Scomi Engineering Bhd recently held a ground-breaking ceremony at the site of its proposed manufacturing facility in São Paulo, Brazil. 

The R$50million facility, which will be built on a 98,000-square metre plot of land, is designed for the manufacture of monorail trains, including rolling stock and bogies. The site was awarded to SEB by the São Paulo state government in recognition of  SEB's commitment to the development of Brazilian urban transport infrastructure.

"We have been in the Brazilian market for several years now. Since winning our maiden monorail contract for Line 17-Gold, we have come a long way, garnering two more Brazilian projects, Manaus and Line 18-Bronze. We believe there is a lot more opportunity in Brazil which we can capitalise on and our commitment to this facility will strengthen our position in this market," said Hilmy Zaini Zainal, Scomi's Country President -Brazil Operations..

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