Intelligence Node · AI-09
Weekly AI Briefing
Toyoplas Vietnam ramp and CPI EMS line additions are stretching the technical bench, while CBB headcount is consolidating after the Nilai and Ulu Tiram rationalisation.
Group headcount is 3,363 across Malaysia, China, Vietnam and Indonesia. Toyoplas alone accounts for 1,841 staff across 6 facilities; CPI has 775 and MDS Advance 68. Voluntary attrition for SMT operators and CNC machinists has crept to 14.2%, with key losses to data-centre EMS competitors in Penang and Bac Giang.
Salary benchmarking shows tooling engineers and PCBA technicians trail market by ~6%. A targeted band uplift plus expanded apprenticeship intake at the Senai and Bayan Lepas hubs should stabilise teams before the FY25 multimedia order ramp.
Sources · Internal ERP + Bloomberg + AI scrape