- CEO
- Yeow Chor Lee
- Full Time Employees
- 28,000
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Agricultural commodities/Milling
- Address
- IOI City Tower 2 Putrajaya WP Malaysia 62502
- IPO Date
- Jul 29, 1980
- Business
- IOI Corporation Berhad, a leading global integrated sustainable palm oil group, engages primarily in the cultivation of oil palm, softwood timber, rubber, and coconut; processing of palm oil through seed breeding, crop extraction, and milling; and resource-based manufacturing encompassing refining of palm oil with 1.8 million MT annual capacity across two Malaysian refineries, oleochemical production of fatty acids and derivatives with 890,000 MT capacity at five facilities in Malaysia and Germany, and specialty oils and fats via 20%-owned associate Bunge Loders Croklaan with 1.1 million MT capacity across six plants in Malaysia, the Netherlands, USA, Canada, Ghana, and China; it also develops renewables including empty fruit bunch pulp, oil palm trunk products, sustainable fuels, and agriscience initiatives such as high-yielding and Ganoderma-tolerant seeds. Founded in 1969 and headquartered at Level 29, IOI City Tower 2, Lebuh IRC, IOI Resort City, Putrajaya, Malaysia, the company operates plantations spanning 176,202 hectares across Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak, and Indonesia (including 32.1% stake in Bumitama Agri Ltd), with manufacturing and sales reaching over 80 countries on four continents, targeting food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and renewable energy markets. Recent developments include a RM100 million joint venture with China's Mega Star Holding Pte Ltd announced in November 2025 to build Malaysia's first integrated sustainable coconut mill complex in Segamat, Johor, with 100,000 nuts per day capacity by Q4 FY2027 producing coconut oil and concentrated water using robotic IR 4.0 technology and biofuel from husks; RM125 million investment in a Lipid Excellence Centre in Germany for oleochemical R&D; realignment of organizational structure to emphasize renewables, agriscience, and coconut oil alongside core plantation and manufacturing; expansion of high-yielding seed production by 25% and commercial Ganoderma-tolerant seed rollout; and a 150,000 MT EFB pulp facility under its FY2025 strategic priorities for product portfolio expansion, innovation, productivity, and net-zero by 2040.