Tuesday, 15 Nov 2022 9:57 PM MYT

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 — The Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC), an company underneath the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti), is dedicated to working with expertise corporations which are members of the MTDC ecosystem to empower the usage of native expertise by way of the MTDC Road2Growth Central Zone (R2G) programme.

At this R2G programme, MTDC, along with its ecosystem corporations consisting of Centre of 9 Pillars (Co9P) enterprise companions and corporations receiving the National Technology and Innovation Sandbox (NTIS) Fund, additionally held an Industry 4.0 (i4.0) Solution Exhibition on the Experience Hub.

MTDC chief government Datuk Norhalim Yunus stated the R2G programme was geared toward creating options to beat the issues of overseas and native staff by introducing the event of automotive merchandise and robotics by native corporations.

“By producing robots, we can develop local expertise in the field of robotics, especially in being able to help small and medium enterprise (SME) entrepreneurs in working with local businesses to develop their companies through previous collaborations such as the use of robotics in restaurants, hospitals and so on,” he instructed reporters on the MTDC Road2Growth Central Region Programme on the UPM-MTDC Serdang Technology Centre, right here as we speak.

Norhalim additionally stated that by way of the programme, individuals met with MTDC to hunt enterprise recommendation and discover new enterprise alternatives and collaborations with the trade that present steering in adapting expertise, particularly associated to i4.0, of their companies.

He additionally stated that 200 individuals took half within the R2G programme for the entrepreneurship session this morning and MTDC will place the graduates in native expertise corporations on the finish of as we speak’s session.

The R2G programme at UPM-MTDC Serdang Technology Centre is the sixth and finale of the sequence which had been held beforehand in Sabah, Sarawak, Johor, Penang and Pahang.

Meanwhile, Mosti secretary-general Datuk Aminuddin Hassim stated the objective of turning into a high-tech nation requires cooperation from all events and this contains your entire worth chain, particularly graduates who’re the pillars of the nation.

The R2G programme performs a job in guaranteeing that graduates, researchers and SME entrepreneurs don’t miss out on receiving the advantages and steering from the programmes supplied particularly in i4.0 and digitisation.

The i4.0-shaped exhibition highlights robotics, automation, 3D printing, augmented actuality, sensible agriculture and drone expertise.

Participants additionally had the chance to take heed to explanations and deliberate on numerous subjects corresponding to Venture Capital Landscape in Malaysia, Funding Challenges Among Technology Companies, and Why You Should Become a Partner of Co9P? — Bernama