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In 1929, Sime Darby, through the Sarawak Trading Company, was appointed the Caterpillar dealer for Sarawak, Malaysia. At the time, the company brought in equipment mainly to provide support and service in oil exploration activities.

Sime Darby Industrial Sdn.Bhd forms part of Sime Darby Industrial Division, a core division of the multinational Sime Darby Group. Sime Darby Industrial covers the Asia Pacific region with operations in Australia, Brunei, China, Christmas Island, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Maldives, New Caledonia Papua New Guinea, Singapore and Solomon Island. Today, Tractors Malaysia is the exclusive distributor of Caterpillar products and services in Malaysia and Brunei.

In 1957, the Caterpillar dealership of Sime Darby was expanded to cover the areas of Singapore, Brunei and Christmas Island. Equipment brought in included Caterpillar machinery for tin mines, copper mines and quarries, the marine and petroleum industries, and for the construction of highways, dams, bridges and airports.

In 1964, the Heavy Equipment Division of Sime Darby was incorporated as a private company, and Tractors Malaysia Limited was established in Singapore as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sime Darby. On July 15, 1968, Tractors Malaysia Berhad became a public-listed company with an authorised capital of RM75 million. Four years later, Tractors Malaysia's headquarters was relocated to Malaysia.

Tractors Malaysia diversified its operations in 1988 to include the motor trade. It bought over AMIM and Ford Concessionaires. Auto Bavaria and Land Rover were also acquired.

On February 24, 2006, Tractors Malaysia was de-listed to become a 100% owned subsidiary of Sime Darby. A year later on November 27,2007, Malaysia’s there largest plantations companies – Golden Hope Plantations Berhad, Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad and Sime Darby Berhad successfully merged to become the world’s largest plantation company by hectarage.

The new Sime Darby is a Malaysian based multinational with core businesses in plantations, property, industrial, energy & utilities with the primary presence in China and the healthcare business.

Tractors Malaysia (1982) Sdn.Bhd became Sime Darby Industrial Sdn.Bhd on January 2, 2008.

To be a dynamic industrial products corporation with core businesses in Heavy Equipment, Power, Oil & Gas and Support Engineering, capable of delivering value to our customers and career potential for our employees, whilst delivering effective and sustainable growth and returns to our stakeholders.

- To be our Customers’ preferred supplier of quality heavy equipment, product support and engineering services of superior value.

- To recognise our employees as the most important asset and to encourage them to realize their full potential in a caring environment that promotes participative team involvement and continuous improvement.

- To build upon existing businesses and develop new ventures to enhance stakeholder interests.

- To make a sustainable future real for everyone by upholding our Group values of Respect and Responsibility, Excellence, Enterprise and Integrity and adopting high standards of corporate governance, financial management and high performance when conducting our business.

Tractors Material Handling Sdn.Bhd is a subsidiary company of Sime Darby Industrial Sdn.Bhd., in partnership with Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift Asia Pte.Ltd (MCFS) to provide comprehensive range of high quality lift trucks. Customers have the option to buy new lift trucks, trade-in, rental or take-up customizable financing packages.

Tractors Material Handling has over 4,000 line items at a market value of more than RM 2,000,000, which are available online via real-time links to all our branches nationwide.

We also provide free inspection and advisory on part replacement, volume and special discounts, upfront bundling on normal wear and tear parts as well as a warranty conversion programme.