Scomi
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| Public (KLSE:SCOMI) | |
| Industry | Oil and Gas, Public Transportation |
| Headquarters | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Key people |
Kamaluddin Abdullah Shah Hakim Zain (Chief Executive Officer) |
| Products | Construction, Manufacturing, Shipping |
| Revenue |
 MYR 1 971 000 000 (2009) |
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MYR 9 900 000 (2009) | |
Number of employees | >5000 in 60 locations in 29 countries |
| Subsidiaries | Scomi Engineering Bhd, Scomi Rail and Scomi Energy Services Bhd which are listed on Bursa Malaysia, and PT Rig Tenders which is listed on Jakarta Stock Exchange. |
| Website | www.scomigroup.com.my |
Scomi Group Berhad (MYX: 7158) is a global service provider based in Malaysia mainly involved in oil and gas and transport engineering.
Scomi Group Bhd is listed on the main board of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, and its group of companies are involved in oilfield services, public transportation and marine services. The group offers drilling fluids (DF) and related engineering services, drilling waste management (DWM) solutions, distribution of oilfield products and services, marine vessel services, machine shop services, transport engineering products involving special purpose vehicles, rail wagons, monorail vehicles and buses, supply of industrial and production chemicals and carbon dioxide (CO2) separation. The group was founded in 1961 and operates across 48 locations in 22 countries.
Activities
Scomi provides oilfield drilling fluids and drilling waste management services. The company also supplies monorail projects through its Scomi Rail subsidiary. Other companies under Scomi Group listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad are Scomi Marine Berhad and Scomi Engineering Berhad.
Other companies in the Scomi group include Scomi Oilfield Limited (Bermuda), Scomi Oiltools Limited (Bermuda), Scomi Capital Limited (Labuan), Scomi International Private Limited (Singapore), Scomi Ecosolve Limited (British Virgin Islands).
The company's subsidiaries and associate companies are involved in:
- oilfield Services, which comprises integrated drilling fluids and drilling waste management solutions; OCTG machine shops and distribution of oilfield products and services
- transport, which comprises rail, monorail and buses for the transportation sector and special purpose vehicles for the aviation, health, defense, commercial and rescue services
- energy logistics, which provides marine vessels for the coal and oil and gas industry
- production enhancement, which comprises industrial and production chemicals division; and gas business, which mainly provides gas processing equipment.
History
The Scomi Group has its roots in Subang Commercial Motor Industries (S.C.O.M.I.) incorporated in 1990. In 2000, Scomi was acquired by Kaspadu Sdn Bhd a company controlled by Shah Hakim Zain and Kamaluddin Abdullah.[1]
When the founders of the company took over Subang Commercial Motor Industries, the main motivation for the acquisition was the coach building business. Eventually, the drilling fluids business became the main business for the group, which led to its listing on the then second board of Bursa Malaysia. In 2004, it bought a 71% stake in Oiltools International Ltd to expand its oil and gas business.
Not long after that it took over jewellery company Habib Corp Bhd, which would later become Scomi Marine, and it entered into a RM1.3bil deal to buy vessels from Chuan Hup and stakes in CH Offshore Ltd and PT Rig Tenders Indonesia. The company moved its engineering division into the listed shell corporation of Bell & Order Bhd, which later became Scomi Engineering in 2006.
In 2007, Scomi Engineering bought Mtrans, a bus and monorail operator, for RM25mil.
Scomi’s major shareholder is Datuk Kamaluddin Abdullah, son of former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.[2]
Monorail projects
Monorails form an area of increased focus for Scomi, as the company seeks to diversify its business lines.[3]
Scomi Engineering won a RM1.84bil bid in 2008 to build a monorail project in Mumbai with its Indian partner Larsen & Toubro. Its share of that job is RM823mil and projected margins are between 10% and 20%. The Mumbai project has since been its launch pad to compete on an international scale to grab more jobs. Once the job is completed some time mid next year, and apart from the KL Monorail, it’ll have the Mumbai monorail to further sweeten its track record.
Currently Scomi is one of only two companies in the world providing integrated monorail solutions, and this has led to it garnering business in India, in Mumbai and Bengaluru (Bangalore) [4]
Monorail projects involving Scomi:
- KL Monorail Developed by Scomi Transport Systems
- Jakarta Monorail (cancel)
- Putrajaya Monorail (work suspended)
- Mumbai Monorail (Opened in February 2014, work began in January 2009)[5]
- São Paulo Metro Line 17 Gold, in Brazil, connecting inner city Congonhas airport to several conventional rail metro lines and the district of Morumbi
- Manaus Monorail, in Brazil
- Proposal accepted by Karnataka Govt for Bengaluru monorail, currently headed for Swiss Challenge system[6]
Research
Typically, monorails carry fewer passengers than a LRT or MRT. Following research and development, Scomi announced a monorail with an eight-car configuration, versus the current four-car configuration for the monorail in Mumbai. This monorail can carry 1,000 passengers, the same as a six-car LRT.[8]
Scomi Engineering ploughs back some 20% of its revenue into research and development on trains. The next-generation monorails it is building is called Gen 3.0 and would be the size of a LRT wagon.
It is also evaluating the prospect of going into trains, where it can build LRTs or EMU (electrical multiple units), which is the kind of trains KTM uses for commuter service. [2]
Awards
The company was awarded the GreenTech Environment Excellence Silver Award 2009, by New Delhi's GreenTech Foundation. Scomi was declared the winner of the award under the engineering sector for raw materials consumption and products manufactured for buses and coaches which contributed to the protection of the environment and surrounding community. [9]
Scomi won the Industry Excellence Award 2008 given by the Malaysian Ministry of International Trade and Industry for its performance in exports. [10]
See also
References
- ↑ "''The Star'' article: "Partners through thick and thin"". Biz.thestar.com.my. 2010-08-07. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Scomi Group: From survival to success". Biz.thestar.com.my. 2010-08-07. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ↑ "Scomi Engineering’s transformation". Biz.thestar.com.my. 2010-03-22. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ↑ Published: 2010/08/23 Share tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; (2010-08-23). "Karnataka accepts Scomi-Geodesic plan". Btimes.com.my. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ↑ "Get On Track with Scomi (February 2010) (Full Version)". Scomirail.com.my. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ↑ “” (2010-01-26). "Bernama - Scomi monorail projects in India". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ↑ “” (2010-01-26). "Mumbai's Republic Day gift". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ↑ “” (2010-09-05). "Combined Monorail Videos.wmv". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ↑ Vaibhav Arora. "Scomi awarded the Greentech Environment Excellence Silver Award 2009". Indiaprwire.com. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ↑ "Scomi wins excellence award". Theedgemalaysia.com. 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2010-09-10.