Ford and its local distribution partner, Sime Darby Auto Connexion (SDAC), recently offered safe driver training and road safety awareness to corporate partners and members of the public through Ford’s global Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) programme.

More than 50 licensed drivers from corporate partners comprising telecommunications, highway maintenance and utilities companies participated in a free two half-day workshops at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS).

Funding Societies Group have reached a total of more than RM600 million in disbursed working capital to nearly 7,000 SME (small and medium-sized enterprises) financing in Southeast Asia since its establishment.

The RM600 million milestone was achieved in July 2018; in only 6 months, the company doubled its total disbursement for SMEs in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. The platform provides a range of financing products to support SMEs, including invoice financing to address cash flow problems and micro-financing through its mobile app FS Bolt.

PETRONAS-licensed provider of products and services to the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical Industries, Alkahfi Lestari Oil & Gas Sdn Bhd is riding the high waves as it is set to introduce two brand new fast crewboats that will further spice up Malaysia’s offshore oil and gas industry.

To be launched in September, the Flex-42X crewboats (the 42-metre aluminium multi-role crewboats) are capable of transporting offshore workers and oilfield cargo at a speed of up to 30 knots – making them the fastest mid-sized crewboats in the world.