Shipbuilder rides the waves

The ES Group is one of the latest Singapore firms to ride on the surging ship-building industry in Asia. Run by brothers Ken and Christopher Low, ES Group is a medium-sized company and employs 1,200 people. The firm builds and repairs vessels such as tugs, barges, offshore support vessels, parts of offshore rigs, and cargo ships, and counts Keppel FELS, ST Marine and Sembawang Shipyard as its major clients.