Cyclect expanded to a dedicated facility on Kung Chong Road in 1958, driven by growing demand for electric motor and generator repair and overhaul. Singapore’s post-war industrialisation was driving rapid growth in the use of electric motors across port operations, manufacturing and utilities — and the need for specialist maintenance followed.
The Kung Chong Road facility provided the workshop space and equipment needed to handle rotating electrical machinery properly: testing rigs, rewind capability, insulation testing and controlled processes for disassembly and rebuild. This was not general electrical work — it was specialist repair requiring diagnostic skill and engineering discipline.
Cyclect’s MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) capability for motors and generators, which it expanded significantly with the acquisition of ABB’s motor and generator service division in 2024, traces its origins to the Kung Chong Road workshop established 66 years earlier.