Hi there, if you are reading this, which means you are an investor or someone who knows an investor. Either way, the common ground is that you and I are looking towards to better or strengthen our positions and we are on the lookout for opportunities.
By the way, my name is Surentran Somasundram and the CEO of Welnuts Sdn Bhd which is a “Kacang Puteh” (snack food) manufacturing company located in Ipoh with 400 tonnes production per annum and RM 4 million in revenue. This is only possible because of the effort of my team and the systems that we have employed to make this 9 years old company as the largest kacang puteh production company in the country. We are also the only kacang puteh production company which has their own grinding mill and supply raw materials to other kacang puteh producers.
We started as a grinding mill 30 years back by my father Mr.Somasundram with half rented shop in Buntong. From there, we have slowly grown to be a wholesales and retail supplier of spices and curry powders in Ipoh. About 15 years ago, the kacang puteh business people requested us to mix up the raw materials together for them, then they requested us to prepare the dough and followed by asking us to manufacture a single product and supply them. What started as that, after 15 years, we manufacture more than 40 products and trade another 20 more products in this industry. Along the way, our kacang puteh industry was growing bigger than our grinding mill, so we maintained our grinding primary for our own usage and for wholesales only. As for me, I have been involved in the family business even before schooling but I became involved full-time after my degree in 2009.
