DKSH expands innovation capabilities in Malaysia with two new state-of-the-art centers

DKSH Malaysia expands its innovation and formulation capabilities by opening two new innovation centers for both the personal care and food and beverage industries.

Media release

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, June 18, 2019 – DKSH's Business Unit Performance Materials, a leading ingredients and specialty chemicals distributor, has opened two innovation centers in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, to cater to the personal care and food and beverage industries.

With these two new centers, DKSH expands its network to a total of 44 innovation centers globally. Operated by specialists with extensive experience, the innovation centers are fully equipped with the latest technology for a wide range of applications. The centers support the development of new concepts and products, unprecedented formulations and an array of testing solutions.

Victor Liew, Director, Performance Materials, Indonesia, Malaysia & Singapore, DKSH, said: “We are committed to growing our partners' businesses by collaborating closely with them, particularly to share technical know-how and find new ways to improve product performance. By adding the two innovation centers, we have further strengthened our service offerings in Malaysia and are now not only providing formulation solutions to the specialty chemicals industry, but also to the personal care and food and beverage industries.”

Roland Kraut, Vice President, Global Personal Care Industry, Performance Materials, DKSH, added: “As the leading Market Expansion Services provider in Asia, we understand the importance of adding value for our business partners. We have developed many successful products in our innovation centers and pioneered formulations to help our partners accelerate their business growth.”

Ben Hopkins, Vice President, Global Food & Beverage Industry, Performance Materials, DKSH, concluded: “We are very pleased to expand our innovation capabilities to one of our key markets in South East Asia. Our customers in the food and beverage manufacturing industry will greatly benefit from our new on-the-ground expertise in Malaysia.”

For further information, please contact:

DKSH Holdings (Malaysia) Berhad
Ngim Siew Lee Manager, Branding & Communications Phone +60 3 7882 8883 siew.lee.ngim@dksh.com

DKSH Performance Materials

Daniel Hollister

Manager, Group Communications, Performance Materials

Phone +44 20 8879 5500

daniel.hollister@dksh.com