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Sime Darby's announcement of large provisions for its operations in China and the Bakun project upset some investors.
Sime Darby, which is majority-owned by the Malaysian government through several state investment corporations, is the country's most widely tracked conglomerate among local and foreign investors.
Sime Darby was forced to absorb the loan losses and sold the bank in 1998 for 100 million ringgit.
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 Sime Darby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1910, William Middleton Sime, a Scottish gentleman, and Henry Darby, an English gentleman, teamed up to form a company to manage 500 acres (2 km²) of rubber estates in the state of Malacca.
In 1979, the company changed its corporate name to Sime Darby Berhad and became a large Malaysian conglomerate that is involved in Plantations, Tyre Manufacturing, Heavy Equipment and Motor Vehicle Distribution and Property Development.
Sime Darby's four core business units are structured into publicly listed companies.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sime_Darby   (214 words)

  
 MSN Money - SIDBY Key Developments: Investing
Sime Darby Berhad announced that it has established a programme for the issuance of up to RM1,500 million Islamic commercial paper and medium term notes based on the concept of Al Murabahah (Al Murabahah CP&MTN Programme).
Sime Darby Berhad announced that it has disposed of Westminster Travel Limited Group to Randolph Investment Limited of 28,000 A shares of HK$100 each, representing 70% of the issued and paid-up share capital of Westminster Travel Limited.
Sime Darby Berhad announced that its subsidiary, Sime Darby Singapore Limited, has acquired 10% equity interest in Technochem Private Limited from PSB Holdings Pte Ltd by exercising the option pursuant to the call option agreement.
news.moneycentral.msn.com /ticker/sigdev.asp?Symbol=SIDBY   (923 words)

  
 Lotus Elise: Lotus PLC, the Company
In a striking announcement, Sime Darby Bhd has announced that they will not be competing with VW to acquire a substantial interest in Proton from Khazanah Nasional Bhd..
Sime Darby was favored by the recently ousted Proton CEO, Mahaleel Ariff.
Sime Darby is one of Malaysia's largest holding company’s.
www.sandsmuseum.com /cars/elise/people/company/robertaug9.html   (339 words)

  
 Sime Darby Hong Kong Ltd.
Sime Darby Hong Kong is the regional headquarters for Sime Darby Group's business activities in Hong Kong, Macau and the People's Republic of China.
Sime Darby is one of the Southeast Asia's leading multinationals.
Sime Darby was founded in 1910 based on 500 acres of rubber estates in Malacca in Peninsular Malaysia.
www.simedarby.com.hk /our_comp.html   (295 words)

  
 Rob Dommerson to head new Peugeot organisation in Australia  23/4/01   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Sime Darby is a large trading company which has been operating throughout Asia since 1910.
"Sime Darby is totally committed to success in the Australian market and has projected a significant lift in sales volume," said Mr Dommerson.
Meanwhile the Sime Darby Group is setting up a comprehensive local operation to ensure that owners, buyers and dealers receive the best possible support.
www.fastlane.com.au /News_Peugeot/Dommerson_SDA.htm   (344 words)

  
 MIS | Special Editions > MIS 100
Sime Darby is Malaysia’s largest and oldest conglomerate.
In 1998, Sime Darby began its efforts at restructuring and consolidation and one of the strategies was to refocus on core businesses and organise companies according to regional business groups, as opposed to geography-centric entities.
Sime Solution Centre (SSC) was established more than a year ago as an internal centre to drive costs down, by implementing shared services.
www.misweb.com /mis100viewprofile.asp?by=rank&rgid=5&pid=400&year=2002   (152 words)

  
 Union Sime Darby (Thailand) Limited - Insurance and Reinsurance Brokers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
At Union Sime Darby, we are more than just an insurance brokerage firm.
Established in 1990, the company was established as a joint venture between Saha Union Pcl., and Sime Darby Berhad of Malaysia, two of the largest and most powerful conglomerates in South East Asia.
Outside Thailand, we are associated with Sime Insurance Brokers in the Asia Pacific Region and are recognized internationally as one of the leading independent insurance brokers in the region.
www.unionsimedarby.com   (352 words)

  
 Continental Corporation - Continental and Sime Darby set up a tyre Joint Venture in Malaysia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Continental AG will have access to Sime Darby's extensive tyre dealer network in Malaysia which is the largest in the country.
Sime Darby is Malaysia's leading multinational and one of Southeast Asia's largest conglomerates with a comprehensive range of production and business activities.
Sime Darby Berhad is a Malaysian multinational conglomerate with core business activities in Plantations, Tyre Manufacturing, Property, Heavy Equipment Distribution, Motor Vehicle Assembly and Distribution, Energy, General Trading and Services industries, and have extensive trading and manufacturing interests in the People's Republic of China (including Hongkong SAR and Macau SAR), Singapore and Australia.
www.conti-online.com /generator/www/com/en/continental/portal/themes/press_services/press_releases/locations/pr_2003_10_10_2_en.html   (716 words)

  
 Aero-Green Aeroponics
Established in 1910 by a Scot, William Sime, and an Englishman, Henry Darby, the Sime Darby company has grown into one of Southeast Asia's leading conglomerates.
It is based in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, when Sime Darby Berhad became a Malaysian company in 1979.
Sime Darby's Singapore interest in tropical aeroponics can thus be counted as most likely to be significant for the technology's long-term future in the tropics.
www.cityfarmer.org /aeroponics.html   (1304 words)

  
 Loy Yang has generated a power of interest in a regional neighbour - theage.com.au
Sime Darby chief executive Tan Sri Nik Mohamed Yaacob confirmed again last week that the company was interested in Loy Yang.
Sime Darby was hit hard by the Asian economic crisis.
Another Sime Darby company in Australia is Austchrome Pty Ltd, which provides reclaimed mechanical components to the mining, sugar milling and rail industries.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/01/22/1042911436523.html   (1059 words)

  
 Welcome to Sime Darby
Sime Darby Pilipinas, Inc. (SDPI) is a member of the Sime Darby Group of Malaysia, a leader among East Asia’s largest business conglomerates.
One of SDPI’s local subsidiaries is Sime Darby Industries, Inc. (SDII), a company engaged in trading and is an exclusive distributor of high quality products manufactured under stringent quality control.
Property Development is also among Sime Darby’s business interest with its maiden project a middle-class housing located in Taytay, east of Metro Manila.
www.simedarby.com.ph   (115 words)

  
 INDIACAR.NET - Latest auto news - BMW and Sime Darby announce distribution details today
BMW and Sime Darby have been in talks to complete a new distribution agreement since May last year.
Sime Darby currently holds exclusive rights to distribute BMW vehicles in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Sime Darby, whose diversified interests also include property and plantations, earlier said an agreement giving BMW more control would dent its earnings.
www.indiacar.net /news/n5410.htm   (197 words)

  
 FinanceAsia Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The two subsidiaries of Sime Darby had free floats of between 25% and 30% each.
The Sime Darby buybacks are the result of the consolidation in the investment banking business.
Sime Darby Hong Kong does not appear to be one of those companies.
www.financeasia.com /Accessories/faPrintStory.cfm?objectID=DE530C6B-C44A-11D4-8C1C0008C72B383C   (913 words)

  
 Sime Darby buying stake in Singapore’s Jaya for S$223m
SIME Darby Bhd through wholly-owned subsidiary Sime Darby Eastern Ltd, has entered into an agreement to acquire a 29.9% stake in Singapore-listed Jaya Holdings Ltd for S$1 per ordinary share amounting to S$223mil cash.
Sime Darby is already involved in the oil and gas services industry through its 70%-owned subsidiary, Sime Engineering Services Bhd (SES).
Sime Darby would then be required to make a mandatory general offer for the remaining shares in Jaya.
biz.thestar.com.my /news/story.asp?file=/2004/9/11/business/8878059&sec=business   (455 words)

  
 Asiaweek.com
"Apart from their horrible mistakes in Sime Bank, Sime Darby is actually among the best run companies in Malaysia, managed by a very conservative bunch of people," says Lai Tak Heong, an analyst at SG Securities in Kuala Lumpur.
Sime Darby manages some 100,000 hectares of mainly oil palm, rubber and cocoa plantations.
Nik Mohamed figures Sime Darby has plenty of opportunity to expand within its five core business, although he would not mind acquiring one more area of expertise.
www.pathfinder.com /asiaweek/99/0122/biz2-2.html   (711 words)

  
 Business News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Sime Darby plans to double its plantation acreage, raise its power division capacity to 2,000 megawatts from 800 currently and strengthen its presence in oil and gas services, he said.
Sime Darby has a debt gearing of about 30 per cent currently and expects to gear up to about 50 per cent of shareholders' funds to finance the expansion, he said.
Sime Darby, one of the country's top plantation companies, also has a large motor arm involved in the import, assembly and distribution of marques including BMW, Land Rover and Ford.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/nov/05/05112004bs.htm#A3   (6617 words)

  
 Petra collaborates with Malaysian conglomerate - Food Business Review
Petra Foods has formed a joint venture with Sime Darby, a Malaysian conglomerate, which it said would help strengthen the group's position in the chocolate confectionery business, and further strengthen its business in Singapore.
Jointly set up with Sime Darby Singapore, the JV company, Petra Sime Marketing Pte Ltd, will acquire Sime Darby's consumer distribution business, which distributes healthcare products and wine and spirits to retail outlets and other institutions in Singapore.
Sime Darby is Malaysia's leading conglomerate, with a solid brand, well-known for its leadership position in a whole slew of industries and we are clearly excited about this partnership.
www.food-business-review.com /article_news.asp?guid=1BBD992F-2E4F-440F-837A-65EE3043A64C   (227 words)

  
 Asiaweek.com
As Sime Darby found out, speed is often best when it comes to trimming and toning.
Sime Darby lost 541 million ringgit in the fiscal year ending in June 1998 ($192 million at that time) on sales of 12.07 billion.
Sime Darby found practically all its markets and operations in the dump.
www.pathfinder.com /asiaweek/99/0122/biz2.html   (865 words)

  
 The News Herald: Local News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The resort was put up for sale earlier this year by its owners, Malaysia-based Sime Darby, which purchased it in 1991 from developer Peter Bos for $50 million.
Since then, Sime Darby spent $60 million in residential construction, renovated the Bayside Conference Center and added a second golf course.
Sime Darby lost nearly $400 million during the second half of 1997 as a result of the Asian economic crisis.
www.newsherald.com /archive/local/sd052798.htm   (388 words)

  
 WIPO Domain Name Decision: D2001-1254
Sime and Darby, who incorporated the company in 1910.
The Complainant contends that it and its subsidiaries have acquired substantial reputation and goodwill in the trade mark "SIME DARBY".
The Complainant’s ownership of the "SIME DARBY" trade mark in seven countries and the wide business scope of the Sime Darby group of companies support the contention that the relevant Internet-using public would be likely to be confused by the Respondent’s use of the words ‘sime’ and ‘darby’ in the Disputed Domain Name.
arbiter.wipo.int /domains/decisions/html/2001/d2001-1254.html   (2144 words)

  
 Money News Asia
The acquisition of Australian car dealership, PPT Investments, by Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby, is a positive move for the group’s motor division, according to KAF-Seagroatt & Campbell Securities.
The purchase, made through its subsidiary, Sime Singapore for AUD$37 million, will help strengthen Sime Darby’s earnings in the long run, said the broker.
Meanwhile, KAF-Seagroatt said a proposed stake by Sime Darby in Proton was still in preliminary stages.
www.moneynewsasia.com /articleExpanded.asp?r_articleID=395   (225 words)

  
 Sime Darby Berhad - Company Profile - Insurance Business Review
To receive a complete and bespoke profile on Sime Darby Berhad, including SWOT analysis, order the full profile for just $125.
The full profile of Sime Darby Berhad also contains details of the company's key executives and provides summary analysis of its major revenue lines and strategy.
For fiscal year ending December 2004, Sime Darby Berhad generated revenues of $3,922.6 million compared with fiscal year ending December 2003 where the company generated revenues of $3,611.9 million, a 8.6% increase.
www.insurance-business-review.com /companyprofile.asp?guid=5C1EB837-8775-459E-B821-AC170A84896A   (116 words)

  
 BMWNation.com > News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The establishment of a sales joint venture with the Group's local partner Sime Darby Berhad forms the core of this involvement.
The BMW Group has a 51% holding, whilst Sime Darby holds 49% via the subsidiary Tractors Malaysia.
Sime Darby has been operating in Malaysia for the BMW Group as a partner in the sales business and the operation of the local assembly plant for BMW automobiles since 1987.
www.bmwnation.com /news/2003/030715_a.html   (698 words)

  
 Tractors shareholders likely to accept Sime’s offer
Sime Darby has offered RM3.46 cash for each Tractors share, or a share swap of one new Sime Darby share for every 1.7 Tractors shares.
According to Sime Darby’s independent adviser, AmMerchant Bank, the proposed scheme of arrangement (SoA) is expected to provide greater flexibility in the restructuring, consolidation and streamlining of the group’s automotive and heavy equipment businesses.
Tractors is presently a subsidiary of Sime Darby, which holds 71.74% of Tractors’ issued and paid-up capital.
biz.thestar.com.my /news/story.asp?file=/2005/9/20/business/12090384&sec=business   (388 words)

  
 Sime Darby may buy 32 pct stake in Proton - Malaysiakini   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Sime Darby may buy 32 pct stake in Proton - Malaysiakini
Sime Darby may buy 32 pct stake in Proton
Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby is planning to buy a 32 percent stake in national carmaker Proton from the government's investment arm, Khazanah Nasional Bhd, a report said today.
www.malaysiakini.com /news/40254   (48 words)

  
 Star-Motoring: Malaysia Motoring, Malaysia Motoring Classifieds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Sime Darby unit became the official importer of completely-built-up BMW vehicles into Malaysia from Jan 1.
BMW Malaysia is a joint venture between Germany's Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG and Sime Darby Bhd.
Sime Darby group chief executive Datuk Ahmad Zubir Murshid said the company was determined to take full advantage of the opportunities provided in the new National Automotive Policy (NAP).
www.star-motoring.com /research/review.asp?file=/editorial/2006/bmw050106.html   (173 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Asia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Sime Darby Bhd., another diversified Malaysian group with a power division, had been part of the group seeking to revive the Loy Yang bid.
Yesterday, Sime said in a statement to the Malaysian stock exchange that it had decided not to pursue the bid.
Sime Darby spokeswoman Rafidah Megat Khas declined to comment, as did Citigroup spokesman Richard Tesvich.
quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=ad2Bfe1ZbgFs&refer=asia   (672 words)

  
 theedgedaily.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Sime Darby Bhd does not plans to privatise Sime Engineering Services Bhd, according to a statement.
Sime Darby, in a reply to query from Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd, had on Sept 26, refuted news report which speculated that the sharp increase in Sime Eng's share price was due to market talk that the latter would be privatised.
"Sime Darby wishes to advise that, presently, it does not have any plans to privatise Sime Engineering," it said.
www.theedgedaily.com /cms/content.jsp?id=com.tms.cms.article.Article_92d5e921-cb73c03a-90fa0500-64557796   (159 words)

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