Dato' Dr. Hussamuddin Bin Hj. Yaacub founded Kumpulan Karangkraf Sdn. Bhd (KKSB) in 1978. The business started in a humble little shop lot publishing Mingguan Kanak-Kanak and today Kumpulan Karangkraf is Malaysia's largest national language magazine publisher with 27 titles under its belt.
In 1990 the group ventured into commercial printing by setting up Ultimate Print Sdn Bhd and Dasar Cetak Sdn Bhd to ensure the business diversity of the group. Through constant reinvestments in the printing technology to meet the ever changing demands of today customers, Ultimate Print is now the largest commercial printer in Malaysia. At about the same time Karangkraf started publishing books under its Alaf 21 and Karya Bestari imprints. Covering a wide variety of genres, the book business also started to grow steadily and today Alaf 21 is the number one publisher for romantic novels.
A giant step was taken in 2006 by publishing the group's very own daily newspaper Sinar Harian. This is because the Dato' Hussamuddin realized that there is a need for a more local as well as transparent news reporting in Malaysia. This bold step proved to be a winning formula because upon its launch in the east coast, Sinar Harian became No.1 choice among the locals because unlike other national language dailies, Sinar Harian is the only 100% regional (State) newspaper in the Peninsula.
With each passing year Kumpulan Karangkraf continues to further expand its business operations in terms of size as well as volume, thus an important step was undertaken in 2010 to consolidate the overall business to ensure a clearly defined future for the group. This involves the incorporation of Kumpulan Media Karangkraf as the parent company to replace Kumpulan Karangkraf overseeing and monitoring the 4core business divisions which is:
- Grup Majalah Karangkraf (Magazine Business)
- Grup Buku Karangkraf (Book Division)
- Grup Sinar Karangkraf (Newspaper Division)
- Grup Percetakan Ultimate (Printing Division)
- Grup Digital Karangkraf (Digital Division)
a) Aims:
An established publication and printing firm and distributor of magazines, books and printed materials in South East Asia that meets world quality standards.
b) Mission Statement
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Money is not merely the bottom line! Business continuity is by emphasizing on a strong foundation in good basic human values and practiced by everyone within the organization |
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Constantly identifying new publishing opportunities and keeping the business integrity intact |
Every publication is designed to meet the national aspiration of injecting good moral values
c) Core Values:
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To give priority to customer satisfaction |
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To maintain discipline, politeness and trustworthiness |
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To have teamwork and good communication between all staff |
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To be highly productive and efficient |
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To be informative and skillful |
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Hardworking and conscientious |
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Concern for quality in all aspects and levels |
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Dato' Hussamuddin bin Hj. Yaacub
CEO/Managing Director/Publisher |
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Dato' Fickry bin Hj. Yaacub
Founder/Director |
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Mohd Nasir bin Hj. Hamzah
Founder/Director |
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