WHEN Datuk Eddie Ong Choo Meng makes an entrance especially as a substantial shareholder of a Bursa Malaysia-listed company things tend to perk up. A slew of corporate actions tends to follow him wherever he goes.
The companies at which he has emerged include chemical firm Hextar Global Bhd, glove maker Rubberex Corp (M) Bhd, diversified group SCH Group Bhd and, more recently, furniture and plastic ware manufacturer SWS Capital Bhd.
Despite having substantial shareholdings in a number of public-listed firms, Ong is better known as a chemical businessman as he runs Hextar Holdings Sdn Bhd, the country’s largest pesticide producer, founded by his father Datuk Ong Soon Ho.