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Table 5-3 – Penang Industrial Zone Development
Setting Up of MNCs Beginning of Mechanisation
High Automated
Manufacturing
Diversification Beyond Semi-
conductor Activities
Moving Up the Value
Chain
Trading
Agriculture
Low cost
Labour intensive
operations
Precision tooling
Local contract
manufacturing
Semiconductor-automation
Assembly & test
Consumer electronics
Development of local
supporting industries
Hard disk drive
Test system development
Supply chain management
R&D applications
Vertical integration
EMS
LED – packing & testing
Wireless/RFIP
Medical devices
Biotechnology
Optoelectronics
Solar support
Local SME migrating to
system design & development
Aerospace / avionics
SSO
Design & development
LED – solid state, chip,
display / design
Integrated solar
industry
Computing & mobiles
electronics
Source: Penang Development Corporation (2017)
1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s