Construction Related Stocks

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Sim Lian historical charts
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Background
The Group started with a partnership in 1973, engaged as a building and construction contractor. Sim Lian Construction Co (Pte) Ltd (SLC) was incorporated in 1979 to take over the operations. The Company was incorporated in Singapore on 1 June 2000 under the name of Sim Lian Group Pte Ltd. It changed its name on 18 September 2000 to Sim Lian Group Ltd and undertook a corporate restructuring to become the holding company of the Group.

The Group core business is construction and property development, while supporting businesses - including civil engineering, metal works, trading of industrial lubricants and leasing of mobile sanitation facilities - complement our core activities and provide added value.

Its recent expansion into property development resulted in the successful launch and sale of The Dew and The Jade.

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SP Corp historical charts
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Background
The Company was incorporated in Singapore as a private company on 27 November 1952.

The Company's core business then was paper product manufacturing until 1978 when it transferred this business to its wholly-owned subsidiary to become an investment holding company. With the acquisition of a group of construction companies under Bored Piling (Pte) Ltd in 1981 and the subsequent cessation of its paper product business in Singapore, the Group has since become one of the leading engineering services provider in the region.

In 2001, the company completed a major corporate restructuring exercise to strengthen its financial position and expand into new areas of business activities. On 19 May 2003, it changed its name to SP Corporation Limited to reflect the diversified activities under the Group; namely Marketing Services, Engineering Services and Manufacturing.

Its Marketing Services include the distribution of tyres, automotive and consumer products, as well as the trading of selected industrial products like chemicals, oil, coal, rubber, metal and machinery in Asia.

Its Engineering Services include piling, foundation, civil engineering and building construction works, as well as geotechnical and environmental investigation, analytical, monitoring and consultancy works in Singapore and selected regional markets.

Its Manufacturing activities consist of tyre retreading activity as well as fabrication of high precision equipment in China for use by tyre manufacturers.

The Company's holding company is Tuan Sing Holdings Ltd, incorporated in Singapore.

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UniFiber historical charts
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Background
The Company was incorporated on 2 December 1995 as an investment holding company of the Group to hold the operating companies of the Group. The current business activities include the manufacture, sale, rental and supply of access equipment, construction activities in the public and private sectors, vessel staging, property investment and development, and other construction-related activities.

The history of the Group can be traced back to 1972 when a partnership named Yew Hock Frame Construction was established to do timber scaffoldings. In 1984, it switched to metal scaffoldings, as required by the government.

Poh Lian Construction (Pte) Ltd was incorporated in 1975 to carry on the business of a contractor. By 1995, it was recognised by CIDB as one of the top 20 Singapore construction companies.

The Company is an investment holding company. The three core business activities which the Group is presently engaged in are access equipment trading and rental and related services; building construction; and property development.

In 2000, the Group ventured into the pulp industry by buying into two Indonesian companies, one a forest concessionaire and the other in pulp milling.

The Company changed its name to United Fiber System Limited wef 23 April 2002. On 22 April 2002, the shareholders of Poh Lian approved the plan to turn Poh Lian into a pulp-producing company with a forestry asset comprising a forest plantation of 268,585 hectares (4 1/2 times the size of Singapore) in South Kalimantan. UFS will now comprise of three main divisions, namely the Forestry, Pulp Mill and the existing business of Poh Lian.

Poh Lian Group of companies will continue with their existing construction-related business activities in the manufacture, sale, rental and supply of access equipment, construction activities in the public and private sectors, vessel staging, property investments and development, and other construction-related activities.

The Pulp Mill division shall concentrate on building a 600,000 adt/year Pulp Mill in South Kalimantan. The Forestry Division will continue with the development of its forestry. The forestry concession rights being until 2041.

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Yongnam historical charts
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Background
The Company was incorporated in Singapore on 19 October 1994 under the name Yong Nam Holdings (Pte) Ltd. On 10 November 1995, it changed its name to Yongnam Holdings (Pte) Ltd. The Company was converted to a public limited company on 20 September 1999 and changed to its present name.

Founded in 1971 to offer mechanical engineering services, the Group has grown to become a multi-disciplinary engineering and construction group focusing on three core business activities: structural steelwork, specialist civil engineering and mechanical engineering.

With a track record of more than 20 years and a fabrication capacity of 45,000 tonnes of steel per year, the Group is one of the region's leading fabrication specialists. It supplies fabricated steel structures to countries worldwide and provides complete solutions; from structural design to erection of steel structures. In specialist civil engineering, the Group's modular strutting system of support and interchangeable components for cofferdam construction enables it to respond immediately to customers' requests for installing temporary support for excavation works. The Group also provides specialist services in the supply, fabrication and installation of mechanical equipment for chemical plants, refineries and other infrastructure projects.

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