From zero to smelting giant


Starting out in a rented factory in Puchong, Press Metal is now worth RM9bil

THINGS have never come easy for Datuk Paul Koon Poh Keong, the founder of aluminium smelter Press Metal Bhd. While Press Metal has grown to become the largest of its kind in the region, things didn’t happen overnight. In fact, Press Metal has been around for 30 years but only in recent years did the company make waves and that too not without its own share of hiccups.

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