220 MSM Prai Berhad MSM Prai Berhad (formerly known as Malayan Sugar Manufacturing Company Berhad) operates the Prai sugar refinery in Penang. Located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, the facility is the country’s largest sugar refinery with an annual production capacity of 960,000 tonnes of refined sugar, accounting for up to 84% of MSM’s total production capacity. The formation of Malayan Sugar Manufacturing Company Berhad (MSM Co.) dates back to 1959. Its sole mission was to set up a sugar refinery in Malaysia. Then, Malaysia was still dependent on imported sugar refined in Britain and Hong Kong. Today, MSM’s quality products are supplied to major companies in the beverage and confectionery industries, hotels, restaurants, food outlets and household consumers CHAPTER 14