UPA Corporation Berhad

UPA Corporation Berhad is a Malaysian public company whose history dates back to 1975, when it began as a general printing business. Over the decades it diversified into several manufacturing and trading activities, all now consolidated under the parent company UPA Corporation Berhad. The group operates through four main subsidiaries: UPA Press Sdn. Bhd., which manufactures diaries, notebooks and other paper-related products; UPA Machinery Sdn. Bhd., the sole agent in Malaysia for Komori, a leading Japanese brand of printing machines, and also active in reconditioning and refurbishment of used printing equipment; Macro Plastic Sdn. Bhd., which produces rigid films for food, pharmaceutical, electrical, electronics and semiconductor packaging; and UPA Healthcare Products Sdn. Bhd., which manufactures melt-blown non-woven fabric and finished face masks including 3-ply masks, surgical masks and N95 masks. The group employs approximately 600 people across its four divisions. Its manufacturing operations are housed in four factories: two in Kuchai Lama, Kuala Lumpur, with a combined floor space of about 170,000 square feet, supporting the diary and paper-products division; and two in Seri Kembangan, Selangor, with a combined floor space of about 150,000 square feet, housing the other divisions. UPA describes itself as a local industry leader in all four of its business activities and states that it established itself in international markets long ago, supported by research and development and extensive marketing. UPA Press is described by the company as the biggest diary manufacturer in Malaysia, with more than four decades of experience producing corporate, OEM and ODM diaries. Its product range includes diaries, planners, notebooks, notepads, journals, desk pads, calendars, composition books and discbound products. The healthcare division operates clean-room manufacturing facilities equipped with modern machinery to produce melt-blown fabric and masks. UPA Corporation Berhad is a public company in Malaysia; its shares are not known to be listed on a specific exchange based on the available evidence.

UPA Corporation Berhad traces its early history to 1975, when it began as a general printing business. From that modest start, the company expanded and diversified over the following decades. Its printing and paper-products activities grew into UPA Press Sdn. Bhd., which became a manufacturer of diaries, notebooks and other paper-related products and is described by the company as the biggest diary manufacturer in Malaysia, with more than four decades of experience in corporate, OEM and ODM diary production. A second strand of the business, UPA Machinery Sdn. Bhd., was built around the distribution and servicing of printing machinery. It became the sole agent for Komori, a leading Japanese brand of printing machines, and also engages in the reconditioning and refurbishment of used printing and printing-related machines. Further diversification came with Macro Plastic Sdn. Bhd., which manufactures rigid films used in food, pharmaceutical, electrical, electronics and semiconductor packaging applications. Later, the group added a healthcare manufacturing arm, UPA Healthcare Products Sdn. Bhd., a wholly-owned subsidiary involved in the production of melt-blown non-woven fabric — the high-filtration component used in face masks — as well as finished 3-ply masks, surgical face masks and N95 masks. This division operates clean-room manufacturing facilities equipped with modern machinery. All of these divisions were eventually placed under the parent company, UPA Corporation Berhad. The group states that it employs approximately 600 people across its four divisions and operates four factories: two in Kuchai Lama, Kuala Lumpur, with a total floor space of about 170,000 square feet for the diary and paper-products operations, and two in Seri Kembangan, Selangor, with a combined floor space of about 150,000 square feet for the other divisions. The company says it is locally recognised as the industry leader in all four of its business activities and that it established itself in international markets long ago, supported by research and development and extensive marketing strategies. UPA Corporation Berhad is a public company in Malaysia.

• 1975

  UPA Corporation Berhad begins its history as a general printing business.

• UPA Press Sdn. Bhd. grows into a manufacturer of diaries, notebooks and paper-related products, becoming described as Malaysia's biggest diary manufacturer.

• UPA Machinery Sdn. Bhd. becomes the sole agent for Komori printing machines and engages in reconditioning of used printing machinery.

• Macro Plastic Sdn. Bhd. is established to manufacture rigid films for food, pharmaceutical, electrical, electronics and semiconductor packaging.

• UPA Healthcare Products Sdn. Bhd. is established as a wholly-owned subsidiary producing melt-blown non-woven fabric and face masks.

A diversified Malaysian manufacturer and trading group that positions itself as the local industry leader in diaries and paper products, printing machinery agency, rigid film packaging and healthcare non-woven products.

• Diaries

  Corporate, OEM and ODM diaries produced by UPA Press, described as the biggest diary manufacturer in Malaysia.

• Notebooks and planners

  Notebooks, planners, journals, notepads, desk pads, calendars, composition books and discbound products.

• Komori printing machines

  UPA Machinery is the sole agent for Komori, a leading Japanese printing machine brand, and also reconditions used printing machinery.

• Rigid films

  Packaging films for food, pharmaceutical, electrical, electronics and semiconductor applications, made by Macro Plastic.

• Melt-blown non-woven fabric and masks

  High-filtration melt-blown fabric and finished 3-ply, surgical and N95 masks made by UPA Healthcare Products in clean-room facilities.

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