COMPANY PROFILE
PGEO Group is wholly owned by Wilmar International Limited, a leading agribusiness group in Asia and one of the largest globally. Wilmar has over 500 manufacturing plants and extensive distribution network covering China, India, Indonesia and some 50 other countries and regions.
PGEO Group’s main activity is the manufacturing of edible oils in Malaysia. Its activities are vertically integrated, beginning with the processing of edible oils into refined oils and other value-added downstream products to the marketing of these products in bulk, steel drums and consumer packs for the local and international markets. It has one of the largest refining capacities in Malaysia with over 10 refineries located in Peninsular and East Malaysia. In fact, it refines more than 30% of Malaysia’s total crude palm oil annually and is one of the major palm kernel crushers in Malaysia. Every year, PGEO Group refines more than five million metric tonnes of edible oils, of which about 90% are exported worldwide.
As a versatile player in the industry, PGEO Group is actively involved in crude palm oil futures trading, soybean crushing, production of oleochemicals, shortening, specialty fats, biodiesel, steel drums making, manufacturing of calcium salt for animal feed, chemical bulking installation and the latest to join its portfolio is vegetarian and vegan food production. It has been producing and delivering world-class products to many
multinational corporations worldwide for more than 30 years.
PGEO Group’s commitment towards excellence has striven to continuously improve and bring only the best quality of products and services to its customers. Despite its fast- growing business, PGEO Group is committed to run its business in a sustainable manner
by protecting the environment and contributing to the development of local communities while upholding Wilmar’s No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation
[NDPE) policy that aims to advance an environmentally and socially responsible palm oil industry.
History
PGEO Group’s first project was a soybean extraction plant in Pasir Gudang back in 1980, followed by its first refining plant in 1981. With hard work and a strong
commitment, it commenced its first consumer packing plant in Pasir Gudang in 1986 and started venturing into other downstream activities with the construction of a
fractionation plant in 1987 and a steel drum manufacturing plant in 1988.
In late 1980s, PGEO Group started expanding its presence nationwide with the acquisition of Sandakan Edible Oils in Sabah and PGEO Edible Oils Sdn Bhd (Prai
Division]. The 1990s was a busy era for PGEO Group with the establishment of its first refinery in Sarawak, Bintulu Edible Oils Sdn. Bhd, and followed by a joint venture
company, Lahad Datu Edible Oils in Sabah, In the late 1990s, PGEO Group expanded further by starting specialty fats production in Pasir Gudang and commencing a
new refinery in Lumut Perak followed by a joint venture company with Volac Ltd for the production of calcium salts for animal feed ingredients in Pasir Gudang.
2007 was an important development milestone year for PGEO Group when the merger with Wilmar International Limited took place. Since then, PGEO Group
expanded rapidly from the acquisition of oleochemicals companies (Natural Oleo Chemicals, Natural Soaps, Natural Wax and Dubois Natural Esters) to PGEO Oil Mills,
Wilmar Tank Terminals, Nexsol Malaysia, Wilmar Fertilizer Malaysia, Wilmar Greenfarm Food Industries, Wilmar Kuantan Edible Oils and Kuching Palm Oil industries to
the latest establishment of Wilmar Palm Products, a palm oil refinery and specialty fats complex in Port Klang and acquisition of Global Eco Chemicals Malaysia Sdn.
Bhd. in Tanjung Langsat – all happening in a span of about 14 years. PCEO Group has the largest refining capacities in Malaysia today.