Research Centres

There are two R&D centres under Sime Darby Research, one located in Carey Island and the other in Banting, Selangor.

R&D Centre in Carey Island comprises two research houses catering to plantation upstream and plantation downstream researches. The upstream research in Carey Island is an extension of R&D Centre in Banting while the downstream research centre houses the facilities for process and product development research that was previously located in Morib, Selangor.

R&D Centre in Banting concentrates on research for plantation upstream operations which include biotechnology research, other crops and herbs research, precision agriculture, integrated pest management, estate mechanisation in addition to agronomy and breeding. GHRC Banting serves as the main research facility for Sime Darby Plantation.

Sime Darby Technology Centre (SDTC)

The core research areas of SDTC are centred on plant biotechnology, bio processing, molecular diagnostics and natural products. SDTC's laboratories are the first in the Asia Pacific region to be accredited to ISO/IEC 17025. The accreditation on April 18, 1996 was testimony to the good laboratory practices that are in place. With this accreditation and the wide range of expertise and equipment in its laboratories, SDTC, besides undertaking its own R&D, also provides testing and consultancy services to the biotechnology and chemical sectors of industry.

Going forward, Sime Darby Plantation is in the midst of establishing a Seed Research Centre in Perlis to cater for our expanding food business within the Northern Corridor Economic Region.

Link: www.simedarby.com/sdtc