ABSTRACT
Malaysian brick manufacturing was initiated in the early part of the twentieth century. In Malaysia, companies that produce more sophisticated decorative brick, as compared to the small-scale brick manufacturers, do exist. The decorative brick factories are more automated and quality conscious than the common brick factories and use diesel fuel for firing bricks. Eng Huat and Company is typical of small-scale brick manufacturers in Malaysia. The rubber tree wood is purchased from dealers who collect it within a thirty- to forty-mile radius of Eng Huat, then deliver it to the company. Eng Huat and Company produces approximately 300,000 bricks per month of a quality acceptable to Malaysian building contractors for partitioning walls in houses and other buildings. Brick, being a major component of building construction in the country, is expected to be produced with an output growth rate approximating that of the building industry.
