Most Innovative Companies in Malaysia
View the latest ranking of the most innovative companies in Malaysia for 2015. Out of the list of the top 100 most innovative companies in the world by Forbes only one Malaysian company ranked. Digi.Com Berhat ranked 100 out of 100 companies. The top three most innovative companies are Digi.Com, AirAsia followed by Maybank.
Most Innovative
Companies in Malaysia
View the latest ranking of the most innovative companies in Malaysia for 2015. Out of the list of the top 100 most innovative companies in the world by Forbes only one Malaysian company ranked. Digi.Com Berhat ranked 100 out of 100 companies. There are other innovative companies in Malaysia.
On the Global Innovation Index, one specific sub index within that is on GERD, Gross Expenditure on R&D. Malaysia ranks 34. This is for 2011, where the value of Gross Expenditure on R&D was 1.07% of GDP. The aim of the government is to increase this percentage to 1.6% in 2015-2016.
In an effort to gauge the level of innovation among Malaysian companies, Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM) has embarked on an initiative called the National Corporate Innovation index (NCII). The NCII is a scorecard to measure the innovation levels in corporations, thereby providing a national benchmark. The NCII is currently in the phase 2.
In Malaysia out of 28 million people, 305 domestic patents were granted in 2013. This translates to one patent for every 100,000 people. Malaysia is one of the leading ASEAN countries, but it is behind the OECD average, which issues 8 to 10 patents for every 100,000 people.
View the list of the most innovative companies in Malaysia below.
The List of the Most Innovative Companies in Malaysia
| Rank | Company | Country | Industry | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malaysia | Telecommunication | Digi provides mobile voice, internet, and digital services to 11.3 million customers in Malaysia. It is known as a game-changer for the Malaysian telecommunications industry with a solid history of product and service innovation. Over the years Digi has built a solid mobile internet business that enables true connectivity for all Malaysians, creates socio-economic development, helps businesses to grow through use of technology, and in doing help accelerate Malaysia’s growth. | |
| 2 | Malaysia | Transportation | Since it’s inception in 2001, Asia’s dream team have been making flying dreams come true. With a route network that expands to over 78 destinations across Asia and Australia, we continue to break business conventions with a passionate approach to flying. Together with our siblings, AirAsia X, Thailand AirAsia, Indonesia AirAsia, Philippines’ AirAsia and AirAsia Japan, we’re set on charting courses to new horizons with the staunch belief that “Now Everyone Can Fly”. | |
| 3 | Malaysia | Banking | Maybank Group is the leading financial services provider in Malaysia catering to the needs of consumers, investors, entrepreneurs, non-profit organisations and corporations. The Group, which has expanded internationally, has the largest network among Malaysian banks of over 1,750 branches and offices in 17 countries, employing over 42,000 Maybankers and serving over 18 million customers. It also has the distinction of holding the largest asset base – of more than USD100 billion; and market capitalisation – of USD18.6 billion; with total equity and total net profit of USD9.1 billion and USD1.2 billion respectively. (as of August 2011) |
List of the Most Innovative Companies of the Future
| Rank | Company | Country | Industry | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malaysia | Healthcare | iGene Sdn. Bhd. is an integrated Digital Autopsy & life sciences technology company. Founded in Year 2000, iGene specialises in the development of Advance Medical Visualization Technology and high definition visualization aided with custom design navigational and analytical tools specifically for forensic medicine and sciences. We have won numerous international awards and have been cited by international journals for our work in the space of the use of visualisation in post mortem examination. | |
| 2 | Malaysia | ICT | Quantum Electro Opto Systems Sdn. Bhd. (QEOS) was founded in 2008 by three researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to pioneer the commercial development of high speed, low cost and power efficient fiber optics communication solutions based on the Tilted Charge Dynamics™ technology platform. | |
| 3 | Malaysia | Industry | SRI enables volume based recycling of rubber waste (including whole tires) back in production of high value rubber products like New Tires, Retread, OTR and Automotive Components. SRI is partnering with leading recycling companies globally for the production of SRI Compound. |