Malaysia is the second largest country in the world in terms of crude palm oil (CPO) producers. Malaysia only lost to Indonesia. In terms of land productivity, oil palm plantations in Malaysia are more productive than in Indonesia, when calculated from the yield of fresh fruit bunches per hectare. However, Malaysia's development area is already limited due to its small size. Therefore, many Malaysian companies are expanding to open land in Indonesia.
Here are some of the largest oil palm plantation companies in Malaysia:
Felda Global Ventures Plantations (M) Sdn Bhd
The group is one of the largest palm oil co in Malaysia, manage a total land bank of 439,725 hectares in Malaysia and Indonesia, producing approximately 3 million metric tonnes (MT) of CPO annually. In Malaysia, the co have 197 estates located in Selangor, Perak, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan, Johor, Sabah and Sarawak. Meanwhile in Indonesia, its plantation activities are focused in 5 estates located in Central and West Kalimantan. Currently, FGV owns 68 mills across Malaysia, processing over 14 million MT of Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) annually, where two-thirds of the FFB are sourced from FELDA settlers and independent smallholders.
Kuala Lumpur Kepong Group
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. 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.
IOI Corp Group
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. 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. The Group also do JV di Indonesia with Harita Kencana Group to expand CPO business in Indonesia.
Sime Darby Group
Simi Darby Group is one among top palm oil companies in Malaysia. Sime major business activities comprise Plantations, Commodity Trading, Refining and Food Business with operations in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. The group manage over 300,000 hectares of oil palm estates in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sumatera 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.
United Plantation Bhd
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.
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. The group also do expansion in Indonesia by doing some acquisitions of plantation companies.
PPB Oil Group
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.
Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad
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 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.
Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad
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. Plam oil business accounted for 76% of its revenues while plantation and processing, 24 of Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad
IJM Plantations Berhad
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 co also expand to Indonesia.
Tabung Haji Sdn Bhd
TH Plantations Sdn Bhd (THP) was incorporated under the Company Act 1965 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.
Genting Plantations Berhad
Genting Plantations Berhad, formerly Asiatic Development Berhad, is engaged in plantation and provision of management services to its subsidiaries. The Company provides plantation, property development, property investment, genomics research and development, and downstream manufacturing activities. Genting Plantations' operations consist of oil palm estates and palm oil mills spread over Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Indonesia. The Group's landbank in Malaysia has increased substantially over the years to about 66,000 hectares. Genting Plantations has established a significant presence in Indonesia, where it is currently developing 162,000 hectares of land for oil palm cultivation through joint ventures. Genting Plantations also owns 9 oil mills in Malaysia and Indonesia, with combined milling capacity of 405 metric tonnes per hour, and downstream manufacturing facilities. The Company's subsidiaries include ACGT Sdn Bhd, Asiaticom Sdn Bhd, Esprit Icon Sdn Bhd, Genting Bioscience Limited, Genting Tanjung Bahagia Sdn Bhd, Palma Ketara Sdn Bhd and Aura Empire Sdn Bhd.
Boustead Plantations Berhad
Boustead Plantations Berhad is one of the most experienced and established upstream oil palm plantation company in Malaysia and a subsidiary of Boustead Holdings Berhad ("BHB"), one of Malaysia's oldest and largest diversified conglomerates. Backed by BHB's presence in the plantations business, the co have over 100 years of plantations industry experience and over 50 years of oil palm plantation estate management experience. The group own or lease a total of 48 oil palm plantation estates and 10 palm oil mills in Malaysia with 19 plantation estates in Peninsular Malaysia, 20 in Sabah and 9 in Sarawak. We own and operate 3 palm oil mills in Peninsular Malaysia, 5 in Sabah and 2 in Sarawak. Its total landbank stands approximately at 98,200 Ha. Out of this total, the area under oil palm cultivation is around 79,400 Ha comprising of 24,000 Ha in Peninsular Malaysia, 41,800 Ha in Sabah and 13,600 Ha in Sarawak.
Here are some of the largest oil palm plantation companies in Malaysia:
Felda Global Ventures Plantations (M) Sdn Bhd
The group is one of the largest palm oil co in Malaysia, manage a total land bank of 439,725 hectares in Malaysia and Indonesia, producing approximately 3 million metric tonnes (MT) of CPO annually. In Malaysia, the co have 197 estates located in Selangor, Perak, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan, Johor, Sabah and Sarawak. Meanwhile in Indonesia, its plantation activities are focused in 5 estates located in Central and West Kalimantan. Currently, FGV owns 68 mills across Malaysia, processing over 14 million MT of Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) annually, where two-thirds of the FFB are sourced from FELDA settlers and independent smallholders.
Kuala Lumpur Kepong Group
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. 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.
IOI Corp Group
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. 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. The Group also do JV di Indonesia with Harita Kencana Group to expand CPO business in Indonesia.
Sime Darby Group
Simi Darby Group is one among top palm oil companies in Malaysia. Sime major business activities comprise Plantations, Commodity Trading, Refining and Food Business with operations in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. The group manage over 300,000 hectares of oil palm estates in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sumatera 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.
United Plantation Bhd
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.
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. The group also do expansion in Indonesia by doing some acquisitions of plantation companies.
PPB Oil Group
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.
Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad
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 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.
Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad
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. Plam oil business accounted for 76% of its revenues while plantation and processing, 24 of Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad
IJM Plantations Berhad
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 co also expand to Indonesia.
Tabung Haji Sdn Bhd
TH Plantations Sdn Bhd (THP) was incorporated under the Company Act 1965 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.
Genting Plantations Berhad
Genting Plantations Berhad, formerly Asiatic Development Berhad, is engaged in plantation and provision of management services to its subsidiaries. The Company provides plantation, property development, property investment, genomics research and development, and downstream manufacturing activities. Genting Plantations' operations consist of oil palm estates and palm oil mills spread over Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Indonesia. The Group's landbank in Malaysia has increased substantially over the years to about 66,000 hectares. Genting Plantations has established a significant presence in Indonesia, where it is currently developing 162,000 hectares of land for oil palm cultivation through joint ventures. Genting Plantations also owns 9 oil mills in Malaysia and Indonesia, with combined milling capacity of 405 metric tonnes per hour, and downstream manufacturing facilities. The Company's subsidiaries include ACGT Sdn Bhd, Asiaticom Sdn Bhd, Esprit Icon Sdn Bhd, Genting Bioscience Limited, Genting Tanjung Bahagia Sdn Bhd, Palma Ketara Sdn Bhd and Aura Empire Sdn Bhd.
Boustead Plantations Berhad
Boustead Plantations Berhad is one of the most experienced and established upstream oil palm plantation company in Malaysia and a subsidiary of Boustead Holdings Berhad ("BHB"), one of Malaysia's oldest and largest diversified conglomerates. Backed by BHB's presence in the plantations business, the co have over 100 years of plantations industry experience and over 50 years of oil palm plantation estate management experience. The group own or lease a total of 48 oil palm plantation estates and 10 palm oil mills in Malaysia with 19 plantation estates in Peninsular Malaysia, 20 in Sabah and 9 in Sarawak. We own and operate 3 palm oil mills in Peninsular Malaysia, 5 in Sabah and 2 in Sarawak. Its total landbank stands approximately at 98,200 Ha. Out of this total, the area under oil palm cultivation is around 79,400 Ha comprising of 24,000 Ha in Peninsular Malaysia, 41,800 Ha in Sabah and 13,600 Ha in Sarawak.
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