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Suppliers of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) from Malaysia
Palm Oil Companies / Suppliers / Trading
 

Uniqema

Uniqema is a USD 1 billion specialty chemical company and part of the ICI group. Uniqema manufactures products which deliver special effects that influence how customer's products feel and perform. Uniqema sells into the personal care, lubricants and performance technology industries. A major portion of the business is derived from oleochemicals of which the palm based oleochemical manufacturing is centered in its Boot Raja factory, Klang, Malaysia. The major products are glycerin, fatty acids, soap noodles and esters.

Uniqema employs 2800 employees globally and has USD 680 million in operating assets. Being part of the ICI group, Uniqema works toward its 'triple bottom line' objectives - financial, social and environmental.

ICI is a publicly listed company on the London and New York Stock exchanges. ICI runs its business based on the tenets of corporate governance, code of conduct and a responsible care management system.
Uniqema (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Lot 1&2 Solok Waja 3, Bukit Industrial Estate, Klang 41050, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Tel : +60 3 3341 2115 Fax : +60 3 3343 1923 Mr Ronnie Tan, Regional Vice President Product Marketing
 

WASAWELL SDN BHD

PLO 18 JALAN PEKELILING
81700 PASIR GUDANG
Johor
07-2526118 07-2525094
e-mail : wasawell @ pd.jaring.my

WILMAR EDIBLE OILS SDN BHD
WILMAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

LAM SOON EDIBLE OILS SDN. BHD
LAM SOON [Malaysia] BHD

Business address:
Wisma DLS, No. 6, Jalan Jurunilai U1/20, HICOM-Glenmarie Industrial Park, 40150 Shah Alam, Selangor.

Telefax no.603-55692297 (Gen) 603-55691890 (Mktg)

Telephone no:603-78822399 (Gen)

E-mail address : lamsoonpj@lamsoon.com.my
Website address: www.lamsoon.com.my
Major Products Exported:
Palm Oil, RBD Palm Oil, RBD Palm Olein, RBD Palm Stearin, Palm Kernel Oil, RBD Palm Kernel Oil, RBD Palm kernel Olein, RBD Palm Kernel Stearin

Finished Products:
Cooking Oil, Margarine, Vegetable Ghee, Bakery Fats & Shortening, Confectionery Fats, Hydrogenated Fats
 

- Cocoa Butter Substitutes (CBS) /  Replacers (CBR) / Imrpovers (CBI)
- Milk Fat Replacers/Equivalents (MFR/MFE)
- Butter Oil Substitutes
- Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils & Fats
- Coconut Oil
- Rumen by Fats for Cattle

KWANTAS OIL SDN BHD

Suite 1-6-W9, No. 1, Jalan Centre Point , 88000 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
 

Jin Wei (M) Sdn Bhd
Jin Wei (M) Sdn Bhd
Unit No 1007, 10th floor, Block B, Pusat Dagangan Phileo Damansara II
No 15, Jalan 16/11, Off Jalan Damansara, 46350 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Tel : +60 3 79541709/384/730, Fax : +60 3 79541849
Contact: Mr Sow Thiam Poh, Director

The supplies are obtained locally from refineries and palm oil mills in the states of Peninsula Malaysia. The oil, which is collected, will then be sent to Jin Wei processing plant to be processed to meet certain specifications. Palm sludge oil, which is sold overseas, will be manufactured into environment-friendly soap and animal-feed. Jin Wei exports to overseas companies in bulk /containers such as Myanmar, Vietnam, Europe, Africa, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Nepal, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Plantation ownership and management.

The Division's main activities include planting and processing of oil palm, rubber, forestry and also oil bulking installations operation.

The Group's plantation holdings are managed by Boustead Estates Agency Sendirian Berhad (BEASB), a wholly owned subsidiary of Boustead Holdings Berhad.

BEASB is one of-the leading estate management agencies in the region and provides a complete package of services to effectively and efficiently manage an estate and plantation company. BEASB presently manages a total land area of about 116,000 hectares.

Through its associated company, Applied Agricultural Resources Sendirian Berhad (AARSB), BEASB offers research-backed agronomic services involving all aspects of field management practices and factors which affect crop productivity and long term soil fertility in the plantations. AARSB's consultancy service also undertakes to carry out soil suitability and crop feasibility evaluations for new investments in plantations. AARSB is also one of the eminent suppliers of oil palm planting material in the region.

The Group has been actively investing in Sarawak through joint ventures with the Land Custody & Development Authority. To position itself in the region, the Group has invested in Indonesia through joint venture projects in Sumatra Barat and Selatan. Management of the Group's investment in Indonesia is undertaken through Boustead-Anwarsyukur Estate Agency Sdn Bhd (BASEA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of BEASB. BASEA also provides a complete package of management services for client companies in Indonesia.

SEHCOM INDUSTRIES SDN BHD

Business address:
PLO 291, Jalan Timah Dua, Kawasan Perindustrian, 81700 Pasir Gudang, Johor
Telephone no: +607-2513228
Fax no: +607-2513488
E-mail address: sehcom@tm.net.my


For Trade Enquiry:
Contact Person : Mr. Lee Swee Teck, Mr. Jason Lee
Telephone : +607-2513228
Email : sehcom@tm.net.my
jasonlee@sehcom.com
 

Mewah Oils Sdn Bhd
(MOSB) -

Mewah Oils Sdn Bhd
Lot 40, Section 4, Fasa 2A, Pulau Indah Industrial Park, 42920 Pulau Indah, Selangor, Malaysia

Tel : +60 3 3101 1133  Fax : +60 3 3107 1155
Contact: Ms Michelle Cheo

MOSB is a member of the Ngo Chew Hong Group, an amalgamated group of companies with a long standing reputation in the edible oils and fats industry. The group business activities include commodity trading, oil refining, jerry can making, oil packaging, consumer products (margarine, shortening, cooking oil etc), logistics and warehousing.

MOSB ship products to more than 80 countries with customer base in Asia Pacific, Middle East, Europe, Sub-Indian Continents and Africa. Locally, MOSB serve major distributors, leading supermarkets, restaurants, hotels and food industries.

MOSB is one of the largest refineries in Asia. Their state-of-the-art refinery located at West Port, Malaysia is capable in refining more than 3,000 metric tons of crude palm oil daily.

Have a well-constructed sales and distribution point’s network established globally.

Pan Century Edible Oils Sdn Bhd

Pan Century Sdn Bhd
Lot 240, Jalan Timah Tiga, Pasir Gudang Industrial Estate,  81700 Pasir Gudang, Johor Darul Takzim
Malaysia

Tel : +60 7 2551339   Fax : +60 7 2551344

Contact: Mr Dilip Singh Gaur, President & Country Head

Pan Century Edible Oils Sdn Bhd is the Malaysian arm of Aditya Birla Group which is among India’s largest business houses. Operating in India for over 5 decades and globally for nearly 30 years its revenues today are in excess of US$5.6 billion. Its 40 state of the art manufacturing units and sectoral services, anchored by 72,000 employees, criss cross 18 countries including Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Egypt, Canada, USA and UK.

Pan Century Edible Oils Sdn Bhd commenced operation in 1978. Today it is one of the largest palm oil manufacturing complexes with an annual capacity of 1 million tons of refined products and 120,000MT of oleochemicals.

The company is the first palm oil and oleochemicals company in Malaysia to be accredited with ISO 9002, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 and HACCP Certification. This has been achieved through dedicated employees, corporate vision, adoption of state-of-art technology and customer support.

Carotino Sdn Bhd is a member of the vertically integrated J.C. Chang Group of companies with interests in plantations, palm oil mills and downstream processing activities.

Carotino Sdn Bhd is involved in downstream businesses that enhance the value of crude palm oil produced within the Group. Carotino's vision is to be global player in the value added segment of the Palm oil Industry.

The first company in the world to commercialize a patented physical refining process for the production of natural carotenes and tocotrienols-rich oils and fats. These are marketed globally under the brand name Carotino.

Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP) based in Penang, Malaysia, is the regional base for Pesticide Action Network (PAN), an international coalition of citizen’s groups and individuals opposing the misuse of pesticides and support reliance on safe, sustainable pest control methods.

PAN AP’s Vision states: We believe in people-centered, pro-women, development through sustainable agriculture, and alternatives to pesticides in public health and other areas; We are committed to protect the safety and health of people and the environment from pesticide use, and genetic engineering in food and agriculture; We will achieve these goals by empowering people within effective networks at the Asia Pacific and global levels.

PAN AP is linked to more than 150 groups, working consistently with some 50 groups in 18 countries in the Asia Pacific region. We prescribe to the following development principles: a participatory holistic approach; a commitment to gender equity and genuine partnership; the need to confront social injustice and global inequities; the value of biodiversity. Appropriate traditional and indigenous knowledge systems; and the recognition that our earth is one independent living system.

www.panap.net
Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Asia and the Pacific.
Box 1170
10850 Penang
Malaysia

Tel : +60 4 6570271
Fax : +60 4 6583960

Contact: Ms Sarojeni V Rengam, Executive Director

 

TH Plantations Sdn Bhd (THP) was incorporated under the Company Act 1965 as a private limited company on 28th August 1972 under the name of Perbadanan Ladang-Ladang Tabung Haji Sdn Bhd (PLLTH). The company name was subsequently changed to its present name i.e. TH Plantations Sdn Bhd on 15th September 1997. Started with the paid capital of 50 millions, the company expanded rapidly and has become an active oil palm contributor in Malaysia’s oil palm industry.
TH Plantations’ core business comprises of two, which are the cultivation of oil palm and production of crude palm oil (CPO) and palm kernel. The company owns oil palm plantations totaling 138,208 hectares (341,511 acres) in Malaysia (which includes Peninsular, Sabah and Sarawak) and Indonesia. TH Plantations Sdn Bhd also acts as the managing agent for TH’s oil palm operations in Malaysia, teak plantations operations in Sabah and overseas operations i.e. PT Multigambut Industry. The appointment of TH Plantations Sdn Bhd as a managing agent is to streamline and standardize plantation practices, financial and administrative policies for TH Plantation’s Group of Companies.
www.thplantions.com
TH Plantations Sdn Bhd
26th floor, Menara TH Selborn
Jalan Tun Razak
50400 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

Tel : + 60 3 2681 0700
Fax : + 60 3 2681 0511

Contact: Mr Rashidi Omar, Managing Director

 

The Global Environment Centre is a non-profit organisation established in 1998 to address key environmental issues. The Centre is based in Malaysia but supports activities worldwide. The Centre’s mission is to support the protection of the environment and sustainable use of the natural resources to meet local, regional and global needs, through strategic partnerships with communities and like-minded organisations.
Objectives
To promote integrated management of biodiversity and water resources with a focus on community involvement and biodiversity conservation.
To promote the protection and sustainable use of forests and wetlands with a focus on integrated management for biodiversity and climate change
To enhance awareness, understanding and capacity as well as partnerships between different organisations and sectors to address environmental issues.
www.gecnet.info
Global Environment Centre
2nd floor, Wisma Hing
No 78, Jalan SS2/72
47300 Petaling Jaya
Malaysia

Tel : + 60 3 7957 2007
Fax : + 60 3 7957 7003

Contact: Mr Faizal Parish, Director

 

WWF-Malaysia, the national conservation trust, is committed to safeguarding our country’s natural resources and unique wildlife for all Malaysians. Since 1972, WWF-Malaysia has worked on important conservation projects, from saving endangered species such as tigers and turtles, to protecting our highland forests, rivers and seas. WWF-Malaysia currently runs more than 50 projects including: scientific field research, policy work with the government, environmental education, public awareness programmes, working with local communities to improve livelihoods and protect the environment as well as training and supporting other conservation organisations in Malaysia. WWF-Malaysia is able to leverage upon conservation expertise worldwide as part of WWF, the global conservation organisation.
www.wwfmalaysia.org
WWF-Malaysia
49 Jalan SS 23/15, Taman SEA
47400 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia

Tel : + 60 3 7803 3772
Fax : + 60 3 7803 5157

Contact: Dr Dionysius Sharma, National Programme Director
 

IJM Plantations Berhad (IJMP) is an associate of IJM Corporation Berhad and it assumed Rahman Hydraulic Listing Status in June, 2003. IJMP ventured into oil palm cultivation in 1986, having its 1st land bank being the 4,000 ha Desa Talisai Estate in Sandakan. Over the years, expansion has been rapid and the group plantation land bank had burgeoned to over 29,559 hectares as of 31 December 2003. IJMP comprises of 12 estates in Sabah, 3 palm oil mills, and a palm kernel crushing plant.
The group achieved a record revenue of RM 202.02 million in 2003 compared to RM 96.8 million in 2002 which has marked a significant increase of 109% against the previous year. Along with its targets to achieve higher level of FFB yields & OER, the group also recognises its employees as key assets in its business and is constantly inventing to improve their skills and competencies to further enhance performance excellence.
Recognising the importance of good environmental management for sustainability and performance excellence, IJMP's environmental management has been within the stringent standards set by the regulatory authorities. The Board and management will continue to apply sound agronomic principles and best practices throughout its total value chain to protect the environment and ensure sustainable agribusiness.
www.ijm.com
IJM Plantations Berhad
Wisma IJM Plantations, Lot 1, Jalan Bandar Utama
Mile 6, Jalan Utara, Mail Bag 8, BQ3933
90009 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia

Tel : + 60 (89) 667721
Fax : + 60 (89) 667728

Contact: Mr Joseph Tek, Controller - Training, Research & Development
 

Intercontinental Specialty Fats Sdn Bhd (ISF) was incorporated in 1980 as a specialty oils & fats manufacturer, with a paid-up capital of RM85.86 million. Our main business is the production and marketing of specialty fats to chocolate, confectionary, bakery, snack food & ice cream industries. We choose to position ourselves as a partner rather than a supplier, to our Clients whose operations are sited in every continent of the world. Being international in scope, ISF’s business activities include commercial & technical advisory services to Clients, with their varied requirements according to the unique environment they operate within. Besides providing our Clients with Market Oil Price Trends information, we also provide Research & Development and Product Application services to Clients, to help them stay ahead of the competition.
ISF’s unswerving adherence to stringent Quality Control & Quality Assurance measures, coupled with effectively implemented Food Safety & Quality Management Systems ensures that hygienic, high quality products are consistently produced & efficiently delivered to every Client in a prompt manner. In 2003, ISF’s HACCP System was approved to the RvA Standard by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA). Simultaneously, our Quality Management System was also approved by the LRQA to the ISO 9001:2000 Standard.
The Mission of ISF is to provide our Clients with hygienic, safe, optimum quality, cost-competitive functional specialty oil & fats that fulfill their contemporary needs, to the benefit of all stakeholders concerned.
www.isfsb.com.my
Intercontinental Specialty Fats Sdn Bhd
Lot 4 Solok Hishamudin 9/20
KWS Perusahaan Selat Klang Utara
42000 Port Klang, Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia
Tel : +60 3 3176 3050/4928
Fax : +60 3 3176 5933/5194
Contact: Mr Er Kok Leong, Managing Director

 

Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) is Japan's largest general trading company (sogo shosha) with over 200 bases of operations in approximately 80 countries worldwide. Together with its over 500 group companies, MC employs a multinational workforce of approximately 48,000 people. MC has long been engaged in business with customers around the world in virtually every industry, including energy, metals, machinery, chemicals, food and general merchandise.

MC's operations connect in many ways to the environment; from resource development to trade. MC places the utmost importance on conducting business in an environmentally-friendly way, to ensure the sustainability of our environment, as well as our company. As such, we take great care to analyze and assess the environmental impact of our corporate activities, making constant efforts to find the most efficient yet practical methods to reduce any burden on the environment.

If you want to know more about our company, please look at our website at: www.mitsubishicorp.com
Mitsubishi Corporation (Kuala Lumpur Branch)
Level 48, Tower 2, Petronas Twin Towers
Kuala Lumpur City Centre
50088 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel : +60 3 2162 5188
Fax : +60 3 2164 1151
Contact: Mr Rich (Yutaka) Kyoya, Department Head (Living Essentials Dept)

 

We're the world's local bank.
Headquartered in London, HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world. HSBC’s international network comprises more than 9,500 offices in 79 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. With listings on the London, Hong Kong, New York, Paris and Bermuda stock exchanges, shares in HSBC Holdings plc are held by around 200,000 shareholders in some 100 countries and territories. Through an international network linked by advanced technology, including rapidly growing e-commerce channels, HSBC provides a comprehensive range of financial services: personal financial services; consumer finance; commercial banking; corporate; investment banking and markets; and private banking.
www.hsbc.com.my
HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad
2, Leboh Ampang
50100 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel : +60 3 2070 0744
Fax : +60 3 2070 1146
Contact: Mr Simon Harris, Chief Credit Officer

 

Oil palm Elaeis guineensis is a tropical forest palm native to Africa.
Grown in plantations, the palm tree produces 3–8 times more oil than other oil crop.
Triacylglycerols oil are extracted from both the fruit and the seed :
1) Crude palm oil (CPO) from the outer mesocarp
2) Palm-kernel oil from the endosperm
Crude palm oil is mainly used in foods.
Palm-kernel oil is used in various non-edible products, such as detergents, cosmetics, plastics, surfactants, herbicides, broad range of industrial and agricultural chemicals.
 

A global growing demand for edible oils resulted in an increase in the oil crops cultivation of soybean and oil palm.
Production of palm oil has also seen significant leaps in production and planting areas. World production had almost doubled from 1990 to 2001, with Malaysia and Indonesia contributing to most of the increased production.
The Oil Palm Industry in Malaysia is grouped into clusters covering :
1) Upstream producers,
2) Downstream producers,
3) Exporters and importers,
4) Buyers,
5) Government agencies
6) NGOs.
3.38 million hectares of oil palm planted in Malaysia in 2000 as following :
1) 60% are private ownership, particularly by plantation companies,
2) 30.5% are Government land schemes
3) 9.5% are individual smallholders.
FELDA : The largest upstream player is the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) which was established in 1956 with the socio-economic mandate of developing Malaysia agricultural land for the rural poor and landless.
Felda accounts for 17.7% of the total planted area and 20.6% of the palm oil produced in Malaysia in 2001.
Plantation companies vary in size from a few hundred hectares to more than 100,000 hectares.
The 4 largest companies in Malaysia in terms of planted area are :
1) Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad
2) Golden Hope Plantations Berhad
3) IOI Corporation Berhad
4) Sime Darby Berhad
Colonial Era - Many present day plantation companies have their beginnings in the colonial era at the turn of the 20th century when English and other European entrepreneurs transformed forest land into tea and coffee and rubber estates.
Amongst the ‘old’ colonial companies are
1) Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad,
2) Golden Hope Plantations Berhad,
3) Sime Darby Berhad,
4) Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad and
5) United Plantations Berhad.
Since the 1970s, several ‘home grown’ companies have entered the industry, the most notable example being IOI Corporation Berhad which started form zero base in 1983 to become one of the largest plantation companies today.
The equity of plantation companies in the country is largely under Malaysian ownership, the largest investors being the national equity corporation, Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) and the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).
PNB has substantial holdings in seven major plantation companies while EPF which provide retirement benefits for its members has made substantial investments in more than 14 plantation companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
Only a few companies have substantial controlling foreign shareholding, examples being United Plantations Berhad and Pamol Plantatins Sdn Bhd (recently announced to dispose all its plantations in the Malaysia)
Besides production of crude palm oil, many companies are also involved in downstream production activities along the supply chain, such as palm oil refining, production of edible oil and palm-based products and manufacture of basic oleo chemicals. The larger companies have also expanded their downstream operations offshore by establishing palm oil refineries in consuming countries such as India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China and Egypt. Recently, two plantation companies established their presence in edible oils in Europe; Golden Hope Plantations Berhad acquired Unlilever’s Unimills BV which is second largest processor of edible oils in Europe while IOI Corporation Berhad took control of Loders Croklaan BV, a global producer and supplier of specialty oils and fats. Moving in the opposite direction, several companies have ventured into establishment of oil palm plantations off-shore, particularly in Indonesia to take advantage of the availability of land and workers and lower cost of production. The biggest player in this context is Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad which acquired about 200,000 hectares in Minamas Plantations in 2001.
 

Other Oil Palm Planters
The National Association of Smallholders (NASH)
 

Malaysian Government Oil Palm Agencies
Federal Land Development Authority (Felda)
Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
Department of Environment (DOE) Malaysia
Natural Resources Environment Board (NREB)
Environment Conservation Department (ECD)
 

Palm Oil Industry Organizations in Malaysia
Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA)
The East Malaysia Planters’ Association (EMPA)
The Incorporated Society of Planters (ISP).
Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia(PORAM)
The Malayan Oil Manufacturers Association (MEOMA)
Malaysian Oleochemicals Manufacturers Group (MOMG)
Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council (MPOPC)
 

Oil Palm Plantation Companies in Malaysia
Asiatic Development Berhad
Austral Enterprise Sdn. Bhd.
Golden Hope Plantations Berhad.
Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad
IOI Corporation Berhad
Kuala Sidim Berhad
Kulim Malaysia Berhad
Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad
Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad
PPB Oil Palms Berhad
Tradewinds (M) Berhad
United Plantations Berhad
 

Asiatic was incorporated as a private limited company on 29 September 1977, and commenced operations in 1980 as the plantation arm of Genting Berhad. In August 1982, Asiatic gained listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). The principal activities of Asiatic Group include plantation and property development. Our mission is to become a leader in the plantation industry and enhance return on the Company land bank through property development activities. As at 30 June 2004, Asiatic owns 71,078 hectares of land, 80% of which is planted with oil palm. Asiatic also owns 6 oil mills, with a total milling capacity of 255 metric tonnes per hour. Asiatic has ventured into property development since 1993. The Group’s main development areas are strategically located in Johor, Melaka and Kedah.

More information can be found on our website: www.asiatic.com.my
Asiatic Development Berhad
10th floor, Wisma Genting, Jalan Sultan Ismail, 50250 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel : +60 3 2333 6441 Fax : +60 3 2164 1032
Contact: Mr Yong Chee Kong, Chief Financial Officer
Asiatic Development Behad’s entry into the plantation industry began with the acquisition of the Rubber Trust Group of 3 Hong Kong-domiciled companies which owned 13,700 ha of plantations in Peninsular Malaysia. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of Genting Berhad to serve as the vehicle for the hotel and casino operator’s diversification into plantations. Asiatic was listed on the KLSE in August, 1982.
Through successive acquisitions of plantation companies in Sabah from 1985, Asiatic soon became a major player in the industry. Currently, it has a land bank of more than 50,000 ha, of which 35,956 ha have been planted with oil palm (as at 31.12.2001). The Group owns 21 plantations of which 13 are located in Peninsular Malaysia and 8 in Sabah. It has 4 palm oil mills with a total capacity of 185 tones of FFB per hour.
Realizing the real estate potential of plantations around strategic urban locations, Asiatic diversified into property development in October, 1993 with the first development in Melaka. The flagship development is Indahpura in Kulai, in southern Johor.
Asiatic also ventured into manufacturing with the commissioning of an automated structural brick plant with a production capacity of 40 million bricks per year in October, 1997. Plans to set up an oil refinery project in China did not take off on account of unfavorable market conditions.
 

Austral Enterprises Berhad
The early development of present day Austral Enterprises Berhad (Austral) was linked to the corporate expansion of its parent company, Island & Peninsular Berhad (I&P) which started as a property development company in the mid-sixties. I&P’s entry into the plantation industry was in 1972 when it acquired the then Austral Enterprises Berhad which owned oil palm plantations in the states of Pahang and Kedah.
I&P’s entry into plantations in Sarawak came in 1981 with the acquisition of 70% equity of BHB Sdn Bhd which owned 4,607 hectares of agricultural land in the state.
Following the rationalisation of the group’s activities, I&P became an investment holding company in 1984, Austral Enterprises Berhad became the public listed plantations vehicle for the group.
In 1995, Austral ventured into the development of oil plantations in Indonesia, following the signing of a JV agreement with PT Pontimakmur Sejatera to develop 30,000 hectares of land in Sanggau in Kalimantan.
Currently, Austral has planted area of 55,267 hectares of oil palm, of which 28% is located in 7 estates in Peninsular Malaysia, 57% in Sarawak (14 estates in 2 complexes near Bintulu) and 15% in Indonesia (2 estates –PT MAS1 & PT MAS2). Of the 8,102 hectares planted in Indonesia, 49% have reached maturity.
In October, 2002, Austral announced its proposed merger with I&P which will result in the eventual delisting of Austral in KLSE.
 

GOLDEN HOPE PLANTATION BERHAD

Golden Hope Plantations Berhad A leading Malaysian corporation listed in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange with over 17,000 shareholders and over 20,000 employees. Strong foundation in the plantation sector since 1903, the Group has developed into a diversified conglomerate involved in four dynamic business sectors: 1) Agribusiness, 2) Property, 3) Industries and 4) International Business.
Golden Hope is guided by strong commitment towards protection and conservation of the environment. In line with its Environment Policy and the International Chamber of Commerce Business Charter for Sustainable Development, Golden Hope has taken significant steps to ensure that the Group’s businesses are sustainable, this being defined as “development that meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.
 www.goldenhope.com
Golden Hope Plantations Berhad
9-16th floors, Menara PNB, No 201-A, Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel : +60 3 3120 2311 Fax : +60 3 3120 1197
Contact: Director of Research & Development
The history of GHPB is closely associated with that of Harrisons & Crosfield PLC (H&C) which was founded as a trading company in coffee and tea in 1844. H&C became the managing agents for The Petaling Rubber Estates Ltd., Golden Hope Plantations Ltd. and The London Asiatic Rubber and Produce Company Ltd when they started plantation operations in Malaya (now Peninsular Malaysia) in 1903, 1905 and 1907 respectively. In 1997, these three companies merged to form Harrisons Malaysian Estates Plc (HME). In 1982, the entire share capital was acquired by Harrisions Malaysian Plantations Berhad (HMPB), with Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) holding 50% of the equity in HMPB while H&C held 30%. In 1990, H&C sold its 30% stake in HMPB and the company changed its name to Golden Hope Plantations Berhad

Today, GHPB is a Malaysian conglomerate with core business areas in agribusiness, property development, resource-based manufacturing and international operations. Among these, agribusiness particularly operations in oil palm plantations is the major contributor to the Group's revenue and profit.. The Group's business activities in oil palm are vertically integrated, from the production of planting materials to cultivation of the crop, processing of crude palm oil and refined palm oil in Malaysia. GHPB has operations in Bangladesh, Peoples' Republic of China, The Netherlands and Vietnam for the processing and refining of palm and other edible oils. It has a subsidiary company in Germany for marketing of its produce, principally palm oil and wood-based products
 

Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad is a public-listed company listed in the main board of the Bursa Saham Malaysia with an annual turnover of RM1.2 billion in 2005. The Group’s principal activities are the ownership and operation of oil palm plantations; manufacturing and trading of agricultural fertilizers, agro-chemicals, building materials and general plantation supplies; trading in heavy equipment, motor vehicles and spares, servicing of heavy equipment and motor vehicles, and investment holding; fabrication and sales of commercial trailers and tankers; leasing, hire purchase financing and licensed money lending, and packing, marketing and wholesale trading of edible oils and food. In 2005, trading accounted for 76% of its revenues while plantation and processing, 24%.
Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad
Locked Bag No 5
91109 Lahad Datu, Sabah
Malaysia

Tel : +60 89 617677/821595
Fax : +60 89 618128

Contact: Mr Au Yong Siew Fah, Chief Executive - Group Plantations
The core business of Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad (Hap Seng), formerly known as The East Asiatic Company (Malaysia) Berhad is plantation ownership and operations and related processing activities. The Group has a total planted oil palm area of about 35,000 ha, all of which are located in Sabah; the main plantation areas are held under The River Estates Sdn Bhd (8 estates covering 20,958 ha) and 66% owned Jeroco Plantations Sdn Bhd (6 estates with 14,162 ha). Hap Seng has 4 palm oil mills in Sabah with a total throughput of 175 tones /hour.

Through its associate companies, Hap Seng is also involved in trading and manufacture of food products It has a 19% equity interest in Lam Soon (Thailand) which is the country’s leading producer and distributor of cooking oil and specialty fats and a 12% stake in Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Ltd , a subsidiary of one of Hong Kong’s largest manufacturer and distributor of edible oils and flour and home care products.

In February, 2001, Hap Seng acquired a 25.13% interest in KLSE-listed PAOS Holdings Bhd which manufactures soap chips, finished soaps and palm-oil related edible products.

The Group is also involved in the dealership of Mercedes Benz logging and general purpose vehicles through wholly owned subsidiary, Si Khiong Industries Sdn Bhd. Its 100% owned Sasco Sdn Bhd is the major supplier of fertilizers and agrochemicals in East Malaysia. .

 

IOI a Malaysia business conglomerates. Within a relatively short span of 30 years, IOI Group has firmly established itself as a leader in its core business areas of Plantations, Property Development & Investment, and Manufacturing. From an oil palm plantation entity, the IOI Group has transformed itself to become a leading integrated palm oil player in the country.
Moreover through the acquisition of Loders Croklaan, IOI is now a strong global player with a strategic focus on growth in the area of palm based oil products. It is one of the largest plantation groups in Malaysia with a sizeable plantation holding of over 160,000 hectares. Annual production of CPO is in excess of 800,000 tonnes. To gain further leverage as a key palm oil producer, IOI has also ventured into downstream value-added palm oil based manufacturing activities such as palm oil refining, palm kernel extraction, oleochemicals and specialty fats and oils.

IOI Edible Oils’ palm oil refinery in Sabah is a manufacturer of various quality processed palm oil products. It has its own jetty and bulking installation facilities for direct shipments of palm oil products. It is the first palm oil refinery in Sabah to obtain certification for ISO 9001.

Largest fatty acid producer in Asia
Through IOI Oleochemical Industries Berhad, the Group operates one of the most established and largest oleo chemical production facilities in Malaysia, producing a wide range of oleo chemical products for food and non-food industrial applications. It is the largest fatty acid producer in Asia.

Loders Croklaan is one of the world’s leading suppliers of specialty fats and oils to the food sector with a long standing tradition of quality and innovation. It has pioneered products and applications in its core snack ingredients business. It is also in the development of the potentially high growth area of lipid nutrition.
 www.ioigroup.com /  www.croklaan.com
IOI Group (Malaysia/Netherlands)
Level 8, Two IOI Square , IOI Resort, 62502 Putrajaya, Malaysia
Tel : +60 3 8947 8668 Fax : +60 3 8943 2899
Originally established as a manufacturer of industrial gas in 1969, IOI Corp ventured into the plantation business from zero base through a series of acquisitions of established plantation companies over the past 20 years. The initial entry was the acquisition of Bukit Dinding Estate, Pahang with 1,214 ha. By year 1990, the Group’s total plantation hectare had expanded to more than 45,000 ha, the significant acquisitions being 10,900 ha in the Kinabatangan district from a cocoa company in 1985 and 27,880 ha from Dunlop Estates (13 estates, 2 mills, 2 factories and a research station) in 1990. The 1990s saw further expansion of IOI plantation area, At present, IOI’s total planted area is 100,954 ha in 53 estates, of which 98% are under oil palm cultivation. More than 60% of the Group’s oil palm area is in Sabah.
Following a strategy of positioning itself in various segments along the palm oil value chain, IOI ventured into the oleochemical business with the acquisition of a 32.96% stake in Palmco Holdings Berhad in March, 1997. In the same year, IOI also commissioned its own palm oil refinery in Sandakan, Sabah. Palmco, which is the country’s largest and integrated oleochemical complex became a subsidiary of the Group in October, 2001 when IOI raised its stake to 60.5%.
IOI moved further down the supply chain with the acquisition of Unilever’s Oils and Fats Division, Loders Croklaan BV for 217 million euros in August, 2002. Loders Croklaan has factories in the Netherlands, USA, Canada and Egypt.
While plantations is considered the Group’s ‘anchor business’, IOI is also a major player in property development and manufacturing (refined palm oil, oleochemicals)
 

Kuala Sidim Bhd.
Kuala Sidim was originally known as the Kuala Sidim Rubber Company Ltd until December 1994 when it assumed its present name. The company is a subsidiary of Boustead Holdings Berhad which manages more than 100,000 ha of plantation land. Kuala Sidim is primarily a plantation-based company with a total land bank of 73,325 ha, of which 75% had been planted. The company owns and operates 38 estates; 14 are located in Peninsular Malaysia, 21 in Sabah/Sarawak and 2 in Sumatra, Indonesia. It operates 7 palm oil mills with a total capacity of 240 tones FFB /hour.
Kuala Sidim’s entry into Sarawak was in September, 1994 through a 60:40 Joint Venture with the Land Custody and Development Authority (LCDA) of Sarawak to develop a 10,000 ha plantation under Logan Bunut Plantations Sdn Bhd.
The Group expanded its operations to Indonesia with a 65% equity interest in P.T. Dendymarker Indahlestari in June, 1995 and subsequently, a 52% stake in P.T. Anam Koto. As at 31.12.01, the book value of investments in Indonesia was RM 193 million. . In 2001, 1065 ha of land in P.T. Anam Koto was affected by fire while the plantation in P.T. Dendymarker Indahlestari experienced operational difficulties because of socio-economic and political problems. The Group has since put on hold further developments in Indonesia.
Kuala Sidim is involved in agricultural research and advisory services through a 25% equity interest in Applied Agricultural Research Sdn Bhd (AAR).
 

Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad is a public listed company incorporated on 2 July 1975 and listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) main board on 14 November 1975.
Its core business is in the palm oil industry encompassing cultivation of oil palm, palm oil milling and refinery as well as the manufacture of oleochemicals. The Group’s vision is to excel in Delivering Value to all stakeholders through high performance teams who are committed to the highest standards of ethics, integrity and professionalism. The Group manages 105,000 ha of palm oil plantations and 95% of its planted area lies in Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. This area includes Kulim’s acquisition of 90% equity in New Britain Palm Oil Limited (NBPOL), which is one of the largest plantations groups operating in Papua New Guinea.
Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad
KB 705, 80990 Johor Bahru, Johor Darul Takzim, Malaysia
Tel : +60 7 861 1611 Fax : +60 7 861 1701
Contact: Tuan Hj Ahamad Mohamad, Managing Director
Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad came under the control of Johor Corporation through the acquisition of Tereh Estate with 5,803 hectares of oil palm in December, 1976. Further acquisitions of plantations and controlling interests in plantation companies, in Malaysia and overseas since then have made Kulim a major upstream player in the industry, with a total planted area of about 60,000 ha of oil palm. In 1966, Kulim acquired a 80% interest in New Britain Palm Oil Ltd in Papua New Guinea (NBPOL) with 25,000 ha of oil palm in 13 estates. In 1996-98, the Group expanded its plantation operations to Indonesia with 60% interests in 3 companies in Sumatra (P.T. Trimitra Panquest Plantation, P.T. Multrada Multi Maju,P.T. Padang Bolak Jaya).

In an effort to maximize land use and profitability, Kulim embarked on intercropping of oil palm with Cavendish bananas in one estate in Johor.

Kulim moved downstream with the acquisition of Natural Oleochemicals Sdn Bhd (Natoleo), a manufacturer of oleochemicals, in July 1994. Natoleo has an annual production capacity of 150,000 tones to produce various grades of fatty acids and glycerin. The Group is also involved in the manufacture of latex-dipped products and it supplies more than 60% of the world market for latex swimming caps.

With some of its plantations located in prime areas around Johor Bahru, Kulim went into property development in 1984 through public-listed subsidiary, Johor Land Berhad.
 

Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad (KLK) is a Malaysian multinational company involved in plantation, manufacturing, retailing and property development. Plantation remains KLK's core business. The Group also expanded downstream into resource-based manufacturing, in particular oleochemicals, cocoa processing and rubber processing.

Through Crabtree & Evelyn, a worldwide brand, the Group is involved in the manufacture and retail of personal care products, toiletries, home fragrances and fine foods. Capitalizing on the strategic location of its land bank in Malaysia, KLK has also ventured into property development. KLK is amongst the top plantation companies in Malaysia, with a land bank in excess of 360,000 acres, located in Peninsular Malaysia (160,000 acres), Sabah (100,000 acres) and Indonesia (100,000 acres). Oil palm is the predominant crop with an annual production of 1.9 million tones of Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) and which is expected to increase rapidly in the years ahead as the vast new plantings in Sabah and Indonesia are progressively brought into harvesting. Processing of the crop is carried out in KLK's own mills and refineries into crude palm oil, RBD palm olein and stearin, and kernel oil and cake.
The declining rubber area in Peninsular Malaysia, in favor of oil palm, has been made up to an extent by the new rubber area from KLK's plantations in Indonesia. This will enable KLK to maintain a steady yearly production of about 25,000 tones of premium SIR/SMR grades and latex concentrate, meeting with the ISO 9002 standards.
www.klk.com.my
Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad - KLK
Wisma Taiko, No 1 Jalan SP Seenivasagam, 30000 Ipoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

Tel : + 60 5 241 7844 Fax : + 60 5 255 5466 Contact: Mr Roy Lim Kiam Chye, Group Plantations Director

KLK’s history dates back to 1906 when The Kuala Lumpur Rubber Company Limited (KLR) set up a head office in London to oversee 600 hectares of rubber and some coffee planted in Malaya. KLR changed its name to Kuala Lumpur-Kepong Amalgamated (KLKA) in 1960. Following a restructuring scheme initiated by KLK’s Founder Chairman, the late Tan Sri Dato’ Lee Loy Seng to transfer the domicile of the company back to Malaysia in 1973, KLKA went into liquidation and KLK took over the assets and liabilities of KLKA.

Today, KLK is one of the major plantation companies in Malaysia with a planted area of 135,391 hectares, of which 83% is planted with oil palm and 16% is under rubber. Geographically, 45% of the planted area is located in Peninsular Malaysia, 29% in Sabah and 26% in Indonesia (in Riau Province, Sumatra and in the Island of Belitung)

While plantations have been the core business of the Group since its foundation, KLK has integrated its business operations vertically in the 1990s to minimize the impact of fluctuations in commodity prices and to add value to resource-based products. Downstream activities include the manufacture of cocoa products, rubber and wood-based products and the manufacture of oleochemicals.

KLK is also involved in non-resource-based manufacturing - the production of specialty chemicals and pharmaceutical intermediates through its London Stock Exchange listed associate company, Yule Catto & Co Plc In 1996, KLK went into retailing through the acquisition of the Crabtree & Evelyn Group which has more than 300 specialty stores in more than 27 countries.

KLK has also ventured into property development.

 

Kumpulan Guthrie Group’s Vision is to aspire to become a world class Multinational Corporation in their core businesses. The Group’s mission is to exceed customers’ expectations through innovative and high quality products and services, providing career development opportunities to employees to realize their potential, continuously enhancing shareholders value and to be a responsible corporate citizen towards the environment and contribute to socio-economic development of the countries in which it operates.
The company’s history dates back to 1821, when the company was first established in Singapore. The Group made its first foray into Indonesia in 1995 to develop an oil palm plantation in Sumatra. In the year 2000, the Group won a bid to purchase interests in companies involved in oil palm cultivation which were spread over seven provinces in Indonesia. Currently, the Group has interests in plantations in both Malaysia (106,000 ha) and Indonesia (200,000 ha) and other core businesses include property development, manufacturing, and trading operations.
The Group’s Environmental Protection Policy was first documented in 1993. In 1997, the Tanah Merah Palm Oil Mill was awarded the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Certification. The Group has proposed to adopt EUROGAP and HAACP in the Group’s plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia beginning with the Tanah Merah Palm Oil Mill and its contributing estates. The Group participates in the Environment Management System Committee at National level and currently complies with all relevant legislation and other regulatory requirements in both Malaysia and Indonesia. The Group was awarded the Best Environmentally Kept Industry in the Wood Based Industry category in 2003.
www.guthrie.com.my  
Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad
Wisma Guthrie, Jln Gelenggang
Damansara Heights, 50490 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

Tel : + 60 (3) 2094 1644
Fax : + 60 (3) 2094 3445

Contact: Mr Othman Walat, Head, Plantation

Kumpulan Guthrie has a history exceeding 180 years, commencing in 1821 with the establishment of Guthrie & Co as a trading company in Singapore. The company acted as agents for 12 UK companies with plantations in then Malaya. These companies merged in 1965 as Guthrie Plc and listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Ownership of the company was transferred to Malaysian interests through a ‘dawn raid’ on the LSE in 1981. The new company turned public and was renamed Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad in December, 1987

At present, KGB is among the biggest plantation companies in Malaysia, with a titled area of 107,475 hectares and planted area of 92,471 hectares, of which more than 99% is under oil palm. Other core businesses of the Group are property development (including construction of the Guthrie Corridor Expressway), manufacturing (wood-based and latex-based) and Trading. KGB also owns 57.9% and 54.5% of listed plantation companies Guthrie Ropel Berhad and Highlands & Lowlands Berhad.

The Group has operations in UK, USA, Liberia Mauritius, Thailand and Indonesia. A joint venture company, P.T. Guthrie Pecconina Indonesia (with 70% KGB interest) was formed in 1995 to develop oil palm plantations in Palembang, South Sumatra. At the end of 2001, 15,517 hectares of forest land of the 60,000 ha concession have been acquired and 12,729 have been planted with oil palm. In March, 2001, KGB acquired interests in 25 companies in Holdiko Palm Plantations which has since been renamed as Minamas Plantation. The acquisition which covered area of about 200,000 hectares of oil palm raised the titled area in Indonesia to 215,047 hectares and the Group total land area to 322,522 hectares..

 

Public-listed PPB Oil Palms Berhad is a plantation group principally engaged in oil palm cultivation and milling of fresh fruit bunches. The Group currently owns and operates 13 plantations totaling 142,000 hectares and 8 palm oil mills in East Malaysia and Indonesia. The Group’s goal is to remain profitable, stay competitive and achieve sustainable growth with appropriate strategies to maintain an equitable balance between commercial success and environmental considerations.
Accordingly the Group adheres to the principles of sustainable agriculture in the management of its plantations operations. In all greenfield development, the Group has a policy of clearing only suitable logged-over forests for planting oil palms. Other aspects that relate positively to environmental conservation are prescribed in its Agriculture Manual to ensure that its estates adopt the best management practices.
PPB Oil Palms Berhad
15th floor Wisma Jerneh
38 Jalan Sultan Ismail
50250 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

Tel : + 60 3 2144 1503
Fax : + 60 3 2141 3960

Contact: Mr Simon Siburat, Manager-Research or Tel: +60 89 670208
PPB Oil Palm Berhad entry into the plantation industry was through Perlis Plantations Berhad (PPB) which started its oil palm operations in Sabah and Sarawak in the mid-1980s. PPBOP was incorporated in January 1996 following the merger of PPB and its joint venture plantation companies in East Malaysia. The Group had chosen to invest in Sabah and Sarawak in response to the State Governments encouragement and incentives for development of plantations as a strategy to broaden their economic base. Furthermore, the location of plantations in East Malaysia would provide a competitive advantage in shipment of edible oils to the large emerging market in China.

In 2000, PPBOP expanded its operations to Indonesia through subsidiary companies PT Tidar Sungkai Sawit and PT Mustika Sempuluh in West Sumatra and Central Kailmantan respectively with a total land bank of 25,272 hectares. The planted area to date is 8,641 hectares.

In East Malaysia, PPBOP owns and operates 10 plantations and 6 oil mills, total planted is 57,288 hectares. The Group is also involved in refining of crude palm oil, kernel crushing, and production and packing of cooking oil. It has its own bulking installation .


 

Tradewinds (M) Berhad
Tradewinds started as a private limited company in 1974 and was converted to a public company under the present name, Tradewinds (M) Berhad in September, 1987. It was listed on the KLSE in the following year. The core businesses of Tradewinds are plantations, manufacturing and trading, essentially in sugar refining and property.
Tradewinds is a relatively recent player in the plantations industry, its initial entry being the acquisition of Ladang Permai Sdn Bhd with 2,800 ha in Lahad Datu, Sabah. Its expansion in the industry was through further acquisitions of plantation companies, especially in East Malaysia. With the increasing plantation area, the Group established its own plantation management company, Tradewinds Plantations Services Sdn Bhd in 1995.
In 1995, Tradewinds expanded its plantations operations into Indonesia with the acquisition of 56% equity interests in P.T. Saidin Tradewinds and P.T. Bumipermai Suryalestari. In November,2002, it acquired a 56% stake in P.T. Bumibangka Lestari.
Currently, Tradewinds has a total land bank of 106,311 ha, of which 49,765 ha are cultivated with oil palm while another 9,900 ha are in the process of planting.
 

United Plantation Bhd was amongst the pioneers in oil palm cultivation in Malaysia and has benefited immensely on mutual collaboration between Danish and Malaysian expertise where managing resources resourcefully has been a part of the day to day culture.

The company is committed towards sustainability in all aspects of its plantation operations. Firstly, special emphasis is paid on achieving high yields hereby maximizing the productivity of its land bank resources e.g. United Plantations average yield of crude palm oil per hectare was 5.3 million tonnes during 2003 compared with the national Malaysia average of 3.75 million tonnes of CPO/ha.

Secondly, the company focuses on being environmentally responsible in terms of its operations by ensuring that a balance between economy and ecology exists within the frameworks of the plantation ecosystem.

Finally, the company also has a very strong commitment towards the social aspects of running a plantation, where care, compassion and consideration are a part of the day to day operations.
www.unitedplantations.com
United Plantations Bhd
Jenderate Estate
36009 Teluk Intan
Perak Darul Ridzuan
Malaysia
Tel : +60 5 6411411
Fax : +60 5 6411876
Contact: Mr Carl Bek-Nielsen, Executive Director/Vice Chairman
In 1906, Aage Westenholz established Jendarata Rubber Estate in Lower Perak which became the nucleus of present day United Plantations Berhad. In subsequent years, Westenholz acquired more properties in Lower Perak which were amalgamated in 1917 as United Plantations Ltd. In 1982, Kumpulan Fima Berhad acquired controlling interests of UPB; however, the company sold its stake to Aarhus (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aarhus Oliefabrik A/S, Denmark.

From an initial planting of 8 ha of oil palm in Sungai Bernam Estate in 1918 (Tate, 1996), UPB at present has 23,346 ha of oil palms in 9 estates, all of which are located in Lower Perak. UPB also has more than 3,000 ha of hybrid coconuts, the largest monoculture coconut area in the country.

While the principal business activity of UPB is cultivation of oil palm and other plantation crops and processing of their products, its subsidiary companies are engaged in several downstream activities such as processing of palm oil, manufacturing edible oils, fats, soap products, cocoa butter substitutes and trading in crude palm oil. Its palm oil refinery under Unitata Berhad was the first of its kind to be established in Malaysia in 1974.

 

Sime Plantations Sdn Bhd is one of the core business units in Sime Darby Berhad. Sime major business activities comprise Plantations, Commodity Trading, Refining and Food Business with operations in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia.
Plantations: Responsible for managing over 80,000 hectares of oil palm estates in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Kalimantan, as well as operating 8 mills in these areas to extract CPO. Marketing activities of CPB' s CPO is handled internally via Commodities Trading Malaysia.
Oils and Fats: Responsible for managing the edible oil refining and trading operations in Malaysia (Kempas Edible Oil), Singapore (Sime Darby Edible Products) and Thailand (Morakot Industries).
Food: Responsible for the aeroponics vegetable farm business in Malaysia, the sale and marketing of vegetable oils (palm olein, soya bean, olive, etc) and the agri-bio business such as cover crop seeds, rat baits and oil palm harvesting poles. Other activities include business development and R&D into non-aeroponic food crops, aquaculture and processed foods.
Sime Darby Berhad as Malaysia’s multi-national conglomerate has 280 over companies employing about 26,000 people in 20 countries.
Its core business areas include :
1) Plantations,
2) Manufacturing,
3) Heavy equipment and
4) Motor vehicle distribution,
5) Property development,
6) Insurance services,
7) Engineering,
8) Oil and gas
9) Trading
 

Sime Darby’s gross revenue and profit before tax for financial year ending 30th June 2001 were RM 11,959.9million and 1,130.5 million respectively. The contribution from the Plantations Division to the Group’s pre-tax profit was 6.6% but this is not a realistic indication of the contribution from plantation operations because the Division’s diverse business activities. Besides plantations, the Division is involved in commodity trading, aeroponics, edible oil refining, property development, medical services and hotel ownership.
Sime Darby’s interest in plantations dates back to 1910 when its founders, William Sime and Henry Darby established a 17 ha rubber estate in Melaka. As of June 2001, the Group has 81,540 hectares planted with oil palm, including 8,322 hectares in Kalimantan, Indonesia. It also has 2,531 hectares are under rubber. Total FFB production from its own plantations was 1,477,202 tones in FY 2001. Sime Darby is involved in many aspects of the palm oil supply chain including production of planting materials, plantation and oil mills operations, refining of palm oil and production and distribution of edible oils and fats. Its oil refining operations and production of edible oils are done by subsidiary companies, Kempas Edible Oil Sdn Bhd in Malaysia, Sime Darby Edible Products Ltd. in Singapore and Morakot Industries Public Company Ltd. in Thailand. Through a joint venture company, the Group has palm oil refinery operations in Egypt.
Sime Darby is one the three Malaysian companies that have been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. A recent assessment by Dow Jones Sustainability Asset Management (Sime Darby Group News Vol1/2002) gave a good overall rating of Sime Darby’s sustainability performance. The Group had a higher rating than the average performance for the industrial services sector on a global basis in all triple bottom line indicators assessed. Performance scores exceeding 50% were recorded for corporate governance, compliance systems and intellectual capital management under the economic bottom line, industry specific criteria for environmental performance and social policies and employee relations under the social bottom line. Lowest performance scores were recorded for eco-efficiency and stakeholder engagement.
 www.simenet.com
Sime Plantations Sdn Bhd
1st floor, Wisma Consplant, No 2, Jalan SS16/4, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Tel : + 60 (3) 5631 7133/8088 Fax : + 60 (3) 5631 7588
Contact: Mr Tang Men Kon, General Manager
 

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Established in July, 1956 under the Malaysian Land Development Ordinance (1956) under the Ministry of Land and Co-operative Development. It is the largest producer of palm oil in Malaysia, accounting for 18.7% of the planted area and 20.6% of the total crude palm oil production in year 2001 in Malaysia.

Felda has the social-economic mandate of developing forest land for the resettlement the rural and landless poor. Felda’s original function was to channel financial assistance to State governments for land development programmes but this was changed in 1961 when it was given the responsibility for new land development and settlements for the whole country. Since the mid-eighties, Felda has focused on development of plantations on a commercial basis.