Malayan United Industries Berhad, an investment holding company, primarily engages in the retailing, hotel, property, food, fast food chain, and financial service businesses in Malaysia, the Asia-Pacific, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The company operates department and specialty stores; designs, manufactures, sources, distributes, and sells garments and accessories; retails home furnishings, fashion wear, cosmetics, fragrances, shoes, bags, accessories, toys, and other related products.
It operates hotel properties and resorts; manufactures, sells, and markets chocolates, confectionery, and related products; develops and invests in properties; and sells oil palm fresh fruit bunches. It also provides security, money lending, research and fund management, stock and sharebroking, and corporate advisory services, as well as licenses and sub-licenses trademarks and copyright designs.
Moreover, the company offers warehousing and distribution services of chilled and confectionery products, and snack foods; distributes chocolates and other food and beverage products; operates petrol stations; and trades in petroleum products. The company operates hotels in the United Kingdom and Malaysia; and departmental and specialty stores in Malaysia. The company was incorporated in 1960 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.