Second-generation leader turned Malaysia’s oldest flour mill into a regional food giant.
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[KUALA LUMPUR] There are not many listed companies left in Malaysia that still carry “Malayan” in their names. Malayan Flour Mills Bhd (MFM) is one of them – but beneath the 60-year-old name is a business that has spent much of its history reinventing itself.
From Malaysia’s first modern flour mill and its familiar rose-logo flour products, MFM has expanded into grain trading, animal feed, poultry, aquaculture and ready-to-eat food, while venturing beyond its home market into Vietnam and Indonesia.