History

From local challenge to global circular business

ARIKO GROUP has grown around palm biomass, green resource conversion, and cross-border cooperation between Korea and Malaysia.

Timeline

Corporate History

2006
2009
2006.10Established a local company in Malaysia, Reliance Reap Sdn. Bhd.
2007.04Formed a joint venture for a kaolin drying plant and exported products to Korea through Perak Koporasi.
2009.06Signed an import agreement for Biomass Burners.
2009.08Signed a Southeast Asia distributorship agreement with ECO Front, a Korean boiler company.
2009.10Developed biomass fuel and pioneered PKS as Korea's first fuel-grade biomass product.
2010
2012
2010.01Sold Biomass Burners to a fertilizer factory in Penang.
2011.04Sold and installed a PKS dryer for a Japanese company.
2011.09Developed EFB Fiber Pellets in cooperation with a Korean company.
2012.05Signed an MOU with a local company for the export of EFB Pellets to Korea.
2012.12Completed the development of EFB Pellets.
2013
2014
2013.01Successfully conducted EFB Pellet testing in Malaysia.
2013.10Developed OPT Pellets and began trial production.
2013.12Successfully completed a 70-hour continuous combustion test of OPT Pellets.
2014.06Developed OPT bark compost with a Konkuk University-affiliated research institute.
2014.12Successfully developed an OPT Pellet production line.
2015
2016
2015.03Established Arico Group in Korea.
2015.05Presented the company's technology to the Malaysia Palm Oil Board (MPOB).
2015.11Signed a technology cooperation agreement with Safuan Group in Malaysia.
2016.05Built an integrated system with a local Malaysian company, Ariko Malaysia.
2016.07Entered into technology cooperation with the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) for the utilization of oil palm trees.
2016.09Held export consultations with European buyers for OPT Pellets and Chips.
2017
2020
2017.03Received an order for an EFB Fiber dryer in Sabah, Malaysia.
2017.05Developed bio-fertilizer using palm by-products.
2017.10Successfully developed bio-fertilizer using OPT.
2018.11Signed an MOU for a 10-ton-per-hour OPT Pellet project.
2019.03Developed a gasification power generator using biomass.
2020.06Opened the Arico Research Institute in Korea, focusing on eco-friendly biomass.
2020.12Established Arico Construction.
2021
2023
2021.07Developed a 100 kW/h gasification power generator.
2021.10Signed a technology agreement for a gas power generator using Palm POME sludge.
2022.05Developed an EFB moisture-absorbent block and began OEM production.
2022.07Developed OPT for fertilizer and feed applications.
2023.06Re-exported Korean sample moisture-absorbent blocks and established Arico Distribution.
2023.12Signed a technology joint venture agreement with a local company.
2024
2025
2024.02Completed preparations for trial production.
2024.03Signed a biochar technology cooperation agreement in Korea.
2024.08Entered into development cooperation with a Korean feed company.
2025.11Held investment discussions upon invitation from the Malaysian Investment Development Authority.

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