Cheng King Fa and the Founding Journey Behind KHIND
KHIND’s documented history begins in 1961, when Cheng King Fa opened a small electrical-appliance repair business in Sekinchan. The founder story later became a multigenerational business transition built around manufacturing and brand development.
Founder stories can easily turn into mythology if later achievements are read back into the earliest years of a business. The documented journey of KHIND offers a clearer sequence. Its official company history begins with Cheng King Fa, a small electrical-appliance repair operation in Sekinchan and a gradual move into making electrical products. MalaysianRecord presents that sequence as a sourced business record, not as a claim that one person alone accounts for every later stage of the group.
A repair business in Sekinchan
KHIND states that Cheng King Fa started the business in 1961 in Sekinchan, Selangor. The company describes the original operation as an electrical-appliance repair shop occupying half a shop lot, with a table and simple tools. It traded under the name Syariket Letrik Kee Hin. This starting point matters because it places the founder’s work in a practical service setting: repairing equipment for a local community before the business had a factory, a consumer brand or a public-company structure.
From repair work to production
The official history says Cheng King Fa began producing DC ballasts during the company’s early decades. As demand increased, his brother Cheng Hup joined the business. In 1983, Kee Hin established a small manufacturing facility that produced items including DC ballasts, cable clips, step-down adapters, plastic parts and table lamps. These dated steps show a change in operating model. The business was no longer limited to repairing products; it was building experience in production, components and electrical goods.
A new generation and the KHIND name
The company records another leadership stage in 1987, when Cheng Ping Keat entered the business. In 1989, the KHIND brand name was created. The following years included a larger factory opening in 1995 and the company’s listing on the KLSE Second Board on 12 August 1998. These milestones should not be compressed into a single founder narrative. They reflect both the foundation established by Cheng King Fa and the later work of family members, employees and professional leadership as the organisation moved from a local enterprise towards a corporate group.
Leadership as a continuing record
Leadership records need dates because titles and responsibilities can change. At the time of MalaysianRecord’s review on 5 September 2026, KHIND’s official team page identified Cheng Ping Keat as Group Executive Chairman and Adil Jimmy Mistry as Group Chief Executive Officer. The same page lists a wider board and group structure. Recording the current leadership separately from the founder prevents two common errors: treating a founder as the present operating head without evidence, or overlooking the transition from an early family business to a company led through defined executive and board roles.
What the founder record explains
Cheng King Fa’s documented contribution is the starting point of KHIND’s business history: a repair shop, early product making and the base from which the organisation developed. Later manufacturing, branding, listing and regional expansion belong to a longer company timeline. This distinction makes the story more useful for readers researching who founded KHIND, how the business began and how leadership evolved. If KHIND or a reliable public source publishes new information, MalaysianRecord can update this record while preserving the dates and sources behind earlier versions.