The history of the FCB Group began in 1996 with the establishment of Frontken Singapore Pte Ltd, with a staff force of twelve (12) and rented factory space of 1,600 square metres. Frontken Singapore was founded by two enterprising engineers, Willie Wong and Alvin Yeo. Through their prior training and work experiences with major global thermal spraying companies such as Tocalo and Sulzer Metco (Singapore) Pte Ltd, Willie Wong has garnered tremendous capabilities in material engineering and R&D in thermal spray coating processes, while Alvin Yeo has capabilities in production techniques and skill sets. Their combined capabilities provided the foundation for surface metamorphosis technology of the FCB Group.

The principal activities of Frontken then were machining, metal fabrication and thermal spray coating for the general engineering industry. It started with a wire metallizing spray system, which was among the lowest range of thermal spray coating systems from the spectrum of thermal spray coating systems available in the market.

Over the next few years, Frontken continued to grow, invest and acquire more advanced thermal spray system, including the Flame Powder/Rod spray system, HVOF, Plasma Transferred Arc Cladding, Plasma Spray System aided with multi-axes robotic automation arm. Frontken relocated to a rented production plant with an area of 3,500 square metres which it subsequently acquired in 2001. With better operation facilities and advanced equipment, Frontken's customer base in Singapore expanded to include companies in the oil and gas, semiconductor, petrochemical and power generation industries.

In 2001, Frontken stepped up R&D on Surface Metamorphosis Technology for new applications and new market sectors, with an aim to establish Frontken Singapore as a centre of research excellence and build its technology network with suppliers, partners and customers in order to identify new business opportunities.

In the years that followed, Frontken continued to develop and refine its capabilities and techniques towards innovative surface metamorphosis engineering and have since developed significant expertise in a broad spectrum of surface metamorphosis technology areas essential to the success of the Group’s business.

Today, Frontken is a leading service provider of mission critical services for industries such as the semiconductor (comprised of Semicon Manufacturing, Optoelectronics, Flat Panel Display and Data Storage industries), Power Generation, Petrochemical, and Oil & Gas industries with a combined workforce of well over 500 employees spanning across our engineering plants in the Asia Pacific region, such as Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines & Taiwan.

The Group has an established reputation and foundation for quality, prompt delivery and reliable service in this industry & also has proven track records in providing mission critical surface metamorphosis engineering projects that are rapidly architected, engineered and delivered with speed and reliability, as well as demonstrated the engineering capabilities, financial resources and human capital in completing projects of any size given by the customers.