Scomi Rail
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Rail vehicle manufacturing |
| Predecessor | MTrans |
| Headquarters | Klang Valley, Malaysia |
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Area served
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Various |
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Key people
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Rohaida Ali Badaruddin (Chief Executive Officer) |
| Products |
Monorails Communication systems Electrical systems |
| Services | Monorail system integration |
| Parent | Scomi Group |
| Website | scomirail.com.my |
Scomi Rail, formerly MTrans and Monorail Malaysia, is a Malaysian rail system manufacturer, currently specialising in monorails. The company is one of the world's three leading providers of monorail systems, and one of only four globally recognised integrated monorail system providers, meaning that apart from manufacturing rolling stock, it also provides equipment like communication systems, electro-mechanical systems and services such as system integration and project management.
In 1997, the Monorail Malaysia project started as the Kuala Lumpur Monorail project. The Asian Economic Crisis of 1998 almost derailed the project completely, due to a huge increase in the price of the Japanese-built imported trains caused by the devaluation of the Malaysian Ringgit, forcing the government to look at alternative solutions. In 1998, the decision was made to cancel plans to import Japanese trains and to produce them locally instead.
Following the crisis, Monorail Malaysia was formed and prototype of its monorail was completed in a 3-month period and tests began in August 1999 on a 100m test track at the Monorail Malaysia Technology (MMT) plant. In the following two and a half years, improvements were made to the vehicle, and the first production vehicle was completed in April 2001. The Malaysian-made system utilized substantial local content for its components and was able to realize a 50% cost savings over the Japanese system. Malaysia Monorail was later renamed MTrans, which opened the completed Kuala Lumpur Monorail in 2003.
In 2007, Scomi bought Mtrans in a deal worth RM25mil and renamed it to the current Scomi Rail.
On 2 November 2007, Scomi Rail unveiled the Generation 2 Scomi SUTRA monorail design, which has now become Scomi Rail's main product.
In 2008, Scomi Rail established its Engineering, Technology and Innovation Centre, which also houses Scomi's Research and Development Centre.
Scomi Rail's main monorail manufacturing plant is the ISO 9001 certified Engineering, Technology and Innovation Centre located at the Rawang Industrial Park, located 30 km from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital city. The RM30 million center built in 2008 has a 12-station monorail assembly line and a 16-station Electrical Multiple Unit assembly line. Each assembly line is capable of producing a rail carbody every 5 to 7 days. The facility has the capacity to produce 500 monorail cars a year. The facility also houses Scomi Rail's Research and Development Centre.
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