Milestones

2003

  • Completed construction of cocoa processing plant in Port of Tanjung Pelepas (“PTP”)
  • Commenced production, sales and exports of cocoa ingredient products
  • Production capacity of 30,000 tonnes of cocoa bean equivalent per year
  • First production output of cocoa butter in July
  • First production output of cocoa powder in October

2004

  • Received ISO 9001:2008 and HACCP certifications
  • Commenced second alkalising and roasting line
  • Commenced third grinding line

2005 ~ 2008

  • Commenced third cocoa butter press
  • Commenced fourth grinding line; increased production capacity to 50,000 tonnes of cocoa bean equivalent per year
  • Commenced cocoa mass tempering line

2011

  • Commenced third roasting line
  • Commenced fourth cocoa butter press; increased production capacity to 60,000 tonnes cocoa bean equivalent per year
  • Awarded ‘Best Cocoa Grinder Award 2010’ by Malaysian Cocoa Board
  • June: sub-leased additional 20,707.8 sq m of adjacent land for expansion plans
  • Operating at 98.4% capacity of 60,000 tonnes of cocoa bean equivalent per year

2012

  • Completion of new ASRS warehouse with capacity of 4,500MT
  • Listed in Sigapore Exchange (SGX) main board on July 2012
  • Obtained UTZ Certification on Nov 2012
  • Obtained BRC Certification on Dec 2012

2013

  • Increased production capacity to 85,000 metric tonnes of cocoa bean equivalent per year

2014

  • Incorporation of subsidiary in United States of America in March 2014
  • Incorporation of subsidiary in Indonesia in June 2014

2015

  • Completion of acquisition of PT Jebe Koko in April 2015
  • Increased production capacity to 145,000 metric tonnes of cocoa bean equivalent per year

2016

  • Incorporation of subsidiary in China in April 2016

2017

  • Incorporation of subsidiary in the United States of America

2018

  • Incorporation of subsidiary in Switzerland
  • Incorporation of subsidiary in Republic of Estonia

2019

  • Incorporation of subsidiary in Republic of Cote D’ivoire
  • Increased production capacity to 180,000 metric tonnes of cocoa bean equivalent per year