{"id":40906,"date":"2019-11-21T13:59:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T05:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/national-instruments-in-rm170m-expansion-of-penang-ops\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T17:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:13:13","slug":"national-instruments-in-rm170m-expansion-of-penang-ops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/national-instruments-in-rm170m-expansion-of-penang-ops\/","title":{"rendered":"National Instruments in RM170m expansion of Penang ops"},"content":{"rendered":"

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National Instruments in RM170m expansion of Penang ops<\/h1>\n

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21 November 2019<\/p>\n

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BY OPALYN MOK<\/p>\n

GEORGE TOWN, Nov 21<\/strong> \u2014 National Instruments (NI) announced a US$40 million (RM170 million) expansion of its facility in Penang today.<\/p>\n

NI chief executive officer Alex Davern said this would include a second building next to its existing plant.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new expansion will open up 250 new positions,\u201d he said in his speech here.<\/p>\n

NI Penang was established in 2009 as a key global hub and is now the third-largest NI facility in the world.<\/p>\n

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NI Penang is also one of the firm\u2019s largest research and development (R&D) centres outside of its headquarters in Austin, Texas.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Davern said the American company chose to set up its plant in Penang and Malaysia because of the skilled workforce and stable business environment here.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe talent we found here fit in with the NI culture of excellence and the talents here take pride in their work and contributions to the company and country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

NI Malaysia managing director and APAC manufacturing vice president P. Rajesh said the groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion will be in the third quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe construction will complete within a year and we expect it to be in operations by 2022,\u201d he said during a press conference.<\/p>\n

The new facility will cover 160,000 sq ft on six acres of land.<\/p>\n

\u201cAltogether, we have 23 acres of land and currently, our production is at 60 per cent capacity in our existing facility,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said the new facility will increase the company\u2019s revenue through 5G technology and industry 4.0 products.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe technology products built here will be leading edge that includes wireless and 5G technology,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The current NI facility has about 1,000 employees and about 70 per cent are in managerial, technical and supervisory roles.<\/p>\n

The total cumulative capital investment in the facility was over US$84 million.<\/p>\n

He said the new facility will be a mixed-use building with a shared service centre and distribution hub.<\/p>\n

Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow, in his speech, said the reinvestment was a vote of confidence for Penang and Malaysia\u2019s ability to attract foreign direct investments.<\/p>\n

He said the 250 jobs created by the expansion will be high value jobs for positions in R&D and shared services.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of the products built here by NI are related to Industry 4.0, 5G and autonomous vehicle markets which places Penang in the world map for producing these cutting-edge products,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

NI is an American multinational company that produces automated test equipment and virtual instrumentation software.<\/p>\n

Source: Malay Mail<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: Malay Mail
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