- CEO
- Wai Pin Ng
- Full Time Employees
- 1,430
- Sector
- Electronic technology
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Address
- Uptown 5 Petaling Jaya SE Malaysia 47400
- IPO Date
- Jul 11, 2006
- Business
- Frontken Corporation Berhad (0128.KL) is a Malaysia-based investment holding company that provides precision cleaning, surface treatment, and mechanical engineering solutions to high-tech industries including semiconductors, oil and gas, power generation, marine, petrochemicals, and optoelectronics; its core services encompass advanced precision cleaning for semiconductor process chamber parts and thin-film transistor liquid crystal displays, thermal spray coating, cold build-up coating, plating and conversion coating, specialized welding, abrasive blasting, machining, grinding, refurbishment, maintenance, and servicing of high-speed rotating equipment such as compressors, gas turbines, and steam turbines, as well as Aqua-Chem freshwater generators featuring offshore MVC distillation, vacuum VC distillers, seawater plate distillers, and reverse osmosis systems. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, the company operates primarily in Asia Pacific markets spanning Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, and beyond, with over 1,100 employees supporting OEMs and end-users through facilities equipped for R&D, surface analytics, and on-site project services. In recent developments, Frontken pursues US market entry through discussions for multiple acquisitions including a US$40-50 million dry-cleaning technology firm to complement its wet-cleaning capabilities and a larger private equity-owned entity exceeding RM1 billion, alongside planned expansions such as new facilities in Singapore for completion by mid-2026, minor renovations and optimizations in Taiwan plants targeted for first-half 2026 to meet AI-driven semiconductor demand, land acquisition near existing plants for capacity growth, and potential onshoring partnerships with OEMs.