Kart's
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| Kart's | |
| Company type | Private Limited Company |
| Industry | Frozen food |
| Founded | 1988 in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia |
| Founders | Unidentified Malay couple |
| Headquarters | Section 24, , Malaysia |
Key people | Rudolf August Oetker Dato' Muhamad Adlan Datuk Berhan DIMP Mohd Fairuz Abdullah[1] Choong Kin Peng |
| Parent | FFM SMI Sdn Bhd (45%) |
| Website | www |
Kart Food Industries Sdn Bhd (doing business as Kart's) is a Malaysian halal-certified frozen food suppliers company established since 1988, specialising in Malaysian cultures food and Western-snacks.[2] The company started as a small home-based industry and now expands globally.[3][4] It is one of the Malaysia's largest chilled and frozen snacks companies.[5]
History[edit]
Kart's is founded by a Malay couple on 26 November 1983 and began commercial in 1988 who then sold their business to a German conglomerate Dr. Oetker in 1998. Rudolf August Oetker made a substantial investment by upgrading the factory and operations as well introducing a food standard on the brand that was internationally accepted in food manufacturing. In 2002, Oetker sold the company to Amtek Berhad, a listed company in Bursa Malaysia. Kart's was then owned by Meriah Saujana and in June 2010, Kart Food Industries became a 45%-associate of FFM SMI Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of FFM Berhad. Although the ownership of the company continuously being changed, the original company name still been keep until this day as it borrowed the name of the wife of the founder, 'Kartini' who was instrumental in creating Kart's roti canai (a Malaysian hand tossed layered flatbread).[4] It had export products to Brunei, Singapore as well Canada, United States, Australia, South Africa,[2] and now into Vietnam, France, Indonesia, Myanmar, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and Ireland.[6]
Products[edit]
Kart's wide product range are processed and packed in two manufacturing centres in Shah Alam, Selangor and Kota Bharu, Kelantan. These frozen food products include roti canai, roti prata, pau, pizza, donuts, murtabak, crispy finger foods and steam buns.[2][4]
Further reading[edit]
- The epitomy [sic] of Malaysian experience for the world palate Archived 3 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine (PDF) Halal Industry Development Corporation
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Karina Foo (5 January 2013). "Warming up to frozen food". The Star. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ a b c "Karts Food pelopor industri makanan sejuk beku". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). 1 June 2007. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "Kart's". Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ a b c "KART FOOD INDUSTRY is committed to provide safe and healthy Halal food". Maeeshat. 30 April 2014. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "Potential Industries - Chilled & Frozen Food". Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry, Malaysia. p. 2/17. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "Exported to." Kart's. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
External links[edit]
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