SACC - Delegation - Kriesemer

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made Malaysia a highly competitive and Lumpur and its suburbs, and adjoining
attractive manufacturing and export cities and towns in the State of Selangor.
base in the region. In addition, An alternative reference to this would be
Malaysia's rapid move from a country Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan Area or
dependent on agriculture and primary G r e a t e r K u a l a L u m p u r . I t i s
commodities in the 60s, towards an geographically delineated by Titiwangsa
export-driven economy, spurred on by Mountains to the north and east and the
high technology, knowledge-based and Strait of Malacca to the west. The
capital-intensive industries. population in this area is estimated to be
The Malaysian economy has performed
remarkably well over the years due to
the country's political stability, the
sound financial and economic policies
adopted by the Government, and the
efficient management of its natural
resources which include oil and gas.
Dr Pfister, CEO Ixmation with
Mr. Patrick Kriesemer
six million. Klang Valley is home to a
large number of migrants from other
states within Malaysia and foreign
workers largely from Indonesia, India
and Nepal.
Within this region, most of the Swiss
companies are based here, due to its
Even more impressive is the fact that the Saujana, Tim Bilfinger, Ian Hurst, new international airport, the harbour,
economic growth in Malaysia was General Manager of the Saujana Resort the infrastructure, access to a skilled
achieved within an environment of and Franz Zeller, Managing Director of workforce and its free trade zones. Very
relatively low inflation. Malaysia is the the Saujana Hotel and Resorts. The Club well-known Swiss companies such as
10th most competitive country in the at the Saujana, a member of the Leading Nestlé, Roche, DKSH, Haco, Huber and
world among countries with a Hotels of the World, has just been Suhner, Unisto, Omya, Hiestand,
population of more than 20 million opened and all delegates were very Zuellig etc., have their manufacturing
people, according to the 2010 World
Competitiveness Yearbook.
pleased with the service and the stylish plant and regional office in this area.
Another important factor to consider is
the strong local currency (Malaysia
Ringgit) which was by 1.1 percent
stronger than the Swiss Francs in 2010
(see table below)
Following were values of currencies
against the Swiss Francs in 2010:
1) Mongolia, Tigrit (+3.7%)
2) Japan, Yen (+3.6%)
3) Australian Dollar (+3%)
4) Malaysian Ringgit (+1.1%)
5) South African Rand (+0,8%)
6) Thailand Baht (+0,3%)
7) Singapore Dollar (+0,1%)
The Swiss delegation received a warm
welcome by the Manager of the Club at
The Club at the Saujana
designed rooms as well as the food, the
wine offerings and the professional
beauty treatments provided at the SPA
and Med Beauty Swiss.
The Mission visited Swiss, International
and Malaysian companies in Greater
Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Johor Bahru
(ISKANDAR) region. Since the Club at
the Saujana is located only five minutes
from the regional Subang Airport, the
delegation could visit all these regions
during their visit.
1. The Greater Kuala Lumpur
region / Klang Valley
Klang Valley (Malay: Lembah Klang) is
an area in Malaysia comprising Kuala
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Subang regional airport - the hub for Malaysian Airlines regional airlines
The delegation visited Omya, Unisto,
Haco and Proton/Lotus. Interesting is the
fact that Unisto and Haco are using
Ambassador Dr Urs Stemmler with
Dr Pierre Heumann at Unisto
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