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- Malayan Cement Berhad is a leading Malaysian company primarily engaged in the manufacturing and trading of cement and building materials. Its core products and services include cement, clinker, ready-mixed concrete, drymix products, and quarry materials. The company offers a comprehensive range of building solutions tailored to meet the evolving needs of the Malaysian construction market, including sustainable innovations such as its ECO Product Range and environmental services. Operations are supported by an extensive logistics network with a fleet of over 1,500 trucks ensuring efficient delivery across Peninsular Malaysia.
Founded in 1966 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malayan Cement Berhad operates mainly within Malaysia but continues to explore prudent development of export markets and international operations to ensure sustainability. The company strategically emphasizes operational excellence through adoption of new production technologies, including AI, and has streamlined its logistics and distribution networks to enhance market coverage.
Recently, Malayan Cement Berhad has demonstrated strong financial performance with its revenue growing to RM4.4 billion in fiscal year 2024, driven by a 58% increase in operating profit before depreciation, interest, and tax. The company has received a credit rating upgrade reflecting its disciplined capital management and operational improvements. In terms of business developments, it has launched new product offerings in aggregates and concrete segments, showing a 29.3% year-over-year growth in these areas in early 2025, which partly offset softer cement volume sales. The company continues to support major infrastructure projects in Malaysia, including the Penang Light Rail Transit (LRT) and airport expansions, contributing to expected growth in its concrete demand. It also raised RM1 million for turtle conservation as part of its ESG commitments and focuses on sustainable construction and CO2 reduction technologies.
Malayan Cement Berhad is a key player in Malaysia’s industrial products and services sector, serving a wide range of customers from civil construction to industrial development markets. It is part of the YTL Group, leveraging the group’s shared strategic resources and expertise.
This description captures Malayan Cement Berhad’s main products and services as well as its recent strategic and operational advancements up to 2025.