ME employs 110 staffs, of which around 30 are working on foreign direct investment.

Malta benefits from the following competitive advantages:

- Malta enjoys a good track record in the manufacture of high reliability products;
- Responsibility and technology transfer to Malta has been realised smoothly;
- Extremely flexible workforce - multitasking. Employees accustomed to working with quick changeover and short machine set-up times;
- Just-in-time manufacturing;
- High productivity for technology intensive operations;
- Multilingual speaking workforce;
- Low human resources expenditure (low staff turnover; low absenteeism - 2.5%);
- Political stability and commitment of authorities in favour of foreign investment;
- The fiscal incentives regime and legal regulatory framework are straight-forward;
- Modern communications and efficient transport links;
- Malta is a nice and safe place to live in…
- Malta also has to take into account some realities:An insignificant home market:

Malta is a reputed tourism location. There is a lack of awareness about its industrial potential;
Foreign companies cannot rely entirely on Maltese cluster support industries;
The skills shortage claims;
Government induced costs and internal bureaucracies.

ME’s overall strategy to improve Malta’s position is based on:

- The restructuring of industry to meet challenges of the international competitive environment
- The acceleration of Malta’s e-business economy
- The reduction of government induced operating costs and bureaucracy
- The upgrading of labour availability
- The alignment of skills and training needs to industry
- The improvement of productivity levels in industry
- The improvement of quality in industry
- The continued enhancement of Malta’s social climate to favour more FDI.

Web site: http://www.investinmalta.com/