KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 (Bernama) — Electrical & Electronics Productivity Nexus (EEPN), supported by Malaysia Productivity Corporation has organized “Rethink, Reinvent, Revitalize in The New Normal” Forum as part of the government initiative to mitigate the unintended economic consequences of the battle against COVID-19. The webinar was moderated by former Chief…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 (Bernama) — Agrobank today announced its latest financing rate by reducing the Base Rate (BR) to 2.60% and Base Financing Rate (BFR) to 5.75%. In line with the revision, Agrobank will also adjust downwards its Fixed Return Islamic Accounts (FRIA-i) across all tenures. This is in response…

TOKYO, May 13 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — The Polyplastics Group has announced the introduction of a new DURACON(R) polyoxymethylene (POM) grade which delivers improved diesel fuel resistance for the production of injection-molded automotive fuel system components. The new material complements Polyplastics’ flagship DURACON(R) POM portfolio which is already widely used for automotive…

QUEBEC CITY, May 13 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —LeddarTech®, an industry leader in LiDAR technology who provides the most versatile and scalable auto and mobility LiDAR platform, announces it will begin volume production of the Leddar™ Pixell Cocoon LiDAR Module with their selected partner Clarion Malaysia, a member of Faurecia Clarion Electronics, a business Group of…

HSINCHU, Taiwan, May 13 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — On May 9 National Tsing Hua University entered into an agreement to jointly establish the Taipei School of Economics and Political Science (TSE) together with the TSE Foundation, which was set up with a US$100 million donation from entrepreneur Lin Chen-hai, the founder of…

HONG KONG, May 13 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — AM Best has revised its market segment outlook on Japan’s life insurance industry to negative from stable, citing the growing pressures the COVID-19 pandemic are placing on current and forecast economic conditions in the country. In a Best’s Market Segment Report, AM Best states that the…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 (Bernama) — PETRONAS Lubricants International (PLI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), introduced the PETRONAS Sprinta lubricant range on PETRONAS Mesra Official Shop on Shopee, one of Southeast Asia’s and Taiwan’s leading digital marketplace. This marks its e-commerce debut for PETRONAS’ lubricant range.The launch on…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 (Bernama) — None of us did see Covid-19 coming. But the founders of Kuala Lumpur based startup productlink.io clearly showed a sixth sense when launching their new venture in January this year. The vision is to help people generate extra income by reviewing consumer products and share…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 (Bernama) — Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) today signed two Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pitch Platforms Sdn Bhd (pitchIN) and Microleap PLT (MicroLEAP) respectively to collaborate and cooperate in the areas of peer-to-peer (P2P) financing, equity crowdfunding (ECF), capital investment and investing in companies outside their…

SHENZHEN, China, May 12 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — The PMR industry has undergone tremendous changes in recent years. As the advent of broadband technology offers fast data services such as video calling and streaming, the expectation is that a majority of mission and business critical narrowband PMR users will migrate to broadband,…