Sewing & Assembly

WTEC’s Sewing & Assembly Team provides specialized fabrication and finishing services designed to transform laminated and converted foam materials into fully assembled components for industrial, commercial, and consumer applications. With a focus on craftsmanship, precision, and production efficiency, our team supports both prototyping and high-volume manufacturing across a wide range of sectors.

Description

Our sewing and assembly capabilities are compatible with the following substrates:

  • Flexible Polyurethane Foam (PU)
  • Polyurethane Semi-Rigid Foam
  • Rebond Foam
  • Reticulated Foam
  • Graphite Foam
  • Melamine Foam
  • Polyethylene Foam (PE)
  • Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate Foam (EVA)
  • Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer Foam (EPDM)
  • Chloroprene Rubber Foam (CR)
  • Nitrile Foam (NBR)
  • Felt and other laminated textiles including PVC, leather, vinyl, and fabric

WTEC’s team is equipped to handle manual and machine stitching, panel alignment, edge finishing, and component integration, supporting applications in automotive seating, headrests, door trim panels, auditorium and cinema upholstery, sofa construction, and interior furnishings. Our sewing specialists ensure consistent seam strength, ergonomic shaping, and aesthetic detailing, while our assembly technicians manage multi-layer builds, foam shaping, and final product packaging.

We support both single-piece customization and batch production. Our workflow integrates seamlessly with upstream lamination and cutting processes, ensuring efficient turnaround and quality control at every stage.

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Teresa Tan Siew Kuan

Madam Teresa Tan Siew Kuan holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Adelaide, Australia, and is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants as well as a Fellow of Certified Practising Accountants, Australia (FCPA).

She brings over 30 years of experience across audit, taxation, corporate finance and investment banking. She began her career in 1992 in audit with Kassim Chan & Co (now Deloitte PLT), before gaining tax experience with Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). She subsequently built a career in corporate finance and advisory with Malaysian International Merchant Bankers Berhad (now Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad) and Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad, where she advised corporate and institutional clients, including public listed companies.

She later transitioned into academia as a lecturer in accounting and auditing, before returning to the financial services industry in business development roles. She
subsequently served as Chief Financial Officer of TT Vision Holdings Berhad from 2017 to 2019, where she was involved in overseeing the company’s listing on the LEAP Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.

She currently provides business and management consultancy services. She is also an Independent NonExecutive Director of IQ Group Holdings Berhad as well as
BWYS Group Berhad.