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Increasing Construction Investment in ASEAN
Recently, the number of new investments intoMalaysia by Japanese companies is on the riseNews of large development projects havecontinuing being heard over the last few months.
Even existing companies are also expanding theirbusinesses, and there are numerous of enquiries
received for renovation and extension works
In fact, JETRO's economic index also showsthat the economy of Malaysia as a whole is doing
well, and according to the statistics the situationof Japanese companies in Malaysia is recovering
steadily. Although there were sign of economy
recovery from previous statistics, the feeling ofrecovering is getting stronger recently.

2018 February

Especiallyelectrical&electronics
companies seem to be going steady, weoften hear news such as additions,renovations, relocations, etc. as well as newconstruction. Among the high value-addedindustries that Malaysia are focusing on,
medical-related business also seems to begrowing, Plus PM Consultant has been
receiving inquiries from several Japanesecompanies.

Taisei Lamick New Factory is Completed
Taisei Lamick Sdn Bhd(Formerly known as Malaysia Packaging Industry Bhd)

C l i e n t /Location /U s a g e /CM /Design/Build /TFA /Structure /The growth of industries related to cold
chain and food production is also active. We
feel that the demand for Japanese cold
room technology and food safety is on therise too.
Inquiries about development project inother ASEAN countries are also increasing,It seems that new development of Japanesecompanies has been continue expanding inIndonesia,
Thailand,CambodiaandVietnam.
Plus PM Consultant provides support toour client in total management from landacquisition
tocontractor
selection,construction
management,completion,starting operation etc.

● Vol. 10

Construction started in the Spring of 2017,
Taisei Lamick Sdn Bhd's new factory, aproduction factory with the scale of exceeding
20,000m² including office building has been
completed with operation started in a shortperiod of less than one year. At the same time
the company’s name has been changed to thename of the parent company in Japan.
In the future, in order to reduce construction
investment
costs,
Japaneseclientswill
increasingly adopt local contractors. Same as inthis project, a local contractor was engaged forboth the design and build services.

Taisei Lamick Sdn Bhd
Selangor, Malaysia
Factory
Plus PM Consultant S/BIreka Eng. & Construction S/B
23,920㎡
RC 1-storey factory / 3-storey office

In order to meet the requirements of ourJapaneseclient,Plus
PM
Consultant
coordinated on "cost, schedule, quality“
management with the local contractor.
“Separate order for design and construction"is common in Malaysia but this time, due tothe adoption of "design and construction”
combined order, we were struggling to adjust
the extent of responsibility. Also, this project
has been challenging in view of the difference
between culture, customs and perception
including language barrier and difficulty ofseeking
Japanesequality
fromlocal
contractor.

Staff Introduction
I Joined Plus PM Consultant asa Project Manager in October
2017. My experience includes
workingforContractor,
Developer and PMC across theASEAN Region in Malaysia,
SingaporeandIndonesia.
Currently involved in a few
interesting and challenging
projects in Plus PM, which I
would have the opportunity toinvolve from the beginningstage through the completionof the projects.

PLUS PM CONSULTANT SDN BHD

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Founder of 「NIKE」and「ASICS」
I read the autobiography "Shoe Dog" by "Phil Knight“,
founder of the world-class athletic footwear brand“NIKE”. He was a middle distance runner in college days
and the story began from his visit to the president ofOnitsuka Tiger (now ASICS) in Kobe during graduation
trip and his interest in the manufacturing technology ofJapanese shoes. He obtained the right to sell Onitsuka
Tiger's shoes in America, from selling to his runner
fellows, he expanded sales channels. After that, hedecided to develop own shoes and that is when “NIKE”
was born.
Meanwhile, the founder of Onitsuka Tiger, after
seeing the youth playing sports with barefoot during
Japan’s poor time after World War II, pursued passion
to develop sports shoes for health development.

Both are major companies and I was surprisedthat there was such a strong relationship between
the founders. Although the common things between
both the founders are unlimited pursuit of productquality & design and using famous athletes formarketing, I strongly feel their passion of aiming tobe the top maker in the world.
Many enterprises are trying to enter into ASEAN
region which will become the world market, butwhether to succeed or withdraw, it is all nothing but
passion.
Plus PM Consultant Sdn Bhd
JOJI KIMURA
President / CEOPROJECT NEWSONGOING PROJECT■ HITACHI Cold Warehouse

Sojitz Retail Management Sdn Bhd
C l i e n t/Sojitz Retail Management S/BL o c a t i o n/

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

U s a g e/

Japanese Food Town

M/

CDesign/Build /TF

A/Structure /Plus PM Consultant S/B
Taikisha Engineering (M) S/B
2,483㎡
RC

J’s Gate Dining is Opened
An authentic Japanese culinary experience“J’S GATE DINING” managed by SOJITZ is now
opened at Level 4 of Lot 10 Shopping Mall located inBukit Bintang district, downtown of Kuala Lumpur.

Together with the client, we coped with therepeatedchangesofrequirements

fromlandlord which would not happen in Japan.
When agreed items cannot be fulfilled, weJ’s Gate Dining brings 18 of Japan's best specialty
restaurants together, attracting not only the Japanese
but also local fans of Japanese food.

have to be flexible and constantly share withIn this project, Plus PM Consultant supported theclient in various negotiation with Lot 10 landlord “YTLLand” before conclusion of tenancy agreement,
authority application for renovation, contractor
selection, construction management as well as
coordination with the interior contractors.

making. As a result, we manage to complete

the client “items not to give in” or “items to beprioritized” to continue the flow of decision
the project successfully together with landlord.
We believe this valuable experience will be
useful for our future project management
works.

Hitachi Cold Warehouse Progessing Smoothly
Located in Nilai, about an hour drive from Kuala
Lumpur, a cold warehouse project of Hitachi Transport
System (M) Sdn Bhd, the local subsidiary of Hitachi
Transport System Ltd has started work in November2017 after the ground breaking ceremony. The sitearea is about 50,000m² with the facility area ofapproximately 7,000m².
In current increasing demand of “frozen/refrigerated“ warehouse for fresh high-quality logistics
operations in Malaysia,
Plus PM Consultant isengaged to support the client from tender stage
contractor selection to construction management.
With Matsuoka Project as the contractor, it is aim for
operation to be started in November 2018.
After understanding the client’s requirements
accurately, Plus PM Consultant’s Japanese and local
staff whose background are from Japanese contractor
continue working together with parent company staff
in Japan, aim to complete the project with Japan levelof quality as well as to improve the safety andenvironment of construction site to ensure strict
requirements are fulfilled during construction stage.

Hitachi Transport System (M) Sdn Bhd
C l i e n t /Hitachi Transport System (M) S/B

Location /Selangor, Malaysia

U s a g e /Cold Warehouse

M /C

Design/Build /TF

A /Structure /Plus PM Consultant S/B
Matsuoka Project
7,365㎡
RC (Roof S)■ PERODUA 3S Center

SAKAMOTO Factory Opening Ceremony
We were invited to attend the Opening Ceremony ofSAKAMOTO MANUFACTURING MALAYSIA FACTORY on
28 November 2017, the project has been completed
about 1 year ago.
Many VIPs including Deputy Minister of International
Trade and Industry Y.B Datuk Haji Ahmad Bin Haji
Maslan was presented at the ceremony.
This factory manufactures Malaysia's first resin fueltank, supplies products to Perodua, Malaysian national
car company, it is also adopted in Perodua "Myvi“.

Expansion of Major Japanese Automobile Dealer
They have signed contract with a major
Japanese automobile manufacturer andtargeted to produce new product in Malayisa
from 2019. With this, they shall start theoperation of second molding line in 2019from current one molding line operation.
At the time of completion, the operation
schedule for future expansion space has
been decided, so we realized that thisproduct will expand its market share in
Malaysia more and more in the future.
In addition, although there is a future
space for expansion in existing premises, wehave a premonition that the need for furtherexpansion will be required in near future.
Plus PM Consultant is extremely proud tobe able to participate in this project. Webelieve that it is our mission to support
construction project of Japanese companies
in Malaysia for their continued success.

Perodua is the second national car maker inMalaysia, who runs at the top in the market.
The expansion of Perodua aims to support its sales
reform by improving customer satisfaction and build acomprehensive 3S center that incorporating the goodparts of Japan into operation in Malaysia.
Although there are Sales & Service Centres from thepast, unlike in Japan, the customer satisfaction
especially from “Service” is not high and there is stillroom for improvement.
Therefore, Perodua makes new operation to involve
Plus PM Consutlant in the design and construction ofan advanced 3S centre and introduce a brand newstyle for all Perodua 3S centers.
Location of the building is in Rawang which is nearits head office. With a site area about 6,000m² andconstruction area of 2,000m², this building will be alarge 3S center for Perodua.

In this project, we support our client inland/site investigation, negotiation withdeveloper, contract contents check anddesign & construction management. With
Malaysia’s top car maker and one of Japan’s
best dealers, it will be an innovative project.