Le Grand Creations Sdn.Bhd.
Company Name
Le Grand Creations Sdn. Bhd.
Registration No.
1111273 – T
Date of Incorporation
30 September 2014
Principal Business
Manufacture (Mass Production and Handmade) of Gold Products
Director(s)
Leong Chee Mun, Aged 47 Gan Lilian, Aged 47
Le Grand was incorporated in 2014 as the production arm of the Mega Group. Previously, jewellery manufacturing was subcontracted to 3rd parties, pushing up costs and complicating the quality assurance process. With the establishment of Le Grand, the Mega Group gained control of the midstream component of the gold supply chain, eliminating the af orementioned problems and ensuring a steady supply of jewellery for sale by Mega.
Living Up to Its Name
Le Grand’s choice of name reflects the Mega Group’s aspirations for the future – as ‘grand’ means ‘large and impressive’ in English and a number of other European languages, we too hope that Le Grand will grow to become an industry leader on the international stage. Happily, Le Grand has since taken significant steps towards achieving its goals: due to prudent financial management and high demand from Mega Group customers, Le Grand turned profitable in 2019, only 3 years after its incorporation; and now operates on overtime for at least 300 days each year.
The Group Jewellery Production Process
Le Grand employs 2 main production pathways. The first, known as the ‘traditional’ pathway, entails skilled goldsmiths painstakingly crafting each element of the jewellery by hand and is normally used to create prototypes of original designs. Once these designs are finalised, jewellery is mass-produced via the ‘modern’ pathway, which involves the use of advanced machinery capable of replicating the finest detail in each design down to the millimetre. Examples of the processes involved in jewellery production include:
The "Traditional" Pathway
Melting, softening & annealing of metal strips & sheets.
Gold bars / ingots / strips / sheets are melted and annealed to make those soft and malleable before further processing.
Shape Formation
The annealed gold is shaped into various designs using simple hand tools.
Soldering & Stone Setting
Clasps and pins are soldered on manually if required (e.g. for brooches).
Cleaning & Polishing
The finished design is cleaned and polished by hand.
Stamping Patterns Into Jeellery
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Gold bars / ingots / strips / sheets are melted and annealed to make those soft and malleable before further processing.
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The annealed gold is rolled into uniformly shaped and sized flat sheets by machine.
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A stamping machine powered by a hydraulic press stamps patterns into each gold sheet using pre-installed moulds and dies. For most pieces (e.g. a necklace pendant), the stamping machine creates 2 identical halves that are then soldered together back-to-back to create a final design.
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Other machines solder on clasps and pins.
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The fifinished design is cleaned and polished by a final set of machines.