Advanced tech transfer to Malaysia

MALACCA: Two companies will transfer their most advanced technologies from China to Malaysia for the production of glass panels and construction of a power plant, says China’s ambassador to Malaysia Dr Huang Huikang.

Xinyi Solar (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd has been producing glass panels for the South-East Asian and Middle East markets since 2015, while Edra Global Energy Sdn Bhd will build a natural gas power plant at a cost of US$2bil this year, he added.

“Before the arrival of Xinyi Solar, the glass manufacturing industry in Malaysia was lagging behind other countries as the sector was made up of small-and-medium enterprises whose production was energy-consuming.

“Xinyi Solar has changed the landscape and taken the industry to another level as the company’s technical content, productivity and production model are all world-class.

“Edra will use the GE power generation technology from the United States that will lift Malaysia’s F-class to H-class power generation, which is the highest level,” he said after visiting the Xinyi Solar factory and the Edra construction site here yesterday.

He also said this showed claims of only made-in-China technology will be used in Malaysia were untrue.

More Chinese companies would flood Malaysia and they would not kick local companies out of business, but would rather help boost Malaysia’s economic development, he added.