The Lion Group was established in the 1930’s and today, headquartered in Malaysia, has its business operations in Singapore, Indonesia, China, USA, Mexico, Vietnam and Hong Kong. Its main businesses are steel, motor vehicle, tyre, computer, plantation, Security Systems, retail and property development.
The Group has major business ventures throughout the world and has five companies listed on the Bursa Malaysia with another two each in Indonesia and Singapore; and one in Hong Kong. As at 31st December 2008, it has an annual group turnover of approximately RM 18 billion (US$ 5.03 billion) and provides employment for about 25,000 people.
The Group’s Property Division is involved in the entire spectrum of property investment, development and management of various types of properties. Its portfolio includes major townships, high-rise serviced suites, office towers, industrial parks, shopping malls, hotels, resorts, golf courses and others. Some of the signature projects in Malaysia include Parkson Shopping malls, The Twins at Damansara, Bukit Makhota Cheras, Bandar Akademia Seminyih, Cheng Industrial park and etc with over thousands units of properties sold to date.
The Group has also developed several industrial, commercial and residential projects in Singapore. In China, it owns Parkson Retail centers and has completed the 12-storey Parkson Tower in Beijing and the 50-storey Parkson Tower in Qingdao whilst in Shenyang, it is involved in the development of a 2,000-unit high rise residential project.
Lion Group has been a loyal customer of IFCA since the early 90s for the Property Development and Property Management solutions. With business expansion and increased opportunities, Lion Group’s immediate needs are to streamline and centralize their silo operations to improve on security, controls and business processes.
After a thorough evaluation process, Lion Group Property Division has chosen IFCA as its Enterprise Solution Partner and is embarking on IFCA.Net to empower it’s management and employees in improving communication channels, ease collaboration with it’s business associates, partners and customers on a real-time basis.
Lion Group will be implementing IFCA.Net for their CRM, Property Development and Sales, Property Management, Financial Management and office automation system in a single, integrated platform.