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About Us

We are a leading integrated manufacturer of marine deck machinery, fluid regulating and metering stations, transit concrete mixers, foundation and geotechnical equipment, precision engineered and automation equipment and providers of production integration solutions and hydraulic system services.

ZICOM’s core expertise is in mechanical, hydraulic, precision and automation engineering harnessing various disciplines in the continuous development of our products.

MUFG Corporate Markets (AU) Limited

Address :

Level 21, 10 Eagle Street, Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia

Telephone :

+ 61 2 9287 0303
Operational HQ

Address :

29 Tuas Ave 3 Singapore 639420

Facsimile :

+ 65 68614572

Telephone :

+ 65 68611388

Vision

Our vision is to be a socially responsible world class enterprise offering innovative, quality products and services to the industries, a choice caring company that embraces continuous human resource development and enhancement of shareholders’ value.  

Corporate Developments

Zicom Group Ltd is a result of a merger between Australian public listed Zicom Australia Ltd and privately owned Singapore based Zicom Holdings Pte Ltd on 1 July 2006. ZAL was first listed with the Australian Stock Exchange in 1970. ZHPL first commenced business in 1978. The Group has a direct presence in Singapore, Australia, Thailand, China, and Indonesia and is continuously looking into new opportunities. The corporate developments of the group are enumerated below.

Developments of ZGL

Period  Milestones
1970 to 1989
First listed on ASX.
1990 to 1999
1994 – ZHPL acquired substantial interest in Zicom Australia Ltd (ZAL) now known as Zicom Group Ltd (ZGL).

1996 – ZGL’s wholly-owned subsidiary Cesco Australia Ltd (CAL) acquired the “Vulcan” concrete mixer business from Rheem Australia Ltd, a subsidiary of Southcorp Holdings.
2000 onwards
CAL merged its business with Forbes Engineering Holdings Australia Pty Ltd and operated as CAL.

ZAL merged with ZHPL to form ZGL.

Developments of ZHPL

Period            Milestones
1978 to 1989
Zicom Private Ltd (ZPL) and Zicom Equipment Pte Ltd (ZEP) were set up in 1978. ZPL focused on manufacture of deck machinery. ZEP focused on the supply of offshore exploration and production hardware.

1994 – Zicom Thai Hydraulics Co Ltd was set up in Thailand to market and service the “Vulcan” transit concrete mixers.

1996 – Set up wholly-owned subsidiary in China initially in Beijing. Now it is based in Hangzhou under the name of Hangzhou Cesco Machinery is located in Hangzhou, with main activity in concrete mixers.
1990 to 1999
Achieved breakthrough in the manufacture of deck machinery exceeding 100 tons pull.

Zicom Cesco Thai Co Ltd was formed to manufacture transit concrete mixers and bought a factory.

Acquired controlling stake in Hydraquip Pte Ltd which has been renamed Foundation Associates Engineering Pte Ltd (FAE), now a wholly owned subsidiary.
2000 onwards
2004 – Formed JV with Singapore Polytechnic under SP Zicom Pte Ltd to own rights on concrete reclaimer.

2005 – Merged the business of Hydraquip and Foundation & Associate Pte Ltd (FA). FAE focused on engineering and manufacturing of foundation equipment. FA focused on rental of equipment.

2006 – Acquired 51% of Sys-Mac Automation Engineering Pte Ltd (SMAE) a precision and automation engineering company.

Developments of Enlarged Group

Period        Milestones
2006
ZAL and ZHPL merged on a reverse take over by ZHPL shareholders. ZAL renamed as ZGL and resumed trading on the Australian Stock Exchange on 6 September 2006.

ZHPL was ranked and awarded as one of the top E50 most enterprising private companies in Singapore.
2007
SMAE formed a joint venture with Missouri Tooling and Automation Inc (“MTA”) under the name MTA Sys-Mac Automation Pte Ltd for undertaking turnkey automation projects.

FAE formed a joint venture company, FAV Equipment FZC in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates to lease and sell foundation equipment in the United Arab Emirates.

Awarded Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) incentives to set up Zicom Cesco Engineering Co Ltd (ZCE) to operate as a manufacturing hub for concrete mixers in Thailand.
2008
Assumed direct distribution and servicing of our concrete mixers in New South Wales through a reactivated wholly owned subsidiary, Cesco Davcron Engineering Pty Ltd (CDE).

ZCE commenced factory construction on a 20,000m2 site in the Chonburi Amata Nakorn Industrial Estate.

ZPL completed new factory at 9 Tuas Avenue 9 for heavy duty deck machinery.

SMAE relocated to new factory at Spectrum I, Woodlands, doubling its production floor area.

Experience and Expertise

Appointed to the Board on 5 April 1995. Chairman and Managing Director of Zicom Group Limited till 31 December 2018. From 1 January 2019, stepped down as Managing Director and remains as Executive Chairman of Zicom Group Limited and all its subsidiaries. Mr Sim was a board member of SPRING Singapore, a government agency for enterprise development, for 4 years until 2018 and a member of the Strategic Advisory Panel of Diagnostics Development Hub, A*Star for 5 years until 2019. He was also a former member of the Board of Governors, UOB-SMU Asian Enterprise Institute. Experienced in public accounting, corporate development, strategic management as well as international trade.

Member of Incubator Advisory Board, Singapore Eye Research Institute/ Singapore National Eye Centre

Singapore Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Industrial Products), 2008

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Experience and Expertise

Made an Executive Director on 25 September 2014 and promoted to Group Chief Executive Officer on 1 January 2019. As the Chief Executive Officer of Sys-Mac Automation Engineering Pte. Ltd. (Sys-Mac), Mr Kok Yew Sim has been instrumental in Sys-Mac Group’s growth journey, focusing on providing customised automation solutions, building capabilities and market penetration. As the Group CEO, he is focused on transforming the Group’s existing core businesses to unlock new potential and maximise growth in a digitalised and highly competitive marketplace.

Mr Sim graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (Summa Cum Laude). He is the second son of the Executive Chairman, Mr G L Sim and director of SNS Holdings Pte. Ltd., a substantial shareholder.

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Experience and Expertise

Appointed to the Board on 13 November 2019, Ms Jenny Lim has been the Group’s Financial Controller since 2005. She is responsible for accounting, finance, tax and corporate secretarial matters of the Group. Ms Lim assumed the role of Joint Company Secretary since 6 June 2008. Before joining the Group, she was with an international public accounting firm for more than 10 years specialising in audit and tax. She is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

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Experience and Expertise

Appointed to the Board on 24 July 2006. Mr Yian Poh Lim has more than 20 years of extensive experience in the banking and finance industry and is currently the managing director of Yian Poh Associates, a financial consultancy and investment firm. Mr Lim has built an extensive network of contacts, both in Singapore and in the region. Since 2000, he has been an Honorary Commercial Advisor to The Administrative Committee of Jiaxing Economic Development Zone, China.  Mr Lim holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Nanyang University, Singapore and a Master of Science degree from the University of Hull, England. In 1985, he completed the Stanford-NUS Executive Program offered by Stanford University and National University of Singapore and in 1990, the Senior Management Development Program organised by Harvard Business School Alumni Club of Malaysia.

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Experience and Expertise

Appointed to the Board on 13 November 2019, Mr Douglas is an Audit Partner at Bentleys Queensland, an Australian national firm of public accountants. He has over 30 years of audit and professional experience in London, Singapore and Brisbane. Mr Douglas has assisted clients of various sizes across a broad range of sectors including manufacturing, financial services, agribusiness, government and listed companies. His experience blends technical expertise with a commercial perspective to accounting issues and allows him to provide sound business advice.  Mr Douglas holds a Bachelor of Business degree from Queensland University of Technology and is a member of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is also the Chairman of the Bentleys National Management Board.

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Experience and Expertise

Appointed to the Board on 19 November 2025, Mr Lim has over two decades of experience shaping Singapore’s innovation and deep-tech landscape.  He has held senior leadership roles at the Singapore Economic Development Board and Enterprise Singapore where he led national and international initiatives that enabled more than 600 companies to scale globally through partnerships across over 40 countries including China, Japan, Israel and Europe.  With his deep understanding of the Asian markets, extensive global experience and international reach, Mr Lim founded Asia Venture Partners to help enterprises innovate, scale, improve efficiency and enhance competitiveness.  Mr Lim graduated from the University of Cambridge, UK with a Bachelor of Arts, Natural Sciences (Biochemistry) degree.

 

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Experience and Expertise

Appointed to the Board on 30 November 2020, Dr Dean Tai is a co-founder, chief scientific officer (CSO) and director of HistoIndex Pte. Ltd. (“HistoIndex”). HistoIndex is a medical technology company providing optical medical imaging systems and services to aid pathologists in diagnostics, clinical trials and research studies for the assessment and staging of liver diseases. Dr Dean Tai brings with him many years of board experiences, global marketing exposure and collaborations in addition to his strong attributes in innovation, research and development. Dr Dean Tai earned both his Bachelor of Technology (with First Class Honours) and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

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Experience and Expertise

Mr Kok Hwee Sim was appointed to the Board on 21 November 2007. Pursuant to the demerger of the medical technology businesses from the Group, he stepped down as an executive director and remained on the Board as a non-executive director for 2 years before stepping down to focus on the medical technology businesses. On 30 November 2020, he was appointed as Alternate Director to Mr Giok Lak Sim.

Mr Kok Hwee Sim has extensive experience in corporate and general management, engineering, treasury management, mergers and acquisitions and strategic partnerships.  Mr Sim graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (Magna Cum Laude) and Master of Science Degree in Financial Engineering from Columbia University, New York, USA. He is the eldest son of the Executive Chairman, Mr G L Sim and director of SNS Holdings Pte. Ltd., a substantial shareholder.

Member of Singhealth Technology Incubator Investment Committee

Enterprise Singapore POV Grant Panel Member

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