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Sciengate Automation (M) Sdn Bhd, Perai, Penang

If your problem is on a production line rather than a fuse board, this is the kind of company you call. Sciengate Automation supplies the parts and engineering behind factory automation — the sensors that measure a process, the controllers that run a machine, the software that turns all of it into something a plant manager can look at. It has been trading since 1991, started as Scigate (M) Sdn Bhd, and took its current name in 2002.

The Perai office is the head office and the address on Schneider Electric’s Malaysian distributor list. That listing is worth knowing about, because it tells you which sort of Schneider partner this is: Sciengate is registered as an Alliance Industrial Automation Distributor, a tier for specialists in industrial automation and control rather than general electrical distribution.

What you can actually ask them about

The catalogue divides into three areas, and that’s a decent map of who to talk to:

  • Control, automation and IIoT — HMI touch panels, PLCs, remote I/O, telemetry, industrial communication and condition monitoring.
  • Metrology and precision measurement — displacement, 2D/3D and surface measurement, thermal, precision probes, force and torque.
  • Sensors and switching — level, flow, pressure, wireless sensors, weighing and switching.

Underneath sits the software and integration side: ANDON systems that alert operators when a line needs attention, OEE and production data collection, MES/eMES systems for paperless production and traceability, and the IIoT plumbing that connects machines to a network. In plain terms, these are the tools a factory uses to answer questions like “how much did we actually make today”, “which batch used that reel of material”, and “why did the line stop”. Typical users are electronics, semiconductor and automotive manufacturers, plus the system integrators and OEMs who build equipment for them.

Schneider gear fits into that picture rather than replacing it. The company keeps a Schneider section covering apps, analytics and services, controllers for industrial machines, Altivar variable speed drives, and servo drives and motors — the drive and control end of a production line. Beyond Schneider, its own portfolio spans Pro-face, Flowline, Takikawa, Solartron, Micro Epsilon, Delphin Technology, Digihua, Patlite, Wecon and Fuji Electric, with BeanAir and EXEMYS for wireless sensor networks. For HMI touch panels specifically it names Wecon, Fuji Electric and Pro-face.

Schneider’s account record is more granular on the automation side, listing specialisations from HMI terminals and industrial PCs through motion control, substation automation, telemetry and remote SCADA to variable speed drives and soft starters. Read that as the manufacturer’s description of what the account is set up to serve, not a stock list.

Practical notes

  • The company offers application support, technical assistance and product training, and works with system-integration partners on turnkey projects. That matters if you’re buying a component to drop into an existing line rather than a like-for-like replacement — bring the application problem and let them suggest the part.
  • Besides Perai, contact details are published for an office in Petaling Jaya (Dataran Prima, Selangor) at 03-7804 7522, plus addresses in Johor Bahru (Taman Molek) and Singapore. The company’s own profile page describes two Malaysia offices, Penang and Petaling Jaya, so if you’re outside those areas it’s worth checking which office handles your enquiry.
  • On the address: the company’s contact page and Google Maps both use 14, 1st Floor, Tingkat Talang Satu, Taman Emas, 13600 Perai. Schneider’s locator prints the unit as 22 on the same street and floor — the street, floor and postcode agree, so use the 14 address for navigation. The locator also tags the account as being in Pahang; the address is Perai, on Penang’s mainland, and the postcode 13600 and the Maps pin both agree.

Sciengate Automation (M) Sdn Bhd

Sciengate Automation (M) Sdn Bhd is a Penang-headquartered supplier of factory automation, industrial measurement and manufacturing-digitalisation technology, founded in 1991 and serving manufacturing, OEM and system-integrator customers. Schneider Electric lists it in its Malaysian channel as an Alliance Industrial Automation Distributor.

Address
14, 1st Floor, Tingkat Talang Satu, Taman Emas, 13600 Perai, Pulau Pinang
Website
https://scigate.com.my/
Type
Factory automation, industrial measurement and manufacturing-digitalisation supplier
Founded
1991
Other offices
Petaling Jaya (Dataran Prima, Selangor); Johor Bahru (Taman Molek, Johor); Singapore
Sciengate Automation company logo
Sciengate Automation’s company logo. Sciengate Automation (M) Sdn Bhd — scigate.com.my Source
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