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THE MACKEREL

Newsletter of Jebsen & Jessen Group of Companies, South East Asia

January 2002 I Volume 13 No. 1/2002 I Mita (P) No. 675/01/97

REGIONAL NEWS

2 Corporate News

3 Chemicals

4 Communications

5 Industrial

6 Marketing

7 Material Handling

8 Packaging

9 Process Engineering

10 EHS Page

11 Human Resources

12 Profile

About the Masthead

The Mackerel masthead combinesgraphic images of the compass, sky,clouds and vast ocean to symboliseJ&J’s sea-faring tradition and its growthto become an important link betweenEast and West. The ripples reflect theexpanding and international characterof J&J and the communication functionof this newsletter.

Turf & Irrigation in IND

Jebsen & Jessen Industrial — now using IND as theabbreviated business unit name — strives to be a

solution provider within its core businesses. Wecontinue to search for expansion possibilities which arecomplementary to existing activities. In line with thatstrategy IND has, starting from January 1, 2002, added anew regional activity to its portfolio. The new division,named Turf & Irrigation, will deal with the maintenanceand irrigation of turf at golf courses, parks and otherpublic facilities with large grass areas.

Turf & Irrigation will be active in Indonesia, Malaysia,Singapore and Thailand. IND is starting this activity

through a friendly buy-out of the ASEAN market leaderin the Turf & Irrigation business. With the acquisition ofthe Li & Fung Industrial Turf & Irrigation activities, INDwelcomes a group of highly successful new colleagues.As market leaders, they represent the top internationalcompanies in the turf care business, among them TORO,ClubCar (Malaysia and Singapore) and Best Fertilizer.The equipment and services marketed through the Turf& Irrigation division will be as follows:• Turf Care equipment: Mowing, aeration,

sprayer and other maintenance equipment.• Irrigation: Pumping sets, sprinklers, valves and

controls.• Transport equipment: Vehicles for people and

utility transport.• Fertiliser: Special fertilisers.• Services: Commissioning, training, after-sales

service and spare parts.The opportunities are many for IND to combine

other product activities with Turf & Irrigation. Forinstance, the need for transferring water is essentialwithin Turf & Irrigation and for this IND can supply awide range of high quality pumps, motors and speeddrives. Similarly, IND’s existing cabling activity providesan excellent opportunity for synergy with sprinklerapplications. Furthermore, with the broad market rangescovered by IND activities, we expect that Turf &Irrigation will be able to benefit from access to marketsnot previously covered.

With the incorporation of the Turf & Irrigationactivities into IND, Jebsen & Jessen Industrial will nowfocus on 5 regional activities, which are Pumps,Electrical, Motors & Drives, Turf & Irrigation andServices.

Jebsen & Jessen extends a warm welcome to our newTurf & Irrigation colleagues!

Leading turf and parkland management brands areprovided by Jebsen & Jessen Industrial starting January 1,2002.

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CORPORATE NEWS

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New Board Member at JJSEA

Mr Johann Peter Jessen

It gives us great pleasure toannounce the appointment of

Johann Peter Jessen (JPJ) asFamily Partner and Director ofJebsen & Jessen (SEA) Pte Ltd(JJSEA), effective January 1,2002.

JPJ, who holds a MastersDegree in BusinessAdministration from theAarhus Business School,started his professional careerin two Danish companies in

Copenhagen. He joined theGroup in 1997 as AssistantGeneral Manager in MHE-Dematic (P) Inc. In 1999 hetransferred to Malaysia to takeover the responsibilities ofRegional Service Manager forthe steam turbine activities ofthe Jebsen & Jessen ProcessEngineering group. JPJ currentlyholds the Managing Directorposition in Jebsen & JessenIndustrial (M) Sdn Bhd.

The Internet is a strikinglypowerful communication

channel. Increasingly, customers,suppliers and prospectiveemployees are turning tothe Internet to look forinformation.

Recognising the growingimportance of the Internet,Jebsen & Jessen has upgradedits web site in a way whichpromises to meet any user’sinformation needs.

The Group web site is nowdesigned to enable eachRegional Business (RB) andTriton Textile to have its ownweb site and on-line identity.Individual web sites can beaccessed by typing in a directURL address or through theGroup’s home page atwww.jjsea.com.

A web Content ManagementTool has been acquired toenable easy and fast creation ofcontent for the web site. Webpages are created and managedin Lotus Notes, and given theGroup’s 1500 Lotus Notes

New Group Web Site:a Bold Move Forward

users, there is a large pool ofpotential web content creators.The Group’s new web sitedesign will allow each RB toestablish its ownorganisation of web contentcreators ... involving peoplefrom all departments.

Each RB now has a dedicatedperson spearheading the RBweb site. If staff wish tocontribute to web content theycan contact the RB web master.Staff are also welcome tocontact Web Support at JJSEA’sCentral Service Unit, directingrequests for furtherinformation either tochristian_hjortkjaer@jjsea.comor rune_pedersen@jjsea.com .Being a content providerrequires only basic LotusNotes skills and a lot ofenthusiasm.

Browse through the newweb site. You will find lots ofinformation on products,customers, job opportunities,and news from individualcompanies. Happy surfing!

www.jjsea.comwww.chemicals.jjsea.comwww.comms.jjsea.comwww.ind.jjsea.comwww.marketing.jjsea.comwww.mhe-dematic.comwww.packaging.jjsea.comwww.pse.jjsea.comwww.tritontextile.jjsea.com

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CHEMICALS

Challenges and Opportunities forJJ-Degussa Chemicals in the Philippines

The Philippine feedmilling industry is an integralpart of the agricultural based economy linking

the grain sector and the livestock and poultryindustries. It has expanded from a “way of life” a fewdecades ago to an enormous industry today.Intensive research and advances in animal nutrition,genetics, physiology and production have led to this

emergence. The feed industry plays an importantrole in animal production, with feed estimated toaccount for 70% of total production cost.

As one of the industry’s major suppliers of aminoacids and othernutritional products,JJ-Degussa Chemicals (P)Inc. (JJDP) hasestablished its name notonly through theproducts that itdistributes but alsothrough the servicetools that it offers. Ourcommercially andtechnically competentFeed Additives Teamworks in synergy withour principals and theindustry in meeting itsobjectives of producingquality feeds suitable tothe changing needs ofthe industry at thelowest possible cost.

SAP finally becameoperational in

JJ-Degussa Chemicals (S)Pte Ltd representativeoffice in Ho Chi MinhCity after a delay ofmore than a year due tovarious problems,including the high costof lease lines, the

SAP Goes Live in Vietnaminstability of theInternet lease lines, andconcerns with securityissues. A luncheoncelebration was held inthe office on 6th August2001 to mark Vietnam’semergence as the fourthcountry within theChemicals group to have

Internal layout of the dosing system. The dosing unit as awhole showing the storage bins, screw feeder, and the state-of-the-art weighing scale responsible for the high dosingaccuracy.

Blower station — A drivingforce is needed to createpressure difference topneumatically conveyDL-Methionine.

Aproudteam!

Feasting after the accomplishment.

SAP, after Singapore,Malaysia and Thailand.

The Vietnam office isgrateful for the supportprovided by Singapore’sElectra Data ServicesPte Ltd staff (Mr DanielYang, Ms Rachel Hee, MrRoy Lim, Ms CatherineChan) for assisting insetting up the Internetlease line, and for the

training given to ourlocal staff by Ms ChrisTan, Ms Lily Tan, Ms AyuSelamat and Ms SandyLye to ensure thateverything would runsmoothly. In thebeginning only 12 staffwill be SAP users, butthis number willincrease as soon as theneed arises.

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COMMUNICATIONS

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JJCS Selected in iDABulk Tender awardJebsen & Jessen

Communications (S)Pte Ltd (JJCS) has beenappointed as one ofthe selected companiesin this year’s awardof the iDA (Info-communicationsDevelopment Authorityof Singapore) PeriodBulk Tender. This PeriodBulk Tender is for thesupply, delivery,installation, testing,commissioning andmaintenance of fullyoperational cabling and

volume of S$5 million forthe company.The category ofproducts awarded toJJCS are :• structured cabling• cable testers• routers• ATM switches• ethernet switches• remote access devices• wireless LAN• server load balancer

switches• firewalls• network analysers• network interface cards

In July 2001, ToshibaCorporation awarded a

contract to theCommunicationsDivision of Jebsen &Jessen Business Services(P) Inc (JJBSP) for thesupply and installation ofDictaphoneCommunicationsRecording Systems forair traffic control facilitiesin the Philippines, with an

Flying High in the Philippines

network infrastructuresystems for thegovernment ofSingapore.

Over the period ofthis 12 month contract,which commenced on1 December 2001, JJCSis offered privilegedaccess to all thegovernment ministriesand education bodies inSingapore to quote forsupply of goods andservices, an opportunitythat could translate intoa potential business

• printer servers• uninterrupted power

supply• RMON probes• intelligent bandwidth

management devicesMuch effort went into

preparation for thistender, especially by theSales Division, and theresulting success is welldeserved. Congratula-tions, JJCS!

approximate contractvalue of 18 million pesos(US$ 360,000).

It was a proudmoment when theCommunications Divisionof JJBSP was appointed toplay a key role in thePhilippine Nationwide AirNavigation FacilitiesModernization ProjectPhase-III. This large-scaleproject falls under the Air

Transportation Office(ATO), the civil aviationregulatory body of thePhilippines, and involvesthe upgrading andmodernisation of airnavigation and air trafficcontrol facilities at 25selected airports andsites nationwide throughthe establishment of newor replacement of oldfacilities and equipment.

The contract wasoriginally entered intobetween ATO and TomenCorporation (as theprime contractor) on 22September, 1999, withToshiba Corporationappointed as the primemanufacturer and JJBSPappointed by Toshiba assub-supplier for thecommunicationsrecorders.

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INDUSTRIAL

Changing Names: IPD Becomes IND

Jebsen & JessenIndustrial Products has

changed its group nameto Jebsen & JessenIndustrial. As a result, theabbreviation for theformer RBU name IPDhas also changed, thenew one being IND.

IND has divided itsregional activities into 5areas: Pumps, Electrical,Motors & Drives, Turf &Irrigation and Services.A Regional Managermanages each groupactivity and a RegionalMarketing Unit (RMU)supports all activitiesthrough a marketing

IND Regional ManagingDirector Mr GormSkjaerlund.

Except in the Philippines, the name change hastaken effect throughout all IND countries andthe Jebsen & Jessen Industrial group nowconsists of:

PT Jebsen & Jessen Industrial (Indonesia) JJII

Jebsen & Jessen Industrial (S) Pte Ltd JJIS

Jebsen & Jessen Industrial (M) Sdn Bhd JJIM

Jebsen & Jessen Industrial (T) Ltd JJIT

Jebsen & Jessen Industrial (S) Pte LtdVietnam Rep. Office JJIV

Jebsen & Jessen Business Services (P) Inc.Industrial Division JJIP

coordinator in each INDcountry.

With a new name anda new structure, IND iswell positioned to meetthe challenges of theyear 2002 and beyond.

Exhibition Activities in Indonesia

Recently PT Tiga IkanEngineering

(henceforth to benamed PT Jebsen &Jessen Industrial – JJII)participated in Indowater2001, the biggest SouthEast Asian exhibition forwater, wastewater andrecycling technology.This regional exhibitionis held annually indifferent countries, with

PT Tiga Ikan Engineering’s stand at Indowater 2001.

Indonesia hosting theevent in 2001.

Indowater 2001 washeld alongside thePERPAMSI (IndonesianWater SupplyAssociation) Conferenceand was also endorsedby IATPI (IndonesianSociety of Sanitaryand EnvironmentalEngineers). Theattendance numbered

around 5100, and 1000of these were delegatesfrom 293 PDAMs(Municipal Water SupplyOrganisations).Municipal water supplyis a major market forJebsen & JessenIndustrial (IND).

The year 2001 wasone of the worst yearsever for PDAMs duemainly to the economiccrisis and the politicalinstability in Indonesia.During the Indowaterexhibition there was,however, increasingoptimism that 2002-2003will be a turning point.This optimism is basedupon drastic changes inmanagement structureswithin the public sectorand increased amountsof money being allocatedfor municipal watersupply.

Most of the exhibitorsat Indowater 2001were pump suppliers,consultants andcontractors within thewater and wastewatertreatment marketsegments. For thesesegments, PT Tiga IkanEngineering offered acomplete range ofpumps and screensrecognised in themarket as quality brands.The company alsopresented a new rangeof products, helicalrotor pumps, whichcreated very favourableattention. This newrange is manufacturedby ROTO in India,and adds value to theproduct range, especiallyto customers in thewater treatment andfood & beveragesegments.

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MARKETING

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JJMS Joins the CIANew Namesin IND

Jebsen & JessenMarketing (S) Pte Ltd

(JJMS) participated inAsia’s top show onchemical, instrumenta-tion, analytical,laboratory technology,products and services,CIA2001, which washeld at SingaporeInternational Conven-tion & Exhibition Centrefrom 30 October till 2November 2001.

CIA2001 wasconceptualised as a totalsolutions show by

As a result of the acquisition of Turf &Irrigation activities in South East Asia by the

Jebsen & Jessen Industrial group, a new team ofcolleagues has become a part of Jebsen & JessenIndustrial. The team consists of approximately 100professionals who come from the associatedcompanies of the Li & Fung Distribution group.Our new colleagues will be employed in Thailand,Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia and thefollowing individuals will manage the activities ofTurf & Irrigation in the region:

Wong Khen JeeRegional Business Manager, Turf & Irrigation(based in Singapore)

Managing Director, JJIS Singapore

Zainal Mohd Shah

General Manager - Turf & Irrigation, JJIM Malaysia

Yuvadee Thiengchanya

General Manager - Turf & Irrigation, JJIT Thailand

Gerald de Souza

Manager, Turf & Irrigation, JJII Indonesia

Please join Jebsen & Jessen Industrial in welcomingour new management as well as the excellent teamof colleagues they bring with them!

A wide array of scientific equipment brandswas showcased at CIA2001.

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A major investment and support by Degussa AGhas led to the installation of AminoSys, a state-of-the-art direct dosing system for high accuracyincorporation of amino acids. Another servicetool is the “calibration equation” used in theprediction of amino acid profile in feed rawmaterials using Near Infra-Red ReflectanceSpectroscopy (NIRS). This has equipped

Challenges and Opportunities forJJ-Degussa Chemicals in the Philippines

nutritionists with a more accurate means toapproximate the nutrient requirement of animals.

Through our intimate relationships with ourkey accounts, coupled with the strongsupport from our principals, we at JJDP are ableto deliver our products and services to theindustry in a manner that is advantageous to allparties involved.

Control Panel — The brainof the system.

mergingChemAsia2001,InstrumentAsia2001 &AnalabAsia2001into a majorevent thatattracted localparticipants as well asones from overseas.

By participating in thisevent, JJMS’ scientificdepartment was able toshowcase the latestrange of laboratory andanalytical instrumentsand products to both

the trade and public.Our respectiveprincipals, Jouan,Socorex, Ohausand Paul Marienfeld,endorsed ourpartnership by attendingthe event.

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MATERIAL HANDLING

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MHE-Dematic (S) Pte Ltd (MDS) hascompleted a turnkey project to build an

“In-Line Engine Gantry System” for SingaporeAero Engine Service Pte Ltd. The systemdisassembles and assembles Rolls Royce aeroengines into modules for periodic inspection,maintenance and replacement of engine parts.

The system is expected to service 200engines a year. An array of four units of MHE-Demag overhead travelling cranes, turntablesand latching devices facilitates thetransportation of engines and componentsbetween stations and storage bays.

The system transports engines from trailersparked outside the facility to the enginedisassembly/assembly workstations. The“hospitalisation” bay is designed forboroscoping the engine, while threedisassembly stations are available todisassemble the engine into seven modules.Another three stations re-assemble theengine.

Integrated Aero EngineGantry System

The In-Line Engine Gantry System is a complex and highlyinnovative material handling system.

Members of the MHE-Dematic Board of Directors visiting the project site.

As a result of an amicably concluded agreement,effective 1 January 2002, the MHE-Dematic

group has transferred its “Systems” business activitycovering warehouse & distribution, automotive,airport technology and postal automation as well asits “Mobile Communication Technology” (MCT)business activity covering batch and real time handheld terminal solutions to Siemens DematicSingapore and its regional affiliates.

This is in line with the world-wide restructuring ofthe Siemens Dematic activities into three distinctbusinesses namely “Logistic Systems”, “Cranes &Components” and “Mobile Cranes” following thepurchase by Siemens AG from Vodafone of somebusiness sectors of Mannesmann AG more than 2years ago and the subsequent merger of theMannesmann Dematic activities and the LogisticSystem activities of Siemens AG to form SiemensDematic in early 2001. While the Logistic System

activity became housed under Siemens Dematic, theCranes & Components and Mobile Cranes activitieswere injected into two separate subsidiaries.

The transfer of the “Systems” and MCT activitiescovers the sale of all business assets and transfer ofmore than 60 employees involved in this business toSiemens Dematic and its regional affiliates.

Reflecting the new strategic business focus of theMHE-Dematic group, the shareholding structure hasalso been aligned with Demag Cranes & ComponentsGmbH taking over the 50 % shareholding fromMannesmann Dematic AG.

Divestment of Systemsand MCT Activities

The logo of our new joint-venture partner.

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PACKAGING

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Achieving ISO 14001Environmental

Management Systemcertification has been animportant objective forthe Jebsen & JessenPackaging group. AfterJJPS achieved

Working together with Asahi Kasei andTakashimaya, Jebsen & Jessen Packaging (S)

Pte Ltd (JJPS) has secured the right to supply highprecision foam packaging for TFT glass panels, whichare used for making such items as flat screenmonitors, televisions and laptops. Qualityspecifications are extremely rigorous in this project,

JJPJM Achieves ISO 14001EMS Certification!

Raising Quality Standards

with the packaging even having to be washed withdistilled water in a clean room before beingdelivered to the customer.

JJPS is proud to have seized this opportunity toserve such high quality demand and the experiencegained in the course of fulfilling the contract will beinvaluable.

A centre of quality — JJPS’ facilities in Singapore.

certification in 2000, itssister company Jebsen &Jessen Packaging(Johore) Sdn Bhd (JJPJM)followed suit and wasawarded certification inOctober 2001.

Besides addressingenvironmental impacts,this project alsoincluded Health & Safetyaspects to give a boostto the current EHSprogramme. The hardwork of the EHSCommittee and staff,coupled with the steadycommitment of top

management, paid offwhen JJPJM was giventhe go-ahead to proceedwith the mainassessment after theinitial assessment by ourauditors, BVQI, revealedzero non-conformances.

On 8-9 October tworepresentatives fromBVQI Kuala Lumpuraudited the company.More than impressedwith the overall system,employee awareness aswell as the thoroughimplementation of theprogramme, the auditors

recommended that JJPJMbe awarded ISO 14001certification.

This certification hasmade JJPJM the secondcompany in the Jebsen &Jessen group to havereceived this interna-tional recognition for itsEHS efforts. Now whenyou walk into JJPJM orbuy packaging from us,you can do so with theassurance that thecompany you are dealingwith is an environmentalleader ... and safe. SyabasJJPJM!

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PROCESS ENGINEERING

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P R O C E S S E N G I N E E R I N G

From 1 January 2002, Jebsen &Jessen Process Engineering

and Disa, a Danish Maersk-owned company active in thefoundry industry and in thesupply of equipment for airpollution control applications,will further strengthen theiralready successful cooperation.

Jebsen & Jessen hasrepresented and sold Disa’sfoundry equipment in South EastAsia for a number of years. Inaddition to the group’sinvolvement in the marketing offoundry equipment, Jebsen &Jessen has for the past few yearsworked in parallel with Disa’sown representativesin the region and hassuccessfully built upan Air PollutionContol departmentunder Jebsen & JessenProcess Engineering.

Under the newagreement effectiveJanuary 1, Jebsen &Jessen ProcessEngineering willbecome Disa’s

Oleochemical Plant for MalaysiaJJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn

Bhd (JJLEM) has beenawarded a contract byAkzo Nobel, Malaysia toengineer, supply andcommission a new 150TPD fatty acidfractionation anddistillation plant to belocated at Akzo’s site inPasir Gudang. This multi-million dollar plant forAkzo Nobel, aninternationaloleochemical andspecialty chemicalmanufacturer, will have

selection for the plantwill provide excellentcorrosion resistance, highon-stream operationavailability and longequipment service life.

The new contract fromAkzo Nobel proves onceagain the confidence ofour clients in JJLEMtechnology and servicesand highlights the marketleadership position whichthe company maintainsin the region for thesupply of oleochemicalplants.

An ExpandedPresence in ChinaJJ-Lurgi Engineering Equipment

(Shanghai) Co Ltd (JJLEC), ajoint venture between JJ-LurgiEngineering Sdn Bhd (JJLEM)and Jebsen & Co Ltd in HongKong (JCL), received itsbusiness licence in February2001.

Situated in the heart ofShanghai, JJLEC is involved inthe sales and marketing of theLurgi Life Science activities inChina, including procurementservices, supervision of erectionand commissioning of process-ing plants, and after-salesservice. The company’s currentworkforce of 13 staff is headed

A New Partner

Mr Jakob Helms, Managing Director of JJPEM,with the new Disa team in Malaysia.

by Mr Xu Wei, Deputy GeneralManager, while finance/account-ing and business services aresupported by Jebsen’s ScomberServices Ltd, Hong Kong.

Prior to the establishment ofthe Shanghai office, JJLEM hadalready successfully built morethan 30 processing plants inChina. With the entry of Chinainto the WTO, and with theexperience already gainedthrough the implementation ofearlier projects, JJLEC willprovide an effective andpermanent springboard fromwhich to exploit the significantmarket potential in China.

Welcome to JJLEC!

Participants during the contract signing are: From AkzoNobel: Mr. G C Tan / Managing Director, Mr. Niek Stapel /General Manager, Mr. Y P Low / Technical Manager; FromJJLEM: Mr. Manfred Hoffmann / Director - Technology, Mr.TP Chia / Director - Sales & Marketing, Mr. Y S Lew / SalesManager - Oleochemical.

the flexibility and abilityto produce various purefatty acid fractions usingpalm oil and palm kernelfatty acid as feed stock.The new facility isscheduled to beoperational in 2003.

Applying the provenand established Lurgitechnology, the plant willproduce the highestquality fatty acid fractionsin respect to colour,odour and heat stabilityof the products. Besidesthe design, the material

partner and exclusive agent forMalaysia and Singapore and itsnon-exclusive agent for Thailandand Indonesia. In Malaysia, Disawill close its company and Jebsen& Jessen Process Engineering (M)Sdn Bhd (JJPEM) will take overDisa’s experienced staff. At thesame time Disa will increase andstrengthen its company inThailand.

We would like to take thisopportunity to welcome our newstaff from Disa Malaysia and lookforward to continue our goodand supportive cooperation withDisa Thailand.

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EHS PAGE

Given the Jebsen & Jessen group’s strongcommitment to improved staff care and

environmental protection, PT Triton TextileIndonesia (TTI) was quite naturally honoured tobe chosen as the textile division’s pilot site for thedrive towards certification under ISO 14001 andOHSAS 18001.

On 16 October 2001, TTI officially embarked onan effort to become certified under the ISO 14001and OHSAS 18001 systems. At a small gatheringfor staff and guests, Group Managing Director, MrHeine Askaer-Jensen delivered a speech on behalfof the Steering Committee. Leo Sigurdsson, theProject Manager of the drive and an environmentalmanagement trainee, gave a brief presentationintroducing Triton Textile’s EHS Policy to all staff.Karsten M Lund, our Regional Director,coordinated the event and explained the EHSinitiative from the Triton Textile Business Unitperspective.

In order to visualise the TTI employeecommitment to the EHS Policy, each staff memberwas asked to read and sign the company’s EHSPolicy. Afterwards, each person was presented with

TTI Launches ISO/OHSAS Drive!a small ‘anti-stress ball’, which depicts a green andblue globe meant to symbolise a healthy earth.Increased internal awareness has been establishedas a principal milestone on the road to successfulimplementation of the project.

TTI being a buyer’s representative office, the EHSinitiative presents a unique set of challenges giventhat the company has no direct control over themany manufacturing processes that the company isinvolved with. Our initial task will be to assess ouroffice EHS situation, to evaluate and discuss EHSissues with Triton Textile suppliers and contractors,and to provide EHS consultancy to our factoriesand customers. The ultimate objective will be tosource factories of a certain EHS standard andpromote these to our customers.

As many companies that have already completedthe programme know, certification does not comeeasily, but the dedicated EHS team at TTI has madeit a personal challenge to succeed in promoting theproject internally and in achieving certification byour mid-2002 deadline.

As our motto clearly states, it is after all a matterfor ‘you and your future generations’!

PT Triton Textile Indonesia launched its ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 programme on 16 October 2001.

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HUMAN RESOURCES

10-Year ServiceAward RecipientsTan Siok Eng • Tan Bee Choo • Tang Chun Liang • TeeCheng Wah • Heng Wei Chaur • Somchay Vongchin •Kanyarat Supruksasakul • Chin Yoke Kook • WongKar Sing • Chia Wing Cheok • Poh Mei Sia,Irene •Siew Yoke Yee • Devaki A/P A Thannimalai • Tan HongKhim • Krai Sompongnawakit • Thennarasu A/LSaminathan P • Monchai Tangmuangtong • SeelArhasimae • Somyote Somagate • SomsakNongniyom • Jens Thyrri Sorensen • Yeo AhBah,Albert • Loo Tiong Kok • Chee Min Lick • KiatYen Tong • Selvan A/L Perumal • Ang Bock Chwee,Bob • Lee Kee Seng • Sim Siong Huat • Yeo Guan Hee• Poo Kiat Guan • Chaivichit Oungsopapong • LimGeok Suat • Mak Chee Fong • Dudley Piyal Don Silva• Visvalingam A/L Periasamy • Nadarajah S/OChrisnasamy • Cheah Siak Keong • Law Kok Wai •Poh Phet Geok

Change of Management at JJIPS

Effective 1 January 2002, JJIPS will become Jebsen & Jessen Industrial (S) Pte Ltd(JJIS). With that change the company also starts a new activity – Turf &

Irrigation – as mentioned on page 5. Mr S L Wuu has, in addition to his ProcessEngineering duties, over many years been in charge of IPD activities at JJIPS. UnderMr Wuu’s managment, the Tools and Electrical divisions have developed intomarket leaders in their respective fields in Singapore. From 1 January 2002, JJIS willbe under the mangement of Mr Wong Khen Jee. IPD/IND wishes to thank MrWuu for his many years of efforts and dedication to the IPD/IND activities. Wealso wish Mr Wuu and Mr Wong success in their new assignments.

Mr FranciscoGuillermojoined asCommercialDirector ofPT Tiga Ikanwith effect from1 November 2001. Hewill lead the BusinessServices Unit (BSU) inIndonesia. Mr Guillermoholds a BSc inCommerce (majoring inaccounting) and hasmore than 13 years ofcommercial andaccounting experienceworking with foreignmultinational companiesin manufacturing, salesand distributionbusinesses. He hasworked in thePhilippines, Singapore,Thailand and Indonesia.

Mr Affandi Lukas hasbeen promoted to Sales

Manager - Oil & Starch,PT Jebsen & JessenProcess EngineeringIndonesia, effective 1November 2001. Heholds aBachelor ofChemicalEngineeringand hasmore than 7 years ofsales and marketingexperience with foreignmultinational companies.

Mr Fadhli Ujang hasbeen promoted as SalesManager - Oil & Gas, PTJebsen & Jessen IndustrialIndonesia, with effectfrom 1 December 2001.Mr Fadhli holds aBachelor ofGas andPetrochemicalEngineeringdegree andhas more than 9 years of

sales and marketingexperience.

Ms Helen Yek joinedJebsen & JessenMarketing (S) Pte Ltd asManager -Medical on18 October2001. Shewill play animportant role in leadingthe sales team inmarketing, distributingand servicing a widerange of medicalequipment.

Ms Chris Tan wastransferredfrom JJ-DegussaChemicals(S) Pte Ltdto Electra Data ServicesPtd Ltd as Head –Professional Service,effective 1st October2001.

New Appointments/Promotions/Transfers

Mr Abdul Ghani binHarun joined MHE-

Dematic (M) Sdn Bhd(MDM) on 1 August 1976.He started as a generalworker and three yearslater was upgraded toBoilermaker Apprentice.He was promoted to

25-Year Service Award

Mr AbdulGhani binHarun

Ms Cindy Foo receiving her25-year award fromChairman Mr A P Jessen.

Obituary: Mr JessadaCharoenchaikorn

It is with great sorrow that weinform our readers of the tragic death

of Mr Jessada Charoenchaikorn, SalesManager of the Project Department,Jebsen & Jessen Process Engineering (T)Ltd (JJPET). Mr Jessada passed away on25 October 2001 after being involved in a caraccident in Bangsapan, Prachuabkirikhan Province,in the southern part of Thailand.

Mr Jessada, aged 30, graduated from the KingMongkut Institute of Technology - North Bangkok,with a major in Mechanical Engineering. He joinedthe Jebsen & Jessen group as Sales Engineer of TIEngineering (now JJPET) in May 1997. In June 2001,Mr Jessada was promoted to Sales Manager of theProject Department and was responsible for sellingsteam turbine generators and supervising one salesengineer and one service technician.

Mr Jessada will be sadly missed by both fellowstaff and management.

boys. He is also thebranch leader forthe MachineryManufacturingEmployees Union(MMEU).

Ms Cindy Foojoined Jebsen &Jessen Engineering

Boilermaker, Grade3 in 1981,Boilermaker Grade2 in 1989 andBoilermaker Grade1 in 1992.

Abdul Ghani ismarried and afather to three

in 1976 as Clerk/Typistand is now the SalesAdministration Managerof Jebsen & JessenIndustrial Products (M)Sdn Bhd. She is overall incharge of the salesadministration work ofthe company.

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PROFILE

Jebsen & Jessen (SEA) Group of Companies is part of a business enterprise that dates its origins to a trading partnership formed in Hong Kong in 1895. The Group,

incorporated in the early 1960s in South East Asia, is today a highly-diversified entity engaged in seven core businesses: Chemicals, Communications, Industrial, Marketing, Material Handling, Packaging

and Process Engineering. With a focus on South East Asia, the Group has established a firm foothold in the region through more than 40 subsidiaries and associate companies in Singapore, Indonesia,

Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, employing approximately 2,500 people. Since its incorporation, the Group has grown dramatically in tandem with the region’s dynamic economic

growth, strengthening its reputation as a leading provider of state-of-the-art technology and products — committed to fulfilling customer needs with professionalism and integrity. Outside the

region, the Group enjoys close ties with sister companies in Hong Kong, China, Denmark, Germany and the USA.

Profile: Hans Ulrich HansenUli Hansen’s association with the Jebsen & Jessen

group dates back to 1978, a year after hisgraduation from high school in Aabenraa, Denmark.

In that year, Uli ventured from his small village inDenmark to the large, exciting city of Hamburg,Germany where he was offered an apprenticeship withJebsen & Jessen Hamburg. During the next two yearsUli received practical on-the-job training combinedwith the German system of apprenticeship, whichincluded several days of formal education each week ata commercial college. He graduated from commercialcollege in Hamburg with a commercial degree in 1980.

While at Jebsen & Jessen Hamburg, it was decidedthat Uli would eventually go to Singapore and joinJebsen & Jessen Singapore’s Degussa Department, so inpreparation for this move he went through aninternship at Degussa AG, where he received 10months’ training in all of the company’s variousbusiness units.

On 22 November 1980, with two small suitcases,lots of enthusiasm and an open and eager mind, Uliarrived in Singapore from Frankfurt. He wasimmediately put to work as sales executive in theDegussa metals department.

Headquartered at Supreme House, Jebsen & JessenSingapore was much smaller and less organised than itis today, but according to Uli, the organisation began totransform after the arrival of Mr Helmuth Wicke, thenMD of the Group. Jebsen & Jessen was reorganised,and under the new structure, Uli recognised thatJebsen & Jessen could provide a good long-term careeropportunity. It was an interesting and challenging timefor Uli ... putting his early training to the test while atthe same time getting him involved in the restructuringof the Jebsen & Jessen group.

After receiving a diploma in Management Studiesfrom the Singapore Institute of Management in 1983,Uli was asked to head up the Degussa Departmentand then later the Chemicals Department withinJebsen & Jessen Industrial Services. In 1985 Uli wasoffered and accepted the opportunity to go to HongKong to work for Jebsen & Co. as CommercialManager in the Engineering division. “We handled bothsmall and large projects, the most memorable beingthe baggage handling system extension at Kai TakAirport.”

Three years later, in January 1988, Uli was ready toreturn to South East Asia where Jebsen & Jessen

asked him go to Thailand to take up the post ofGeneral Manager for Jebsen & Jessen Thailand andTriton. Six months later, after the birth of his firstdaughter Sophie, he and his wife Susan left HongKong and moved to Bangkok. By now Uli felt that hewas well equipped to handle this new responsibility.Hamburg and Singapore had given him ampleexperience in the skills and mechanics of the importand export trade, and management courses takenalong the way had provided him with sometheoretical ballast.

“I had dealt with chemical products, as well astechnical products, and had handled complexcontracts in Hong Kong, but soon I became anapprentice again – this time learning all there was toknow about mobile phones. Bangkok was just theplace to sell these. I worked with a wonderful team ofpeople, and in our own way, I felt that we were verysuccessful.”

In 1988 the economy in Thailand had just startedbooming, and Uli found himself in the right place atthe right time. “To be given such a chance ... beingallowed to try things out ... in the handling of thebusiness itself, or in the expansion of facilities likewarehousing or office space ... to be able to takeadvantage of opportunities in a true entrepreneurialway and having the support to do so .... these aresome of the reasons why it is truly fun to workin Jebsen & Jessen.”

When the Group restructured in 1997, Uli wasappointed Regional Managing Director for the newlyestablished Marketing business unit (RBU Marketing),now having to learn how to conduct business withextended responsibilities across the region, based inSingapore. But 1997 was an extremely difficult yeardue to the impact of the Asian currency crisis, andanother round of restructuring and realignment ofJebsen & Jessen’s various businesses began, whicheventually led to Uli’s returning to Thailand where hisclose attention to business development was neededthe most.

Uli describes himself as “the eternal apprentice”.“My apprenticeship with the group continues, and Iremain hopeful, that upon my retirement, I shall havemastered the tasks I have been given over the years,and that in my mind, I shall remain an apprentice,open to learn, to explore and to test the ideas andopportunities that tomorrow morning will bring.”