BRC Asia still keen on China expansion

Company wants to leverage growing governmental support and overseas connections.

Claudia Chong

Published Sun, Dec 27, 2020 · 09:50 PM

THE Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a blow to the construction sector, leading BRC Asia to put its internationalisation plans on the back burner. Nevertheless, the mainboard-listed steel dealer says it continues to have China and overseas expansion in its sights.

Now that a vaccine is available and countries are actively trying to restart their economies, CEO and executive director Seah Kiin Peng is cautiously optimistic that the company can aggressively pursue expansion in the second half of 2021 or early 2022.

The 82-year-old company supplies prefabricated ste…