Wentel Engineering Holdings Berhad (Malaysia)

The Company was incorporated on 1 March 2023 under the Act as a private limited company under the name of Wentel Engineering Holdings Sdn Bhd. On 12 June 2023, our Company was converted into a public limited company and assumed its present name of Wentel Engineering Holdings Berhad.
The Company s principal activity is investment holding. Through our subsidiaries, our Group's principal business activities include fabrication of semifinished metal products, fabrication of metal parts and assembly of finished products.
2000 - Incorporation of Twin Shell Engineering Sdn Bhd, which changed to its present name of WESB in 2019.
2001 - WESB commenced business operations initially in the fabrication of metal parts and within the same year, we expanded our portfolio of products to include the fabrication of semifinished metal products. WESB initially operated from a rented factory unit at Kawasan Perindustrian Pasir Gudang in Johor, namely the Lot 83.
2005 - The company expanded our services to include assembly of finished products namely walkthrough metal detectors. WESB acquired a piece of land of approximately 43,560 sq. ft. at Kawasan Perindustrian Pasir Gudang in Johor. To expand our business, the company subsequently constructed an office and factory on that land, namely the Lot 317, and commenced operations in the same year. The company continued to operate at Lot 83 after Lot 317 became operational.
2006 - WESB first received ISO 9001:2000 quality management system certification for the scope of fabrication and manufacturing of metal and wooden parts for machinery. Subsequently in 2015, the company's quality management system certification was updated to ISO 9001:2015, which is valid until 2024.
2007 - In line with the expansion of our business operations, WESB relocated its business operations from Lot 317 and Lot 83 to Lot 11, our current head office and factory at Kawasan Perindustrian Larkin, Johor Bahru which is leased from Wencor.
2008 - The company established our presence in Singapore with the incorporation of WEPL, which commenced business operations in the same year carrying out sales, marketing and after sales support services for our products. WEPL initially did not have a physical presence in Singapore in 2008 and we served customers in Singapore by operating from our base in Malaysia until we established our office there in 2011. Wencor(1) acquired 22.50 direct equity interest in WESB and became our corporate shareholder.
2010 - The company completed the first export of our products, which was for the fabrication of metal parts for a CNC machine manufacturer in Singapore.
2011 - WESB first obtained ISO 14001:2004 environmental management system certification for the scope of fabrication and manufacturing of metal and wooden parts for machinery. Subsequently, in 2017, the company's environmental management system certification was updated to ISO 14001:2015, which is valid until 19 April 2026. WEPL established its physical presence in Singapore in a rented office unit at Tradehub 21 on Boon Lay Way.
2013 - WEPL relocated its operations to another rented office unit from a third party at Midview Building on Bukit Batok Street 23 in Singapore. As part of our business expansion, WESB leased an additional factory at Kawasan Perindustrian Larkin, Johor Bahru, namely Lot 58, from a third party. As at the LPD, we continue to carry out our fabrication of semifinished metal products and metal parts activities at Lot 58.
2017 - The company invested in 2 units of a double-column 5-face CNC milling machine, which is capable of milling complex large-format metal products to meet customers' requirements. The company expanded our surface coating facilities when we established a zinc electroplating line at Lot 11. This was in addition to our existing powder coating and spray painting facilities.
2018 - The company secured our first order from a manufacturer of semiconductor manufacturing equipment for the fabrication of metal parts. WEPL relocated to its present rented office in Woodlands, Singapore.
2019 - WESB completed the sale of Lot 317 to 5E Resources, a related party.
2020 - The company secured our first order from the medical equipment industry which was for the fabrication of metal parts for medical diagnostic equipment.
2022 - WESB entered into a sale and purchase agreement to purchase Lot 879 881, which measure approximately 405,368 sq. ft. and is located at Johor Bahru, opposite Lot 815. The transaction was subsequently completed in May 2023. Lot 879 and 881 are intended for the expansion of our fabrication, assembly and storage facilities as part of our business strategies in the longer term.
2023 - Wentel Engineering was incorporated as an investment holding company. WEPL relocated to its present rented office in 1 Corporation Drive 07-09 Revv Singapore 619775.
The Government of Malaysia implemented several measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country commencing on 18 March 2020. These measures include restrictions on the movement of people within Malaysia and internationally, and restrictions on business, economic and social activities.
The first phase of the MCO was implemented from 18 March 2020 to 3 May 2020 which resulted in the closure of all businesses except for those classified as “essential services” during that period and received written approval to operate from the MITI (formerly known as the Ministry of International Trade and Industry Malaysia).
During the first phase of the MCO, our business operations in Malaysia at Lot 11 and Lot 58 were temporarily suspended for 30 days from 18 March 2020 to 16 April 2020. The company resumed operations at both Lot 11 and Lot 58 on 17 April 2020 with up to 50 of our maximum workforce capacity and 7 working days per week (except for public holidays) and following the specified guidelines and SOP according to the written approval to operate that we received from MITI dated 16 April 2020.
From 18 March 2020 up to June 2021, the MCO went through various phases in Malaysia including Conditional MCO (“CMCO”), Recovery MCO (“RMCO”) and Enhanced MCO (“EMCO”) where restrictions were relaxed or tightened for specific states, districts and/or locations, based on the number of daily and active COVID-19 cases in the respective areas. On 15 June 2021, the Government of Malaysia announced the National Recovery Plan (“NRP”), a phased exit strategy from the COVID-19 pandemic consisting of four phases where restrictions were gradually eased in each phase. Subsequently, on 1 April 2022, the Government of Malaysia announced that Malaysia was in the “Transition to Endemic” phase where all economic sectors are allowed to operate, and interstate and international travel are allowed, subject to adherence to the relevant SOP and guidelines.