Nicholas Chiang
40 years in industrial piping & welding
Nicholas Chiang was born in Singapore. When he was 11 years old, his parents emigrated to Illinois, United States, where he completed his secondary and university education. He graduated in the mid-1980s with a diploma in metallurgy and metal fabrication.
Nick, as he is fondly called, moved back to Singapore after graduating and entered the piping fabrication industry in 1986, beginning as a forklift driver and labourer intern at Jurong Metal Works while building practical shop-floor experience.
From 1988 to 1992 he worked as a qualified welder and later lead hand at Pacific Pipe Fabricators. Between 1992 and 1996 he advanced to welding supervisor and project coordinator at Eastern Marine Engineering, managing shop and site teams on process-piping contracts.
In 1996 he joined Alliance Mechanical Services as production manager. By 1999 he had risen to operations director and was appointed to the board, overseeing fabrication standards, quality systems and multi-site project delivery.
In 2002 Nick left to establish RhineCrest Piping, creating the technically focused and accountable company he had long wanted to lead. Headquartered at Tuas Avenue 20, RhineCrest now serves clients across Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, with major installations completed throughout Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
