After 50 Years in Business, the Next Step: Renewable Systems
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Show Notes
In this 2012 interview, Khind Holdings Group CEO Cheng Ping Keat discusses:
- Journey from electrical repair shop in Sekinchan to reseller to brand owner;
- Main challenge along the way;
- Consumer appliances - outlook - 2012;
- Move into premium home appliances - prospects - discussion;
- Singapore market impact;
- Industrial appliances - prospects - pricing - margins - revenue contribution;
- Renewable energy solutions - prospects - investment needed - product lines - rollout plans;
- Foreign markets - Middle East - other frontier markets issues;
- Currency - USD/MYR - volatility - issues;
- Uncertainty - general elections - issues;
- Free Trade Agreements - Europe - USA - China: impacts;
- Branding - A&P - suffers - conservative image - lack affinity - younger, trendier generation;
- A&P spend - issues;
- Branding strategy;
- Competition - ferocious - local players (Pensonic) - Japanese brands (Panasonic and KDK), - upper-range brands like Dyson - issues;
- Profit and revenue growth - outlook;
- Margins - outlook;
- Investment - coverage -lack of;
- Trading - below NTA / share of RM2.05 - issues;
- Dividend policy;
- Plans to increase coverage, liquidity - whether family to part with some of its shares.
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