On the second day of the official opening, the Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, Y.B. Datuk Chua Tee Yong and his team visited Newton R&D Centre. We are honoured and with much enthusiasm to share our goals of providing packaging solutions to all segments of industries.
The first dynamic simulation lab in the Asia Pacific opened its door on the 28th of September 2017. Y.B. Dato’ Seri Ong Ka Chuan, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, officially opened the Newton Research & Development Centre Sdn Bhd. Together with Thong Guan Industries Berhad directors, they officiated the opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
It was a momentous milestone for TGIB, our customers and the community.
Newton embarks on a journey to promote a better, safer world. We aim to do so through stringent simulation tests to optimise packaging for transport safety.
Newton conducted training for a customer who supplies packaging, safety, and consumable products to the supply chain industry in Australia. We hope to improve the packaging standards of Australia through our training and help our customers achieve better load stability and transportation safety through safe packaging methods.
Newton participated in the International EUMOS Symposium 2017 held in Vienna. With EUMOS’s focus on load securing and transport packaging, we gained valuable insights on
Newton organised a blood donation drive for staff to do their part in saving lives, a corporate citizenship effort. The campaign has helped improve employee morale by inculcating a sense of community, doing good and helping others in need. The campaign was part of Newton’s CSR strategy in implementing our corporate mission without undermining core activities. It also gave employees a change of monotonous pace by getting out of the office to contribute to a purposeful vision.
A resin company from Kuwait, Equate, commissioned Newton to perform strategy and discovery. They sent four pallets of goods to Newton for the stretch hood and acceleration tests at our lab. The test had helped Equate improve its product packaging method and load stability.
Newton helped a customer in East Malaysia to achieve load stability in goods transportation through hilly roads and undulating terrain. The training focuses on mitigating the transportation challenges and the proper packaging of products.
Newton had team-building exercises and games on August 30th, 2016, to build trust, collaboration and camaraderie among employees. The game aims to help employees develop communication, interpretation and leadership skills. It also focuses on helping us develop active listening.
The trip to the Specialty Packaging Film Asia 2016 in Singapore was a journey toward staying current with the packaging trends. This year’s programmes exhibited some outstanding examples of
The event provided us with a global networking opportunity. We met the supply chain stakeholders from designers to manufacturers, brand owners, retailers, converters, producers, distributors, and importers or suppliers of the packaging industry.
Newton went on a test-and-audit trip from Aukland to Rotorua on the 18th of August. The trip was a 1-day visit to our New Zealand customer’s clientele from Auckland to Rotorua. We helped their customer improve their packaging and minimise damaged goods. We help them through film diagnosis, stress tests and simulations on site.