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A FAMILY
Family ties keep Cyclect together as
third-generation Managing Director and
CEO Melvin Tan continues to increase
the company’s share in Asia’s marine,
infrastructure and clean-energy sectors.WORDS HOLLY JOHNSON • IMAGES YEW KWANGM
elvin Tan, Managing Director and CEO of
Cyclect Group, is a third-generation owner
determined to make his mark on the family
business and do things a little differently. “It’s
my turn to bring Cyclect to the next level, and
I don’t want to miss a single opportunity,” he
says. Under his stewardship, the firm has diversified from its marine and
offshore roots to the booming businesses of renewable energy and
engineering services, robotics and automation for the aviation and
logistics sectors. Now Cyclect’s thousands of clients and 700 staff are
spread throughout nine countries.
Founded by his grandfather Tan Ai Meng in 1943 in the midst
of the WWII Japanese occupation, Cyclect started out as a handyman
and appliance business in Singapore – a prime location for the
budding engineering industry. »AFFAIR
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