Malaysia sends 50 delegates to Singapore Airshow 2018
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia continues to strengthen its position at the global aerospace arena with the participation of over 50 delegates at the Singapore Airshow 2018 from Feb 6-11, 2018.
In a statement yesterday, Deputy Secretary General ( Industry) of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry ( MITI), Datin K. Talagavathi, said as an emerging aerospace outsourcing destination in Southeast Asia, Malaysia aimed to attract quality aerospace investments as well as developing strategic partnerships with global aerospace players.
“Malaysia’s presence in international aerospace events has been promising and gaining momentum in recent years.
“The increase in demand for Malaysia to cater to the growing global market has prompted us to accelerate our capabilities development in order to remain competitive at the global level,” she said.
MITI said Malaysia’s presence at Asia’s largest aerospace and defence event was important to highlight and promote the country’s capabilities, world- class infrastructure and aerospace ecosystem to the world.
The Malaysian Pavilion, hosted by the National Aerospace Industry Coordinating Office ( NAICO), a unit under MITI, would showcase Malaysia’s capability and strength as part of the global aerospace supply chain, it said.
“The pavilion highlights an inter-agency collaborations among NAICO, SME Corp Malaysia, Malaysia External Trade Development Corp ( MATRADE), Malaysian Investment Development Authority ( MIDA) and Invest Selangor.
“It also features Malaysian aerospace industry players – Malaysia Aerospace Industry Association, Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd ( MAHB), Aerospace Malaysia Innovation Centre, Asia AeroTechnic and Dviation Group.
The Malaysian delegation also included 18 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) currently being groomed by SME Corp under the Economic Transformation Programme known as Entry Point Project No 8: Developing SMEs in the Global Aerospace Manufacturing Industry Programme, it said.
MITI said the SMEs would be exposed to the dynamic and evolving nature of the aerospace sector globally, and would have the opportunity to position themselves to address future needs of the global aerospace industry.
Talagavathi said NAICO has been aggressively promoting the development of the Malaysian aerospace industry based on the Malaysian Aerospace Industry Blueprint 2030.
Since the implementation of the blueprint, Malaysia has secured several new projects through its local champions namely UMW Aerospace and CTRM Aero Composites, she said.
She said the products to be delivered from Malaysia by these companies included engine fan casing for Rolls-Royce and A350 Fan Cowl.
Meanwhile, a number of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and memorandum of agreement exchanges would be held at the Malaysia Pavilion between Malaysian aerospace players and their global partners.
Among the exchanges included MAHB and Axis– REIT focusing on building an industrial manufacturing facility for Senior Aerospace UPECA at the Subang Aerotech Park and MAHB with Skyways Technics, a company based in Denmark with over 30 years of maintenance experience in ATR aircraft for collaboration efforts to facilitate Skyways Technics expansion plan within the Malaysia Airports aerospace ecosystem spanning the Subang Aerotech Park.