical and electronics (E&E) industries in Malaysia aims to strengthen the available ecosystem especially in the area of semiconductor, solar energy, light emitting diodes (LED), storage technologies and electronic manufacturing services (EMS). The industry itself contributed RM380.81 billion in Malaysia’s export value for the year 2018; garnering the largest share among others (Source: MATRADE). According to SEMI, an international organization in the semiconductor field, Penang itself contributes approximately 8% of the global back-end semiconductor output, making it among the world’s leading location for microelectronics assembly, packaging and testing.

Precision Engineering & Equipment

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Halal & Food Industry

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Penang’s vibrant E&E ecosystem has been a strong determining factor for many investments and is supported by a network of over 3,000 well diversified and competent local suppliers covering the following domains, but not limited to:

Automation
Vision inspection system, test handlers and material handling systems

Electronics
Various products, components and services including lead frames, flex circuits, built-in, plating and assembly & test

Packaging
Paper and boards, polystyrene, sponge and hard rubber, antistatic packaging, clean room engineering and accessories and sterile medical packaging

Plastics
Precision plastics, engineering plastics, injection moulding and blow moulding

Precision engineering and metal work
Precision machining, precision tooling, stamping and fabrication

Software development
Manufacturing, telecommunication, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and Human Resource Management (HRM)

The E&E industries in Malaysia can be generally categorized into 6 sub-sectors which are:

ELECTRONIC
COMPONENTS

Encompasses semiconductor devices, passive components, printed circuits board and other electronic components such as media, substrates and connectors.

Companies: Intel, TF-AMD, Broadcom, IBIDEN, Analog Devices

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

Includes the manufacturing of audio-visual products, storage devices, digital cameras, gaming consoles and personal mobile devices.

This sub-sector is represented by many renowned Japanese and US companies, which have contributed significantly towards the rapid growth of the sector.

Companies: SONY, Panasonic, Western Digital, DELL, SanDisk

INDUSTRIAL
ELECTRONICS

This refers to multimedia information technology products such as computers and computer peripherals, telecommunications equipment, office equipment and boxes-built products for industrial applications.

Companies: BOSCH, Motorola, Keysight Technologies, SAM Engineering, ViTrox

ELECTRICAL
PRODUCTS

Incorporates three sub-sectors, namely industrial equipment, electrical components and household appliances.

Currently there are more than 381 companies producing a wide range of products such as household electrical appliances, wire and cables and electrical industrial equipment.

Companies: OSRAM, B-Braun, Abbott Laboratories, Flex, Lumileds, Tecomet

ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING SERVICES (EMS)

Covers the design, manufacturing, testing, distribution and provision of repair services for electronic components and assemblies for original equipment manufacturers (OEM)

– also known as electronics contract manufacturing (ECM).

Companies: Plexus, Jabil, Benchmark, Sanmina, Inari Amertron

RENEWABLE
ENERGY

Manufacturing of photovoltaics (PV) equipment covering solar panels, solar wafers, solar cells and modules.

Malaysia is the world’s third largest producer of PV cells.

Companies: Jinko Solar, JA Solar

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