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Several companies and organizations were invited to invest and build in Iskandar Malaysia as
catalytic developments to attract economic activity. Some of them are:
Companies and businesses
- Pinewood Studios: This UK film studio which housed the production for several James Bond
films, among others, is set to employ approximately 8,000 creative workers. Its 30 acre-Phase 1 is
due to open by June 2013.
- Southern Industrial & Logistics Clusters (SILC): Businesses operating here include Smiths
Detection (UK-originated company developing threat detection equipment, among others), and DB
Schenker (the transportation and logistics arm of Germany’s national railway company Deutsche
Bahn). Asian companies include Singaporean steel structure fabricator, Yongnam Engineering (read
full article), as well as TN Chemie (which blends and distributes industrial chemicals, a subsidiary of
Samchem Holdings from Petaling Jaya).
- Bio XCell: Committed investors in this biotech hub include India’s BioCon and Agila Biotech,
Glycos Biotechnologies from US, as well as Metabolic Explorer from France.
- Ascendas Tech Park: Located in GerbangNusajaya, this tech park is a joint venture between UEM
Land and the Singapore government-linked Ascendas Land International Pte Ltd.
- Pengerang oil and gas hub: Due to be fully complete by 2027, this hub will reportedly house
facilities for oil and gas processing, refinery and storage, among others. It is also meant to facilitate
cargo movement from the west and Middle-East to Eastern countries such as China.
- Asean Trade Centre: This is a future project by UEM Land in GerbangNusajaya.
Leisure and Entertainment
- Legoland: The only Legoland in Asia (and one of six in the world), Legoland is owned by Themed
Attractions and Resort SdnBhd (a KhazanahNasional unit), Iskandar Investment Bhd and Merlin
Entertainments Group. Merlin Entertainments is a UK amusement park operator (the 2nd largest
after Disney) which owns and operates all Legolands throughout the world; it owns about 10% of
Legoland Malaysia.
Daily entrances into Legoland during the school holidays have reached 6,000 people, according to
sources.
Day passes are priced from RM105 per adult and RM82.50 per child (for online advance purchases).
Its next phases are the Legoland Hotel and Water Park, due to be completed by Q4 2013.