A total of 14 Bumiputera vendors were nominated as National and Regional Champion under the Entrepreneur Development Ministry Vendor Development Program (PPV MED) in conjunction with the Vendor Innovation Partnership Program (VIPP).
In addition to trophies and certificates, vendors were also awarded the prestigious capacity building program incentives, Kaizen Japan Study Tour worth RM 94,000.
Its minister, Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Yusof said MED is commitment to helping empower more local vendors. “Among the improvements that MED has made is expanding the PPV ecosystem to include aspects of financing, including alternative financing such as angel investors, crowd funding, peer-to-peer and listing to Bursa Malaysia,” he added.
The National and Regional champion selections were made after various assessments of the company’s performance and achievements in the automotive, telecommunications properties and plantations and telecommunications sectors.
Below is the list of 14 National & Regional Champions:
Anchor: Perodua
- Suria Component Manufacturing (M) Sdn Bhd
- Automotive Industries Sdn Bhd
- Autokeen Sdn Bhd
Anchor: Telekom Malaysia Berhad
- Aneka Bena M.N Sdn Bhd
- Exac Engineering Sdn Bhd
- Kazakon Sdn Bhd
- Pembinaan Mohamed Nazir Meraslam Sdn Bhd
Anchor: Sime Darby Property Berhad
- Vendors: Forest House Sdn Bhd
- Anchor: Pharmaniaga Logistics Sdn Bhd
- Vendors: Foresight Industries Sdn Bhd
Anchor: Celcom Axiata Sdn Bhd
- Twin Hi-Technologies Sdn Bhd
- South Pacific Comm Resources Sdn Bhd
Anchor: Telekom Malaysia Berhad
- Ingress Technologies Sdn Bhd
Anchor: Perodua
- Dura-Mine Sdn Bhd
Anchor: Sime Darby Property Berhad
- Pro-Landscape Structure Sdn Bhd
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