Pensonic

Pensonic Holdings Berhad (stylized as PENSONIC) founded by Dato Chew Weng Khak, 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”. It turns out that PENSONIC has developed and grown into one of the most successful Malaysian brands in household appliances It was the first Malaysian brand to have received the Brand Promotion Grant from MITI of Malaysian in 2005 and it has also received a number of excellence design awards.