Milestones
Pan-United advances as a technology leader with AiR Digital’s end-to-end operations management system — an AI-powered process optimisation solution serving over 20 large ready-mix concrete and diverse logistics enterprises across Southeast Asia, North Asia and Australasia.
Pan-United completes a 10,250 m³ mass concrete pour for the 5-metre-thick raft foundation of The Skywaters at 8 Shenton Way, Singapore’s future tallest building. The 35-hour operation delivered a truckload of concrete every two minutes and marks the first project in the country to use Grade 105 Super High-Strength Concrete.
Pan-United unveils Singapore’s first electric-powered concrete mixer truck, underlining its commitment to sustainability and marking a milestone in its goal to become a carbon-neutral ready-mix concrete company by 2050.
Pan-United partners with Cleantech Solar as part of an ongoing three-year MOU signed in 2022 with Shell to explore decarbonisation solutions. This project involves developing Solar PV Systems to install 900 solar panels on the rooftops of Pan-United’s buildings in Singapore and Malaysia.
FiCO Pan-United, our subsidiary in Vietnam, signs an MOU with Keppel and Coteccons to explore using sustainable concrete, ready-mix mortar, innovative materials and 3D printing construction methods in Keppel’s Riviera Point residential project.
Pan-United becomes Singapore’s largest supplier of CO2 mineralised concrete for Tuas Port. This is a special type of low-carbon concrete that uses carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technology to permanently trap waste industrial CO2 emissions in concrete, effectively turning Tuas Port into a man-made carbon sink. Using CO2 mineralised concrete to build Tuas Port will prevent 113.8 million kg of CO2 from entering the atmosphere — equal to planting 1.9 million trees or removing 24,500 cars.
Pan-United is Asia’s first concrete company to offer on-demand Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). These EPDs quantify the environmental impact of Pan-United’s low-carbon concrete mixes for sustainability disclosures and enable compliance with the Building and Construction Authority (BCA’s) Green Mark Certification scheme.
Pan-United and Shell to jointly explore repurposing industrial waste and CO2 from Shell’s local facilities to produce CO2-mineralised & green concrete.
FiCO Pan-United signs cooperation agreement with Novaland to provide sustainable concrete solutions from 2022 to 2024.
Partnership with Surbana Jurong to explore the conversion of Pan-United’s entire trucking fleet of more than 1,000 trucks to electric and hydrogen powered vehicles.
AiR Digital, a Pan-United technology subsidiary, signs an MOU with South Korea’s largest ready-mix concrete company, Eugene Corporation, to explore opportunities to adopt the AiR (Artificial Intelligence for Ready-Mix Concrete) digital platform.
Pan-United introduces more contactless initiatives following the launch of its electronic delivery order system. These include PanU NewGen Self-Compacting Concrete and the AiM (Artificial Intelligence Mixing), in-transit concrete monitoring system. These initiatives minimise physical interaction and improve productivity at construction sites, amid the COVID pandemic.
Pan-United signs an MOU with industry leaders Chevron, Keppel Data Centres and Surbana Jurong to combine resources and jointly develop the first end-to-end decarbonisation process in Singapore. The low-carbon economy initiative is supported by the National Research Foundation.
Pan-United breaks records for the biggest continuous mass pours in Singapore with two consecutive record pours of PanU Cool concrete in November for a project in Labrador area.
Pan-United launches goTruck!, one-of-a-kind, B2B truck hailing and fleet management platform that connects construction companies and materials supplies with transporters in a seamless digital flow.
Pan-United rolls out the first-of its-kind electronic delivery order system for Singapore’s ready-mix concrete industry. Besides minimising administrative costs, the system can save 13 tonnes of paper annually for Pan-United.
Accolades: Pan-United becomes Singapore’s first concrete company to win the “SGBC-BCA Sustainability Leadership Award” under the “Leadership in Green Building Products” category, jointly conferred by the Singapore Green Building Council and the Building Construction Authority.
Pan-United designs and produces a 3D-printed concrete bench using NEWSand, a material created from repurposed municipal solid waste slag, in collaboration with Singapore’s National Environment Agency.
Pan-United subsidiary, Meridian Maplestar, integrates upstream into the production of cementitious (recycled) materials with a new ground granulated blast furnace slag grinding plant in Johor, Malaysia.
Xinghua Port Group is demerged and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Pan-United partners with Canada-based CarbonCure to use the latter’s clean technology that permanently ‘traps’ industrially-emitted carbon dioxide in the concrete mix to produce greener and stronger concrete using less cement.
Accolades: Pan-United becomes Singapore’s first concrete company to attain the national “Leader” certification from the Singapore Green Building Council for over 150 sustainable concrete products in its “Eco” and “Green” ranges. It also wins the SEC-SETSCO Singapore Environmental Achievement Award (Manufacturing) for environmental sustainability.
Pan-United Concrete expands into Malaysia with its first concrete batching plant in Johor, Malaysia. Group revenues cross the S$800-million mark.
A Command Centre is created to centralise and integrate Singapore-wide operations through a digitalisation strategy using advanced technologies.
The state-of-the-art Innovation Centre opens to spearhead industry leadership in concrete innovation through cutting-edge R&D.
Pan-United Concrete expands to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on the back of the strong Pan-United brand of consistent quality and reliable service.
Singapore’s Minister Mentor, Lee Kuan Yew, visits Changshu Xinghua Port to celebrate its 10th Anniversary.
Pan-United Shipyard is demerged and listed as Pan-United Marine Ltd. The shipyard is later acquired by Dubai Drydocks World LLC and delisted in 2007.
United Cement becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pan-United.
Pan-United enters the ready-mix concrete business in Singapore.
Phase 1 of the deepwater port in (Changshu, Jiangsu Province, China) begins operations despite the Asian Financial Crisis.
Xinghua Port Group finds an opportunity to acquire a waterfront site in Changshu, Jiangsu Province, China, to develop a greenfield port.
Pan-United Corporation Ltd is listed on the main board of the Singapore Stock Exchange. Founder Ng Kar Cheong retires from the Group.
Pan-United enters the aggregate business through quarrying at Karimun Island in Indonesia’s Riau Province.
United Cement Pte Ltd is formed in a 50:50 joint venture with Kedah Cement Bhd. This is a vertical integration with the upstream aggregate business.
Pan-United expands into ship repair and shipbuilding services from a new medium-sized shipyard in Tuas.
After the demise of one of the four Hiap Soon shareholders, the others part ways. Mr Ng takes full ownership of Pan-United Shipping.
Mr Ng seizes the opportunity to provide tug-and-barge business to transport Indonesian logs to Singapore. Pan-United Shipping Pte Ltd is created as a subsidiary of Hiap Soon to operate the vessels.
Singapore attains independence. With opportunities abounding in the growing nation, Hiap Soon extends its services to the construction industry.
Mr Ng Kar Cheong sets up shipchandler Hiap Soon & Company with three other partners, to service ships calling at Singapore port.
