The Paper & Packaging Manufacturing division of the Genting Group is headed by Genting Sanyen. This division, which began as a small paper manufacturer in 1988 has since grown, under the Group’s guidance, to become the largest integrated recycled paper and corrugated carton/packaging manufacturer in Malaysia. It has received numerous awards of quality excellence such as ISO9002 quality certification by SIRIM.

Genting Sanyen is now the largest paper mill complex in Malaysia that uses the latest recycling technology to produce industrial brown grade paper. Strategically located in central Malaysia and only a 5-minute drive from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the paper mill has consistently achieved a high production efficiency of above 95% and an annual production capacity of about 265,000 tonnes. It has a 35% domestic market share of industrial brown grade paper in Malaysia. The division sources 95% of the waste paper raw material from its own 31 paper collection centres throughout the country, to be recycled into industrial brown paper. In 1998, the division expanded into the downstream activities of the packaging/corrugating business.

The Packaging Division has two state-of-the-art corrugated box plants that are located at the Kuala Langat Paper Mill Complex (central) and Prai, Penang (northern) respectively. The central box plant was commissioned in the last quarter of 2000 and the northern box plant was commissioned in the first quarter of 2002. The two corrugating box plants have a total production capacity of about 140,000 metric tons and are equipped with high-speed corrugators and high graphic colour-printers. This has enabled Genting Sanyen to be an integrated value-added solutions provider of paper-packaging and corrugated products.

Genting Group is mindful of its environmental social responsibilities and takes great efforts to encourage new innovative ideas that will enhance its existing business divisions through environmental-focused efforts.

Through Genting Sanyen, the Group are undertaking R&D efforts to convert non-economical waste products into environment-friendly products through new processes that will add value to the Group’s existing products. Two key examples are the development of bio oil by converting empty fruit bunches of oil palm trees and the development of synthetic wood plastic composites from compressed combination of wood waste and plastic waste.