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YTY Group Awarded Supplier of the Year

June 12, 2020

YTY Group is pleased to announce that it has been awarded Supplier of the Year by Clinical Supply Co. (CSC) in the United States. “We are delighted to provide YTY with this award” says Mark Carnahan, who leads CSC, “particularly as it seeks to recognize outperformance at both the Medisafe Technologies business in Indonesia and the YTY business in Malaysia, given our on-going business relationship with both group entities. Over the past year, YTY Group has come through with excellent quality, innovative products, and exemplary customer service.”

YTY Increases Its Medical Glove Donations During the COVID-19 Crisis

April 1, 2020

Given the rapid spread of COVID-19 in and around Southeast Asia, YTY has stepped-up its efforts by increasing its donation to 3 million medical gloves within the region. In addition to donating 1 million medical gloves to Wuhan, China, in January 2020 as part of consortium of medical companies who banded together to assist the city as it battled COVID-19, YTY has donated an additional 2 million medical gloves recently.

YTY Subsidiary Awarded Twice for Environmental Achievement

March 11, 2020

We are pleased to note that YTY’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Medisafe Technologies, has recently been recognized twice for its achievements in respect of environmental sustainability: the Green Industry, or “Industri Hijau,” status by the Indonesian Ministry of Industry (Kementerian Perindustrian), and the Blue, or “Biru” award, conferred by the region of North Sumatera (Pemerintah Provinsi Sumatera Utara).

YTY Appoints Head of Social Compliance & Corporate Governance

February 14, 2020

YTY is pleased to announce the appointment of Harinder Kaur to its leadership team to focus on Social Compliance and Corporate Governance initiatives. Vikram Hora, Chief Executive Officer of YTY, notes “Social compliance concerns have remained at the forefront of our industry in recent months, especially as it relates to the treatment of the foreign workers that are employed in our sector.

YTY Donates One Million Gloves to Fight the Coronavirus

January 31, 2020

YTY is pleased to donate one million Nitrile single-use Examination gloves to healthcare workers in China to assist them to fight the Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which has thus far infected over 10,000 people and taken the lives of 213. The giving was part of a larger pledge by leading manufacturers in Malaysia of single-use Examination gloves made from Natural Rubber and Nitrile.