Malaysia invites technology companies to collaborate on battery-powered LRT

He called on local high-tech companies to proactively come forward with any feasible suggestions.

“We plan to communicate with industry players who are interested in participating in the Penang LRT project from all aspects of technology, and will hold an exchange meeting this month in cooperation with investment institutions in Penang.

Hope technology companies will participate

Sim Zhiqin said that after he and the technical trustee team visited the MRT Corporation in Sungai Buloh a few days ago and had a long discussion with MRT Corporation CEO Datuk Mohd Zarif on the Industrial Cooperation Plan (ICP), reached the above consensus.

Sim Zhiqin (third from left) led a team of technical hosting agencies to visit the MRT Corporation in Sungai Buloh

Through the industrial cooperation plan, local technology companies will be allowed to participate in construction projects in the national railway field, including software, ticketing systems, sensors, robots and heavy engineering, etc. Shen Zhiqin hopes that Penang technology companies will have the opportunity to participate in large-scale government engineering projects.

He pointed out that the agency is committed to promoting industrial cooperation plans and has currently promoted several small and medium-sized enterprises, such as SMH Rail, to develop into multinational companies.