- Business
- DKLS Industries Bhd. is a Malaysia-based investment holding and diversified conglomerate engaged in civil engineering construction, quarrying and premix manufacturing, property development, commercial real estate management, building materials trading, and public utility operations. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, the company operates through five core business segments: Construction, Quarry, Property Development, Utilities, and Investment Holding and Others.
The company provides a systematic range of products and services, including civil engineering, infrastructure development, and building construction encompassing expressways, highways, bridges, airport runways, maritime jetties, hydropower facilities, water treatment plants, and industrial complexes; the extraction, crushing, processing, and distribution of quarry stone materials, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, and asphaltic concrete premix for road paving and structural works; the design, development, and sale of residential townships, landed housing developments, and commercial properties; property leasing and asset management services for commercial assets, including Tower 8 at Bangsar South; the sourcing, trading, and supply chain logistics of construction materials, including cement, structural steel, and hardware products; and municipal water utility operations comprising raw water abstraction, water treatment, reservoir storage, pipeline distribution, and non-revenue water management.
DKLS Industries Bhd. operates primarily across West Malaysia, with international utility concessions in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The group conducts its principal operations through wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries, including DKLS Construction Sdn Bhd for civil and infrastructure works, DKLS Quarry and Premix Sdn Bhd and DKLS Quarry and Premix (North) Sdn Bhd for materials manufacturing, DKLS Development Sdn Bhd and DKLS Premierhome Sdn Bhd for property development, and DKLS Clearwater Sdn Bhd, which holds a controlling 70% equity interest in SAVAN-DKLS Water Supply Co. Ltd. to supply treated water across the Kaysone Phomvihane District of Savannakhet Province, Laos.
In recent developments, DKLS Industries Bhd. has expanded its construction order pipeline through new contract procurements, including a RM34.3 million industrial facility contract in Kinta, Perak, secured by DKLS Construction Sdn Bhd from Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Perak. Operationally, the group has continued modernizing its water utility infrastructure in Savannakhet, implementing systematic measures to mitigate non-revenue water and improve distribution efficiency. To reinforce execution capacity for ongoing projects, the group maintains strategic credit and performance bond guarantee facilities for primary contracting partnerships. Additionally, the company strengthened its governance and executive leadership structure with the appointment of Ding Ju Shuen as an Executive Director to drive operational synergies across its property, infrastructure, and utility divisions.