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She went in for 2 years and ended up staying to take over the $270m business her father built
Phyllis Ong, the group chief executive of precision engineering company Armstrong Asia, took over the $270 million business her father built. Executive editor Sumiko Tan finds out she has other passions too.
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Phyllis Ong is the group CEO of Armstrong Asia, which makes foam, film and elastomeric components used in everything from Mercedes-Benz cars to Dyson products.
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Running a factory making insulation material isn’t exactly glamorous work.
It certainly wasn’t high on Ms Phyllis Ong’s career game plan even though her father had a successful business doing just that.
