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Guthrie Group Limited (Malay: Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad) was a Singaporean - Malaysian company that primarily dealt with plantations. It merged with three other plantation groups to form the world's largest plantation company with the name of Sime Darby Berhad. Guthrie was founded in Singapore in 1821 by Alexander Guthrie as the first British ...
In October 1910, British businessmen William Sime and Henry Darby established Sime, Darby and Co., a fledgling player in the lucrative rubber industry. The company later diversified to cultivating palm oil and cocoa and met with enormous success. At the time of the company's founding, William Middleton Sime was a 37-year-old Scottish adventurer ...
Sime Darby Property Berhad 197301002148 (15631-P) is a Malaysian real estate developer with operations in Malaysia and the United Kingdom. Incorporated in 1973, as Sime Darby Property Sdn. Bhd., the Group [2] was created through the integration of the property arms under the former Golden Hope Plantations Berhad, Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad, and Sime Darby Berhad.
Malaysia's Sime Darby is the largest listed palm oil company globally, based on plantation area and fresh fruit bunch production. [14] The company was created through a Malaysian government initiated merger in December 2006. [15] [16] The world's second-largest oil palm plantation company, Felda Global Ventures Holdings (FGV), is also based in ...
Golden Hope subsequently underwent a merger with Guthrie and Sime Darby in 2007, with the enlarged group retaining the Sime Darby name. [5] Cognis sold its 50% stake in the company to PTT Global Chemical in 2008. [6] Following the exit of Cognis, the company revived the "Emery" brand name and was renamed "Emery Oleochemicals". [6]
Its portfolio consists of 1,530 licensed beds across seven hospitals in Malaysia and Indonesia, according to Sime Darby's 2022 annual report. The company employs 4,500 people.
Established in 1917 shortly after the nearby Tennamaram Estate, Elmina Estate is the second-oldest oil palm plantation in Malaysia. [ 1] The Selangor Oil Palm Company Ltd. of Edinburgh, Scotland purchased the 3,407 acres (13,790,000 m 2) estate in 1923 and opened a new oil palm factory there in 1927. [ 2][ 3][ 4] Beginning in the 1930s, it was ...
On 13 December 2023, it was announced that Sime Darby completed the purchase of the majority stake (61.2%) in the company. [2] The UMW Group is an RM11 billion company and ranks among the foremost corporations listed on the Bursa Malaysia. Its net assets exceed RM2.3 billion and its workforce numbers more than 7,500 employees serving customers ...