6 February 2021 12:56 pm / 47 comments
This one no one saw coming. Porsche is said to be setting up assembly operations in Malaysia, the first outside of Germany. According to
The Edge, the facility would be in Kulim, Kedah, and the local partner is Inokom, a subsidiary of Sime Darby. Sime Darby has been Porsche’s local distributor since 2010.
“There have been quite a number of big investments coming into Malaysia in the automotive sector, but the government has yet to declare them. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic and the movement control order (MCO), many of the principals could not come to Malaysia,” a source told the business publication.
Germany’s sports car maker Porsche is reportedly setting up an assembly plant in Malaysia as its first such facility outside Germany, according to a report in local newspaper The Edge, which cited insiders. The facility would be a plant for a completely knocked-down manufacturing process in which a manufacturer completely strips down or disassembles a vehicle at the origin and reassembles it in another country. Porsche will partner with Inokom Corp., a unit of Malaysian trading and logistics conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd., which has been Porsche’s local distributor since 2010, the report said. No official confirmation yet The facility would.
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