Piling specialist Econpile eyes listing by the middle of the year

The Cheng Eng (left) and group CEO Raymond Pang.

Most companies were built from the ground up. Main Market-bound Econpile Holdings Bhd makes a mint doing the same thing in reverse.

For the piling and foundation works specialist, an initial public offering (IPO) is the culmination of close to half a century of toil by its founder, The Cheng Eng, who worked his way up from lowly general construction worker to owner of a PLC-to-be.