Some says that we need to develop our Research and Development programme to value added the production.
PROTON Holdings Bhd is planning to add 200 engineers next year as it expands overseas and develops new models and technology.
The company has 2,000 engineers including 800 engineers working with its sports car subsidiary, Lotus Group International Ltd, said managing director, Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir.
"Compared with any other auto company like Volkswagen and Toyota that have about more than 10,000 engineers, we are still very small," he told reporters after the company signed a deal with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Jabatan Tenaga Manusia (JTM) in Shah Alam today.
Syed Zainal said engineers have to be recruited early to allow them to obtain the necessary skills, experiences and capabilities for the future development of the company.
"Our engineers have demonstrated their capability as shown with the introduction of Persona and Exora models," he said, adding that booking for Exora has exceeded 25,000 units to date.
Earlier, Syed Zainal said the collaboration between Proton and Jabatan Tenaga Manusia was to train its technical staff.
Proton will also cooperate with JTM to establish modules on specialist trainings especially for operators.
He said its executive staff will also be sent to Universiti Teknologi Malaysia to pursue manufacturing and process engineering programme.
"The programme is very important for Proton in the next few years in preparing human capital to drive company growth," he said.
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