1986 |
- Press Metal was incorporated as a privately-owned aluminium extrusion company in Malaysia.
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1993 |
- Listed on the Second Board of Bursa Malaysia.
- First aluminium extruder in Malaysia to be awarded the MS ISO9001:2000 certification.
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1999 |
- Successfully transferred to the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia.
- Expands its operations to UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
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2003 |
- Extrusion capacity hits 40,000MT per annum.
- Became the largest producer of aluminium extrusion products in Malaysia.
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2005 |
- Ventures into China and establishes its new aluminium extrusion plant in Foshan with a capacity of 120,000MT per annum.
- Total investment value of RM500 million with a workforce of 2,000 employees.
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2006 |
- Acquires an aluminium smelter with a 90,000MT capacity per annum in Hubei, China.
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2007 |
- Kick-starts the development of Malaysia’s first-ever aluminium smelting plant in Mukah, Sarawak with a capacity of 120,000MT per annum.
- Total investment value of RM1 billion with a workforce of 850 employees.
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2008 |
- Expands its extrusion operations to Hubei, China with a capacity of 30,000MT per annum.
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2009 |
- Press Metal’s Mukah, Sarawak aluminium smelter commences commercial production.
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2010 |
- Sumitomo Corporation, Japan’s third largest trading house, invested in 20% equity interest in the Mukah Aluminium Smelter.
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2011 |
- ‘PMS’ brand aluminium ingots produced by Mukah Aluminium Smelter has successfully listed on the London Metal Exchange as a high-grade primary aluminium.
- The Mukah Aluminium Smelter hits its full production capacity of 120,000MT per annum.
- Kick-starts the development of Phase 2 aluminium smelting plant in Samalaju Industrial Park, Bintulu, Sarawak with a capacity of 320,000MT per annum.
- Total investment value of RM2.2 billion with a workforce of 1,300 employees.
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2012 |
- Samalaju Aluminium Smelter commences commercial operations.
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2014 |
- Sumitomo Corporation invested in 20% equity interest in the Samalaju Aluminium Smelter.
- The Samalaju smelting plant in Malaysia hits its full production capacity of 320,000MT per annum.
- ‘PMB’ brand aluminium ingots produced by Samalaju Aluminium Smelter successfully listed on the London Metal Exchange as a high-grade primary aluminium.
- Kick-starts the development of the 3rd aluminium smelter in Sarawak (Samalaju Aluminium Smelter 2) in Samalaju, Sarawak, Malaysia with an additional capacity of 320,000MT per annum.
- Estimated total investment value of RM2 billion with a workforce of 1,200 employees.
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2015 |
- Press Metal’s 3rd aluminium smelter (Samalaju Aluminium Smelter 2) in Sarawak commences commercial operation.
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2016 |
- The Samalaju Aluminium Smelters hit full production capacity of 640,000MT per annum.
- Press Metal is proudly the largest integrated aluminium producer in South East Asia with 760,000MT smelting capacity and 190,000MT extrusion capacity.
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