ACBT supplies the biotechnology and production expertise, distribution network, and channel as well as access to cost-effective raw materials, whilst SSB takes the lead in R&D trials in oil palm estates, as well as providing biomass from oil palm milling and its wood chip production activities.

SSB was incorporated in 1973 under the name “Sabah Softwoods Sdn Bhd” and began operation on the following year. The name was later changed to Sabah Softwoods Berhad in 2000. Sabah Softwoods Berhad is owned by Innoprise Corporation Sdn Bhd, the investment arm and holding company of Yayasan Sabah Group. Its core business is in timber and oil palm plantation, while its downstream activities include oil palm milling and woodchips production