- Business
- Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited is an investment holding company focused on the automotive sector and related businesses in Southeast Asia. The company holds a 50.1% stake in Astra International, Indonesia's largest independent automotive group, which manufactures, assembles, distributes, retails and provides aftersales services and financing for motor vehicles and motorcycles including Toyota, Daihatsu, Isuzu, Peugeot, BMW and UD Trucks brands as well as Honda motorcycles and automotive components; Komatsu heavy equipment distribution; financial services comprising consumer financing, heavy equipment financing, banking and insurance; agribusiness focused on palm oil; infrastructure and logistics including toll roads; information technology through Fuji Xerox distribution; and property developments. It also maintains a 26.6% interest in Truong Hai Auto Corporation (THACO), Vietnam's largest automotive company, which manufactures, assembles, distributes, retails and services commercial and passenger vehicles for BMW, Kia, Mazda, Mini, Peugeot, Foton and Fuso brands alongside property development, agriculture and logistics; a 29.0% stake in Refrigeration Electrical Engineering Corporation (REE Corp), a Vietnamese group in power, water utilities, property and M&E services; and a 10.6% holding in Vinamilk, Vietnam's leading dairy producer.
Directly operated businesses include Cycle & Carriage in Singapore, which distributes, retails and services Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi Motors, Kia, Citroën, DS Automobiles, Maxus, ORA, smart vehicles and Gogoro alongside used cars under the Republic Auto brand, car leasing and BYD electric forklifts; Cycle & Carriage Bintang in Malaysia, a leading Mercedes-Benz passenger car and Fuso truck dealer; and Cycle & Carriage Myanmar, a joint venture distributing Mercedes-Benz, Mazda and Fuso vehicles. It further holds 46.2% of Tunas Ridean, an Indonesian dealer for Toyota, Daihatsu, BMW, Isuzu vehicles and Honda motorcycles with rental, fleet management and financing services. The company targets consumer, commercial and industrial customers across Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia and Myanmar.
Founded in 1899 and headquartered in Singapore, Jardine Cycle & Carriage operates primarily in fast-growing Southeast Asian economies with a strategic emphasis on Indonesia and Vietnam; Astra contributes approximately 90% of earnings. Recent developments include the 2024 divestment of its 25.5% stake in Siam City Cement, Thailand's second-largest cement producer, for US$344 million to streamline its portfolio toward core automotive and related sectors; and in 2025, subsidiaries agreeing to acquire PT Arafura Surya Alam, holder of the Doup gold mining project in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, for US$540 million to expand into mining. The group anticipates 2025 underlying profit broadly similar to 2024 levels, supported by non-Astra business improvements.