EG Industries partners Yamaha to set up smart lights-out factory in Penang

From left: Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd senior general manager Arimoto Ichiro, EG Industries Bhd group chief executive officer Datuk Alex Kang and Premtronic Sdn Bhd managing director Alex Lee.

KUALA LUMPUR: Electronic manufacturing services (EMS) provider EG Industries Bhd has inked a partnership with Japanese automation giant Yamaha Motor Co Ltd for EG’s upcoming Smart Lights-Out factory in Batu Kawan, Penang.

It said in a statement that the tripartite collaboration between EG Industries’ subsidiary SMT Technologies Sdn Bhd, Yamaha and its Malaysian distribution agency Premtronic Sdn Bhd is for the setting up of EG’s 5G automated intelligent SMT production lines.