The Group’s operations comprise the following main business segments:

• Cement - manufacturing of cement, clinker and concrete products. The division’s cement operations are undertaken by CMS Cement Sdn Bhd, Sarawak’s sole cement manufacturer. CMS Cement operates plants in Kuching and Bintulu and produces Portland Cement and Cemplast Masonry Cement for the entire Sarawak market. CMS Cement also owns CMS Clinker Sdn Bhd, Sarawak’s sole clinker manufacturer. CMS Clinker operates a plant in Kuching which has a production capacity of 0.9 million Metric Tonnes (MT) per annum. CMS Concrete Products Sdn Bhd is a manufacturer of pre-formed concrete products. Its offerings include reinforced concrete square piles, bridge beams, culverts, ready-mixed concrete and Industrialised Building System (IBS) components.

• Construction materials and trading - quarry operations, production and sale of premix, wires and general trading. The Group’s quarrying operations are undertaken by CMS Quarries Sdn Bhd and CMS Penkuari Sdn Bhd which produce granite, microtonalite and limestone aggregates. The Group’s five operating quarries in Stabar, Penkuari, Akud, Sebuyau and Sibanyis hold quarrying licenses for up to 20 years. With a combined annual rated capacity of 3.15 million MT per annum, these five quarries commands an approximate 30% of the market share for stone aggregates sold in Sarawak.

  CMS Premix Sdn Bhd and CMS Premix (Miri) Sdn Bhd have an approximately 65% of the market share of Sarawak’s high quality asphaltic concrete (premix) and bitumen emulsion market. These materials are used in the construction of roads, flyovers and airport runways in Sarawak. The Group’s premix operations are undertaken by its six plants in Kuching, Sarikei, Sibu, Miri, Bintulu and Limbang which manufacture, deliver and lay premix, and a 15-MT per hour bitumen emulsion plant in Kuching which manufactures bitumen emulsion and cutback bitumen products. CMS Wires Sdn Bhd manufactures steel drawn wires and wire mesh for the local construction industry and has an approximately 15% market share. The Group’s trading arm, CMS Infra Trading Sdn Bhd, trades, either as an agent or distributor, in a range of water management products (including pipes and fittings, water treatment chemicals and systems), construction materials and systems, road management products, building protection systems, petroleum products and other related products.

• Construction and road maintenance - civil engineering, road construction and maintenance. This division is involved in a wide range of infrastructure construction projects and road maintenance across Sarawak, principally through its subsidiaries PPES Works (Sarawak) Sdn. Bhd., CMS Roads Sdn Bhd and CMS Pavement Tech Sdn. Bhd. Its projects include roads maintenance, water infrastructure, buildings, pavement rehabilitation works and two road concessions which are maintaining a total of approximately 6,000 km of State and Federal roads in Sarawak.

• Property development - property holding and development and project management.

• Samalaju development - lodging and catering services. The Group is involved in Samalaju by virtue of 20% equity stake in OM Materials (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd for the development of a ferrosilicon and manganese alloys smelter and 40% stake in Malaysian Phosphate Additives (Sarawak) Sdn. Bhd. for the development of a phosphate additives plant; its provision of temporary workers’ accommodation and meal facilities at the Samalaju Industrial Park (plus related services); and its development of a new Samalaju Eco-Park Township and adjoining services, hotel and light industrial areas.

• Strategic investments - financial services and education. With a 25% equity stake, the Group is the largest shareholder of K&N Kenanga Holdings Berhad (Kenanga) and its Group of Companies, which include Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad, Kenanga Deutsche Futures Sdn Bhd, Kenanga Capital Sdn Bhd and Kenanga Investors Berhad. Kenanga is a financial group involved in equity broking, investment banking, futures broking, treasury, specialised finance and fund management in Malaysia.

  The Group is also holds a 20% equity stake in Bursa Malaysia-listed KKB Engineering Berhad (KKB) whose principal business activities are steel fabrication, hot-dip galvanizing, civil construction, LP Gas cylinders manufacturing and manufacturing of steel pipes and pipe specials. Through its subsidiary, CMS Education Sdn. Bhd, the Group also owns and operates the Tunku Putra School in Kuching, Sarawak.