Datasonic Technologies Sdn Bhd

Datasonic Technologies Sdn Bhd is a Malaysian technology company operating as the principal operating subsidiary of Datasonic Group Berhad, a group listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia. The company is best known as a supplier of secure identity and government ICT solutions in Malaysia, with a portfolio that has historically included national identity card (MyKad) personalisation and card-supply services, electronic passport components and booklet supply, smart-card and multi-application card systems, and related security printing and personalisation technologies. Its customer base is dominated by the Malaysian public sector, particularly the National Registration Department and the Immigration Department, alongside banking and enterprise clients that require secure card issuance, identity verification and transaction-processing infrastructure. Because its contracts are typically awarded through government tenders and long-term concession-style arrangements, the business is closely tied to public-sector procurement cycles and to the pace of Malaysia's national digital-identity and border-control modernisation programmes. Datasonic Technologies is not a consumer-facing brand; it functions as a business-to-government and business-to-business solutions provider. Its brand equity rests on its track record as an approved supplier of security-sensitive documents and systems, its certifications and its ability to deliver end-to-end solutions — from card and document manufacturing to personalisation equipment, software and maintenance. Within the group, the subsidiary concentrates the identity-document and secure-solutions operations, while other group entities handle related segments such as ICT consultancy and renewable-energy ventures. Ownership sits with Datasonic Group Berhad, whose shares trade on Bursa Malaysia; the group's corporate history includes a change of control and rebranding in the early 2010s, when the business was reorganised around secure-identity technology. The company's positioning is that of a trusted local partner for sovereign identity infrastructure, competing with international security-printing and identity-technology vendors for Malaysian government work. Note: the supplied evidence snippets do not discuss Datasonic; this dossier is compiled from well-established public facts about the company and its parent group, and precise founding dates, executive names and contract values are deliberately omitted where not verifiable.

Datasonic Technologies Sdn Bhd emerged as the secure-identity arm of what became Datasonic Group Berhad, a Malaysian technology group. The group's corporate development is closely associated with the Malaysian government's long-running programme of digitising identity documents: the replacement of the paper identity card with the chip-based MyKad, the introduction of polycarbonate and chip-based electronic passports, and the steady expansion of automated border-control and identity-verification systems. Through the 2000s and 2010s the group built a position as a local supplier to the National Registration Department and the Immigration Department, providing cards, passport booklets and components, personalisation systems and maintenance services. A significant corporate turning point came in the early 2010s, when the listed entity was reorganised and rebranded as Datasonic Group Berhad, with Datasonic Technologies positioned as the operating company for identity-document and secure-solutions work. This period also saw the group broaden into ICT consultancy and, later, renewable energy, diversifying beyond its core government identity contracts. The company's fortunes have remained tied to Malaysian public-sector procurement. Contract renewals and extensions for passport and identity-card supply, and participation in national digital-identity initiatives, have been the principal drivers of revenue visibility. Like other suppliers of security-sensitive government documents, Datasonic Technologies operates under strict security, confidentiality and quality requirements, and its brand reputation rests on delivery reliability rather than consumer marketing. Because the supplied evidence does not cover the company, this history is limited to well-established public facts about the group and its business; specific contract awards, dates and financial details are omitted where they cannot be verified.

• Group reorganised and rebranded as Datasonic Group Berhad, with Datasonic Technologies as the identity-solutions operating subsidiary

• Established as a supplier of chip-based MyKad national identity cards to the Malaysian National Registration Department

• Expanded into Malaysian electronic passport booklets and components for the Immigration Department

• Group diversified into ICT consultancy and renewable-energy ventures beyond core identity contracts

Trusted Malaysian supplier of sovereign secure-identity documents, cards and government ICT systems.

• MyKad national identity card solutions

• Electronic passport booklets and components

• Smart-card and multi-application card systems

• Card personalisation and issuance equipment

• Identity verification and secure transaction systems

• 2026.08.20

  Reported2026.08.20

  Malaysian government explores RM7.5b acquisition of Datasonic Technologies from NexG[2]马来西亚政府探讨以75亿令吉收购NexG旗下Datasonic Technologiesorientaldaily.com.my

  The Malaysian government is exploring a possible RM7.5 billion acquisition of Datasonic Technologies Sdn Bhd, the country's sole supplier of international passports and MyKad, from its wholly owned parent NexG Bhd. NexG said the government requested an indicative price, that no decision or agreement has been reached, and that the valuation is an internal preliminary sum-of-the-parts figure, not an independent valuation or agreed offer.

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1. 1Datasonic Group Berhad (Bursa Malaysia listed parent)bursamalaysia.com
2. 2马来西亚政府探讨以75亿令吉收购NexG旗下Datasonic Technologiesorientaldaily.com.my