GEORGE TOWN: After losing two major customers due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a Penang-based company is ready to bounce back.
Textile chemical manufacturer and distributor Chemdyes Sdn Bhd is looking to launch an industrial and personal hygiene product in the next two months for the local and global halal markets.
The company, which is based at the Prai Industrial Zone, Penang, has 23 workers.
"We were badly hit by the announcement of the closure of two of our major customers-- the Tal Group of Companies and Esquel Malaysia Sdn Bhd-- due to the Covid-19 outbreak," Chemdyes managing director Joe Sidek told the New Straits Times.
"In our bid to save jobs at our own factory, we had to move fast, and we must emerge stronger post Covid-19," he added.
Chemdyes has identified a Penang-based company to produce the new halal product.
"We are targeting industrial and commercial customers and this include hospitals, private homes, factories, hotels and restaurants," Sidek said.
Chemdyes (formerly known as BASF Chemdyes Sdn Bhd) was incorporated in 1978 as a joint-venture with German chemical producer, BASF AG.
The company has since established itself as one of the top textile auxiliaries company in Malaysia specialising in textile chemicals for weaving, pre-treatment, dyeing, printing, finishing, optical brighteners, inject printing and textile coating.
Ahead of the launch, Chemdyes is launching an antibacterial product using nano-chemistry for multi surfaces, which is being targeted for all industries, including the aerospace and aviation sectors.
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