KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia has secured RM4.6 billion in potential investments following its successful participation in Semicon Southeast Asia (SEA) 2025, the region’s leading event for the global electronics and semiconductor industry. The achievement reaffirms Malaysia’s competitiveness and strategic appeal to international investors within the electrical and electronics (E&E) sector.
The Malaysian delegation, led by Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz, engaged in high-level meetings with global stakeholders, including key players in E&E engineering and major data centre operators. Describing Semicon SEA as the “World Cup” of the microelectronics industry, the minister noted the platform’s significance in positioning Malaysia at the forefront of the region’s innovation landscape.
Highlighting the country’s technological capabilities, the Malaysia Pavilion drew strong international interest as nine homegrown companies exhibited advanced solutions spanning testing equipment, system integration, and electronic waste innovations. These enterprises collectively recorded annual revenues exceeding RM843 million, with the majority derived from exports.
Tengku Zafrul revealed that the country’s participation also generated an estimated RM237 million in export opportunities, attracting buyers from strategic markets including Singapore, Japan, China and the United States.
In a related development, Malaysia also initiated talks with prominent Singaporean companies in the food and beverage, as well as fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sectors, to advance the export of Malaysian-made halal products. These discussions are expected to yield an additional RM270 million in export potential.
“This represents a golden opportunity for Malaysian producers to strengthen their presence in the Singaporean market, with overall potential comprising RM4.6 billion in investments and RM507 million in export value,” Tengku Zafrul stated in a social media update.
-Bernama
