Kuala Lumpur Kepong: plantations, refining and KLK OLEO
Kuala Lumpur Kepong (KLK): oil palm and rubber estates in Malaysia, Indonesia and Liberia, refining, KLK OLEO oleochemicals and 301,090 ha planted.
Kuala Lumpur Kepong (KLK) is a Malaysian plantation and manufacturing group growing oil palm and rubber and producing refined oils and oleochemicals.
Malaysia · Listed on Bursa Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur Kepong, or KLK, is a Malaysian plantation and manufacturing group that started as a plantation company in 1906. It is listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia, and its corporate head office is in Ipoh. The group is organised into plantation, manufacturing and property businesses. It runs plantations in Malaysia, Indonesia and Liberia and expanded beyond plantations into resource-based downstream manufacturing, so it supplies both agricultural commodities and more highly processed ingredients.
On its estates KLK grows oil palm and rubber. Palm oil from the plantations feeds its refining business, KLK Refineries, and its oleochemicals arm, KLK OLEO, which turns vegetable oils into ingredients used in cosmetics, detergents and other industrial products. Oleochemicals are made by splitting oils and fats into fatty acids, fatty alcohols and glycerine. Alongside agriculture and manufacturing, the group also develops property through KLK Land.
Size of the business
KLK reports 301,090 hectares of planted area based on 2025 data. This is the cultivated area, not the group's entire landbank, and the group also has substantial manufacturing operations.
Is KLK OLEO a separate group?
No. KLK OLEO is the oleochemicals business of Kuala Lumpur Kepong.
Does planted area mean the entire landbank?
No. Planted area covers only cultivated land, which is smaller than the group's full landbank.
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