2008-Jul-25 - Promserv taking its technology to Mideast

GEORGE TOWN: Promserv Sdn Bhd, an electrical engineering servicesprovider, plans to tap the Middle East market with its newtechnology for testing of electrical systems.

Many oil and gas companies in the Middle East would requirePromserv's technology to test their power installations, saidmanaging director Chen Chin Peng.

Our software-based technology allows the testing of current transformer and electrical systems without shutting down theplants operations.

Conventional technology takes a long time to check the electricalsystems of a plant, he told StarBiz.

He said this after receiving a Malaysian patent for his Live andLoaded Testing Method for Current Transformer from the EnergyCommission chief operating officer Ahmad Fauzi Hasan.

A medium-sized company would normally have to shut down itsoperations for days or even weeks for such checks, causing the lossof a lot of money, Chen said.

Promserv's technology would alert a customer on any faults in theelectrical system and the parts that need replacing, he said.

The company can then order the replacement parts ahead of time.Millions of ringgit and valuable work time will be saved, headded.

Chen is an electrical engineering graduate from Universiti Malaya.He spent eight years developing the Live and Loaded Testing Methodfor Current Transformer technology, which also has patentprotection in China and Singapore.

Chen said Promserv had a technical support office in Beijing, whichwould be used for its expansion in China.

We also plan to expand overseas by licensing the patent tointerested parties, he said.

Promserv, which has 30 to 40 engineers, provides electricalengineering services for over 200 multinational customers in thecountry.

It has operations in Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Kuantan.