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X-FAB Sarawak receives Asia’s Best Employer Brand Award


X-FAB Sarawak Sdn. Bhd. was awarded with Asia’s Best Employer Brand Award 2017 in a ceremony held at Sentosa Island in Singapore on August 1st, 2017 and attended by more than 200 senior leaders from over 36 Asian countries. The semiconductor manufacturer that is part of the X-FAB group employing more than 1,200 people in its Malaysia facility, received recognition for its outstanding employer branding activities.   This award has distinguished X-FAB Sarawak for its excellent practices in building the company brand through its talent management, employee engagement, performance management, reward & recognition and employee development. Prior to this, X-FAB Sarawak had won the ‘HR ASIA Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2015’.

Maureen Labarge, X-FAB Sarawak’s HR Director who received the award on behalf of the organization stated: “Winning yet another award signifies our commitment and dedication to providing a conducive, dynamic and stimulating work environment that offers our employees the opportunities to realize their full potential and provide the highest level of product and services to our customers. This recognition certainly re-affirms our HR strategies in attracting, developing and retaining our best talents to ensure we get the right people into the right roles and focusing on the right priorities. This award certainly would not be ours if it wasn’t because of each and every one of our employees living our values; Commitment, Integrity & respect, Teamwork, Innovation & Customer Orientation over the past many years!”

The 8th Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards was hosted by the Employer Branding Institute, World HRD Congress & Stars of the Industry Group. 


Maureen Labarge, HR Director at X-FAB Sarawak (center) receives the award at the ceremony held in Singapore recently