Batu Kawan Berhad (1899.KL)

20.00 +0.04 (+0.20%) At close: 03:28PM MYT

Batu Kawan Berhad

Wisma Taiko
No. 1, Jalan S.P. Seenivasagam
Ipoh 30000
Malaysia
60 5 240 8000
https://www.bkawan.com.my

Sector(s): Basic Materials
Industry: Specialty Chemicals
Full-time employees: 

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Hau-Hian Lee D.P.M.P.	MD & Executive Director	9.49M	N/A	1953
Mr. Swee Eng Goh	CFO & Joint Secretary	N/A	N/A	1972
Mr. Chee Heng Tan	Managing Director of Subsidiaries	N/A	N/A	1971
Ms. Lee Wen Ling	Managing Director of Property Development of Subsidiary of BKB, KLK	N/A	N/A	1990
Ms. Miow Kien Yap	Joint Company Secretary	N/A	N/A	1969
Chiew Cindy MAICSA	Joint Company Secretary	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2023, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in MYR.

Description

Batu Kawan Berhad, an investment holding company, cultivates and processes palm and rubber products. It operates through four segments: Plantation, Manufacturing, Property Development, and Investment Holding/Others. The company manufactures and sells methyl chloride, oleochemicals, alcohol ether sulphates, alcohol sulphates and sulphonic acids, and basic organic chemicals from agricultural products; and manufactures and markets coagulants, industrial and specialty chemicals, soap noodles, industrial amides, polymer products, sulphuric acid, sulphur derivatives, calcium nitrate, methyl esters, and glycerine, as well as chlor-alkali chemicals comprising caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, liquid chlorine, sodium hypochlorite, and ferric chloride; and parquet flooring products. It is also involved in letting of storage warehouse facilities; operating biogas capture plants; plantation and kernel crushing; agronomic service and research; investment, development, management, and renting of properties; manufacturing of biodiesel, palm phytonutrients, and other palm derivatives; production and distribution of fatty alcohols and derivatives, fatty acids, fatty esters, and other chemicals; management of plantations; and manufacturing and distribution of nonionic surfactants and esters. In addition, the company offers logistics services related to palm products; markets refined palm oil products; manufactures and trades in rubber products; sells pharmaceutical and bio-pharmaceutical intermediates and fine chemicals; stores and distributes bulk liquids; operates holiday bungalows; manufactures jams and preserves; extracts crude palm oil; and farming, trustee, offshore captive insurance, and general transportation and workshop services. It serves in Malaysia, the Far East, the Middle East, South East Asia, Southern Asia, Europe, North and South America, Australia, Africa, and internationally. Batu Kawan Berhad was incorporated in 1965 and is headquartered in Ipoh, Malaysia.

Corporate governance

Batu Kawan Berhad’s ISS governance QualityScore as of N/A is N/A. The pillar scores are Audit: N/A; Board: N/A; Shareholder rights: N/A; Compensation: N/A.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.