Multi-Chem (AWZ) Annual Reports

The Company, formerly known as MLB Industries Pte Ltd, was incorporated on 7

February 1985. Its name was subsequently changed to Multi-Chem Products Pte

Ltd on 16 November 1988. The present name was adopted on 30 December 1999 in

line with the change of status to a public limited company.

Multi-Chem is a drilling and routing service specialist and a major distributor

of specialty chemicals and materials to PCB manufacturers. It expanded to

Suzhou, China in March 2002 and Wuxi, China in April 2003. In May 2003, it

commenced the provision of routing services to its customers. In April 2004,

Multi-Chem moved into laser drilling in China which complements its strengths

in mechanical drilling and allows it to drill microvia of sizes not achievable

by mechanical drilling.

Multi-Chem is a PCB drilling and routing specialist, in terms of both capacity

and technology, serving the leading PCB manufacturers in Singapore and the

Huadong area (Eastern China, in particular, Shanghai, Suzhou, Kunshan and Wuxi

regions).

In May 2002, Multi-Chem diversified to the business of IT distribution. Through

its subsidiaries under the M.Tech umbrella, its IT security business now spans

Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, China and Indonesia.

It continues to focus on the best-of-breed internet security products and now

carry products from 13 industry leading principals, namely, Nokia, Check Point,

RSA Security, Allot, Internet Security Systems, Foundry Networks, Tripwire,

TippingPoint, SurfControl, ServGate, Foundstone, AirDefense and Bluesocket. It

also carries storage solutions from Network Appliance in Thailand.

In addition, it started an IT training centre in late second quarter of 2004

and are authorised to conduct training for Nokia, Check Point and Foundstone.