HICOM
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Formerly called
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Diversified Resources Berhad |
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| Publicly traded government-linked company | |
| Traded as | MYX: |
| ISIN | MYL1619OO005 |
| Industry | Automotive, Services & Education and Property, Asset & Construction |
| Predecessor | The New Serendah Rubber Company Limited (1910-1980) The Heavy Industries Corporation of Malaysia Berhad (1980-1996) Diversified Resources Berhad (1996) |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia |
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Key people
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Dato' Sri Syed Faisal Albar bin Syed Ali Rethza Albar, Group Managing Director |
| Revenue | 12.06 billion MYR (2016) 13.69 billion MYR (2015) |
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Number of employees
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60,000 |
| Website | www |
Dato' Sri Syed Faisal Albar bin Syed Ali Rethza Albar, Group Managing Director
Brigadier General (K) Tan Sri Dato' Sri (Dr) Haji Mohd Khamil Jamil, Chairman
Datuk Mohamed Razeek bin Md Hussain, Chief Operating Officer - Services, Education & Defence
Dato’ Abdul Harith bin Abdullah, Chief Operating Officer - Automotive Distribution and Manufacturing & Engineering
Shaharul Farez bin Hassan, Chief Operating Officer - Properties, Corporate Planning & Strategy
Dato’ Carol Chan Choy Lin, Group Director - Corporate Affairs/Company Secretary
DRB-HICOM Berhad (MYX: ) is one of Malaysia's leading corporations, involved in the automotive manufacturing, assembly and distribution industry through its involvement in the passenger car and four wheel drive vehicle market segment, the national truck project and the national motorcycle project. DRB-HICOM assembles cars in Malaysia for TATA Motors, Iveco, MAN SE, Honda, Isuzu, Suzuki, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen, with plans for expansion. Besides automotive concerns, the group's core business focuses are in the services and property & infrastructure sectors.
HICOM was incorporated on 11 March 1910 under The Companies Enactment 1897 as The New Serendah Rubber Company Limited. The company’s name was changed to The New Serendah Rubber Company Berhad on 15 April 1966. Subsequently, on 16 December 1993 it changed its name to HICOM Holdings Berhad pursuant to a restructuring exercise.
It was incorporated in 1980 as the The Heavy Industries Corporation of Malaysia Berhad (HICOM). It experienced rapid growth and in 1996 merged with Diversified Resources Berhad (DRB) to form the biggest conglomerate in Malaysia. DRB-HICOM was listed on the Main Board of the KLSE on 4 September 1992 and assumed its present name on 11 May 2000.
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