Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad
Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad is a Malaysian company. Through its subsidiaries, it engages in oil palm plantation, investment holding, and property investment businesses in Malaysia. The company also manufactures rubber-based products, oleochemicals, and esters; produces oil palm clones by plant tissue culture technology; and distributes tropical fruits, as well as engaging in crude palm oil processing. The Corporate Office of Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad is located at Johor, Malaysia. It provides plantation management and consultancy services, assembles agricultural and mechanical equipment and researches and produces oil palm seeds. It also operates quick service restaurants. It has operations primarily  in Malaysia and Indonesia. The company was incorporated in 1933 and is based in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad is a subsidiary of Johor Corporation. History. Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad traces its history back to 1933 when Kulim Rubber Plantations Ltd was incorporated in United Kingdom. Kulim was later incorporated as a public limited company and was listed on Main Board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (now known as the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad) in 1975. In 1976, Johor Corporation became the major shareholder of Kulim. Over the years, Kulim has grown to become a diversified  plantation company and continues to strengthen its position by securing new hectarages while developing and strengthening its intrapreneur ventures. At the end of 2013, Kulim once again made its way into Indonesia with acquisition of 74% equity in PT Wisesa Inspirasi Nusantara, a plantation holding company in Indonesia, holding rights over 40,645 hectares of potential oil palm land in Central Kalimantan. With the completion of this strategic acquisition, as at the time of writing, the Kulim Group’s direct and indirect landholding stands at over 91,000 hectares (excluding NBPOL which was held for sale as at 31 December 2014), spread  across Malaysia and Indonesia. After having footholds in O&G related businesses in Malaysia, Kulim had on 10 December 2014, entered into a Conditional Subscription and Shares Purchase. Agreement with the existing shareholders of PT Citra Sarana Energi (“PT CSE”) for acquisition of 60% equity interest in the Company. This will enable Kulim to expand its involvement in the O&G sector particularly in Indonesia, moving up the value chain into the upstream activities - exploration and production. Core Business. Plantation. Kulim has operations currently spanning over Malaysia (within State Johor and Pahang) and Indonesia (Sumatera). Malaysia Palm Oil Plantations Estate & Mills. Palm  Oil Estates and also manage some of Johor Corporation Estates and smallholder cooperation Intrapreneur Venture. Established as one of Kulim’s principal growth thrust, Intrapreneur Ventures (“IV”) Division is involved in a diverse range of businesses including shipping and logistics, support operations for plantations, including agricultural machinery, oil palm nursery and mills maintenance, support operations for Oil and Gas (“O&G”) sector as well as IT-related services. These companies will be developed and nurtured, with the aim to subsequently transform into strategic business division of the Group. With Kulim’s foray into the O&G upstream activities in Indonesia, O&G support  services, namely E.A. Technique (M) Berhad and Danamin (M) Sdn Bhd, will be reclassified under the Group’s new O&G business segment effective 1 January 2015 Subsidiaries. Some of the key subsidiaries are:-