Three UiTM Undergrads To Train At Daimler-Chrysler Plant In Stuttgart

SHAH ALAM, March 7 (Bernama) -- Three mechanical engineering undergraduates of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) will be the first group of students from the university to train with renowned auto-maker Daimler-Chrysler at its Stuttgart plant in Germany.

The three, Mohd Rahimi Yaacob, Mohd Noor Firdaus Ismail and Mohd Ridzuan Saari, who are in the final year of their degree course, will undergo the four-month practical training from this month.


UiTM vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Seri Dr Ibrahim Abu Shah said the programme was a joint effort between the university and Daimler-Chrysler (M) Sdn Bhd.

Daimler-Chrysler is a global player in the automotive industry with car makes such as Mercedes-Benz, Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Maybach.

At a press conference here, Ibrahim said UiTM would also be sending five students for industrial training with another German company, Thyssenkrupp Marine System AG based in Hamburg.

He said the students, who would begin their training in June, were now taking an intensive course in the German language for two months.

At the same function, Ibrahim witnessed the signing of memoranda of understanding (MoU) and a memorandum of agreement (MoA) between UiTM's Mechanical Engineering Faculty and four organisations.

They are Golden Hope Plantations Bhd, Nurivest CNC Mechanization Sdn Bhd, Shimadzu (Asia Pasific) Pte Limited and Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems AG, Germany.

Also present was German Ambassador to Malaysia, Herbert Jess.

Ibrahim said the memoranda signified the close cooperation between the faculty and industries to ensure that UiTM graduands could fulfil job market requirements.