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20/08/2026

⏳ 28 Aug 2026 | ATE Connect Friday

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐍𝐂𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

As part of the Penang ATE Campus initiative, ATE Connect Friday is a monthly industry networking platform that brings together MNCs and local ATE companies to exchange industry needs, showcase capabilities and explore potential collaborations.

This session will focus on:
🔹 MNC localisation requirements, technology challenges and supplier opportunities
🔹 Innovative technologies and advanced manufacturing capabilities from local ATE companies
🔹 MNC–local ATE collaboration through industry sharing and roundtable discussions
🔹 Stronger industry connections through plant visits and networking

Through ATE Connect Friday, we aim to create more meaningful connections between industry needs and local capabilities, and support the continued growth of Penang’s ATE ecosystem.

📌 By invitation only and limited to pre-qualified participants.

19/08/2026

InvestPenang was honoured to be a strategic partner of the Securities Commission Malaysia’s “𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬 – 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡” event held in Penang today.

InvestPenang also joined a panel discussion, “𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦: 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬,” sharing perspectives on how stronger collaboration between industry, policymakers and the capital markets can unlock greater opportunities for Malaysia’s semiconductor ecosystem.

Key suggestions highlighted during the session include:
💡 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 by strengthening understanding of the technology industry.
💡 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭-𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 with clear technology propositions, commercialisation plans and growth roadmaps.
💡 𝐃𝐞-𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, where government may provide financial support to validate technology feasibility and reduce risks during the ideation and development stages.
💡 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 to improve accessibility and enable more meaningful engagement with semiconductor companies in Penang.

A big thank you to the Securities Commission Malaysia for coming to Penang and sharing the funding opportunities available through the capital markets with the semiconductor industry.

Companies exploring funding opportunities are strongly encouraged to learn more about the 𝐍𝐈𝐌𝐏 𝟐𝟎𝟑𝟎 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐨-𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝 (𝐍𝐈𝐌𝐏 𝐂𝐨𝐒𝐈𝐅).

Learn more about NIMP CoSIF: https://www.capitalmarketsmalaysia.com/nimp-cosif/

17/08/2026

𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

Jointly organised by the Malaysia Carbon Market Association (MCMA) and Bursa Carbon Exchange (BCX), with the support of the Penang Green Council (PGC) and Penang State Government alongside InvestPenang as a publicity partner.

This forum aims 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦.

Date: 27 August 2026
Time: 8.00am – 5.00pm
Venue: Olive Tree Hotel, Penang

𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬:
✅Introduction to the Malaysia Carbon Market Association (MCMA) and Fundamentals of Carbon Market
✅Status of Carbon Market in Malaysia and Introduction to Bursa Carbon Exchange (BCX)
✅Case Study: Introduction to the Malaysia Grouped Biomass Waste Recovery and Utilization Project
✅Understanding Project Life Cycle, Developing Carbon Projects, Challenges and Best Practices
✅Updates from Verra: Methodologies, Integrity, Reforms and What They Mean for Penang
✅Carbon Project Opportunities Relevant to Penang

Registration is open until 𝟐𝟏 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. Please visit https://investpenang.gov.my/events/penang-carbon-market-forum-2026/ for more information.

17/08/2026

The 𝟒𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 (𝐖𝐀𝐈𝐒) is back in Malaysia this year, with InvestPenang as one of the supporting partners.

WAIS aims to serve as a 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 9 September – 10 September 2026
𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞: DoubleTree by Hilton Kuala Lumpur

The event will feature:
• High-level government and policy discussions on AI adoption and regulation
• Enterprise AI use cases and digital transformation success stories
• AI startups and innovation showcase
• Investor and venture capital engagement opportunities
• Thought leadership sessions featuring global AI experts
• Curated networking opportunities with decision-makers and industry leaders

Kindly register before 𝟐𝟎 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 to be entitled for the discounted price.

For more information, please visit https://investpenang.gov.my/events/world-ai-show-wais-2026-malaysia/

14/08/2026

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, a global technology leader in minimally invasive care and the pioneer of robotic-assisted surgery (RAS), today announced that it has entered into a lease agreement with Penang Development Corporation - PDC for its new manufacturing facility in Bandar Cassia Technology Park, Penang, Malaysia.

The new 316,000-square-foot facility is expected to commence operations in 2028 and create 1,200 highly skilled jobs by 2032. The facility will manufacture surgical instruments and electromechanical devices for Intuitive's da Vinci surgical system, strengthening the company's global manufacturing network while bringing production closer to customers across the Asia Pacific region, where demand for robotic-assisted surgery continues to grow.

Read more at: https://investpenang.gov.my/press-release-intuitive-expands-manufacturing-footprint-in-asia-pacific-with-new-facility-in-penang-malaysia/

13/08/2026

InvestPenang was pleased to pay a 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 to 𝐘𝐁 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐨’ 𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐢 𝐀𝐛𝐝𝐮𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐥, the newly appointed 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠.

During the meeting, InvestPenang shared an overview of Penang’s economic and investment landscape, as well as key industrial initiatives led by InvestPenang to support the State’s continued industrial and economic growth.

The meeting also provided an opportunity to exchange views on Penang’s development priorities and areas of collaboration moving forward.

InvestPenang warmly welcomes YB Dato’ Dr. Jafri to his new role and looks forward to working closely together in advancing Penang’s continued growth and development.

13/08/2026

🚀 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Empowering IC design companies from silicon to market.

The 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐛 @ 𝐏𝐒𝐃@𝟓𝐊𝐌+ 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 & 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 provides the infrastructure and expertise to help IC design companies move seamlessly from 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬:
* Post-silicon IC validation & characterisation facilities
* Access to industrial test & measurement equipment
* Expert technical support for your silicon journey
* Collaborative ESD environment and shared infrastructure
* Secure, controlled access to shared lab space for immediate & short-term validation needs

Whether you are validating your working silicon, characterising your IC design, or preparing for your next product milestone, the Shared Lab provides the facilities and expert support to help accelerate your progress.

The facility is 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐂 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 & 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬, providing access to shared infrastructure and technical support to support the growth of the IC design ecosystem.

📍 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐁𝐒 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝐅, 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 @𝟓𝐊𝐌+ (𝐏𝐒𝐃@𝟓𝐊𝐌+).

🤝 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐭, Contacthings, Keysight, 𝐌𝐈𝐌𝐎𝐒 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧. 𝐓𝐨 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.



Ong Mee Choo, Windy Lai

12/08/2026

Today, the Penang ATE Campus Steering Committee Members met with Malaysia Airports in Kuala Lumpur to showcase Penang’s automation capabilities and explore opportunities to contribute to Malaysia’s airport automation ecosystem.

We are grateful to YB Liew Chin Tong, Deputy Minister of Finance, for organising and chairing the meeting.

We presented capabilities in automated baggage handling, vision-based security inspection, smart storage, asset tracking, logistics automation, industrial IoT, and predictive maintenance.

A key outcome was an invitation for Malaysia Airports to visit Penang in late August to explore the capabilities of our local ATE companies.

Penang is ready to bring its automation capabilities to Malaysia’s airports.

Sophic Automation Sdn Bhd, Aemulus Corporation Sdn Bhd

11/08/2026

InvestPenang was recently interviewed by The Business Times on 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠’𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞’𝐬 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞, 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.

Penang’s MedTech journey is built on the same strengths that have powered its semiconductor success — a strong engineering talent pool, precision manufacturing capabilities and a well-established supplier ecosystem.

While AI-related investments remain a priority, Penang is also building on its existing strengths to diversify its advanced manufacturing ecosystem, particularly in the life sciences and MedTech industries.

Read the full interview in The Business Times: https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/asean/penang-looks-beyond-chips-bigger-medtech-push

The Malaysian state is scaling up its high-margin play in the sector to lock in long-term investment Read more at The Business Times.

11/08/2026

Honoured to welcome YB Akmal Nasir, Minister of Economy Malaysia (KE), together with 𝐘𝐁𝐡𝐠. 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐨’ 𝐓𝐬. 𝐕. 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐚/𝐥 𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐨, Deputy Secretary-General (Macro), 𝐏𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐙𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐧, 𝐏𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐚 and the KE leadership team on their first visit to the Silicon Research & Incubation Space @ GBS TechSpace, accompanied by InvestPenang CEO, 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐨’ 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐋𝐨𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐧.

The visit offered a closer look at Penang Silicon Design + (PSD@5KM+), with Programme Director Ong Mee Choo sharing insights into the facilities and key programmes under the initiative, with support from KE, and how these efforts are contributing to the development of Malaysia’s IC design ecosystem.

A key highlight was seeing our incubatees — FILPAL, Infinecs Systems Sdn. Bhd. and 𝐒𝐤𝐲𝐞𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐩 — showcase their IP, chips, prototypes and design wins.

Beyond the technology showcase, discussions explored the opportunities and challenges in scaling local IC design companies, with technical capabilities continuing to develop alongside the need for greater access to growth capital and global market opportunities.

At InvestPenang, the commitment remains to work closely with KE and ecosystem partners to address these needs and create stronger pathways for homegrown IC design champions to scale and compete globally.