Jack Wong

4 days ago | thestar.com.my | Jack Wong

KUCHING: Shin Yang Group Bhd (SYG) is expected to complete and deliver three more new offshore support vessels (OSVs) for the oil and gas industry this year, says chief operating officer Richard Ling. With a combined contract value of about RM134mil, one of the OSVs is for Malaysian client and two others for Saudi Arabia-based customers.

1 week ago | thestar.com.my | Jack Wong

KUCHING: Subur Tiasa Holdings Bhd is looking to sell more timber-related assets after disposing of more than RM23mil worth of such assets to improve its capital efficiency. The company is involved in logging and downstream timber processing, with manufacturing activities covering sawn timber, plywood, particleboard and charcoal – mainly for the export market. It is also engaged in reforestation activities under five licences for planted forests in Sibu, Kapit, Bintulu and Miri.

3 weeks ago | thestar.com.my | Jack Wong

KUCHING: South Korea’s OCI Holdings will use the company’s Malaysia-made solar-grade polysilicon for a new solar cell production plant to be built in Texas, United States. Last week, OCI announced it would invest US$265mil (RM1.17bil) to set up an independent solar cell production facility at its US solar subsidiary, Mission Solar Energy. The company plans commercial production of one gigawatt (GW) of solar cells in the first half of 2026.

1 month ago | thestar.com.my | Jack Wong

KUCHING: Automotive battery manufacturer ABM Fujiya Bhd (AFujiya) has expanded into the production of enhanced flooded batteries (EFB). The commencement in the production of EFB batteries, a key component of an electric vehicle (EV) car aside from a lithium battery, is undertaken by subsidiary Fuya Energy Sdn Bhd at its new battery manufacturing plant in Demak Laut Industrial Park, Kuching.

1 month ago | thestar.com.my | Jack Wong

KUCHING: The Sarawak government is mulling leasing new jet aircraft to facilitate state-owned AirBorneo’s plan to expand its services beyond Malaysia. “We are looking into the possibility of leasing the aircraft once all the necessary approvals and licences are secured and the ground work is now underway,” according to Sarawak Transport Minister Datuk Seri Lee Kim Shim.