- Business
- Leong Hup International Berhad, founded in 1978 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, operates as one of Southeast Asia's largest fully integrated producers of poultry, eggs and livestock feed, with operations spanning Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. The company conducts its activities through two primary segments, Feedmill and Livestock and Poultry Related Products; the Feedmill segment manufactures and trades animal feeds for grandparent stock, parent stock, broiler chicken, layer chicken, broiler duck, swine, quail, cattle, goat, aquatic animals and domestic pets from facilities in Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam; the Livestock segment produces and distributes breeder and broiler day-old-chicks, broiler chickens, table eggs including premium Omega-3 and Lutein-enriched varieties, animal health products and consumer food products. It further provides processed food products such as sausages, frankfurters, nuggets, chicken tempura, frozen seafood, frozen meat and marinated meat under brands including Ayam A1, SunnyGold, SAFA, Ciki Wiki and Sobat; offers food services through Baker’s Cottage outlets; and engages in related activities encompassing management and farming services, breeding and rearing of poultry and livestock, operation of bakeries and cafeterias, trading of veterinary products, distribution of pharmaceuticals, training and consultancy, warehousing, aquaculture produce sales, plantation of coconut and pineapple, and rental of chicken coops. Leong Hup International Berhad functions as a subsidiary of Emerging Glory Sdn Bhd and maintains a farm-to-plate model targeting domestic markets in its operating regions alongside exports of broiler chickens from Malaysia to Singapore. In recent developments, the company reports robust financial performance with net profit surging 73% to RM140.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2024 and 42% to RM428.9 million for the full year amid easing feed input costs from a weakening US dollar, alongside projecting satisfactory results for 2025; it sustains expansion momentum through capital expenditures for closed-house farms in Malaysia and enhanced plants in Vietnam and the Philippines, complemented by earlier strategic acquisitions such as a Vietnam feed mill in 2020 to diversify into aquafeed and bolster regional presence.