BMW Group Malaysia recently donated five of its N20 TwinPower Turbo 2.0 litre engines to five Malaysian engineering universities and colleges for the purpose of R&D and to enhance engineering expertise.
The institutions that benefited were University Malaysia Pahang, Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur, Taylor’s University, International College of Automotive and The Otomotif College.
“Working with engineering universities and colleges here provides us with the opportunity to share and grow expertise, skills and indirectly helps drive innovation for the automotive industry in the country. It is our way of creating value for the industry which is a core principle of the BMW Group,” said Alan Harris, MD and CEO of BMW Group Malaysia.
“Early last year, we established a joint working partnership with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in Johor in the field of Supply Chain and Logistics Management. Our Group Regional Distribution Centre is located at the Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Johor and serves over 22 countries in the region. With this project, we are able to share our knowledge and expertise as well as build compentencies in the areas of Supply Chain and Logistics Management,” he added.
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will R&D research result and all relevant information conduct by universities belong BMW property ?
They will have some sort of agreement with regards to IP.
Thanks BMW. now we can supplant the turbo engines into our Proton Saga SV
I believe that is a N13 on the picture