Pensonic Group (original) (raw)

Pensonic Holdings Berhad (stylized as PENSONIC) (MYX: 9997) founded by Dato Chew Weng Khak (Chinese: 周荣吉) is a company that started business as a small shop in Penang selling electrical appliances trading under the name of Keat Radio Co. in 1965 as a sole proprietor. In 1982, Chew started the PENSONIC brand name to produce locally manufactured electrical appliances in order to ensure long term growth of his company, and the brand name “PENSONIC” was invented by combining “Pen” and “sonic” to mean “Sound of Penang”.