The Taiko Clay Group has its roots in the plantation business from our founder, the late Tan Sri Dato' Seri Lee Loy Seng. With the formation of his plantation group in the 1970's, it became advantageous to grow into various supporting industries that would help in the downstream processing of plantation crops into finished goods.

One of the major plantation crop outputs at the time was rubber. Large quantities of concentrated sulphuric acid were required to produce skim crepe rubber. This led our founder to start his Sulphuric Acid manufacturing business.

By the 1980's, it became apparent that the Oil Palm was on its way to becoming one of the most important oilseed crops in the region. Conversely, the popularity of rubber plantations shrank as more planters turned to the increasingly profitable palm oil crop.

During this time, the Group started experimenting with a new product from Europe called Activated Clay. It required the use of inorganic acid to manufacture and was an important product for the edible oil refineries springing up to refine Palm Oil in Malaysia and Indonesia .

In 1993, the Taiko Clay Group was formed to start producing activated clay for the region. The activated clay business proved to be a good fit for us because it allowed us to leverage on our expertise in the plantation and inorganic acid industries and participate in the growth of the domestic edible oil market.

Today, the Taiko Group of companies is still run by the members of the founding family. Due to the strong support of our customers, we have managed to grow our business to become an integral part of the global edible oil refining industry.

We have diversified into well positioned vertical industries such as inorganic chemical manufacturing, chemical trading, HDPE drum manufacturing and bleaching earth.

Our Activated Clay group is passionate about delivering the best quality product to our global customer base. Our long history with the edible oil industry also ensures we have the experience and knowledge to help our customers to the fullest.