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Ts. LOW TECK HENG
B.A. (Econs), MMIM
Mr. Low Teck Heng has 34 years of experience in the building material industry. He is the Director of Corporate Affairs of Sudut Swasta Group of Companies (SSG), which he co- founded in 1999. Low Teck Heng graduated from University Malaya with a Bachelor Degree majoring in Economics in 1984. He was accepted as a member of the Malaysian Institute of Management in 2001. He was recognised as a Certified Trainer by HRDF in 2017.
He began his career as a Management Trainee in the Building Materials Division of the Hong Leong Group. He was promoted through the ranks, and his last position there was the Exports Manager of Guocera Tiles Industries Sdn Bhd.
In his next career move, he became the General Manager of Trans-Global Agencies Bhd, and Group General Manager of Dijaya Enterprise Sdn Bhd. Thereafter, to gain international experience, he took on the role of Group General Manager of Dijaya Ceil International Ltd, based in Shanghai.
To spearhead the digitalization of the construction industry, SSG/PLY TEC has set up its own Building Information Modelling (BIM) Centre and is the founding member of Integrated BIM Academy (IBA), which offers a specialised BIM training programme. Sudut Swasta/PLYTEC is a pioneer and industry setter in this area. Currently, Mr. Low is working towards getting accreditation for their BIM Centre, in collaboration with Trimble Tekla, Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT), CIDB myBIM Centre, Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TARUC), etc. SSG is moving towards providing practical training for Form 5 school leavers, graduates from colleges and universities, to arm them with industry ready skills in BIM so that they become employable and ready to serve the construction industry which is currently undergoing CITP programmes. Mr. Low is the advocator of BIM and the liaison person for this initiative.