On 13 May 1986, Press Metal Berhad (“PMB as the Company”) was incorporated under the name of Press Aluminium Industries Sdn. Bhd. It was converted into a public company on 21 January 1993 and subsequently listed on the Second Board of the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“BURSA”) on 4 August 1993. The company’s listing and quotation of its entire issued and paid-up share capital was transferred to the Main Board of the BURSA MALAYSIA on 11 August 1999.
When PMB was listed in 1993, it had only two subsidiaries. It now has a stable of 14 subsidiaries and a listed group of associate companies with activities ranging from trading, contracting, fabricating and installation of aluminium and stainless steel products, curtain wall cladding system, project and property development and environmental engineering.
EXTRUSION DIVISION
PMB started operating on two presses with an annual output of 300 metric tonnes. Subsequently, the annual capacity has increased to 36,000 metric tonnes with the addition of new presses along the year since 1986. The current capacity is able to produce output from the 4” container to the maximum 8” container sizes ranging from 660 metric tonnes to 2200 metric tonnes press. Most of the presses are now fully automatic with pullers and log shears complete with the latest handling equipment. To couple the capacity, a new ageing oven has been installed to coup with the volume. PMB is now the leading aluminium extruder in South East Asia.
TOOL & DIES DIVISION
The die division is now capable of extruding large CCD sections raging from solid shape of 260mm CCD to hollow shape of 220mm CCD. The capability of in house Die Shop equipped with CAD/CAM facilities to support the CNC Machines and wire EDM, are now able to produce precision extrusion dies exclusively for the customer. The current tooling capacity is 3,600 dies per annum.
SURFACE FINISHING DIVISION
PMB has a variety of surface finish line to compliment the extruded product. Currently, it has two fully automatic anodising horizontal line with an annual capacity of 24,000 metric tonnes per annum, capable of producing natural anodising finish, medium, night bronze, and black colour. The anodising line which is run with a Caustic Regeneration System (CRS) and a waste water treatment plant is capable of handling the caustic soda recovery and the aluminium sludge which is then reprocess to become ploy aluminium chloride.
The powder coating line which is designed from Nordson USA, has a capacity to produce up to 4,000 metric tonnes per annum. The plant is capable of producing various colours for both internal and external for architectural application.
The Bright Dip finish is the latest addition to the traditional anodising and powder coating finish. Press Metal has one line with a capacity of 1,500 metric tonnes year, capable of doing silver and gold finish. Currently the brightening line is equipped with a polishing machine capable of handling large volume of bright dip finish; it is currently expanding the polishing machine equipment and also installing a sandblast machine to cater for more sophisticated finish in the aluminium market. It is envisaged to have the current capacity of 600 metric tonnes per annum to be increased to 1,200 metric tonnes by first quarter 2006.
FABRICATION
The fabrication shop set up in 2004 has now grown in size and has made the downstream activities twice the output. The current scope of fabrication involve punching, drilling, notching, shearing and cut to size lengths of various shape from 20mm CCD up to 260mm CCD profiles. More sophisticated equipment such as bending and roll forming machines, CNC equipment has been added to the fabrication shop. These have added advantage to the customer who wants to complete the whole job in complete package.
BILLET CASTING DIVISION
PMB has a capacity of 70,000mt per annum in the production of billets size ranging from 3.5 inch diameter up to 8 inch diameter. The Cast house is capable of producing various type of alloy such as 6063, 6061, 6082, 6463, 6005A and 6060.
The quality of billets produced using the latest Wagstaff Technology, is giving a very high quality in the extruded surface finish. The extruded surface finish is capable of handling a very sophisticated finish requirement by individual customer.
QUALITY
PMB is the first aluminium company in Malaysia been awarded all the International recognised quality certificates, i.e. ISO 9001 : 2000, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. ISO 9001:2000 is certified by SIRIM, which is accredited to UKAS, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 is certified by TUV Germany. The quality management system and the emphasis on environment and safety have made PMB to achieve a high quality standard in the production of aluminium extruded profiles. With these emphases, our export sales have grown up to more than 50% of our total annual turnover. PMB is currently export to United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, South Africa, Australia and many parts in East Asia.
PRESS METAL BERHAD (Co. No. 153208-W) Office, Factory and Corporate Office
Lot 6464, Batu 5 ¾,
Jalan Kapar, Sementa,
42100 Klang,
Selangor Darul Ehsan,
Malaysia
Tel: 603-3291 3188
Fax: 603-3291 3637
Website : www.pressmetal.com Location Map
Branch
23, Jalan Ros Merah ½,
Taman Johor Jaya,
81100 Johor Bahru,
Johor Darul Takzim,
Malaysia
Tel: 607-354 1355
Fax: 607-354 0040
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