July 25, 2001
ISID's local Malaysian operation receives
Multi-Media Super Corridor (MSC) Status
A move towards strengthening manufacturing
business in South-East Asia
Information Services International - Dentsu Ltd.'s (ISID; Head Office in Nakano, Tokyo; Jutaro Takinami, CEO; ¥8180.5 million in capital) local Malaysian operation ISI-Dentsu (Malaysia) Sdn.Bhd. (abbreviated name: ISID Malaysia; Representative: Hiroshi TANAKA) in July of this year received "Multi-Media Super Corridor (MSC) Status" from the Malaysian government. Along with this, the Kuala Lumpur office is being expanded, further sales and support staff are being recruited and business activities have commenced in earnest. ISID and ISID Malaysia plan to strengthen IT business systems for the manufacturing industry with the manufacturing strongpoint being Malaysia - where even further development is expected -as well as in the surrounding regions.
[MSC Status]
MSC (Multi-Media Super Corridor) is a program of the Malaysian government
designed to stimulate the IT industry by enticing foreign IT companies to
Malaysia. To receive MSC status, a company must fulfil the necessary conditions
(type of business, business planning etc.) for an IT company as prescribed
by the government (MDC: Multimedia Development Corporation). Foreign companies
receiving MSC status can: (1) develop business with 100% ISID capital (2)
are assured freedom of employment, and can obtain working visas easily (3)
receive favourable treatment and benevolence such as easy access to local
Malaysian businesses.
ISID Malaysia submitted an application to the relevant authorities for MSC ("Multi-Media Super Corridor) status, and was officially granted the status by the Malaysian government in July 2001.
[Background]
From about 1996, ISID has been developing business supporting the sale of and technical support for 3D CAD, CAM and CAE and the international design and development business for the joint Japanese and the local manufacturing industry in the ASEAN countries such as Malaysia, with ISID's local Singaporean operation at its centre. In response to Malaysia's expanding domestic business needs, the expansion of ISID's Malaysian office and acquisition of MSC status will provide backup for the restructuring of product design and development processes and harmonious cooperation in the international manufacturing industry which is undergoing continuing globalisation both internally and externally.
[Types of services]
ISID Malaysia will supply peripheral software and hardware tools centred
on the sale and support of CAD, CAM and CAE, as well as training and technical
support for start-ups etc. The same high value-added services as in Japan
such as design business consultancy and implementation of PDM systems will
be offered as required.
[ISID's relationship with "ACC activity" - ISID's stance]
The Japanese manufacturing industry, in the midst of global competition, is feeling the pressure to further cut back costs and reduce lead times.
In particular, there has been a rapid increase in the number of corporations moving into the ASEAN countries and China fuelled by the need to cut back production costs and by further global business specialisation. In response to these trends, ISID last year started support for Japanese manufacturing companies moving into Asia and Japanese-Asian collaborations, called "ACC (Asian Collaboration Centre) Activity". This so-called "Centre" did not require the construction of an actual building, but rather the ISID head office and the ISID group of companies in the Asian region jointly own local Asian business knowledge, and support collaborative product design and development and production between the joint Japanese and local manufacturing industry developing in the Asian region.
Cooperative support between Japan and the local Asian industry has already begun through the accumulation of technology and strengthening of support systems for the local Singapore and Hong Kong operations and the representative office in Shanghai.
From these activities it is expected that business in the ASEAN countries
and China, Hong Kong and Taiwan will expand and the corporate value of the
ISID group in joint manufacturing operations with Japan will increase.
Name: ISI-Dentsu (Malaysia) Sdn.Bhd.
Representative: Hiroshi TANAKA
Address: Lot 1-2A,Incubator 3,technology Park Malaysia,Bukit Jalil,57000 Kuala lumpur,Malaysia
Telephone/FAX:TEL+60-3-8996-1610,FAX+60-3-8996-1619
Capital: 1,500,000RM authorised capital (approximately JP¥45,000,000)
Employees: 5 (now planning to recruit staff locally when required)
Turnover: ¥120,000,000 by the end of March 2002 is the aim.
Type of business:
- Sale and support of CAD, CAM and PDM software.
- Offering consultancy services for establishing an R&D strongpoint, the introduction and development of PDM, and implementation services in response to the trend of the Japanese manufacturing industry transferring its production to the South-East Asia region as well as implementing R&D functions.
- Nurturing of technicians with Asia as a developmental and technological strongpoint.
