Advanced Manufacturing

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Perak's economic strength is based on a broad spectrum of industries, including the manufacturing sector that has made rapid advances in recent years, contributing substantially to Malaysia's total export of manufactured goods. Companies can also depend on the state's manufacturing sector as a backbone supporting industries. There are more than 4,500 industries already existing in Perak with 1,474 categorised as small and medium sized, 444 as larger scale and the remainder as cottage, mostly home - owned industries. These are amongst the notably lucrative industries that can be found in Perak:

• Semi-conductors and PCB
• Computer devices
• Audio & video equipment and component parts
• Electronic devices
• Household electrical productsB
• Telephones
• Halal products

  The global halal market is reported to be in the region of between USD150billion to USD200 billion per year. Perak is recognised as a modern, liberal and progressive Islamic state which has the industrial and commercial infrastructure to produce and market halal products. With such an encouraging landscape for halal products, the food authority of Malaysia, Fama, has established Teman (Terminal Makanan Nasional) or the National Food Terminal with Perak taking the lead in this project. To date, some of the state's many halal produce include:

  • Food
    • Meat products
    • Fresh food and beverages
    • Processed food
    • Ready to cook frozen meals
    • Snacks and confectionery
    • Food ingredients
    • Food franchises
    • Dairy products
    • Food supplements
  • Cosmetic
  • Medicine
• Non-metallic based products
• Rubber-based products
• Wood-based products
• Textile
• Toys
• Sports goods etc.