THE AVENUE Salutary Avenue News & Notes

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volume JUNE 2009

• SA Group Achievement Pg 2 • MAF NanoTec Media Pg 3 • SAMS Activities & SA Safety Culture Pg 4 • SAE Activities Pg 5 • SA Social Contribution Pg 6 • From School To Work Pg 7

SALUTARY AVENUE RECEIVES TNB’S MOST INNOVATIVE AND EXCELLENT ENTREPRENEUR AND VENDOR 2008 AWARD

From (L) to (R) En Arisfadilah Abunaim (Senior Vice President of Salutary Avenue), Tan Sri Leo Moggie (Chairman of TNB) , En Azman Abunaim (President of Salutary Avenue), Dato’ Sri Che Khalib b. Mohamad Noh (President/CEO of TNB), and other award recipients during the award presentation ceremony at the Entrepreneur and Vendor TNB 2008 on 18 February 2008.

OUR FIRST EDITION Welcome to the first edition of The Avenue, a quarterly reviewed newsletter published by Salutary Avenue Group. The aim of this bulletin is to provide our customers with regular update of news and information from the Salutary Avenue Group,

keeping you abreast of the latest issues effecting the filtration and its associate industries. We welcome any feedback, views and suggestions for future articles and kindly addressed to [email protected]

PROVIDING TOTAL FILTRATION SOLUTION

FOREWORD FROM THE MANAGING DIRECTOR This being our first step in issuing our inaugural Bulletin/Newsletter has marked a path for Salutary Avenue in venturing into a greater dimension and forging and enhancing a stronger and more dynamic relationship with our customers, agents, affiliates and within the group itself. With the vision of the company to emerge as one of the leading filtration solution provider in the world, I truly believe that this bulletin will serve as a vital instrument in communicating and spreading news and information pertaining to product and company development. However, we need to differentiate between MAF products Brand with those which have already been in the markets for over 30 years. Our products have been here, in the domestic markets as well as in some

Asian’s countries for just over 10 years. Malaysian Filters (MAF) products’ qualities are comparable to world standards and specifications and complied with the requirements of most of the well known gas turbines’ makers in the world. We understand the local and most Asian countries weather/climate wet and dry seasons are uncertain, etc. Based on these concepts we have designed and manufactured our products to suit the environmental conditions so that power generations are able to perform efficiently throughout the year round. Salutary Avenue must take cognizance of what had happened and could not afford to remain in its comfort zone. We must improve our competitive edge, qualities and productivities. To those who have not yet use MAF products................ If you fear of using Malaysian owned products, how do you expect One Malaysia concept to progress! . ABUNAIM MOHAMAD.

SA’S ACHIEVEMENTTNB’S MOST INNOVATIVE AND EXCELLENT ENTREPRENEUR AND VENDOR 2008 AWARD Salutary Avenue was awarded Most Innovative and Excellent Entrepreneur and Vendor 2008 Award from Tenaga Nasional Berhad during an award ceremony at One World Hotel on 18 February 2008. In May 2007, SA has also been awarded the prestigious “TNB Vendor Pilihan”, an award that recognizes SA for demonstrating its achievement and outstanding commitment in the business. The award covers a period of 5 years until 2012.



By Fakhrul Razi Technical Engineer [email protected]

MAF NanoTec MEDIA MAF FILTER WITH NanoTec MEDIA MAF NanoTec media technology provides a micro porous structure with unparalleled process control and durability. MAF MAF NanoTec media technology consists of a “web” of submicron diameter fibers bonded to a substrate of MAF filter media. This new generation nanofiber coating technology significantly improves media’s ability to collect dust particles on its surface, and minimize the number of particles that penetrate into its depth.

Excellent For Your GT’s MAF NanoTec filter media is designed to meet the challenging demand of OE applications in gas turbine/ dust collection OE applications. As the innovative filtration leader, MAF filters sets the standard for efficiency and extended life.

Durable, High Efficiency MAF NanoTec air filters features the nanofiber layer on both sides of the substrate filter media. Thanks to this unique design, initial filter efficiency is improved. For urban and industrial locations with high concentration of particles below one micron in size, MAF NanoTec offers best turbine protection against fouling. Improved Efficiency The brand new MAF NanoTec filter media offers significantly improved fractional efficiency over untreated substrates (97% versus 90%) when tested against AC fine test dust.

When tested with 0.3 to 0.4 micron of NaCl particles, which are similar to soot, nanofiber coated media has 60% fractional efficiency as compared to 20% with standard untreated media. In gas turbine/dust collector applications Extended Life Not only does nanofiber coating greatly improve equipment protection, it also extends filter life and service intervals. When tested with NaCl particles (soot), MAF NanoTec filter media coated with nanofiber offers a fourfold increase in filter life.

The Value of MAF NanoTec Technology Attributes

Benefits

Adjustable thickness, fiber and pore size

Customizable to meet application requirements

Durability

Improved material processability and longer life

Synthetic composition

Chemical compatibility with no extractables or leachables

Uniformity

Consistent performance and reliability

Improved efficiency

Greater performance with total cost reduction

Lower pressure drop

Increased energy savings



By Fakhrul Razi

By Yunos Ahamad

Technical Engineer

Production Senior Supervisor

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SA MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES

Visitors from Federal Electricity & Water Authority of UAE during a factory visit.

SA International’s sales representative, Mr Sabihuddin Khan at Soha Power, Oman.

Factory visit by representative.

Striving to achieve superior quality in all our activities is integral to the way we do business at SA Manufacturing.

well trained and knowledgeable in operating the machines by practicing the 5S, KAIZEN, PDCA (Plan, Do, Check and Act) and Innovative Creative Circle (ICC) concepts.

the oil and gas players in the Middle East region. Only recently, we have created an interest of our products with Soha Power, a leading oil and gas company in Oman.

With the opening of our office in Muscat, Oman in April last year, enables SA to be near to the pulse of

During the last 12 months, we have supplied air intake filters worth more than RM4 million to TNB power stations in Malaysia.

We were awarded the prestigious ISO 9001:2000 in August 2003 by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance and have been upgraded to ISO 9001:2008 recently. All our factory staffs are

SA SAFETY CULTURE

Petronas

VDP

Zakaria Mohamad Safety Officer

Safety is very important in workplace. At SA, we emphasize our workers to be equipped with safety knowledge. Any positive recommendation or suggestion from employees will be reviewed and discussed among the committee. Apart from that, we do conduct safety activities i.e. fire drill, theory and practical safety knowledge for workers in order for each of them to be mentally prepared during emergency. The company itself provides all safety personal Protective equipment i.e glasses, glove, marks, chemical suite and shoe for handling any dangerous chemical product.

Safety performance achievement for LTI 663,480 Hours 

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is to protect from hazard that exposed to worker. For example during handling chemical product that give effect to skin or respiration, type is used and it will prevent worker from hazardous

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All warning sign at work place must be followed for safety requirement and regulation. Those warning sign must be put at the risks area so the employees will alert.

By Bernard AT Tinggi Technical Manager [email protected]

SA ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES

On site services Terengganu.

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GPP

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Kerteh,

Keeping in line with SA’s new business thrust, the company has successfully completed 8 units on the fabrication, installation and testing and commissioning of the Solar MARS 90 8MW air intake filtration system for Petronas Gas Berhad (PGB) Kerteh, Terengganu for the onshore area. There are also several offshore projects that had been completed to improve the existing system which is not suitable for the current environment in Malaysia. By introducing our patented MAF weather louvers, we are able to protect the current filtration system from the salt water ingression inside the filter house that will damage the turbine blades. The completed offshore improvement systems are at Bekok A platform, Guntong A platform, Tapis A platform and several others.

During the last twelve months alone, the company has garnered projects worth more than RM10 million For the last twelve months alone, the company have been actively involved in projects with several other customers including provision of Erb West gas Turbine air intake system improvement for Petronas Carigali-Sabah Operation (PCSB-SBO), upgrading of gas turbine combustion air intake and exhaust gas ducting material at Export Terminal, Telok Kalong, Terengganu and retrofitting on inlet gas turbine filter housing at GPP2 Complex A. The company has recently completed a project with Petronas Carigali (PCSB) to upgrade its air intake system by installing MAF weather louvers. New and improved stainless steel filtration system at GPP A, Kerteh, Terengganu.

The patented MAF weather louvers have also been successfully installed at TNB Pasir Gudang for the ABB air intake system and as for today, they did not have any unplanned shutdown during the monsoon season. For the overseas markets, we are in collaboration with Japan Vietnam Petroleum Co. Limited, one of the leading oil & gas company in Vietnam to improve their existing filtration system commencing in July 2009. Currently we are also in the midst of discussion with the TNB Power Generation in providing the filtration system for their new power generation plant.



Nor Aswati Kasri Group Legal / Corporate Communication Affairs Officer [email protected]

SA SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION Despite the economic downturn which is gripping the whole world today, SA is still able to exercise its duty towards society. As part of SA’s effort in strengthening its contribution towards society at large, SA has embarked in 2 major contributions recently which is a programme called School Pocket Money to two schools in Kota Puteri namely Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Kota Puteri and Sekolah Menengah Kota Puteri. The School Pocket Money program was also extended to two recipients who are children of our staffs as a gesture of appreciation of their academic excellence.

According to Pn Hasmah Ismail, the school headmistress; “This is the first financial contribution made to the school in its 11 years history and we are very proud that a Bumiputra company is doing this charitable act during the time in need”

SA BIDS FAREWELL TO ITS LONG SERVICE STAFF A farewell ceremony was held to one of our staff from the Metal Department, En Ismail Suib on 27 February 2009. Interestingly, the farewell coincides with En Ismail’s 55th birthday which was celebrated in a joyous mood by all the staffs at Bayu office. En Ismail started at SA in 2000 as an operator and was soon promoted to become a line leader within the same year. Over the years this father of 5 girls has reached the position of assistant senior machinist until his last day in SA.



Nor Aswati Kasri Group Legal / Corporate Communication Affairs Officer [email protected]

LIFE IN SALUTARY AVENUE Salutary Avenue has always believed in contributing back to the society as part of our corporate social responsibilities. Other than financial supports by means of funds to underprivileged students in schools, we are readily to do our part with genuine and direct actions through training and development. Only with direct intervention and advancement within each and every individuals, a wave of change greater than its sum could only be realized in the end. Reflection from one of the Trainees from ADTEC, Shah Alam:

Reflection from another Trainee from Politeknik Johor Bahru:

I am Fahmi Bin Latebi a student from ADTEC, Shah Alam. Presently, I am attached to Salutary Avenue for industrial training. First and foremost, I would like to thank the company for giving me the opportunity to complete this training.

My name is Muhamad Farhan Bin Masdi, age 20, a student of Politeknik Johor Bahru. At present, I am doing a course in Certificate in Mechanical Engineering. I am attached to the Quality Control Dept under the supervision of Encik Hadfizul, the Head of Dept.

I am assigned to the Technical Dept. In this Dept, I am exposed to various technologies in the areas of air, liquid and gas filtration. Apart from the exposure, I am given ample assistance and support from the staff which proved to be a very fruitful experience. I can see that my communication and interpersonal skills improved greatly. All in all, the technical know-how and the soft skills I acquired with the focus in customers and organization needs have provided me a window for me to bridge the student life with the real world. A wonderful experience indeed. What did Fahmi’s Supervisor say? Fahmi has gained tremendous knowledge of filtration system in terms of operations and construction. He has also participated in R & D work in particular in the development of wound type filter. I am confident that he will excel in this field as he has performed well in his industrial training here. Nor Adilah Bt.Radzuan (Product Engineer)

Under the guidance of my Supervisor and the kind cooperation of the staff, I have gained vast knowledge and experience in the technology of filtration and its products. I have learned the different stages of quality control especially in the fields of quality and performance tests on the products. I am certain that the experience gained is invaluable and I would like to extend my heartfelt appreciation to the company for providing such exposure to me. What was Farhan’s Supervisor reaction? Farhan has done a great job as a Trainee here. He is receptive and has great initiative in gaining as much knowledge as possible. I believe that with his right set of attitude coupled with this experience, he will be able to gel well with the society when he join the work force.

“New young job seekers must be more committed and perseverant to stay the course and focus on their career path rather than moving on too fast to another job...” Dr Dan Harrison 

Nor Aswati Kasri Editor-in-Chief Group Legal / Corporate Communication Affairs Officer [email protected]

EDITORIAL MESSAGE First of all I would like to take this opportunity to express my most sincere gratitude to all my fellow editors who have given their time and effort in ensuring the completion of our first issue of this bulletin. They have clearly demonstrated that no goal is unattainable without the full team spirit in making a dream turn into reality. This being our first step in issuing our inaugural bulletin/newsletter has marked a path for Salutary Avenue in venturing into a greater dimension and forging and enhancing a stronger and more dynamic relationship with our customers, agents, affiliates and within the group itself. With the vision put forward by our managing directors, I truly believe that this bulletin will serve as a vital instrument in communicating and spreading news and information pertaining to product and company development.

PROVIDING TOTAL FILTRATION SOLUTION

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