It says that the exports of these products, on top of molasses, will continue to be increased moving forward.
As for the domestic market, MSM intends to launch its healthy sugar variants next month and downstream products with the FGV group in June or July this year.
Based on the recently-announced results for its first quarter ended March 31,2020, about RM40mil or 7.8% of MSM’s revenue was contributed by its export sales.
The biggest contributor was the sales to industries, representing RM268mil or almost 53% of total sales.
The sales to the domestic retail segment was RM201mil or about 39.5%.
MSM’s total sales volume in the three-month period increased by 5%, thanks to the newly launched export products in the second-half of 2020, such as premix and liquid sugar. The shipment of fine syrup in February 2020 also contributed to the increased sales volume.
On top of its improved sales, MSM is also exploring ways to preserve its margins.
According to Khairil Anuar, the group has been successful in improving the average selling price for its domestic and export markets.
“Our product development has also been successful and we have been able to launch new sugar products for the export market with better margins.
“We are working constantly and consistently on product diversification and have a few better-margin products targeted to be launched later this year, ” he says.
On the group’s ongoing cost-cutting efforts, Khairil Anuar says many measures have been undertaken.
The biggest and most important measure is the implementation of the ‘Just-In-Time’ mechanism for the procurement of raw sugar, which is aimed at enhancing MSM’s cash flow and reducing storage costs, since unfavourable contracts that had locked in prices at a high level expired in December 2019.
With raw sugar being one of its largest cost components, the new mechanism not only secures the supply of sugar, but also enables MSM to save on interest costs as funding needs are expected to reduce.
It is worth noting that MSM’s rationalisation plan, which began in the second quarter of 2020 following the decision to cease its non-core plantation operations, have begun to bear fruit.
Khairil Anuar says that the decision to consolidate the Perlis refining capacity to the larger plant in Johor has enabled MSM to save RM1.6mil in depreciation costs per month since the third quarter of 2019.
“This year, we will further save RM1.1mil in operational cost per month. This will be achieved as we will be able to increase the utilisation of the Johor plant, which will in turn reduce the refining and operational cost for the group, ” he says.
Khairil Anuar was also asked to comment on the group’s plan to improve its balance sheet. As at end-March, MSM was sitting on a net debt position, with its cash and cash equivalents totalling RM114.82mil against total borrowings of RM923.11mil.
In response to this, Khairil Anuar says that the improvement in MSM’s gearing level should be seen by the third or fourth quarter of this year, down from the current gearing level of 30% to 40%.
“MSM had reduced more than half of its outstanding bridging loan facility in May 2020 and will continue to serve its bridging loan debt commitment until it is fully settled in the early fourth quarter of 2020.
“We also have plans to monetise non-core assets which should further reduce the gearing level. MSM also implemented the ‘Just-in-Time’ mechanism for raw sugar handling, which further reduced our funding needs for raw sugar procurement, ” he says.
For its first quarter (Q1) of FY20, MSM reported that its net loss had widened to RM34.71mil. A year earlier, the group had recorded a net loss of RM7.06mil.
The higher loss was attributable to MSM’s lower gross margin of 3%, higher finance cost and higher depreciation incurred in the quarter compared with the same quarter last year, due to the commercialisation of its Johor plant.
However, MSM’s revenue in Q1 rose 5% year-on-year to RM510.84mil, thanks to the increase in the overall average selling price for the group and new export products in 2020.
MSM] Board Member Redesignation - DATUK SYED HISHAM SYED WAZIR on 27-May-2020 Stock [MSM]: MSM MALAYSIA HOLDINGS BHD Announcement Date 27-May-2020 Board Member Information: Date of Change 01-Jun-2020 Type of Change Redesignation Previous Position Director New Position Chairman Directorate Independent and Non Executive Name DATUK SYED HISHAM SYED WAZIR Age 65 Gender Male Nationality Malaysia Working Experience 1) Independent Non-Executive Director, MSM Malaysia Holdings Berhad (May 2020 - present) 2) Independent Non-Executive Director, Bermaz Auto Berhad (December 2016 - present) 3) Non-Executive Chairman, SIRIM NPT Sdn Bhd (November 2017 - present) 4) Non-Executive Chairman, SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd (July 2017 - present) 5) Director, SIRIM STS Sdn Bhd (August 2019 - present) 6) Director, SIRIM Granulab Sdn Bhd (September 2017 - present) 7) Director, SIRIM Berhad (July 2017 - August 2019) 8) Group Managing Director, Puncak Niaga Holdings Berhad (November 2015 - July 2017) 9) President & Group Chief Executive Officer, UMW Holdings Berhad (October 2010 - October 2015) 10) Director, UMW Oil & Gas Corporation Berhad (2010 - September 2015) 11) Director, UMW Equipment Sdn Bhd (2010 - September 2015) 12) Director, UMW M&E Sdn Bhd (2010 - September 2015) 13) Director, UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd (2010 - September 2015) 14) Director, KYB-UMW Malaysia Sdn Bhd (2010 - September 2015) 15) Director, PERODUA Sales Sdn Bhd (2010 - September 2015) 16) Director, PERODUA Manufacturing Sdn Bhd (2010 - September 2015) 17) Director, PERODUA Engine Manufacturing Sdn Bhd (2010 - September 2015) 18) Director, Toyota Capital Malaysia Sdn Bhd (2011 - September 2015) 19) Director, UMW Technology Sdn Bhd (2013 - September 2015) 20) Chief Operating Officer, Naza Kia Sdn. Bhd. & Naza Kia Services Sdn Bhd (November 2009 - August 2010) 21) Managing Director, Edaran Otomobil Nasional Berhad (May 2005 - August 2009) 22) President/Chief Operating Officer, Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd (2003 - May 2005) 23) General Manager, Marketing Division, Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd (January 2001 - December 2002) 24) General Manager, International Business, DRB-HICOM Export Corporations Sdn. Bhd (April 1998 - December 2000) 25) Director, Proton Cars (UK) Pte Ltd (1997 - 1998) 26) General Manager, Proton Corporations Sdn Bhd (1995 - March 1998) Family Relationship Nil Conflict of Interest Nil Interest Nil https://klse.i3investor.com/companyInfo/boardroom/5202/27-May-2020/30848_2525684191.jsp
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MSM Malaysia Holdings Bhd, the country's largest refined sugar producer, aims to make its financial year ending Dec 31, 2020 (FY20) a profitable one, helped by improved efficiency and higher utilisation rate at its Johor plant under MSM Sugar Refinery (Johor) Sdn Bhd. According to Khairil today, MSM has total sugar production capacity of more than two million tonnes a year, which half of it is from the Johor plant The Johor plant has a utilisation rate of 34%, now and the group is targeting to raise the utilisation rate to 50% by year end, he said. The Edge June 17, 2020 16:52 pm +08 BUY NOW BY EVE TP BEST PRICE.........GO GO
MSM MALAYSIA aims to become largest liquid sugar provider in Asia “MSM has secured 200,000 tonnes of sugar product exports until end of this year. As at May 2020, MSM has exported more than 73,000 tonnes of refined, liquid sugar and fine syrup, with an estimated revenue of RM157 million. We are targeting to increase sales penetration and boost our exports up to approximately 350,000 tonnes of sugar products for FY2020. This is expected to contribute close to RM600 million in revenue to the group,” he added.
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It says that the exports of these products, on top of molasses, will continue to be increased moving forward.
As for the domestic market, MSM intends to launch its healthy sugar variants next month and downstream products with the FGV group in June or July this year.
Based on the recently-announced results for its first quarter ended March 31,2020, about RM40mil or 7.8% of MSM’s revenue was contributed by its export sales.
The biggest contributor was the sales to industries, representing RM268mil or almost 53% of total sales.
The sales to the domestic retail segment was RM201mil or about 39.5%.
MSM’s total sales volume in the three-month period increased by 5%, thanks to the newly launched export products in the second-half of 2020, such as premix and liquid sugar. The shipment of fine syrup in February 2020 also contributed to the increased sales volume.
On top of its improved sales, MSM is also exploring ways to preserve its margins.
According to Khairil Anuar, the group has been successful in improving the average selling price for its domestic and export markets.
“Our product development has also been successful and we have been able to launch new sugar products for the export market with better margins.
“We are working constantly and consistently on product diversification and have a few better-margin products targeted to be launched later this year, ” he says.
On the group’s ongoing cost-cutting efforts, Khairil Anuar says many measures have been undertaken.
The biggest and most important measure is the implementation of the ‘Just-In-Time’ mechanism for the procurement of raw sugar, which is aimed at enhancing MSM’s cash flow and reducing storage costs, since unfavourable contracts that had locked in prices at a high level expired in December 2019.
With raw sugar being one of its largest cost components, the new mechanism not only secures the supply of sugar, but also enables MSM to save on interest costs as funding needs are expected to reduce.
It is worth noting that MSM’s rationalisation plan, which began in the second quarter of 2020 following the decision to cease its non-core plantation operations, have begun to bear fruit.
Khairil Anuar says that the decision to consolidate the Perlis refining capacity to the larger plant in Johor has enabled MSM to save RM1.6mil in depreciation costs per month since the third quarter of 2019.
“This year, we will further save RM1.1mil in operational cost per month. This will be achieved as we will be able to increase the utilisation of the Johor plant, which will in turn reduce the refining and operational cost for the group, ” he says.
Khairil Anuar was also asked to comment on the group’s plan to improve its balance sheet. As at end-March, MSM was sitting on a net debt position, with its cash and cash equivalents totalling RM114.82mil against total borrowings of RM923.11mil.
In response to this, Khairil Anuar says that the improvement in MSM’s gearing level should be seen by the third or fourth quarter of this year, down from the current gearing level of 30% to 40%.
“MSM had reduced more than half of its outstanding bridging loan facility in May 2020 and will continue to serve its bridging loan debt commitment until it is fully settled in the early fourth quarter of 2020.
“We also have plans to monetise non-core assets which should further reduce the gearing level. MSM also implemented the ‘Just-in-Time’ mechanism for raw sugar handling, which further reduced our funding needs for raw sugar procurement, ” he says.
For its first quarter (Q1) of FY20, MSM reported that its net loss had widened to RM34.71mil. A year earlier, the group had recorded a net loss of RM7.06mil.
The higher loss was attributable to MSM’s lower gross margin of 3%, higher finance cost and higher depreciation incurred in the quarter compared with the same quarter last year, due to the commercialisation of its Johor plant.
However, MSM’s revenue in Q1 rose 5% year-on-year to RM510.84mil, thanks to the increase in the overall average selling price for the group and new export products in 2020.