MSM Prai Berhad operates the Prai sugar refinery in Penang. Located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, the facility is the country’s largest sugar refinery with an annual production capacity of 1.05 million tonnes of refined sugar, accounting for up to 84% of MSM’s total production capacity.
The formation of Malayan Sugar Manufacturing Company Berhad (MSM Co.) dates back to 1959. Its sole mission was to set up a sugar refinery in Malaysia. Then, Malaysia was still dependent on imported sugar refined in Britain and Hong Kong.
Three companies - one Malaysian and two Japanese - participated as joint venture partners to form Malayan Sugar Manufacturing Company Berhad. The Malaysian partner was Kuok Brothers Sdn. Bhd. while the two Japanese partners comprised of Mitsui & Co. and Nissin Sugar Manufacturing Company. A triangle logo, was chosen to represent the tripartite partnership of the three companies that formed MSM.
Since its inception, MSM, under the tutelage of the Japanese, has considered the quality of its products to be of utmost importance. At the same time, on-going productivity improvement has remained a basic objective of the Company.
The Company’s total production today stands at more than half a million metric tons per year and our product range spans from white refined sugar of various grain sizes to soft brown sugar. They are hygienically produced and packed in different packing weights that include 5g, 500g, 1kg, 2kg, 25kg, 50kg, 1000kg, and up to 19 metric tons bulk road tanker.
Today the quality products are supplied to major companies in the beverage and confectionery industries, hotels, restaurants, food outlets and household consumers. Over the years our products have established a good reputation and become widely accepted because of its high quality.