SMEs success stories

By Marina Emmanuel, marinae@nstp.com.my

PENANG-BASED IS Services Technology Sdn Bhd (ISS), which recently diversified its customer base from solely serving South Korean technology giant Samsung, is poised to triple its production output with the entry of two new customers from Taiwan. To cater to increasing demand from new customers, it has earmarked RM5 million up to the middle of 2009 for purchasing new systems and mac h i n e s. ISS is the only company in Southeast Asia that provides complete integrated circuit back-end manufacturing sol u t i o n s.

By Azlan Abu Bakar, alan@nstp.com.my

DESPITE being a young company, Pantech Steel Industries Sdn Bhd rose to the occasion to become a leading manufacturer of carbon steel butt-welded fittings in Southeast Asia. Founded in 2000, the company back then operated from a rented store measuring only 3,530 sq m in Kapar, Klang with only two emp l oye e s. Pantech Steel managing director Adrian Tan recalled that although the company was small and had not made a name for itself in the industry at the time, it was committed to giving the best quality products to its customers.

By Zuraimi Abdullah, zuraimi@nstp.com.my

BRIGHTYIELD Sdn Bhd, a whollyowned subsidiary of second boardlisted Milux Corp Bhd, aims to increase its export revenue to 60 per cent by end-2009 from 45 per cent cur rently. It also wants to be the number one manufacturer of gas regulators, its main product, in the region by 2010. The company is now among the top three producers. Brightyield almost doubled its revenue to RM20 million in its fiscal year ended August 2008, from RM12.7 million previously.