Dawama Sdn. Bhd. (DAWAMA) was incorporated to undertake the privatized activities of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP). As stipulated, the prescribed activities include pre – press, design, printing, marketing and distribution of DBP's publications.
Dawama was incorporated on the 14 th of October 1999 under the Malaysian Companies Act 1965. The company commenced its operations on the 1 st of September 2002 and has since been liable for all the privatized activities of DBP. Dawama's core responsibilities are to print, distribute and market all DBP products. These products include text books, general titles, magazines and CD-ROMs.



Dawama acquired new, sophisticated printing facilities to improve production and ensure that we fulfill our obligations toward DBP, the Government and the Nation. Printing opportunities are shared with local printers via our smart partnership programs to meet the huge annual printing demand of On Loan Text Books Scheme ordered by The Ministry of Education. We also ensure that all these books are distributed over 10,000 schools throughout the country via our appointed distributors. This network is also complemented with another business opportunity to sell all other DBP products in their designated districts throughout the county. This is concurrently in line with our obligation to ensure all DBP product are made available anywhere in the country.


Dawama is committed to produce quality products and provide quality services to meet our precious clients' needs. We are ISO 9001:2000 certified since 29 th January 2007 by DQS Certification (M) Sdn Bhd - a certification body originated in Frankfurt , Germany . We uphold and improve the standards set and is ISO compliant to date. Dawama Sdn Bhd is a Bumiputera company owned by DTP Enterprise, Konsortium Dewan Edar (KDE) and Dato' Azhar Hashim, a renowned Malaysian corporate figure.