NTHB is principally involved in the manufacturing and trading of tissue papers, toilet tissue, serviettes, napkin, and other paper related products and trading of cotton and investment holding. In 1975, NTHB Group started its operation through NTPM which was founded by Mr. Lee See Jin. NTPM has already established its own distribution network under NTE, its distribution company to expand its domestic market. It also began to set up sales offices throughout Malaysia and sell directly to retailers which resulted in significant growth in its sales. At the same time, it started investing in transportation equipment in order to service other market segments all over the country. NTHB was incorporated under the name Bypass Structure Sdn Bhd in 1996 to be the investment holding company to better manage all the companies under one stable. Since then, NTPM, NTE and NTPP became the subsidiaries of NTHB.