Our story began in 1917, when a young visionary called Chia Yee Soh opened a humble automotive repair shop called “United Motor Works”, lighting a spark that would ignite into the leading, multi- million dollar industrial conglomerate that is the UMW Group.

We stand tall as one of Malaysia’s foremost public-listed companies, while continuously building on the strengths of our core businesses to tap opportunities in the international arena. The UMW Group has expanded beyond Malaysian shores. We now have international presence in Singapore, Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and India.

Strategic alliances with leading global organisations have helped position the UMW Group as a leader in our core businesses.

The UMW Group is involved in these businesses:

Automotive

Equipment

Manufacturing
& Engineering

Did you know?

The concept of United Motor Works germinated in 1902, when our founder, Chia Yee Soh, then a lad of 14 years working as an apprentice in a small bicycle shop in Singapore became fascinated with a new contraption - a motorcycle which was brought in by a customer to have the tyres fixed. Interested in all things mechanical, Chia not only fixed the tyres but proceeded to dismantle the motorcycle and in the process encountered difficulties in reassembling it! This incident led to Chia’s absorption into the mysteries of the internal combustion engine. He decided to set up his own automotive repair shop in 1917. He named it United Motor Works.