KULIM, MALAYSIA – Rapid Manufacturing has announced a new facility here to serve in the aerospace, telecommunication, medical, semiconductor, automotive, and industrial automation sectors, as well as house a regional center to set up a center of excellence.

The company made the announcement in a joint statement with the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) and the Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA).

Rapid Manufacturing subsidiary RPD MFG Connectivity Managing Director Yogendran Krishnamurthy said the company's investment is expected to create an estimated 2,000 jobs for the local workforce, including at least 500 high-income jobs.

COO Luis Espinoza said the company’s key priorities are its commitment to hire and train local talent, as well as to enhance its vendor-development programs to provide adequate opportunities to local vendors.

MIDA chief executive officer Datuk Arham Abdul Rahman said Rapid Manufacturing’s expansion of its production facility underscores the long-term global demand for its products.

"Malaysia is well positioned to capitalise on these opportunities," he said. "By leveraging the country’s comprehensive electrical and electronics (E&E) ecosystem and our mature semiconductor supply chain, the new facility is expected to have a positive impact on job creation, benefiting the local community while enhancing the country’s supply chain to meet the rapidly changing requirements of the E&E industry."

NCIA chief executive Mohamad Haris Kader Sultan said NCIA is committed to attracting and facilitating high-value investments in the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER) which includes the states of Kedah, Perlis, Penang and Perak. He said Rapid Manufacturing’s investments in Kedah and Penang will considerably strengthen the supply chain ecosystem to support the activities of the E&E, machinery and equipment, medical technology and devices, telecommunication, automotive and aerospace industries within NCER.

"With the facilitation by NCIA via its various NCER incentives, it is confident that more companies will follow suit and invest in NCER, driving sustainable economic growth and creating job opportunities for the local community," he said.

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