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Tuesday, 23 September 2014

BRAHIM'S


Since its inception in 1986, Dewina Food Industries Sdn Bhd (54653-D), through its brand name Brahim's, has been the leading authority of premium quality instant retort pouched foods in Southeast Asia.

For many years, Brahim's has the reputation of unsurpassed quality and innovation for convenience foods. Among the achievements are the Industry Excellence Award for Product and Export by the Malaysian Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in 1994, Highly Commendable Product Malaysian Institute of Food Technology in 1997, Best Product Awards by Malaysian Institute of Food Technology in 1994 and 2003, and the Gold Excellence Award in 2004 in London.

Dewina Food Industries' production plant was awarded the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System Certification in 1994. In addition, all Brahim's products are certified halal by the Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM), complete with the Veterinary Health Mark from the Department of Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture Malaysia.

Brahim's products use only carefully selected spices and fresh ingredients for use in hygienically packaged retort pouches, resulting in high-quality, deliciously fresh tasting meals. The packaging materials used and unique retort sterilization process protects the products from harmful UV rays and light oxidation, allowing the storage of products for 24 months at room tempreture without the use of preservatives.

Brahim's gradually gained steady commercial market presence and strong brand awareness within Malaysian and regional markets. Production capacity was increased to meet growing demands.




Awards and Recognition


Brahim's production plant was the first in South-East Asia to adopt the retort pouch sterilisation and packaging technique. The first batch of retort pouch products were officially rolled out and launched in July 1988 as the first product of its kind of both Malaysia and the regional market.

Brahim's has long been known for excellent quality and tastes of the Asian region. This fact has not gone unnoticed by our colleagues in the Food Industry as well as Governmental departments. Over the past 25 years, we have received numerous awards and accolades in recognition of our products and abilities.

There are Certified MS ISO 9001, ISO 22000 ,MS 1480(HACCP), and BRC Global Standard. In addition, all Brahim's products are certified halal by the Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM), complete with the Veterinary Health Mark from the Department of Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture Malaysia.

The awards was :

  • VII Europe Award 1993
  • Best Product Award 1994, MIFT (Brahim’s-Kuah Sambal Tumis)
  • Industry Excellence Award (Product) 1994, MITI
  • Industry Excellence Award (Export) 1994,MITI
  • The Quality Certificate Scheme Complying to MS ISO 1994.
  • Highly Commendable Product 1997, MIFT (Brahim’s- Vindaloo Curry)
  • Quality System - Model For Quality Assurance in Design, Development, Production, Installation and Servicing for year 1998.
  • Best Product – 8th ASEAN Food Conference 2003
  • Best Product Award 2003 – (Brahim’s – Rendang) MIFT
  • Superbrands 2004
  • Gold Excellence Award 2004 (London)
  • Award Excellence 2010 American Master of Taste
  • Industry Excellence Award (Product) 2010 – MITI
  • National Mark of Malaysian Brand -2011
  • Product Innovation(Gold) Award 2011 – MIFT
  • High Performance Bumiputra SME’s(Teras) by Teraju Unit.

 
The Founder

 Datuk Ibrahim Hj Ahmad
Datuk Ibrahim Hj Ahmad is the founder and now the Executive Chairman of Dewina Holdings Sdn Bhd (550913-P). He holds a Masters degree in Food Technology (1974) and a Diploma in Agriculture (1969).

A former lecturer and a founding member of the Faculty of Food Science and Biotechnology, University Putra Malaysia and subsequently the Head of Corporate R & D at a public company, Datuk Ibrahim has wide experience in food and agro-based industries and had been involved in various professional organizations.

He held posts such as National Representative to the UNESCO Regional Network for Basic Sciences (1978-1980), Secretary-General of Asean Federation of Food Processing Industries (1983-1984), Member, International Standards Committee SIRIM (1983-1985), Council Member of Malaysian Microbiological Society (1978-1980) and Malaysian Institute of Food Technology (1980-1983), besides sitting on various state and federal advisory bodies.

Datuk Ibrahim founded Dewina Food Industries in 1986 and has since been honoured with the 'Anugerah Usahawan' (Entrepreneurship Award) in 1993 and with a Datukship in October 2002.



Challenges 

Brahim’s likely to face short-term challenges. There are some sources stated that Brahim's Holding Bhd (Brahim's) faced challenges during running up the business.


Posted on July 19, 2014, Saturday

KUCHING: Brahim’s Holdings Bhd (Brahim’s) is likely to face short-term challenges as market sentiments could weaken from the recent MH17 incident, analysts say.

Hong Leong Investment Bank Bhd’s research arm (HLIB Research) highlighted that the company could potentially see negative impact from the incident due to the uncertainty in passenger numbers.

This, the research firm opined: “May result in a slowdown in total in-flight meals produced given the catastrophe is more widespread as compared to MH370.”

It outlined, Brahim’s had weathered well through the MH370 incident and the negative impact has been insignificant.

“Total numbers of meals produced by Brahim’s post-MH370 have proven to be resilient at an average of circa one million meals per month,” it said.

HLIB Research pointed out; given two back-to-back air travel incidents, it expects a knee-jerk effect on sentiments.

“Despite the short-term headwinds, we remain confident on Brahim’s long-term fundamentals and believe the group’s ability to meet our forecasts.

“However, we are turning cautious on investor’s perceptions towards Brahim’s over the near-to-medium term,” it added.

Given the expected weakening in market sentiment going forward, HLIB Research cut its target price on Brahim’s to RM2.29 per share (from RM2.97 per share) based on FY15’s 13.5-folds price earnings and seven-folds enterprise value per earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation. It retained its ‘buy’ call on the stock.


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