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Tapping into
theFrequency
of Success
MDT Group
Malaysian at heart,
but global in outlook and
presence, MDT Group
of Companies is highly
specialised in one of the
world’s most sought after
technologies; radio fre-
quency identification technology (RFID).
The company has made waves in the RFID
field over the past decade, firmly placing itself
among the top international players around
the globe.
LiewChoonLian, the company’s Chairman and
CEO, has ledMDT through trials and tribulations
witha level headedand forward thinkingapproach.
Thishas formedMDT’s corevalues andbusiness
ethics, which has not failed to produce only the
best of results despite difficulties and challenges
encountered. Withmore than90%ofMDT’s busi-
ness investedandfocused in internationalmarkets,
MDTGroup is yet another homegrownname that
has created a significantmark in the globalmarket
for Malaysia.
Growing MDT
MDTwas formed in2000, beginningwithDisplay
Technology Incorporated. Initially, the business
focus was on designing core video processing
chipsets to cater for flat panel displays suchas LCD
monitors andmobile output devices.
Display technology was the “hottest thing” in
themarket back then, when the bulkyCRTdisplay
monitorswere replacedby the slim, ruggedandflat
panel displays –more commonly known as LCD’s.
In 2003, Liew and a few senior management
members from his former company, Matsushita
Industrial Electric (nowknownasPanasonic),were
involved in the National RFID initiative known as
the Hibiki Project in Japan.
The company decided to shift into Radio Fre-
quency Identification Technology (RFID). The
company understood the advantages possessed by
RFID technology and started to research in depth