(Bloomberg) -- Porsche AG is setting up an assembly plant in Malaysia as the German automaker looks to make the nation its Southeast Asian hub, the Edge weekly newspaper reported, citing people familiar with the matter it didn’t identify.

(彭博社)——德国汽车制造商保时捷公司(Porsche AG)正在马来西亚建立一家装配厂，希望将该国作为其东南亚中心，《边缘周刊》(Edge weekly)援引知情人士的话报道。

Porsche will partner with Inokom Corp., a unit of Sime Darby Bhd., in the venture, which will be located in the northern state of Kedah, the Edge said. The facility will be the company’s first assembly plant outside Germany, the report said.

保时捷将与Sime Darby Bhd旗下子公司Inokom Corp.合作。the Edge称，该项目将位于吉打州北部。报道称，该工厂将是该公司在德国以外的第一家装配厂。

The move by Porsche will be a much-needed boost to Malaysia, which has lagged behind Indonesia and Thailand in securing big investments by global automakers, the report said.

报告称，保时捷此举将对马来西亚来说是一个急需的提振。马来西亚在获得全球汽车制造商巨额投资方面落后于印尼和泰国。

Christian Weiss, Porsche’s deputy director of corporate communications, said Southeast Asia has great potential and the company is continuously examining options for further growth in this market, the Edge reported.

据the Edge报道，保时捷公司公关部副总监Christian Weiss表示，东南亚市场潜力巨大，该公司正持续研究在该市场进一步增长的各种选择。