Accelerating adoption of Industry 4.0


PETALING JAYA: Businesses may have more reasons to embrace the Industry 4.0 age as the government has set aside over RM5bil to help them do so.

In tabling the 2019 National Budget, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said the government aimed to support measures to accelerate the adoption of Industry 4.0 as outlined in the Industry 4.0 Blueprint or Industry4WRD, which aims to make Malaysia the prime destination for high-tech industries.

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