Kfima = "The best 200 big companies in Asia"

EIGHT Malaysian companies are among the 200 small and medium-sized (SME) companies in the Asia Pacific that got into Forbes Asia's fifth annual "Best Under A Billion" list for 2009.

The companies are Coastal Contracts Bhd (marine transportation), Efficient E-Solutions Bhd (information technology outsourcing), ETI Tech (batteries), Hai-O Enterprise Bhd (cosmetics), Kumpulan Fima Bhd (food processing), NTPM (paper products), Success Transformer (electrical manufacturing) and YNH Property Bhd (palm oil).

According to Forbes Asia yesterday, the winners were culled from over 25,000 publicly listed companies with under US$1 billion (RM3.49 billion) in sales.

Four Malaysian companies - Coastal Contracts, Kumpulan Fima, NTPM and YNH Property - each recorded US$101 million (RM352.49 million) in sales.

Of the others, Hai-O Enterprise registered US$122 million (RM425.78 million) in sales, Success Transformer US$53 million (RM184.97 million), ETI Tech US$24 million (83.76 million), and Efficient E-Solutions US$17 million (RM59.33 million).

Forbes Asia said a third of last year's companies returned to this year's list, with all having either increased sales and profits over the past 12 months or were forecast to do so in the coming quarters.

It said that 78 companies from Hong Kong and China, or nearly 40 per cent, dominated the list, followed by Japan with 24 companies, South Korea (23), India (20) and Australia (18).

Apparel, media, technology and healthcare companies led the way on the list, it added.

Commenting on the list for the September 21 issue of Forbes Asia, writer Jack Gage said there were many survival stories in these 200 top companies whose lessons other entrepreneurs could learn from.

Gage said unprecedented dislocations in the global economy disrupted supply chains over the past 12 months, froze lines of credit, depleted consumer coffers and sent business spending into hibernation.

"The 64 companies returning from last year are a testament to fearless management and 136 new entrants have seized opportunities arising from the economic uncertainty," he said.

The 200 winning companies will be honoured at the Forbes Asia's "Best Under A Billion" award ceremony in Singapore on November 11. - Bernama

Source : http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/forb/Article/index_html

亞洲200大企業‧海嘯沖走5席‧8大馬公司進榜

2009-09-11 17:58

（吉隆坡）大馬今年共有8家上市公司被選為《福布斯》亞洲10億美元以下最佳200大企業，比較去年13家進榜，今年表現稍為遜色，少了5席，反映金融海嘯對大馬公司表現的衝擊。

大馬進榜的公司多元，產業、直銷、科技、製造業和海事都有，而且多家是舊面孔。8家上榜公司有 艾飛升（EFFICEN,0064,主板貿服組）、沿海工程（COASTAL,5071,主板工業產品組）、ETI科技（ETITECH,0118,創業 板科技組）、海鷗企業（HAIO,7668,主板貿服組）、菲馬集團（KFIMA,6491,主板貿服組）、啟順造紙業（NTPM,5066,主板消費品 組）、前風變壓器（SUCCESS,7207,主板工業產品組）和游禮發產業（YNHPROP,3158,主板產業組）。

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