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Elaine Low
MANAGING DIRECTOR, SOUTHEAST ASIA, MAERSK
"Besides our ocean shipping, we must be able to offer holistic solutions and build our multi-modal capabilities in a “one-stop shop” concept."
Dato’ Muhtar Hashim
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES COUNCIL OF MALAYSIA (CICM)
“The challenge for the Malaysian chemical industry is different: We must question where we go from here onwards and push forward into the specialty space.”
Reshma Yousuf
FOUNDER AND CEO, CENTER FOR LOGISTICS LEADERSHIP IN BUSINESS (CLLB)
"I believe the country has potential to become a logistics hub for DGs. Malaysia’s regulation is probably the most advanced in ASEAN, after Singapore, so it makes sense to develop training programs in other countries to harmonize standards across the region."
Jerry Looi
CEO, ASTA CHEMICALS (ASTACHEM)
“I am very keen to attract new contract manufacturing clients. We are currently producing pathogen controls chemicals in animal feed for a client, but our facilities are flexible to accommodate different requirements.”
Kenny Teh
MANAGING DIRECTOR, AIR LIQUIDE MALAYSIA
"The choice of Malaysia to host APAC Global Services allows Air Liquide to tap on the vast digital infrastructure, vibrant talent pool and English language competency that the country offers."
Lee Cheun Wei
MD / GROUP CEO, ANCOM NYLEX BERHAD (ANB)
"Ancom is one of the only herbicides synthesizers of certain active ingredients for crop protection in the region."
Victor Liew
DIRECTOR, PERFORMANCE MATERIALS FOR INDONESIA, MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE, DKSH
"Within the Performance Materials unit, we strengthened our position as a leader in pure-play specialty chemicals and ingredients, with high double-digit growth in net sales, which also holds true for our market position in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore."
Dinesh Badgandi
HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS GROUP, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT GROUP, THERMAX LIMITED
"Thermax's focus on sustainability and energy efficiency has helped the company capitalize on growing demand for clean energy solutions."
Ravi Varanasi
GLOBAL COMMERCIAL HEAD, CHEMICAL BU, THERMAX LIMITED
"We aim to make our products affordable and accessible to customers in SEA by partnering with local distributors, except in Indonesia, where we will employ a direct market strategy, given the similarity in customer buying behaviors to India."
Dirk Lorenz-Meyer
CHAIRMAN, BEHN MEYER GROUP
"Our push towards sustainability is the common theme of all investments. We want to create a global network of integrated businesses with multiple synergies."
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