SATS Opens New SGD 25 Million Kitchen Facility

Mar 1, 2019

On 11 March 2019, SATS Ltd. (SATS) unveiled a new SGD 25 million (USD 18.5 million) kitchen with food technologies that can preserve nutritional qualities and optimize taste while extending shelf life. The facility has an automated rice line capable of producing about...

Scania Opens New Assembly Facility in Thailand

Mar 1, 2019

Scania, a Swedish manufacturer of commercial vehicles, launched a new assembly facility for trucks and bus chassis in the Bangkok Free Trade Zone. The new factory, which also holds a Manufacturing facility for truck cabs, is the biggest investment in production that...

Foreign Solar Panel Manufacturers Setting up Facilities in Vietnam

Mar 1, 2019

Vietnam is becoming a  favored destination for solar photovoltaics (PV) manufacturers, driven by the low costs of Manufacturing in Vietnam combined with rising global demand and US tariffs of up to 165% on crystalline silicon PV solar imports from China and Taiwan to...

iPhone Manufacturer Commencing Operation in Batam, Indonesia

Mar 1, 2019

Pegatron Corporation, an Apple’s iPhones manufacturer, is looking to start production in April this year after it confirmed the rental of a 2-hectare factory in Riau Islands in Batam. The Taipei-based company’s investment is estimated to reach up to USD 300 million,...

US-Incubated Solar Technology Launches at Hanwha Factory in Malaysia

Mar 1, 2019

Massachusetts-based silicon wafer manufacturer 1366 Technologies with its strategic partner Hanhwa Q CELLS Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of South Korean module manufacturer Hanhwa Q CELLS Co. Ltd. recently made a formal announcement of scaling plans for their wafer...