Mr To Wai Hung, a major shareholder of InnoTek, will step down from the InnoTek
Board (and from its Executive Committee) and from his position as President of
Mansfield, a manufacturer of precision metal stamping, commercial tool and die
fabrication based in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) which he has led for more
than 30 years.
Apart from serving as Chairman of Mansfield Mr To – the Chairman of the Hong Kong
Tool and Die Association – will also assume the role as Advisor/Consultant for the
tooling business of Mansfield. As Chairman of Mansfield – a group with more than 15
subsidiaries, JV and associate companies in Hong Kong, PRC, Holland and the Czech
Republic – Mr To will be able to focus on strengthening relationships with existing
customers and establishing new customers.
All the appointments take effect from 4 September 2009 and will allow Lawrence Xia and
C.C. Ip to play more pivotal roles in instituting vertical integration and further improving
operational efficiencies to take Mansfield to the next stage of its growth.
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“The senior appointments will provide Mansfield with greater depth at its board level,
smooth succession transition, and greater focus on customer relationship by Mr To in his
position as Chairman,” said Mr Robert Lette, Chairman of InnoTek.
“With his industry knowledge and wealth of experience, Mr. To will be able to guide
Lawrence and C.C. – who already possess proven experience and strong management
depth – in their added responsibilities,” said Mr Lette.
The Board of InnoTek Limited would also like to thank Mr To for his contributions to the
InnoTek Board and to congratulate the new management team of Mansfield on their
respective appointments.
For the quarter ended 30 June 2009 (“2Q’09”) InnoTek’s net profit after tax rose to S$4.4
million from S$0.2 million a year earlier. The 32-fold increase in profit was achieved
despite a marginal decline in revenue to S$93.1 million from S$93.9 million, recorded by
Mansfield which posted a net profit of S$7.0 million in 2Q’09, up from S$0.4 million.
For the six months ended 30 June 2009 InnoTek’s net profit rose 31.4% to S$3.6 million
from S$2.8 million, as revenue declined to S$176.7 million from S$201.9 million due to
lower stamping and assembly sales due to lower global demand for flat panel TVs.
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With over 10 manufacturing facilities across China and Europe, the Group’s wholly
owned subsidiary, Mansfield Manufacturing Company Limited (“MSF”), provides
precision metal stamping, commercial tool and die fabrications, sub-assembly work and
frame manufacturing services to a strong and diversified base of Japanese and
European end-customers.
Mr. Lawrence Xia Lu Rong, aged 47, joined Mansfield on 1 May 1999 as a Sales
Manager. Within three years, he was promoted to Vice President of Sales and Marketing
in charge of the overall sales and marketing functions of the Mansfield group of
companies. Besides his role as VP Sales & Marketing, Lawrence was also fully
responsible for the stamping operations in Dalian, PRC, and the automotive stamping
plant in Dongguan, PRC, turning the latter around from a loss-making unit to profitability.
Mansfield Dalian is currently the most profitability entity among the subsidiaries of
Mansfield.
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Mr. C.C. Ip, aged 49, joined Mansfield on 7 October 2002 as a Senior Operations
Manager and was promoted to General Manager in charge of Operations and in-house
dies fabrication in January 2005, and later to Vice President, Operations for the
Stamping Division, the main business unit of Mansfield, accounting for more than 60% of
the total revenue in 2008.
InnoTek Ltd
1 Finlayson Green,
#15-02, Singapore 049246
Tel: (65) 6535 0689, Fax: (65) 6533 2680
Linda Sim, lindasim@innotek.com.sg
Yong Kok Hoon, khyong@innotek.com.sg