Our Business

Chasen specialises in providing relocation and transportation
of machinery and equipment, whether it is within a country or from one country to another. Our project management services include detailed planning and monitoring of machinery and equipment movement, risk assessment and engineering solutions.
   
Chasen also provides services to reposition sophisticated and sensitive machinery and equipment within the customer’s premises, specialised packing and warehousing facilities to customers who need them .
   

Our major customers are in electronics manufacturing, wafer fabrication, chip testing and assembly, TFT panel display manufacturing and other machinery and equipment owners
   
Chasen has the experience, dedication and expertise in relocation solutions from planning to successful execution.
   

With the setting up of our overseas operations, Chasen is able
to relocate manufacturing facilities originating from Singapore and elsewhere, destined for Singapore and countries in the region.

 

  

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Milestone
1995: Chasen began business as a partnership operating from its office in Wallich Street.
1996: Moved to 18 Jalan Besut as a result of business expansion.
Awarded first machinery and equipment relocation project.
1998: Awarded first wafer fabrication in-house machinery mover contract.
1999: Incorporated as Chasen Logistics Services Pte Ltd.
2000: Awarded first complete new wafer fabrication facility inbound project.
2001: Awarded first relocation project for TFT display panel production machinery and facility equipment.
Awarded first turnkey project consolidating several manufacturing facilities of customer to one location in Singapore.
Awarded ISO 9001:2000 Certificate for Quality Management System.
2002: Awarded first chip testing and assembly in house machinery mover and packer contract.
2003: Business operations expanded to include the provision of specialised packing and crating services.
2004: Set up overseas operations in PRC through Chasen (Shanghai) Hi Tech Machinery Services Pte Ltd.
Awarded first turnkey relocation project from Singapore to PRC.
Awarded OHSAS 18001:1999 Certificate for Occupational Health and Safety Management System.
Awarded ISO 14001 Certificate for Environmental Management System.

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Board of Directors


Justin Low Weng Fatt has been the Managing Director of the Group since June 2001. He has been a Director of the Company since its incorporation in 1999. He is responsible for the strategic planning, overseeing of financial stability and setting of goals and sales targets for the Group. As the Managing Director, he is also responsible for establishing the general business direction for the Group, providing the leadership to steer the Group through its growth plans in the local and regional markets and pioneering its regional investment project plans. Mr Low joined the Company in 1996 as Project Manager where he was responsible for project management and operations control, technical service consultation, development of tools for use in operations and after sales support for the Company's clients. Recognising the growth potential of the equipment relocation business, he discontinued the labour supply business to focus on this segment of the business. He gradually built up our Group’s operational capability by

(1) acquiring a fleet of general and specialised trucks to convey the equipment that were       being relocated,
(2) purchasing specialist material handling tools and equipment to improve the efficiency of       our operation and to meet the needs of the increasingly sophisticated equipment being       moved and
(3) providing complementary services and facilities to customers, such as warehousing,       packing and crating.

In late 2003 he extended the Group’s operations to the PRC which contributed a major portion of the nearly 200% revenue growth for FY2004. Prior to joining our Group, he was a director of Moving Ads Pte Ltd from 1990 to 1995, where he was responsible for the marketing and distribution of household products. He holds a GCE ‘O’ level certificate.


Siah Boon Hock is an Executive Director of our Company. He was appointed to the Board on 22 April 2005. He is responsible for the general management of sales and marketing in the Company and assists the Managing Director in strategic planning, development and the Company’s expansion into overseas markets. Mr Siah has over 15 years of experience in sales and marketing. Prior to joining the Company, he was a director of Ascomp Cyberware International Pte Ltd from 2000 to 2001, where he managed the sales development of the trading company. He was also director of SB Tac Pte Ltd from 1997 to 1999, where he managed a turnkey-assembly manufacturing joint venture between American and Singapore principals. He was concurrently the regional sales manager of SB Holdings Pte Ltd, where he was responsible for the sales and market development of supply chain management solutions to personal computer OEMs with internationally recognised brands such as Apple, IBM, Compaq (now known as Hewlett Packard), in Asia.

When SB Holdings Pte Ltd and SB Tac Pte Ltd were acquired by iLogistics Pte Ltd, Mr Siah worked as their regional sales manager from 1999 to 2000. From 1989 to 1996, Mr Siah worked in Stream International Pte Ltd as its sales manager and was in charge of the sales and market development of software contents to PC OEMs in Southeast Asia. Mr Siah has completed pre-university education.

Yap Koon Bee @ Louis Yap is a non-Executive Director of our Company. He has been a Director of the Company since its incorporation in 1999. He founded the business in 1995 as a partnership to supply labour for the stuffing and unstuffing of containers, packing and warehousing. He managed the Company’s business until 2001 when he retired from active business management but has remained a non-Executive Director of the Company. He has been involved in the business of labour supply as well as transport and warehousing since the 1960s. Mr Yap completed his secondary education in 1952.

Yong Kwet Leong is an Independent Director of the Company and was appointed to the Board on 27 April 2005. Mr Yong is a partner of Yong & Partners. He is involved in social service activities and is on the management committee of HELP Family Service Centre and Canossaville Children's Home. Mr Yong has been a practising Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore since 9 September 1981. He was called to the English Bar by the Honourable Society of Inner Temple on 24 July 1980. Mr Yong was admitted as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 1994. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Singapore, now known as the National University of Singapore, in 1979.

Ng Jwee Phuan @ Frederick (Eric) is an Independent Director of our Company and was appointed to the Board on 27 April 2005. Mr Ng has been the Principal Consultant of Chadway Management Service Pte Ltd since 1982. He is responsible for providing operational management, strategic planning and corporate finance services to companies in Singapore and the region, and advises them on their business growth and globalization strategies. Mr Ng is also active in various societies and institutions, being a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors and the Singapore Human Resource Institute. He also served as the District Governor for Singapore of Lions Clubs International from 2002 to 2003. Mr Ng obtained a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the United States of America in 1980 and a Master in Business Administration from Canada in 1988.

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