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Some interesting statistics reported by MIDA pertaining to OHQs:
- since the introduction of the OHQ incentive scheme in 1990,a total of 133 OHQ’s have been approved;
- nationalities from USA (26);Japan(14);Germany (12);UK(10);Netherlands (9) ,Australia (9) and others;
- total paid –up capital amounted to Rm606.3million with proposed annual business spending of Rm1.5billion.
- a total of 1680 expatriates have been approve to be employed
- 6,620 job opportunities were created for the Malaysians
- most OHQs established are engaged in business process outsourcing (BPO) activities including provision of shared services to their related companies in the Asia Pacific region
- to-date a total of 91 OHQs have started operations and are mainly involved in oil and gas,finance,Electrical and engineering,construction,food and beverages,timber,logistics,healthcare and health informatics,pharmaceutical,chemicals,automotive,power and engineering services.
The following are some world renowned MNCs which have established OHQs in Malaysia:
| From | Companies |
| USA | General Electric,Du Pont,Dow Chemicals,PepsiCo,Grey Communications,Hess Oil &Gas,Kellogg’s,Schlumberger,Baker Hughes,Intel,Transocean and Agilent |
| Japan | Sharp Electronics,Kajima Corporation,Japan Tobacco International,Bridgestone,NEC Infrontia,Sumitomo,Nippon Electric Glass ,Nippon Menard |
| Germany | BASF,Muehlbauer,Eppendorf,Siemens,Nordenia,Bayer |
| Australia | IBA Health,IEV Group,Leighton;Linfox,Wagners,Paradigm,Ansell,Dome |
| UK | RMC Industries,British-Americal Tobacco,Diagonal Consulting Group,Fitness First,James R Knowles |
| Switzerland | Michelin,Norvatis Corporation,SBM Group,Omya Group |
| France | Lafarge,Thales International |
| Netherlands | Flexsys,Organon |
| Sweden | Volvo |
| PRC | China Shipping |
| Norway | Aker Kvaerner |
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- Setting Up An Operational Headquarters (OHQ) In Malaysia(Part 2)
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