Andavar metal industry, with his experience in metal trading for the past 50 years, formed a metal trading company in Penang by the name of Syarikat Sakti Murugan in 1972. This company is now successfully managed by his sons. In 1980, together with three other partners; he formed another metal company in Kuala Lumpur. In 1987, he moved out of that company and formed his third company, Andavar Metal which later, his son Shankar and himself, successfully upgraded to Andavar Metal Industry Sdn Bhd in January 2007. He was the second president of IMTA (Indian Metal Traders Association) which later changed to MIMTA (Malaysian Indian Metal Traders Association) and now he is a permanent advisor for the same association.