Dato’ Ng Chai Eng co-founded and heads UWC Berhad, a supporting services provider, which supplies high-end engineering and manufacturing services to the semiconductor, telecom and life-science industries.

Ng co-founded UWC with his friend and former co-worker Lau Chee Kheong in 1990 as a trading company supplying wire-cut machines for the semiconductor industry in Malaysia. They quickly diversified into metal fabrication services, loose components and modules.

From sub-assembly, Ng and Lau developed full-assembly capabilities to produce whole machines, becoming an original equipment manufacturer for a diverse market. They started to make lifts, healthcare and medical products—items used in security, telecommunications and engineering, and even car components. Having started out in a 500 square foot rental shop in 1990, UWC now has more than 10 factories in Malaysia and Vietnam. In 2019, UWC was listed on Bursa Malaysia.