OUR STORY
ABOUT US
UAC Berhad is a leading manufacturer of eco-friendly cellulose fibre cement building materials.
Established in 1963, UAC currently supplies its products to more than 60 countries around the world.
Certainly Ahead
UAC Berhad is one of Asia’s top pioneers of a comprehensive range of innovative cellulose fibre cement products, including flat boards, patterned boards, eaves lining, skirting and cornices, smooth and wood-grained planks and panels, woodlike strips, perforated boards, and flush-joinable flat boards.
With a wide range of applications spanning the residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, leisure, and hospitality sectors, UAC Berhad provides solutions for ceilings, partitioning, feature wall linings, cladding, fascia, skirting and cornices, decking, flooring, and many more.
UAC Berhad is a leading fibre cement board manufacturer and supplier based in Malaysia. Established in 1963, UAC currently supplies its building materials to more than 60 countries around the world.
Our fibre cement boards are commonly used for decking, cladding, and ceiling applications due to their termite-proof and water-resistant properties. We pride ourselves in offering clients durable, high-quality products at an affordable price.
OUR Vision
To increase stakeholder value as a leading manufacturer of building products.
Our Missions
- Continuously enhance the quality of our fibre cement products through innovation and R&D initiatives
- Build on our steadfast commitment to develop new and innovative products to meet changing expectations of both our local and global customers
- Seize profitable investment opportunities that contribute to the creation of values for our stakeholders
- Be a corporation which practises high ethical standards of integrity, trust, honesty and mutual respect as our corporate culture
- Be a customer focused corporation committed to building enduring customer relationship through mutual respect
- Protect the community and environment by continuously seeking ways for effective use of materials and energy and to reduce waste and emission
- Be an employer of choice where performance excellence is recognised and rewarded.
Our Eco-Friendly Products
UAC Berhad obtained the stringent Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) by the Institute Construction and Environment (Institut Bauen und Umweit e.V) of Germany in 2010, based on life cycle impacts, in accordance to ISO 14025 and EN 15804.
UAC products are classified as green and eco-friendly, having received awards and certifications from the Singapore Green Label administered by the Singapore Environment Council, SIRIM Eco Label, MyHijau Mark, Korea Healthy Building Material, Taiwan Green Building Material, UK Green Apple Award, and the British Board of Agrément (BBA).
Our Corporate Structure
UAC Berhad is a member of the Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) group of companies. LTAT is the Malaysian Armed Forces Superannuation Fund, with extensive investments in various sectors of the Malaysian economy.
LTAT’s interest in UAC Berhad is held by its subsidiary, Boustead Holdings Berhad, a Malaysian conglomerate with wide business activities across Malaysia and the ASEAN region, in the plantation, property, financial services, manufacturing, trading, and education sectors.
Board of Directors
Directors
- YBhg Lieutenant General Datuk Hasagaya bin Abdullah
- Izaddeen Daud
- YBhg Dato’ Sri Ghazali Mohd Ali
- YBhg Lieutenant General Dato’ Pahlawan Haji Khairuddin Haji Mat Yusof
- YBhg Datuk Latteffah Haji Aliyaru Kunju
- Zairuddy Bin Zainal
- Khairul Azizi Ismail
- Adzli Shaferul Bin Ramli
Senior Management
Chief Executive Officer
- Loon Peng Wai
General Manager – Factory Operations
- Wong Ling Seang
General Manager – Sales & Marketing
- Edward Ch’ng Soon Loong
General Manager – Government, Regulatory Affairs & Stakeholder Management
- Mohd Najib Bin Mohd Seth
Financial Controller
- Yeong Chee Yuen
Company Milestones
Feb 2010
Certified with the Type III Environmental Labelling – Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) in accordance to ISO 14025:2006, verified by IBU (Institute for Construction and the Environment) of Germany
Apr 2010
Awarded the Best Brand in Product Branding 2009-2010 for Manufacturing – Cellulose Fibre Cement Products
Oct 2012
Awarded National Excellent Occupational Safety and Health Award 2012 – Other Manufacturing Category – by National Council For Occupational Safety & Health (Human Resource Ministry)
2014
Won the Special Award for Innovation for its UCO SolidWall System at the Malaysian Construction Industry Excellence Awards 2013, organised by CIDB Malaysia
Sept 2019
Achieved British Board of Agrément (BBA) approval, the only Asia-based fibre cement manufacturer to receive this recognition
March-May 2020
Supplied 79 units of PPVC using UCO Drywall System to Hong Kong as quarantine cabins during COVID-19 pandemic
2020
Supplied UCO Vistabord as SolidWall for Taipei Nanshan Plaza, the second tallest building in Taipei
July 2021
IBS Systems awarded IMPACT certificate from the Malaysian Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB)