Corporate Profile
PPB Group Berhad was incorporated in Malaysia in 1968 to carry out sugar cane cultivation and refining. It is listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. In 2010, PPB disposed of its sugar-related businesses which supplied about 50% of the domestic sugar requirement then.
PPB's core businesses are grains trading, flour and animal feed milling as well as downstream activities including livestock farming, food processing and consumer products distribution. FFM Group owns and operates a total of five (5) flour mills in the country and one (1) each in Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. The FFM Group supplies more than 40% of Malaysia's flour requirements.
PPB is also the single largest shareholder owning 18.3% equity interest in one of Asia's largest integrated agribusiness groups, Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar) which operates in more than 20 countries across four continents and has over 300 processing plants. Wilmar has an extensive distribution network for its products which are sold to more than 50 countries globally. Besides food manufacturing, PPB owns Golden Screen Cinemas Sdn Bhd which is the largest film exhibitor in Malaysia with 180 screens in 22 locations nationwide, capturing more than 40% of domestic box office collections.
PPB Group has grown into a major conglomerate with assets and market capitalisation totaling RM13.9 billion and RM20.5 billion respectively as at 31 December 2010.
PPB's strategic acquisitions and business ventures over the years have enabled it to successfully diversify its businesses to date to include in addition to the above, environmental engineering and waste management; contract manufacturing; chemicals manufacturing; property ownership, development and management; packaging; and amusement centre operations.
PPB Group currently has operations in China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand and Singapore and employs more than 3,000 employees in its domestic and overseas operations.
PPB's core businesses are grains trading, flour and animal feed milling as well as downstream activities including livestock farming, food processing and consumer products distribution. FFM Group owns and operates a total of five (5) flour mills in the country and one (1) each in Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. The FFM Group supplies more than 40% of Malaysia's flour requirements.
PPB is also the single largest shareholder owning 18.3% equity interest in one of Asia's largest integrated agribusiness groups, Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar) which operates in more than 20 countries across four continents and has over 300 processing plants. Wilmar has an extensive distribution network for its products which are sold to more than 50 countries globally. Besides food manufacturing, PPB owns Golden Screen Cinemas Sdn Bhd which is the largest film exhibitor in Malaysia with 180 screens in 22 locations nationwide, capturing more than 40% of domestic box office collections.
PPB Group has grown into a major conglomerate with assets and market capitalisation totaling RM13.9 billion and RM20.5 billion respectively as at 31 December 2010.
PPB's strategic acquisitions and business ventures over the years have enabled it to successfully diversify its businesses to date to include in addition to the above, environmental engineering and waste management; contract manufacturing; chemicals manufacturing; property ownership, development and management; packaging; and amusement centre operations.
PPB Group currently has operations in China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand and Singapore and employs more than 3,000 employees in its domestic and overseas operations.
