Wakil dari ITRI telah hadir ke PPM pada 13 jun 2012 bagi sesi perbincangan mengenai projek penyelidikan secara usahasama. Wakil dari USM juga hadir untuk sesi perbincangan tersebut. Dikesempatan ini juga, PPM mengambil peluang menganjurkan sesi ceramah teknikal yang disampaikan oleh pihak ITRI.

The program was held on the 12 Jun 2012 and a total of 2 companies were selected from the program namely Guocera Tile Industries Sdn Bhd and Ceramic Research Company Sdn. Bhd. Both companies are located at Klang, Selangor.

Guocera Tile Industries Sdn Bhd is a member of the Hong Leong Group, a Malaysian Conglomerate with diverse business interest in various countries globally. CERAMICHE GUOCERA ranks among the most reputable brands in the global market-place, supplying tiles to many prestigious commercial and residential development projects in over 50 countries worldwide.

Ceramic Research Countries (CRC) is also a member of Hong Leong Group and a subsidiary of Guocera Holdings, is a leading ceramic tile manufacturing company and no other can compare with it when it comes to high quality research and development, testing and quality monitoring services.

Satu sesi taklimat teknikal telah diadakan di Dewan Seminar PPM pada 24 Mei 2012 yang disampaikan oleh Dr Min Jang dari MIRECO dengan tajuk pembentangannya adalah :

Tajuk 1:  Acid Mine Drainage: The Korean Experience

Tajuk 2 : Acid Mine Drainage Treatment

Kota Kinabalu: Malaysia's first geothermal power plant project that would be built at Apas Kiri in Tawau is expected to have the capability of generating over 100 megawatt (MW) of electricity, once all its development phases are completed.

Tawau Green Energy Sdn Bhd (TGE), the project's developer, is presently going for the phase one development of this project, which is expected to complete and begin operation in 2014, with a generation capacity of 30MW.

Pada 22 Mei 2012, PPM telah menganjurkan Kursus Pengoperasian dan Aplikasi XRD. Tujuan kursus adalah untuk meningkatkan kefahaman warga JMG berkaitan dengan prinsip-prinsip asas dan perisian XRD. Selain itu, memberi pendedahan kepada warga JMG secara praktikal berkaitan dengan penyediaan sampel untuk analisa XRD dan pengoperasian XRD.