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Lam Soon Edible Oils Sdn. Bhd. wins 2011 AARP International Best Employers Award

In September 2011, Lam Soon Edible Oils Sdn. Bhd. (LSEO) achieves a new milestone by winning the 2011 AARP International Best Employers for Workers Over 50 Award in the United States of America.

This award recognises top 15 non-US companies that have demonstrated outstanding workplace policies and best HR practices for their mature employees. Beside LSEO, the other award recipients are BMW Group (Germany), Daikin (Japan), Marks and Spencer (UK), etc.

LSEO has embedded a strong business philosophy of balancing the bottom-line and employees’ satisfaction. The company achieves this goal by maintaining a safe and age-friendly workplace, where all are treated equally. 		\
 
 
Knife wins RD Trusted Brand Award for the 12th consecutive year

On 1 June'11, Knife wins the Reader's Digest Trusted Brand Award 2011 for the 12th consecutive year.

This Trusted Brand Awards speaks of the success of the Knife brand as the No.1 and THE leader in consumer cooking oil.

 
 
Buruh Cooking Oil wins Reader’s Digest Trusted Brand (2011) for the fifth year

Buruh brand is the most trusted Refined cooking oil in Malaysia. By emerging the winner the 2011 Reader’s Digest Trusted Brand (Gold Award) for the fifth year, the brand shows its strong consumers’ preference and loyalty.

Its product promise of “Tahan 3x Goreng” is in-sync with the targeted consumer segment and stands out among the highly fragmented and commoditised product category of Refined cooking oil.




 
 
Knife - The BrandLaureate Top 10 Masters Awards

On 23rd Mar'11 , Knife was awarded The BrandLaureate TOP 10 MASTERS Awards 2011 for Best Brands in Consumer Cooking Oil .

This masters awards speaks of the success of the Knife brand as the No.1 and THE leader in consumer cooking oil .A great testimony indeed of Knife branding success and an endorsement of being with the best and acknowledgement of the brand's value, strength and heritage.

 
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Knife wins RD Trusted Brand Award for the 11th consecutive year

On 5th May’10 , Knife wins the Reader’s Digest Trusted Brand Award 2010 for the 11th consecutive year.

Reader’s Digest invited consumers throughout China , Hong Kong , India , Malaysia , Phillippines , Singapore , Taiwan and Thailand to select their most trusted brands over 43 categories of products and services. It’s the only regional annual study to measure a wide spectrum of consumer brand preferences across Asia.
 
BURUH – 2010 Reader’s Digest Trusted Brand Gold Award Winner

Buruh Cooking Oil has once again being recognized as the most trusted brand in the cooking oil category, receiving this ultimate seal of consumer recognition for being the most preferred choice by Malaysian consumers who always demand value and quality.
 
 
 
Knife – Best Brands in Consumer Cooking Oil

On 26th Mar’10 , Knife wins for the fourth consecutive year The BrandLaureate Awards 2010 for Best Brands in Consumer Cooking Oil . A great testimony indeed of Knife branding success and an endorsement of being with the best and acknowledgement of the brand’s value, strength and character.

The BrandLaureate Awards was initiated in 2006 to help create greater awareness of the need for branding in organizations . The winners of the Awards comprise the best of global brands from all over the world.
 
 
bio-home won the prestigious 2009 GOOD DESIGN Award by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design

bio-home, the latest brand added to the portfolio of Lam Soon’s household care category, has won the 2009 GOOD DESIGN award conferred by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, the oldest and most prestigious international awards program for design and graphic design.

“We are delighted to be named one of the winners of this prestigious design award,” said Mr Whang Shang Ying, Managing Director of Lam Soon. “With a strong innovative team combining our best expertise in R&D, technical packaging and design, we are proud in playing a leading role in driving the eco friendly household category. bio-home dishwashing liquid, is hard on grease yet gentle on the hands and the environment, all in a well-designed package. I think consumers will be pleased.”
 
  May Shower cream, Zip Dishwash and bio-home Dishwashing Liquid were awarded the MALAYSIA GOOD DESIGN MARK AWARD 2009 in their three respective categories. It was presented by the Malaysian Design Council for good design and quality products, which is the highest recognition from the Malaysia Government for quality designed, manufacturing. The assessment criteria included the degree of innovation, functionality, symbolic and emotive aspects, self-explanatory quality factors, manufacturing quality, ergonomics, durability and ecological elements.

This honour will reinforce consumers’ confidence and further assurance in the good quality of our Lam Soon HPC products.
 
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Knife wins again for the 10th consecutive year

2009 Reader’s Digest Trusted Brand Award

Once again , Knife cooking oil has been voted for the 10th consecutive year a Trusted Brand in the 2009 Reader’s Digest Trusted Brands Survey ; which has been recognised for being Asia’s most comprehensive and credible measure of consumer confidence, based on scientific , structured and transparent survey methodology.

When a brand is voted “ Trusted Brand ” once or twice , luck might have something to do with it. But it takes unsurpassed quality rather than luck to be consistently trusted 10 years in a row .
 
 
BURUH – Most Trusted in Refined Cooking Oil

Buruh Cooking Oil emerged as a winner for the third (3rd) time in the 2009 Reader’s Digest (RD) Trusted Brands award. Its rebranding campaign on “Lagi tahan. Berbaloi”, was proven effective by getting the highest votes among all Refined Cooking Oil brands in the latest RD’s Research.

Its distinctive formulation with “Antioksida Asli” extends oil usage durability and hence, fits its unique selling proposition of “Tahan 3X Goreng”.

Acknowledging such recognition, Buruh Cooking Oil continues to take deep interest in satisfying its huge and loyal consumer base.
 
 
Southern Lion Sdn Bhd Wins the Platinum Award of Malaysia Manufacturing Excellence Awards

Lam Soon (M) Berhad Joint venture with Lion Corporation of Japan, Southern Lion Sdn. Bhd. emerged as the sole winner of the prestigious Platinum Award out of 60 odds applications from the process, engineering, automobile and pharmaceutical industries in Malaysia. In the inaugural Malaysia Manufacturing Excellence Awards organized by US- based Frost & Sullivan Growth Consulting Company held in Kuala Lumpur on April 2nd, 2009.

In the on-site assessment, the nominees were judged on 12 parameters, ranging from ”Innovation Adaption, ”Orderliness, Safety and Environment”, “Focus On Customers”, “Supply Chain & Inventory Management”. Southern Lion scored well particularly in “Innovation Adaptation” and, “Focus on Customers”.

The Award was presented by the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, YB Datuk Dr. Maximus Ongkili, and it was received on behalf of Southern Lion by its Production & Technical Director, Mr. H. Kimura.
 
 
Naturel wins Kancil Merit Award

Naturel Cooking Oil won Malaysia’s most prestigious advertising awards competition: 2008 Malaysian Kancil Awards for Naturel Radio Commercial

Last November 2008, Naturel cooking oil won the Radio Merit award in the 2008 Malaysian Kancil Awards for its 60 seconds Chinese radio commercial entitled ‘Caring is the Best Nutrient’.

The merit award was unanimously decided by a jury panel that consisted of local and international judges. All but one of the foreign judges are representatives from independent agencies.
 
 
Accreditation Certificate Of Foreign Quasi-drug Manufacturer

In October 2008, our plant at Teluk Panglima Garang has been accredited with certificate of foreign quasi drug manufacturer by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan. With this recognition by the Japanese authority, the factory has achieved a new milestone and is now able to produce soap products with Japanese non-sterile quasi drug status.
 
 
Knife wins 2009 BrandLaureate Awards

On 31st March 09, Knife wins for the third consecutive year The BrandLaureate Awards 2009 for Best Brands in Consumer Cooking Oil . Presented by the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is to educate and disseminate the importance of branding in Malaysia and the Asia Pacific , with the aim that a branding culture aided by best practices will then position Malaysia amongst the world’s great nations.

A great testimony indeed of Knife branding success and an endorsement of being with the best and acknowledgement of the brand’s value, strength and character.
 
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Knife conferred the prestigious 2008 Brand Laureate Awards

The Grammy Awards for Branding

For the second consecutive year , Knife is acknowledged the best of brands in cooking oil and conferred The BrandLaureate Awards 2008 by Asia Pacific Brand Foundation , a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and improvement of branding standards in Malaysia and Asia-Pacific ; which used stringent selection procedures that covers Brand Strategy , Brand Culture , Brand Communication , Brand Equity and Performance .

A great testimony indeed of the Knife branding success and an endorsement of being the best of brands that have delivered on brand promises , have enduring values and impeccable social and business conduct.
 
2008 READER'S DIGEST TRUSTED BRAND AWARD

Once again , Knife cooking oil has been voted as one of Reader’s Digest’s Most Trusted Brands for 2008 , winning the Gold status in Malaysia and Asia as well as the Platinum status in Singapore

When a brand is voted “ Most Trusted ” once or twice , luck might have something to do with it. But it takes unsurpassed quality rather than luck to be consistently trusted 9 years in a row .
 

BURUH brand is the most trusted Refined Cooking Oil in Malaysia

BURUH Cooking Oil also wins the Reader’s Digest Trusted Brand Award (Gold Status) for 2008 in Malaysia. Such prestigious brand accolade reaffirms its top of mind brand recall and trust, recognized by consumers through high product quality and excellent brand experience.

In addition, Malaysian consumers trust BURUH Cooking Oil as the secret ingredient behind a great tasting recipe.

Minyak Masak BURUH, Jenama Diyakini

 

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LAM SOON PLANTATIONS SDN BHD, A MEMBER OF ROUNDTABLE ON SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL (RSPO) SINCE 27 OCTOBER 2007

Lam Soon Plantations Sdn Bhd has joined as a member of the Roundtable On Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).

RSPO is an association created by organisations which are engaged in and around the entire supply chain of palm oil. It aims to promote the growth and use of sustainable palm oil through cooperation within the supply chain and open dialogue with its stakeholders.

 
Pacific Oleochemicals Overall Winner of Responsible Care Award 2006 (Oleochemicals Category)


On the 10th September 2007, the award of recognition was presented by YB Dato’ Seri Azmi Khalid, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment to Managing Director Mr. Tan Geok Chai at the Chemical Industry Dinner in Kuala Lumpur.

Pacific Oleochemicals (POC) has again won all the six (6) Codes of Management Practices:
1. The Distribution Code
2. Employees Health & Safety Code
3. Community Awareness and emergency Code
4. Process Safety Code
5. Pollution Prevention Code
6. Product Stewardship Code

The award reflects POC's continuous commitment in all aspects in relating to the Responsible Care Program® as these initiatives help our Company to operate safely, profitably and with due care for our future generations.


 

 
 



Lam Soon Plantations nominated for the 'Best Harmonious Plantation Workforce Award' (Anugerah Ladang Bahagia)

Lam Soon Plantations Sdn Bhd was nominated by the Sabah Government to represent Lahad Datu district for the best maintained plantation labour force. Lam Soon Plantations with nominees from other districts will be competing for the award at the state level.

The nomination reflects Lam Soon’s commitment to the well being of its plantation work force.




 



Knife cooking oil wins again! 2007 Reader’s Digest Trusted Brand Award

Achieving Reader’s Digest Trusted Brand status is a genuine recognition of consumer' approval.

Being named a Trusted Brand means a brand is truly top-of-mind among consumer.

The survey is based on responses to questionnaires distributed via Reader’s Digest copies as well as telephone interviews of randomly selected, upscale consumers. All survey work is carried out for Reader’s Digest by Nielsen Media Research, a world leader in international media research and analysis, to ensure results are compiled in an objective manner using proven statistical techniques.

In addition, Knife brand was also again awarded Reader's Digest Trusted Brand, Platinum in Singapore and Asia Trusted Brand, Gold.




Knife wins The BrandLaureate Award 2006/2007!

On 8th Jan 07, Knife was awarded The BrandLaureate Award 2006/2007 for "Best Brands in Consumer - Cooking Oil" by the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and improvement of branding standards in Malaysia and the Asia Pacific .

Audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the APBF committee selects the best of brands based on a 300 points judging award criteria which covers:

  1. Brand Strategy
  2. Brand Culture
  3. Brand Communications
  4. Brand Equity and Performance
The term 'laureate' defines one that is worthy of the greatest honour or distinction. Hence, The BrandLaureates are the best brands in their respective categories.









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Pacific Oleo sweeps 6 awards at Chemical Industry's Responsible Care Award 2005

Responsible Care (RC) is the global chemical industry's environmental, health and safety (EHS) initiative to drive continuous improvement in performance.

Pacific Oleochemicals (formerly known as Akzo Nobel Oleochemicals) has committed as a signatory to the voluntary initiative since it was launched by Chemical Industries Council of Malaysia (CICM) in 1994. The RC Awards was aimed to provide recognition to Responsible Care signatories that have made most progress in implementing the Six Codes of Management Practices.

For the RC Awards 2005, Pacific Oleo again emerged the overall winner for the Oleochemicals category; by winning all the six (6) Codes of Management Practices, namely:

  1. The Distribution Code
  2. Employees Health & Safety Code
  3. Community Awareness and Emergency Code
  4. Process Safety Code
  5. Pollution Prevention Code
  6. Product Stewardship Code






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Knife and Buruh win the 2006 Reader's Digest Trusted Brand Awards

On 2 May 2006, Knife, for the 7th consecutive year, and Buruh bagged the Reader's Digest Trusted Brand 2006 Gold Awards in the cooking oil category.

Such prestigious award reaffirms our consumers' long-standing trust and preference in our brands.

In addition, Knife brand was again awarded with the Platinum status in Singapore and the Gold status in Asia.






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Pacific Oleo's Pasir Gudang site awarded the OHSAS 18001 certification.

OHSAS is an acronym for Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series. This Management System serves as a guideline to the organization to control OH&S risks associated with activities and improvement of OH&S performance.

On January 2006, Pacific Oleo's Pasir Gudang site was successfully recommended for the achievement of the OHSAS 18001 certification by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Ltd. The original certification was later obtained on 12th April 2006. This certification is significant to the existing QHSE Management System which has always emphasized on Occupational Safety and Health since its early establishment. The implementation of OHSAS 18001 shall further strengthen and complement the Behaviour Based Safety (BBS) System which has been in place since 2004.

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Lam Soon bagged the "Most Innovative Booth" Award at MIFB 2005

At the recent Malaysia International Food & Beverage ( MIFB 2005) exhibition held in Kuala Lumpur from 14th - 16th July 2005 , which saw more than 300 exhibitors participating and attracted over 15,000 visitors , Lam Soon Edible Oils Sdn Bhd is honored to have won the Most Innovative Booth Design Award.







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On 28th April 2005, Knife brand received the SuperBrand 2005 Gold Awards from Reader's Digest Asia.

During this Reader's Digest 2005 SuperBrand consumer Survey, Reader's Digest distributed 180,000 questionnaires across Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philipines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand; asking their readers to nominate their favourite brands. In addition to processing responses from this group, Reader's Digest also commissioned Nielson Media Research to interview thousands of consumer by telephone with the same questions. They were asked to access their nominated brands for the core values of Quality, Value, Strengh of Image, Trustworthiness and how well each brand Understands the consumers needs.

Based on this survey, Knife was again voted by readers of Reader's Digest as their SuperBrand for the 6th consecutive years.










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The development of the food safety systems in our factories gained momentum as our cooking oil plant at Telok Panglima Garang successfully implemented the HACCP system. The system was accredited by SGS in January 2005.





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In recognition to our effort and business growth, Southern Lion Sdn. Bhd. presented Certificates of Appreciation to Lam Soon Edible Oils Sdn. Bhd. for the following achievement:

1. 2004 Sales Challenge Target
2. 2004 Lion Love You Fair Sales Target





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Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point or HACCP is an internationally recognized approach in managing and controlling food safety hazards.

Recognising the importance of an overall food safety management system, our refinery, fats & margarine plant at Pasir Gudang, Johor has successfully implemented the HACCP system and was accredited by the European Quality Assurance (EQA) in September 2004.






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As recognition for being a member of the Palm Oil Refiners' Association of Malaysia (PORAM) for more than 25 years, Lam Soon was presented an Award of Appreciation by Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kin, the Minister of Plantation Industries & Commodities, during the PORAM dinner on 11 September 2004, on behalf of the Association.




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On 5 May 2004, Knife was presented with the Superbrands Malaysia award by the Malaysian Superbrands Council, for being one of the country's strongest brand.

This award is dedicated to the men and women who work so hard to make their products and services an integral part of life for the people in Malaysia.




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On 28 April 2004, Knife won the Reader Digest's SuperBrand 2004
for the cooking oil category in Malaysia (for the 5th consecutive years since 1999).

Reaffirming consumers trust and confidence, this award confers a unique status in recognition of a trusted brand of superior quality, strong reputation, great value and carries the ultimate seal of approval from consumers.

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On 24 March 2004, Knife received the inaugural "National Creativity & Innovation Award 2004" for being an outstanding brand in Malaysia that has contributed to lay a foundation for brand development in the country.

This award is an endeavour by the Malaysian Design Technology Centre (MDTC) headed by Tan Sri Lim Kok Wing, under the Malaysian government Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC), to honour private enterprise for its efforts to build strong brand.



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The Responsible Care Awards 2003 was organized by Chemical Industries Council of Malaysia on 9th March 2004 to commend the leading chemical companies in Malaysia for their continuous commitments towards the Responsible Care Programme. AKZO NOBEL OLEOCHEMICALS (ANO), an associated company of Lam Soon (Malaysia), came away with two distinctions, receiving both the Corporate Award (Gold) for Distribution Code and the Corporate Award (Silver) for Pollution Prevention Code.

These Awards signify ANO's continuous commitment to the Management Practices of the various Codes under the Responsible Care Programme.
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Lam Soon Edible Oils Sdn Bhd was awarded the 2003 Value Award by Tesco Malaysia. In appreciation of our contribution to cooking oil category growth, it is the only local company to be recognised as one of the Top 5 most preferred suppliers, selected from over 400 companies.

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Until today, Knife cooking oil continues to be the most trusted and reliable cooking oil in consumers' mind. 2003 marks the fourth consecutive year that Knife has won the Reader's Digest SuperBrands Platinum Award, with previous accolades including Platinum and Gold status.

In addition, Knife was also awarded the Gold status in the category of cooking oil in Asia, the only brand to achieve this distinction in the entire category.
 
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In December 2002, Lam Soon (M) Berhad was certified with ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001 for the Design & Development, Blending & Packing of Cooking Oils and Manufacturing of Soap Products.These awards clearly demonstrate Lam Soon's commitment towards quality as well as environment.



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According to AC Nielsen's August/September 2002 Retail Audit Shokubutsu Shower Foam is now the number one brand of personal wash-liquid in hypermarkets and supermarkets.

Shokubutsu Shower Foam is marketed by Southern Lion Sdn. Bhd, a joint venture between Lam Soon (M) Bhd and Lion Corporation Japan, and exclusively distributed by Lam Soon (M) Bhd.

 


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Akzo Nobel Oleochemicals, an associated company of the Lam Soon Group, is proud to announce that it has been formally accredited with HACCP certification in August 2002. The HACCP system and certification is an assessment for assurance in food safety.

Akzo Nobel Oleochemicals Sdn Bhd is the first and only oleochemical plant in the Far East to be accredited with the HACCP status.


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The Reader's Digest Super Brands survey reconfirms consumers' trust and confidence in Knife cooking oil, which was awarded a Gold status for the third consecutive year in Malaysia.











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On 28 March 2002, Lloyd (LRQA) re-certified Southern Lion under the new ISO 9001:2000 version. This was achieved after several months of hard work changing over from the old to the new version.

To better prepare itself, Southern Lion has targeted achieving the ISO 14001 in year 2003 and also, a GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) plant for the personal-care product line in the near future.


 
 

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In conjunction with Giant's 2001 Supplier Charity Dinner, Lam Soon (M) Berhad was awarded the Best Service Supplier of the Year Award (2001) for the Category of Cooking Oil. The award was given for the contribution of service level, sales and profitability to Giant in the Cooking Oil category.

Lam Soon (M) Berhad was also awarded the Category Management Award 2001 (Cooking Oil) in recognition for the active role played as the Category Captain for cooking oil. The award was given for the excellent service level, trade marketing support and re-merchandizing support for current and new outlets opening.

Winning 2 awards is a testimony of Lam Soon (M) Berhad's commitment to serve the consumers better through partnership programs with our customers by creating category strategy and space management programs.

 

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Knife is the sole recipient of the 2001 Reader's Digest SuperBrand Platinum award in the cooking oil category, following the consecutive SuperBrand Gold awards won in 1999 and 2000. The Platinum distinction is only awarded to brands that scored three times or more votes than the next brand.

This accolade is a genuine recognition of Asian consumers' preference for brands that deliver superior quality, value, trustworthiness, image and understanding of consumer needs.

 

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The consumer's trust is our ultimate aim. In the Reader's Digest Asia Superbrand Survey 2000, Lam Soon (M) Berhad Knife was voted Asia's Superbrand for the cooking oil category in the Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong markets.

 

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Southern Lion Sdn. Bhd was awarded ISO 9001 & 9002 for the design and manufacture of detergents and marketing of toothpaste and toothbrush, becoming the first among detergent and oral cares companies in Malaysia to receive such prestigious awards.
 

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With the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) awarded, our soap plant become the first in Malaysia to manufacture beauty soap under GMP. We were also certified with ISO 9002 in the year 2000.

 

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Lam Soon (M) Berhad was awarded ISO 9002 for the packing of cooking oil and the manufacture of margarines, shortening and specialty fats.
 

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Lam Soon (M) Berhad introduced its Naturel monounsaturated cooking oil and soft margarine. Naturel, the soft margarine free of trans-fatty acids was awarded the Product Excellence Award by the Malaysian Government.