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5 unusual facts about Lion Group


Gunawan Steel Group

As of 2012 the subsidiary Gunawan Dianjaya Steel remains in business, the plate mill of Gunawan Iron and Steel was acquired by Lion Group and operates as Lion Plant Mill Sdn Bhd,

Lion Corporation

Not to be confused with Lion Group of Malaysia

Lion Group

Lion Group's key assets in Malaysia are two steel mills with a capacity of 3 million tons a year, a forest concession in Sabah that is four times the size of Singapore, and the Silverstone tyre making business.

SEAT Ibiza

In 1997, the Ibiza Mk1 design was bought by a joint venture between Chinese automaker Nanjing Automobile Group and Malaysia's Lion Group.

Sun-Rype

This expansion plan almost immediately started to falter, and in 1997, Sun-Rype was forced to create a new joint venture with Lion Group, a Malaysian conglomerate.



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Menara Citibank

Hap Seng Consolidated obtained its 50% stake in Inverfin in August 2009 from CapitaLand (30%) and Amsteel Corp Bhd (20%) (a Lion Group subsidiary), following IOI Group’s decision not to proceed with the acquisition of the same which it had bid for a year earlier.