https://ntpm.com.my/about-us/

Company Profile

The company was founded in 1975 by Lee See Jin and began its operations under the NTPM banner. In 1979, the company began producing jumbo rolls and other paper products, which was made from recycled wastepaper. Nibong Tebal Paper Mill bought a paper-making machine from Taiwan and start their commercial production of paper products.

Our Vision

To be a world-class paper products manufacturer and market leader by providing quality products which consistently satisfy the needs and expectation of customers

Our Mission

We aspire to be a world-class manufacturer and distributor for a diversified range of consumer products.

We are confident of providing consumer with good quality and good value products based on our current market reputation, wide customer base and extensive distribution networks.

Our sales and marketing teams are passionate in developing leading brands with significant market shares in each product segment that is introduced.
We will continuously enhance the knowledge and skills of our people, improve the processes and management systems and alleviate the working environment to a higher standard.
We want to be a good employer and neighbour.

History

NTHB is principally involved in the manufacturing and trading of tissue papers, toilet tissue, serviettes, napkin, and other paper related products and trading of cotton and investment holding.

A Notable History

Explore how we start

In the 70s

1975

NTHB is principally involved in the manufacturing and trading of tissue papers, toilet tissue, serviettes, napkin, and other paper related products and trading of cotton and investment holding.

1979

NTPM started producing and selling jumbo rolls, a type of semi-finished product to paper converters. Mr. Lee See Jin discovered the potentials in producing jumbo roll from recycled wastepaper, thus NTPM invested in a paper-making machine imported from Taiwan. With only one (1) papermaking machine, NTPM started its commercial production in the paper rolls business in end of 1979 with the production capacity of five (5) tones per day.

In the 80s

1981

Despite the intense competition from market players, the business operations of NTPM continue to grow over the years. NTPM began to convert them into tissue papers and toilet rolls and sold to the market directly.

1983

NTPM has already established its own distribution network under NTE, its distribution company to expand its domestic market. It also began to set up sales offices throughout Malaysia and sell directly to retailers which resulted in significant growth in its sales. At the same time, it started investing in transportation equipment in order to service other market segments all over the country

1983

Mr Lee See Jin introduced a significant technology breakthrough for NTPM by venturing into tissue paper production using the de-inking system. The deinking system allows NTPM to produce higher quality paper from recycled wastepaper and process them into tissue paper for end-user consumption. With the new technology, NTPM was able to expand further into the upper market segment servicing retailers and end-users instead of only paper converters. By then, NTPM was able to record sales exceeding RM 10 million.

1986

With the continuous growth in its operation, NTPM began to expand into Singapore. NTPP was set up. At this point, the demand for NTPM’s products was well over its supply. This has helped NTPM in surviving through the economic recession then. In order to meet the increasing demand and growth in its sales, NTPM continuously invest in acquiring new machinery to increase its production capacity.

In the 90s

1995

NTPM further expands its supplies to local supermarkets under its distribution company, NTE that implements an effective computerized delivering system. In the same year, apprehending the need of powerful branding, NTPM began to focus on its sales and marketing effort by branding its tissue products under the brand name “PREMIER”.

1996

NTHB was incorporated under the name Bypass Structure Sdn Bhd to be the investment holding company to better manage all the companies under one stable. Since then, NTPM, NTE and NTPP became the subsidiaries of NTHB.

1986

In the 2000s

2000

Foreseeing the direction of its future expansion, NTHB Group acquired Jia In, a printing business to complement its paper operations by supplying tissue boxes for packaging of its finished goods.

2003

In the subsequent year, NTHB Group has further expanded the personal care category with the introduction of the female sanitary napkin product under the brand name “INTIMATE”.

2001

Acknowledging the higher demand in pulp quality paper, NTPM introduces a 3-ply pulp range products. The products marketed under the brand name “ROYAL GOLD” include facial tissue, toilet paper and kitchen rolls.

2004

NTHB Group included baby diapers manufactured under Original Equipment Manufacturer (“OEM”) arrangement under the brand name “DIAPEX” in October 2004.

2002

NTHB Group included facial cotton manufactured under Original Equipment Manufacturer (“OEM”) arrangement under the brand name “PREMIER” in March 2002

1986

NTPM Office in Selangor today

Today

2002

NTPM has a production capacity of 355 tonnes a day or approximately 127,800 tonnes per annum with a total of twenty (20) paper-making machines. Currently NTPM is operating at approximately 2/3 of its production capacity. NTPM intends to continue to upgrade its machinery to further increase its production capacity.

Currently, NTE has thirteen (13) sales offices cum delivery centres of which ten (10) are located in Peninsular Malaysia, two (2) in Sarawak, one (1) in Sabah and one (1) in Singapore. (For Our Sales Offices contact, please click on Contact Us)

1986

Board of Directors

acts in the best interest of the company and its stockholders. Being from diversified backgrounds, our board of directors brings in immense knowledge and experience to our company’s well-being.

Lee See Jin

Chairman cum Managing Director

Male | Malaysian

Mr. Lee See Jin was appointed to the Board of Directors of NTPM Holdings Berhad (“NTHB”) on 20 October 1996 and re-designated as Chairman cum Managing Director on 29 March 2019. He is a member of the Investment Committee of the Company.

He obtained the Higher School Certificate in 1960. He is a Director of all subsidiaries of NTHB. He is a founder of the Group and has been in the paper industry for more than 40 years. Over these years, he has gained in-depth experience and knowledge of the paper industry in Malaysia.

He is the father of Mr. Lee Chong Choon, an Executive Director and a major shareholder of the Company. Other than our Company, Mr. Lee See Jin does not hold any directorship in public companies and public listed companies.

Lee Chong Choon

Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer (“Group CEO”)

Male | Malaysian

Mr. Lee Chong Choon was appointed to the Board of Directors of NTHB on 10 November 1999. He is the Chairman of Risk Management Committee and a member of the Investment Committee of the Company.

He is an Executive Director of NTHB and a Director of all the subsidiaries of NTHB. He holds a Diploma in Civil Engineering from the Singapore Polytechnic. He has extensive experience in process engineering and has provided the NTHB Group with technical manufacturing experience expertise. He was the Financial Controller of Nibong Tebal Paper Mill Sdn. Bhd. (“NTPM”) from 1995 to 1997 and the Country Sales Manager of NTPM from 1997 to 1999. He has also been instrumental in spearheading the progress of the Group and the development of the Group’s products.

He is the son of Mr. Lee See Jin, the Chairman cum Managing Director and a major shareholder of the Company. Other than our Company, Mr. Lee Chong Choon does not hold any directorship in public companies and public listed companies.

Nishant Grover

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Male | Indian

Mr. Nishant Grover (“Mr. Grover”) was appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of NTHB on 20 June 2023.

Mr. Grover graduated with L.L.B from University of Pune and thereafter obtained Masters in Business Administration from University of Oxford, UK. Mr. Grover has also completed Director Certification Program from the Institute of Directors of Thailand.

Mr. Grover specialises in value creation, having worked with private equity owned businesses for majority of his professional career. In 2010, while based in Jakarta, he was appointed as the President Director of PT Grohe Indonesia, world’s leading manufacturer of sanitaryware. In 2012, he took over the dual role of Regional Vice President – Indonesia, ANZ Korea and Vice President of International Key Accounts, eventually relocating to Singapore. When Grohe was acquired by Lixil Corporation of Japan, Mr. Grover was appointed as Chief Operating Officer – Asia Pacific of Lixil Water Technology (Grohe, American Standard and Inax).

In 2016, Mr. Grover relocated to Thailand as the Chief Operating Officer of TCC Land/Asset World Corporation. He was instrumental in IPO of Asset World Corporation, one of Thailand’s largest real estate listings. In 2019, Mr. Grover joined Upfield, world’s largest plant-based food company, a business acquired by KKR from Unilever, as Managing Director for South East Asia, Far East Asia and Pacific. Mr. Grover had also promoted his own entrepreneurial venture, Oxford Acuity, which is active primarily in the hospitality industry. In late 2022, Mr. Grover joined Asia Pulp & Paper as CEO – Tissues International, globally leading finished goods business for APP.

Mr. Grover has no family relationship with the Directors. He is the Nominee Director of a major shareholder of the Company, Premier Investment Ltd. Other than our Company, Mr. Grover does not hold any directorship in public companies and public listed companies.

Dato’ Dr. Juita Binti Ghazalie

Independent Non-Executive Director

Female | Malaysian

Dato’ Dr. Juita Binti Ghazalie was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of NTHB on 23 September 2022. She was appointed as a member of the Company’s Audit Committee, Investment Committee and Risk Management Committee on 23 September 2022 and Nominating Committee on 20 June 2023.

Dato’ Dr. Juita graduated from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia with a Degree in Public Health and Medicine & Surgery in 1981 and then received her Master from Ain Shams University at Cairo in Egypt in 1995.

Dato’ Dr. Juita had worked with the Ministry of Health, Malaysia for 35 years with focus on public health. She had been appointed as Director of Hospital Pulau Pinang, Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah Alor Setar and Perak State Health Department during her tenure with the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. Her wealth of experience in public health will provide valuable insights on the Group’s business strategies and direction.

She has no family relationship with other Directors and/or major shareholders of the Company. Other than our Company, Dato’ Dr. Juita does not hold any directorship in public companies and public listed companies.

Chang Hui Yuin

Independent Non-Executive Director

Female | Malaysian

Ms. Chang Hui Yuin was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of NTHB on 23 September 2022. She was appointed as a member of the Company’s Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee and Nominating Committee on 23 September 2022. She was also appointed as a member of Investment Committee on 20 June 2023.

Ms. Chang graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree with First Class Honours from the University of Queensland in Australia in 2004. In 2020, she obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree with First Class Honours from the University of Northumbria at Newcastle in the United Kingdom.

She is currently the Executive Director at RTC Consulting Sdn Bhd. She is an associate of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. She has over a decade of audit and assurance experience with Ernst & Young in Australia and Singapore and subsequently with Chang Kong Foo & Co. PLT.

She taught accounting subjects in the University of Queensland in Australia between 2005 and 2006. In 2013, she started pursuing a career in tax consulting with RTC Consulting Sdn Bhd, a tax firm specialising in tax advisory services for property developers and construction companies. In 2018, she incorporated her own audit practice, Zubir Chang & Co. PLT after she obtained her audit license in the same year.

She has no family relationship with other Directors and/or major shareholders of the Company. Other than our Company, Ms. Chang does not hold any directorship in public companies and public listed companies.

Tan Choon Thye

Independent Non-Executive Director

Male | Malaysian

Mr. Tan Choon Thye was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of NTHB on 20 March 2020. He is the Chairman of Audit Committee, Nominating Committee and Investment Committee of the Company. He is also a member of Risk Management Committee of the Company.

He graduated from University of Malaya in 1979 with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Honours) and then received his Master of Business Administration from University of Hawaii, Unites States of America in 1982.

Mr. Tan has over 20 years of investment banking and 10 years of commercial banking experience being with CIMB banking group from July 1988 to January 2006 and from August 2007 to July 2019. During the period, he has worked in Indonesia being seconded there as an Executive Director of PT CIMB Niaga Securities and in China being seconded there as a Deputy President, Bank of Yingkou, an investee bank of CIMB Bank and as the General Manager of CIMB Bank Shanghai Branch.

He has no family relationship with other Directors and/or major shareholders of the Company. Other than our Company, Mr. Tan Choon Thye is an Independent Non-Executive Director of a public company, M&A Equity Holdings Berhad.

Lee See Jin

Chairman cum Managing Director

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Lee Chong Choon

Executive Director and
Group Chief Executive Officer (“Group CEO”)

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Tan Choon Thye

Independent Non-Executive Director

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Dato’ Dr. Juita Binti Ghazalie

Independent Non-Executive Director

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Chang Hui Yuin

Independent Non-Executive Director

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Nishant Grover

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

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Audit Committee

Tan Choon Thye

Independent Non-Executive Director, Chairman

Dato’ Dr. Juita Binti Ghazalie

Independent Non-Executive Director, Member

Chang Hui Yuin

Independent Non-Executive Director, Member

Nominating Committee

Tan Choon Thye

Independent Non-Executive Director, Chairman

Dato’ Dr. Juita Binti Ghazalie

Independent Non-Executive Director, Member

Chang Hui Yuin

Independent Non-Executive Director, Member

Risk Management Committee

Lee Chong Choon

Executive Director and Group CEO, Chairman

Tan Choon Thye

Independent Non-Executive Director, Member

Dato’ Dr. Juita Binti Ghazalie

Independent Non-Executive Director, Member

Chang Hui Yuin

Independent Non-Executive Director, Member

Investment Committee

Tan Choon Thye

Independent Non-Executive Director, Chairman

Lee See Jin

Chairman cum Managing Director, Member

Lee Chong Choon

Executive Director and Group CEO, Member

Dato’ Dr. Juita Binti Ghazalie

Independent Non-Executive Director, Member

Chang Hui Yuin

Independent Non-Executive Director, Member

Company Secretaries

Yeow Sze Min (SSM PC No. 201908003120)

(MAICSA 7065735)

Low Seow Wei (SSM PC No. 202008000437)

(MAICSA 7053500)

Policy

Our company is committed to establish and implement the below policy to the whole organization.

Forced Labour Policy

Foreign Worker Passport Policy

Recruitment Policy

Child Labour And Young Workers Policy

Non-Discrimination Policy

Policy for Association with FSC
and PEFC

Corporate Structure

Manufacturing

NTPM
NIBONG TEBAL PAPER MILL
SDN. BHD.

Registration No. 197501001037 (22772-A)

Manufacturing of and trading in tissue paper products such as toilet rolls, tissues, serviettes and provision of freight forwarding, transportation and logistics services.

NTPC
NIBONG TEBAL PERSONAL CARE
SDN. BHD.

Registration No. 199101017923 (228234-U) #

Manufacturing of and trading in personal care products such as sanitary products, baby diapers, facial cotton, wet tissues and adult diapers

NTT
NIBONG TEBAL TECHNOLOGY
SDN. BHD.

Registration No. 199001010573 (202143-M)

Undertaking of researh and development activities on the production technology, biotechnology and recycling of waste materials related to the paper industry

Trading & Services

NTE
NIBONG TEBAL ENTERPRISE
SENDIRIAN BERHAD

Registration No. 198201015306 (95077-H)

Trading in tissues, paper products and personal care products, provision of freight forwarding agent, transportation and logistics services.

NTL
NIBONG TEBAL LOGISTICS
SDN. BHD.

Registration No. 199601006133 (378479-H)

Provision of integrated logistics services.

NTIT
NIBONG TEBAL IT
SDN. BHD.

Registration No. 199901025177 (500077-H)

Provision of information technology support and services.

Overseas Trading

NSPL
NTPM (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

(198600763K)

Importers, exporters and dealers in all kinds of paper products, tissue papers, toilet rolls, paper towels and general merchandise.

NTCL
NTPM (THAILAND) CO., LTD.

(0105547118230)

Wholesales of pulp paper and sanitary products.

Overseas Manufacturing

NTPV
NTPM (VIETNAM) CO., LTD.

(3702128870) @

Manufacturing and processing of tissue paper and products related to tissue paper and manufacturing of semi-finished paper rolls.

Overseas Investment

NIPL
NTPM (INTERNATIONAL) PTE. LTD.

(201220170K) *

Investment holding.

# in the midst of application to strike off the company from the register
@ wholly owned by NTPM (International) Pte. Ltd.
* wholly owned by NTPM (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.