Kainan is a Malaysian workforce management company that sources, recruits, deploys, and manages temporary workers for corporate clients. The company primarily serves clients in construction, manufacturing, and cleaning, supplying skilled trade workers and casual labor. The vast majority of its deployed workforce consists of foreign workers holding Malaysian work permits. Kainan contracts directly with clients through service agreements, billing fixed hourly or daily rates based on hours worked. The company pays workers at a lower rate, covering worker wages, permits, levies, housing, and transportation, and retains the spread. Because Kainan pays workers before collecting customer receivables, it relies on bank credit facilities to finance working capital. In addition to staffing, Kainan undertakes engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning projects for water infrastructure through specialist subcontractors. Kainan's strategy focuses on expanding its client base across labor-intensive sectors, deepening existing customer accounts, strengthening worker sourcing channels, and selectively scaling its infrastructure business.
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