Malaysia eyes Germany’s mid-sized manufacturers


Najib meeting with German business leaders in Berlin on Tuesday.

BERLIN: Having established strong ties with Germany’s multinational companies, Malaysia is now keen to also attract the country’s mid-sized manufacturers, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Tuesday.

Studies show that no other country has as many mid-sized global market leaders as Germany, which has a population of about 80.6 million and is the world’s fourth largest economy.

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