History

1950
Incorporation of Malayan Cement Berhad (now known as Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd) as a subsidiary of Blue Circle Industries PLC, United Kingdom.

1953
Establishment of Rawang Works, Malaysia's first cement plant. (Rawang Kiln No. 1 - 110,000 tonnes per annum).

1958
Commissioning of Rawang Kiln No. 2 (190,000 tonnes per annum).

1964
Opening of Kanthan Works by Pan Malaysia Cement Works Bhd (PMCW).

1965
Commissioning of Kanthan Kiln No. 2 (190,000 tonnes per annum). Opening of a grinding plant in Singapore by Pan Malaysia Cement Works Singapore (PMCWS).

1967
Merger of cement operations with PMCW and the formation of Associated Pan Malaysia Cement Sdn Bhd (APMC). Also acquired 50% stake in PMCWS.

1980
Commissioning of Rawang Kiln No. 3 (1,200,000 tonnes per annum). Incorporation of Supermix Concrete Pte Ltd (SPMS).

1983
Incorporation of Supermix Concrete (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (SPMM).

1984

Kedah Cement Sdn Bhd (now known as Lafarge Cement Sdn Bhd) commissioned Langkawi Plant.

1985
Commissioning of Kanthan Kiln No. 3 (800,000 tonnes per annum).

1989

The company launches its first differentiated bulk product, Mascrete.

1992-1993
Upgrating of Rawang kiln No.3 and Kanthan Kiln No.3 to 1.5 and 1.0 million tonnes per annum respectively.

1995

Rawang Plant becomes the first location within the Group and the first cement plant in Malaysia to be awarded the ISO 9002 (now changed to ISO 9001:2000) certification.  Kanthan Plant received the same certification about three months later.

1997
Southern Cement Industries Sdn Bhd (SCI) commissioned its grinding plant with a rated capacity of 770,000 tonnes per annum in Pasir Gudang, Johor. Commissioning of Bulk Import Terminal with silo capacity of 55,000 tonnes in Jurong Port, Singapore to replace PMCWS grinding facility.

Launching of the company's Schools Project, which provides Bursaries and Excellence Awards to students from schools in the vicinity of our plants in Rawang, Kanthan, Langkawi and Pasir Gudang.

1998
Commissioning of Kanthan Kiln No. 4 (1,800,000 tonnes per annum) Acquisition of the remaining 50% stake in APMC.

Rawang and Kanthan Plants were awarded the ISO 14001 certification, making us the first cement company in Malaysia to achieve this certification.

1999
Acquisition of Kedah Cement and merger between APMC and Kedah Cement.

2000
Opening of a dry-mix cementitious product plant in Tuas, Singapore.

We become the first cement company to be awarded the OHSAS 18001 certification when Rawang Plant receives the certification on 8 December 2000 closely followed by Kanthan Plant on 15 December 2000.

2001
Becoming part of Lafarge Group following Lafarge's acquisition of Blue Circle. SPMM acquired Pengkalan Concrete and spread its wings to East Malaysia.

The company celebrated the launch of the first fly ash bag cement, Phoenix.

2002
Malayan Cement launched a new corporate identity which reflects its membership in the Lafarge Group.

2003
Company name officially changed from Malayan Cement Berhad to Lafarge Malayan Cement Berhad to better reflect its corporate identity as a member of the Lafarge Group.

2005

Launch of the company's first differentiated bag product, Avancrete.

We secured a long-term contract with Tanjung Bin power plant for the exclusive supply of all their fly ash production.

Launch of the Logistics Safety Conference with the objective of increasing awareness on road safety amongst the company's transporters and drivers towards achieving zero accident in loading and transportation.

Launch of the Lafarge Young Engineers Programme where fresh graduates from local universities are recruited and enrolled annually in a cement professional development programme to nurture them into skilled engineers.

2006

Launch of a new differentiated bulk product, Mascrete Pro.

Opening of the residential housing area, Desa Kuala Garing, built and contributed by Lafarge Malayan Cement to relocate 124 squatters in Rawang and allow the diversion of Sungai Rawang in order to curb flood problems which had affected the safety of the squatters as well as the company's quarry.

Launch of the Industrial Safety Conference to instil greater safety awareness amongst the company's contractors to work towards achieving zero accident at Lafarge Malayan Cement. 

Group revenue in 2006 exceeds the RM2 billion milestone for the first time in the company's history.

2007

A record annual production of 3 million tonnes of clinker by Kanthan Plant.  Pasir Gudang Plant launched its first Pulverised Fly Ash (PFA) blended cement.

2008

Pasir Gudang Plant won 1st placing, Lafarge Performance & Excellence Awards, for achieving Best Time Without Loss Time Injury (LTI), Grinding Station (employees & contractors) since April 2001.

Lafarge Malayan Cement was honoured with the Industry Excellence Award (Construction) and Merdeka Corporate Award by Malaysia 1000, Malaysia's top corporate directory.

Lafarge Malayan Cement was selected as one of the top five public-listed companies in Malaysia for the Workplace and Marketplace Awards for demonstrating outstanding Corporate Responsibility practices.