About Us
GPRO Technologies revolutionizes how the world’s textile and apparel companies work on the shop floor
Who we are
GPRO Technologies offers textile and apparel factories around the world shop floor data collection and productivity solutions that revolutionizes work on the shop floor.
GPRO Technologies Corporate Profile (16.9 KiB)
Founded
1996 by Jordan Tang and Quek Kar Loon
Incorporated
Oct 2003 — Incorporated as GPRO Technologies Berhad
Before incorporation in 1996, known as New Paradigm Technologies(NPT) Sdn Bhd.
Corporate headquarters
Kluang, Johor, Malaysia.
Source of name
Name derived by combining the words ‘garment professionals’.
Flagship products
G.PRO SDT — Real-time shop floor data collection and feedback management for the textile and apparel industry.
G.PRO IEES — Benchmarking with MTM2 work analysis standard for reliable motion estimates
Market Presence
More than half of GPRO’s revenue is generated outside Malaysia.
Indonesia
Brunei
Vietnam
Thailand
Cambodia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Leadership
2005: World’s first to develop RFID garment shop floor data tracking system.
2006: World’s first to market RFID material handling system for textile and apparel industry.
Vision
To be the leading provider of innovative IT solutions and technologies for the transformation of the textile and apparel industry worldwide.
GPRO Technologies revolutionizes how the world’s textile and apparel companies work on the shop floor. For more than a decade, the company’s award-winning innovations and solutions have redefined how textile and apparel companies work on the shop floor by setting new standards for productivity data collection anywhere and anytime.
A firm believer in research and development, GPRO devoted its initial three (3) years of development on research and development (R&D) activities. Established in 1996, under the name New Paradigm Technologies (NPT) Sdn Bhd, in 2004, NPT was then incorporated as GPRO Technologies Berhad, an MSC-status company in Malaysia. GPRO now actively markets products under the ‘G.PRO’ brand, namely G.PRO SDT and G.PRO IEES – award-winning real-time online shop floor data-collection and feedback management systems for the textile and apparel industry.
To date, GPRO products have been installed in over ten countries: China, Indonesia, Brunei, Vietnam, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, Cambodia and Singapore. The company continuously promotes and markets this system among mid to large size garment manufacturers worldwide. Some of its customers include Hong-Kong based Crystal Group and Smart Shirts Ltd, and Nhabe Garment Company from Vietnam.
Industry leadership
GPRO products and service quality are one of the best in the region. International recognition has come in the form of the Industrial Export Excellence Award for Merchandise from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia 2003. The company obtained a Bronze place for Malaysia’s Emerging Brand Award 2005 and was short listed as a finalist in Red Herring Asia’s Top 100 companies. In 2004, the company made its IPO debut on the Mesdaq market of the Malaysia Stock Exchange. In 2007 and 2008, the company won Best Industrial Application awards for G.PRO IEES and G.PRO SDT respectively at the prestigious Asia Pacific ICT Awards. G.PRO SDT customers won awards at Hong Kong RFID 2008 competition by demonstrating highly innovative RFID implementations in use on their shop floor.
Entrepreneurship
GPRO has a strong commitment towards technology development. Approximately 50 per cent of its total staff strength is employed in the area of research, developing new products and enhancing existing systems. The company’s pool of skilled knowledge workers are drawn from various fields including software engineering, communication engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, business administration and marketing.
GPRO in Asia
With the head office in Malaysia, GPRO also has regional offices in Vietnam, Singapore, China and Thailand to help extend customer support. GPRO aspires to establish its solutions as the de facto industry standard within the international textile and apparel industry.
