A rosy future for Malaysia's engineering services industry

The Malaysian aerospace and automotive engineering services industry is expected to grow to RM3.3 billion in 2020 from RM50 million currently. Alongside with this improvement, jobs for specialised engineers in Malaysia is expected to grow from 500 to 11,546 by 2020.  Direct foreign investments and development of local talent through training will help support this goal.

A team of specialists from Strand Aerospace Malaysia is currently developing Aircraft Structural Integrity (ASI)

DreamEdge Sdn Bhd is the first privately-owned Malaysian company to secure automotive contracts in Japan. Meanwhile, Strand Aerospace Malaysia is now leading the way in developing the country's high-value services industry. A group of engineers in Menara Bata in Damansara Perdana are now involved in analysing the growth of cracks in the A380's wing (airbus).

In terms of human capital development, the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (PEMANDU) is now working with MARA for the aerospace industry.

Presently, there are about 69,598 engineering graduates in Malaysia.