ICE Agency organises, in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur e Confindustria, at the instigation and with the support of the VELP regional confederations (Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy, Piedmont), organises a business mission to Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, 29 and 30 June).

The mission aims to strengthen economic and business relations with a country that today constitutes the 3rd largest economy in the ASEAN area (34 million inhabitants and a GDP of over € 420 billion in 2025), the second largest in terms of per capita income, and the fourth most competitive emerging market in the world.

The mission programme includes two daysthe first, 29 June, provides for a plenary session dedicated to opportunities for exchange, investment and support for economic partnership between the two countries, sectoral panels e B2B meeting sessions with Malaysian export and import operators; the 30 June provides for the organisation of Site Visits at sites of economic interest in Malaysian territory.

The mission focuses on three focus sectors, in respect of which there is a growing foreign demand for Malaysia:

1. Infrastructure and transportcivil and urban infrastructure (health and education), public transport, rail, aerospace, ship repair and construction, logistics and intermodality, applied digital technologies, applied electronics and semiconductors.
2. EnergyOil & Gas, Power & Grid, renewables, energy efficiency, applied digital technologies, applied electronics and semiconductors.
3. Machinery and advanced industry: machinery (packaging, paper, wood), materials manufacturing (glass, ceramics, cement), chemical industry (basic, fertilisers, rubber), automation and robotics, semiconductors and electronics, digital technology/industrial software.

Introductory Webinar

 An introductory webinar will take place on 15 April at 9.00 a.m. CEST on the Zoom platform to present market opportunities and mission objectives.

The webinar is free and non-binding for Entrepreneurship Mission registration, but you will still need to complete this Google Form by 16:00 on 14 April. Following compilation, an email with the link to the Zoom platform will be sent to the email address provided by 14 April.

For companies that have already applied to participate in the Entrepreneurship Mission, the access link to the webinar platform will be sent directly to the e-mail addresses of the nominated participants.

To this link the webinar programme.

Why participate: Snapshots Malaysia

Among the 10 ASEAN countries, the Malaysian market is the 4th destination of our exports in 2025 (absorbing 14.8% of total exports to the region) and the 4th country of origin of our imports (12.3%). As emerges from the ExPAnD portal of Confindustria, to this picture is added a untapped export potential to Malaysia of more than EUR 400 million (24.5% of total exports in 2024), with a long-term growth projection estimated at further 2 billion of euro.

Strategic location, strong international openness, solid infrastructure, abundance of natural resources, and a dynamic and diversified economy are among the strategic elements that expand business and collaboration opportunities in the priority sectors identified in Malaysia's development plans, which include digital and energy transition, circular economy, physical and digital infrastructure, advanced mechanics, robotics, transport, aerospace and high quality goods.

Read more: ExPaND Confindustria; Growth Diplomacy - Destination Malaysia; Country Profile Malaysia; ASEAN Country Profile;

Mission Accession Modalities

Participation in the mission is free of charge; travel and accommodation costs will be borne by the participating companies. For join the event, it is necessary fill in the MODULE online by 20 April 2026. For registration support [email protected] .

Applications may not be accepted if received incomplete or after the deadline. Given the limited number of places available, a selection of applications may be necessary, which will be made on the basis of the chronological order of registration and the correspondence of the company's activity to the sectors covered by the initiative.

Any waiver of participation must be communicated by the legal representative of the company via PEC to the address [email protected] no later than 5 calendar days after receipt of the letter of admission. In the event of late withdrawal, a penalty may be charged, please read carefully the circular available on the ICE-Agency website: Membership and waivers