UEM Edgenta Successfully Completes Acquisition Of AIFS

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 (Bernama) -- UEM Edgenta Bhd (UEM Edgenta) has successfully completed the acquisition of Asia Integrated Facility Solutions Pte. Ltd. (AIFS), the holding company of UEMS Pte Ltd (UEMS). With this acquisition, UEM Edgenta can now expand from a domestic player to a regional hospital support services provider in both the public and private healthcare sector, servicing over 170 hospitals in Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan collectively. In a statement Thursday, UEM Edgenta said its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer Azmir Merican and UEMS Chief Executive Office Chan Cheow Hong, have jointly briefed senior managers from both companies and functional teams on their strategic directions for 2017 at the UEMS Singapore Head Office. UEM Edgenta has at present a strong workforce of over 17,000 and business operations in 12 countries worldwide, including the immediate addition of Singapore and Taiwan. -- BERNAMA