Incorporated in Malaysia in March 1993, One-Tech (M) Sdn Bhd founded by Tuan Haji Ridzuan bin Ismail started off with a humble beginning as a small furniture manufacturer supplying wooden furniture to government schools and offices. Within a decade, One-Tech evolved into an interior fit out company, specialising in the production of high-end customised wood products and interior design works for local government agencies, universities, private corporations and public listed companies.

“Today, One-Tech specialises in the manufacturing of ‘green’ furniture well as interior fit out and décor items. To tackle current environmental challenges, we understand the need to produce sustainable wood products and have spearheaded Malaysia’s ‘green’ interior solutions since 2013. “This is in line with our company’s vision to establish ourselves as a world-class ‘green’ lifestyle solutions provider as well as meeting our mission to delight our customers with products and solutions that are ‘green’, functional, reliable and aesthetically pleasing,” said his son, Encik Harith bin Ridzuan, who is also a director of the company.Harith who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Management Studies from the University of Nottingham, UK, has more than eight years of professional woodworking experience and has played a key role in transforming One-Tech into a sustainable manufacturer of local-made furniture.

Today, the company markets its product under five brands,namely, Harith Green Carpenter, dapo, Jord, Nokta and Meubelism. Along its journey, One-Tech has constantly strived towards excellence and is acknowledged through various certification awards such as the 5S national award for Quality Environment in 2003, 2004 and 2008. One-Tech also received the international quality certification ISO9001:2000 in 2004 which was later upgraded to quality certification ISO9001:2008. “We also practise international safety and environmental standards and received the Occupational Safety Health & Environment certification in 2007,” said Harith. One-Tech is one of 30 companies that have been selected as the pioneer batch for the ‘The High Performing Bumiputera SME’ programme known as TERAS under the Bumiputera Agenda Driving Unit of the Prime Minister’s Department. TERAS is aimed at producing world class entrepreneurs within 10 years and is one of the government’s initiatives for Bumiputera SMEs to be able to meet the target of 20% contribution to the Nation’s Gross Domestic Product by the year 2020.

Other awards won by One-Tech included the SME Corp Enterprise 50 (E50) Award 2012. In 2015, the company was among 50 companies selected under the ‘Best Exporter Program’ jointly organised by the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation and SME Bank.

In 2016, the company was recognised as one of the top 20 companies to receive the Malaysian Productivity Corporation’s lean manufacturing award while its Managing Director, Hajah Huda binti Ikhwan won the ‘Productivity Champion Award 2016’. In the same year, the company received an award by the Malaysian Timber Industry Board for its excellent business performance as well as its adoption of sustainable practices. Earlier this year, One-Tech was chosen as one of the Top 5 Community’s (SAY) business development programme aimed at supporting local businesses to expand their global presence.

The latest award won by the company was the ‘BrandLaureate Bumiputera Best Brands Award 2017-2018’ for its exceptional branding efforts for the furniture manufacturing industry.

One-Tech’s 13,000ft2 factory in Ampang, Selangor is also a teaching factory dedicated to developing highly-skilled and capable woodworkers, designers, and engineers.

“Our teaching factory is designed to ensure that students receive the right guidance in furniture manufacturing through a series of entry-level modules and exposure to high-tech machines as well as the local arts.

“To date, we have provided over 70 tertiary students with internship opportunities, many of whom were from top public and private institutions including the German-Malaysian Institute, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, National Youth Skills Institute and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak,” said Harith.

Among its company values, Harith has this to say: “We constantly strive to discover and share innovating ways to improve our customers’ health and wellbeing. It is our goal to continually engage with various communities including the public, industry, grass-root and retail audiences, as well as within our own organisation regarding the importance of sustainable living.”