December 3, 2014
Malaysia''s Sunzen seeks Mideast, India, Africa expansion
Sunzen Biotech Bhd, a specialist in animal health products, is seeking expansion into the Middle East, Africa and India to double its revenue and net profit in three years, the New Straits Times reports.
For fiscal year 2013, the company reported a net profit of RM3.59 million and revenue of RM37.3 million (RM1 = US$0.29).
Sunzen produces feed additives, nutritional feed supplements, veterinary drugs, and disinfectants for livestock such as poultry, swine, goats, cattle and fresh water fish.
It has two plants in Kota Kemuning, Selangor, and 70% of the products are exported to nearly all Asian countries and Nigeria. The company is building a third factory in Kota Kemuning for between RM10 million and RM15 million to expand production.
"We are also investing in research and development (R&D) to produce a new range of orgacids (organic acids) to enhance animals'' productivity, growth and overall health," chairman Tan Sri Musa Hassan said.
Orgacids, a product consisting of six types of organic acids invented by Sunzen in 2002, is an acidifier used in feed as an alternative to antibiotic growth promoter (AGP). Orgacids has been widely used by the industry since the European Union banned the use of AGPs in 2006, after food safety issues were raised because of the problem of antibiotic resistance.
Musa said orgacids is proven to be able to control enteric diseases caused by salmonella, and it increases nutrient digestibility and absorption, and promotes better intestinal cell morphology, thus increasing growth performance.
He also said that the company is conducting research on plant extracts to provide a variety of benefits to livestock animals, including improving growth, immunity and vaccination response for poultry and swine; reducing diarrhoea; and increasing milk flow for cattle.