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Darby Group Companies, Inc company history timeline

1910

1910: William Sime and Henry Darby found Sime, Darby & Co., Ltd. to start a rubber plantation in Malaysia.

1917

After graduation in 1917, he joined the Army and soon saw combat in World War I, not unlike a fellow Kansan he befriended, Dwight D. Eisenhower.

1923

After his father’s death in 1923, Darby secured a loan to buy the company from the bank.

1929

To do so, Sime Darby purchased Sarawak Trading Company in 1929.

1936

1936: Company's head office is moved to Singapore.

1945

An ad in The Kansas City Star in December 1945 touted products like water towers and railroad supplies for “speeding reconversion and winning the peace.”

1971

Much of Sime Darby's success during that period was attributable to its acquisition of the giant Seafield Estate in 1971 and the establishment of Consolidated Plantations Berhad that same year.

1978

In 1978 Sime Darby was reincorporated in Malaysia as Sime Darby Berhad.

1984

1984: Company moves into property development through the purchase of a large stake in United Estates Berhad.

1993

In fact, Sime Darby continued to garner about 43 percent of its sales from commodity trading activities in 1993 and only 18 percent from manufacturing.

1994

In power generation, a key move came in 1994 when Sime Darby took a 40 percent interest in Port Dickson Power Sdn.

1998

1998: Asian financial crisis leads Sime Darby to record the first full-year net loss in its history.

1999

During the 1999 fiscal year, the company also sold Sandestin Resorts for US$131 million.

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