GPRO accepts Maturity Level 2 achievement event award
(December, 15)

The event, held at Cyberview Lodge Resort, was attended by MSC status companies and individuals that have achieved PMP certifications and CMMI ratings from the process improvement initiatives organized by MDeC over the year. Consultants from mfQ Asia, and Project Management Institute and participating panels were there to witness the event.

Mr Quek Kar Loon, Chief Executive Officer of GPRO Technologies accepted the award for GPRO Technologies successful Maturity Level 2 rating. The achievement marks a new milestone, as GPRO Technologies continues to develop its people towards building world class software.

RFID Leaders Summit for Textiles & Fashion
(November, 4)

GPRO Technologies participated as a Gold sponsor for the SFW 06 Fashion-Tech Solutions Conference which is held from 1st- 3rd Nov 2006. In conjunction with Singapore Fashion Week 06, this conference is specially designed to address the needs of international manufacturer, designers, buyers and other industry players. Touching on various aspects of fashions, textile, business and technology, the conference will be a platform for meaningful discussions on critical issues and trends impacting the global textile, apparel and fashion industry.

Besides being a sponsor, GPRO's CEO Mr. Quek Kar Loon gave a speech on ‘LEAN Manufacturing Concept and Its Application in Garment Production. A great speech which was well received has become a topic of discussion even after the conference. Hence, bringing lots of enqueries from potential customers.

The afternoon session of the conference is the CEO Roundtable where CEO’s from top manufacturing company are invited for an interactive face-to-face discussion. The session covers the business values of RFID and potential areas of applications within the organization. An interesting session where CEO’s get to share views and ideas on the current market trend for RFID technology.

Lastly, we would like to thank our valued customers for coming all the way from Hong Kong to attend the conference and we are grateful for their continuous support.

The Singapore Fashion Week 06 – Labels Asia 06 & Intimate Asia 06 to be held at the Singapore Expo, Hall 6, 2^nd to 4^th November 06, booth number is A1-03.

http://www.singaporefashionweek.com.sg/FTSC.html

The 10th China International Textile Machinery Exhibition (CITME)
(October, 22)

GPRO and Unitex participated in CITME exhibition held at China International Exhibition Center, Beijing from 17th -21st Oct 2006. CITME which serves as the key platform for information exchange and business cooperation among China, Asia and rest of the world provides a great insight to China’s textile market.

Our featured product for this exhibition is G.PRO Maxline Automated Hanger System, a joint effort by Unitex and GPRO. The system is 1st of its kind in the garment manufacture industry that offers you a new way of handling. Increase production visibility and decrease productivity gap, it helps provide accurate scheduling, and thus achieve on time delivery.

Tremendous turn out and lots of prospect, CITME is indeed a successful exhibition

http://www.citme.org/

GPRO at SCISMA 2006
(September, 5)

GPRO participated in SCISMA together with Toyo (H.K) Co Ltd. The exhibition organised by China Sewing Machinery Association was held at Pazhou Complex, China from 1st Sept- 4th Sept 2006

Our featured product, G.PRO SDT with GRID technology receives overwhelming response during the event.

Developed in house based on industrial standard RFID technology, the manufacturers gets a better idea on how an easy to use yet powerful tool can help in their production floor.

Congratulation to GPRO for achieving CMMI from MDec!
(September, 2)

"We are proud to note that GPRO Technologies Bhd is amongst the first few Malaysian owned MSC Malaysia Status companies as well as Quality Excellence for Software and Technology SMEs (QUEST) Programme participants to achieve this prestigious SEI CMMI Maturity Level 2 rating. "

CEO, MDec

click to see full certificate details...

Joint System Development with Unitex
(August, 31)

GPRO has entered into a Joint System Development Agreement with United Texmac Pte Ltd to jointly develop a computerised controlled hanger production system for the apparel manufacturing industry on 31 August 2006.

GPRO Achieves World Class Maturity Level 2 Rating
(August, 17)

GPRO has been successfully appraised to CMMI Maturity Level 2 Rating on the 17th August 2006. The appraisal was a SCAMPI Class A assessment conducted with a SEI certified appraiser.

With this rating, GPRO is currently among the first 2 participants out of 20 companies in the QuESTS programme to have been rated at a Maturity Level 2 successfully.

The process improvement initiative was kicked off in April 2005, as part of the QuESTS programme sponsored by MDeC for small medium enterprises (SMEs).

Originating from the renowned Software Engineering Institute at the Carnegie Mellon University, Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) is a process improvement approach, consisting of actual best practices, that provides organizations with the essential elements of effective processes. The entire model consists of five stages of capability or maturity levels.

The continuous process improvement initiative ensures an adequate improvement foundation has been laid for other process improvement initiatives, minimizing the organization’s process improvement investment while maximizing benefits for the organization. This will help to further improve software quality, planning and management processes, efficiency, return on investment, and effectiveness throughout the development process.

For more information about CMMI, visit the SEI website (http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/)

IT boosts manufacturing sector (full article visit website)
(July, 30)

Management information is a major concern for Karl Ting, GM for the Crystal Group's Information Services Department. Crystal Group designs and manufacturers fashion garments for many of the leading international brand names. With 25,000 employees and manufacturing facilities located in twelve countries across Asia, the group produces 180 million garments a year.

RFID streamlines Hanoi factory flow
Another interesting project managed by Ting is the adoption of RFID devices to replace smart cards in providing information on work in progress (WIP) in the company's new Hanoi factory.

Crystal Group uses a real-time shop floor application from Malaysia's GPRO Technologies Berhad: GPro for WIP tracking. "In a competitive market, we wanted to reduce lead time on customer orders, and also obtain more real-time information on defects to support our quality drive," said Ting. "We decided RFID was the answer."

Washing data
The RFID devices cost more than smart cards, but are re-usable and don't wear out as they don't have to be physically swiped. But unsurprisingly, when bundles of garments go through a washing stage, the RFID devices must be removed. "Our laboratory is developing a waterproof type that can withstand high temperatures, stone and chemical wash," said Ting.

GPRO releases Annual Report 2005
(June, 1)

GPRO has released its annual report for the financial year 2005. Interested parties can contact slchua@gprotechnologies.com to get a complimentary copy that will be sent via post. Please include your name, title, company, postal address and telephone in your email.

GPRO staff participated in this international fair, highlighting G.PRO products and solutions: the G.PRO SDT, the G.PRO SDT (GRID), G.PRO IEES and G.PRO I2mover system. Response to GPRO's products was encouraging at the exhibition, and a number of key business contacts were made. GPRO hopes to follow up on these contacts and further strengthen its international presence.

Making Inroads into India
(May, 5)

 

Three Indian manufacturers have expressed interest in G.PRO products, especially its SDT and SDT (GRID) Systems. Both the Chairman and CEO of GPRO flew over to Bangalore to meet some of these potential customers. Response and feedback from this new market has been positive.

GPRO entered into a MOU for collaboration with Singular ID Pte Ltd to cooperate and join efforts to provide integrated tracking, supply chain management and anti-counterfeiting products and services for the apparel and textile industries. Click here for the official announcements. (You can also visit the Singular ID website by clicking on the logo above.)

GPRO signs RM 1.8 million contract with Hong Kong customer
(April, 12)

GPRO has secured a contract with a Hong Kong based garment manufacturer, China Point Enterprise Ltd, for 3,000 terminals. China Point produces knitted, jeans, accessories, embroidery and other assorted garment items.

The contract was signed on the 12th of April 2006, and is worth RM1.8 million. The entire G.PRO SDT System (contact version) will be rolled out to their factories in 3 phases. The factories are located in Shantou and Shanghai in China. This is the first contract signed with a contact gained at the Dongguan exhibition that GPRO participated in March 2006.

If you would like to find out more about this product, please contact info@gprotechnologies.com

GPRO Technologies has unveiled its latest product offering to the market: the G.PRO Shop floor Data Tracking (SDT) System with GRID Technology (GRID). GRID stands for G.PRO Radio frequency Identification. This new product is made up of inhouse developed hardware parts and components designed and developed by our very own R&D engineers.

GPRO Hangzhou was awarded the Zhejiang Province New Technology Product Award for excellence in R&D and product development by the Zhejiang Province Science and Technology Association. The award was given to GPRO in February 2006. The award was given in recognition of GPRO Hangzhou's superior product development capabilities.

As a sign of appreciation to all the hard work put in by GPRO staff over the year, the company organized its annual dinner in Kluang. This year's Annual Dinner was themed, "Celebrating a Decade of Innovation". There were many prizes given away and the audiences was also entertained by the many talent-filled performances and items. Some of the returning overseas staff made a special effort to be at the Dinner, which made it all the more special.

GPRO has signed contracts with two separate manufacturers this month. One of them is located in Solo, Indonesia, and the other in Zhongshan, China. Both are new customers and have signed on for 2000 workstations each.