CAST Signs MoU on Strategic Partnership with Marniq Bersatu Sdn Bhd (Malaysia)
- Feb 3
- 2 min read
Updated: Feb 4
CAST Inc. is pleased to announce that on January 21, 2026, it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding a strategic partnership with Marniq Bersatu Sdn Bhd (hereinafter "Marniq"). The partnership aims to facilitate marketing, sales promotion, and joint research for CAST’s proprietary product line, "ULTRACK," within the Malaysian market.
In January 2024, CAST established its first overseas base at the "Center of Garage Malaysia" in Cyberjaya to expand its sales channels in Asia. This move focused on securing demonstration projects for ULTRACK at local industrial plants and building a network of local partner companies.
Furthermore, in August 2025, CAST’s project—"Feasibility Study on the Deployment of Pipe Thinning Monitoring Technology for Industrial Maintenance DX in Malaysia and Indonesia"—was selected for the "Global South Future-Oriented Co-creation Project" (Small-scale/FS project) subsidy by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Through this initiative, CAST aims to deploy smart maintenance and inspection solutions utilizing its advanced pipe thinning monitoring technology across ASEAN nations.
The MoU signing ceremony took place during Tech Venture Meetup Malaysia 2026, held at the MRANTI (Malaysian Research Accelerator for Technology & Innovation) Park Resource Centre.The agreement was signed by Mr. Wan Mohd Husni Bin Mohd Nasihuddin, Project Manager of Marniq, and Dr. Kei Nakatsuma, President of CAST. The ceremony was honored by the presence of H.E. Shikata Noriyuki, Ambassador of Japan to Malaysia, and Mr. Abdul Hakim Bin Sahidi, Managing Director of Leave a Nest Malaysia, who served as witnesses to this strategic partnership.
Through this partnership, CAST will collaborate with Marniq—a leading provider of non-destructive testing (NDT) across various sectors including Oil & Gas, Maritime, and Palm Oil—to conduct joint Proof of Concept (PoC) trials for Malaysian customers and accelerate business expansion throughout the Global South.
About Marniq Bersatu Sdn Bhd https://marniq.com/
Marniq is an NDT inspection company providing advanced inspection and asset integrity solutions through digitized technologies. Since its establishment in 2015, Marniq has evolved from using conventional NDT equipment to sensor-based remote monitoring solutions, supporting asset integrity assessments across a wide range of industrial assets within the Oil & Gas, Maritime, and Palm Oil industries. Marniq’s proprietary software enables inspection data to be digitally captured, integrated, and analyzed to support informed integrity decision-making, delivering safer, faster, and more cost-effective inspection outcomes.
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