The PLUS Expressways Berhad () is the largest highway concessionaries or

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operator company in

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. A member of the

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, the company is also the largest listed toll expressway operator in

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and the eighth largest in the world.

History

The company was founded on 27 June 1986 known as Highway Concessionnaires Berhad, a member of the United Engineers Malaysia Berhad (UEM). On 13 May 1988, the Highway Concessionaires Berhad changed its name to Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan Berhad (PLUS). On 29 January 2002, PLUS Expressways Berhad was incorporated in Malaysia as a public company. Eight years later, PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PMB) was incorporated on 29 November 2010 and became involved in investment holding. On 29 November 2011, PMB completed the acquisition of PLUS Expressways Berhad's assets and liabilities. PMB became the holding company of Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan Berhad (PLUS), Expressway Lingkaran Tengah Sdn Bhd (ELITE), Linkedua Malaysia Berhad (LINKEDUA), Konsortium Lebuhraya Butterworth-Kulim Sdn Bhd, Teras Teknologi Sdn Bhd, PLUS Helicopter Services Sdn Bhd and the substantial shareholder of Touch 'n Go Sdn Bhd. In addition, PMB also acquired Penang Bridge Sdn Bhd from UEM Builders Berhad. Projek Lebuhraya Usaha Sama Berhad (PLUS), a wholly owned subsidiary of PMB, was incorporated on 27 July 2011 to undertake the consolidation of all highway concessionaries acquired under a single entity. The acquisition of all five highway concession assets was completed on 12 January 2012. With the completion of the acquisition, PMB is the largest toll expressway operator in Malaysia and one of the largest in

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, and the eighth largest in the

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Pre-acquisition companies

List of the company members

Domestic

International

Company partner

* Central Nippon Expressway Company (NEXCO Central Japan) ''(since March 2009)''

Persada PLUS

Persada PLUS is the main headquarters of the PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PMB). It is located at Subang Interchange of the

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(NKVE) in

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. The headquarters was formerly a site of PLUS and

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section office for the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE). The headquarters has a football stadium which is a home of PLUS FC football club.

Current PLUS Expressways products

PLUSMiles

PLUSMiles is the toll rebate loyalty program. It was launched on 17 December 2008. It is the first and the only toll expressway loyalty programme in Malaysia. PLUSMiles cardholders can get toll rebates and merchandise from participating outlets. Each PLUSMiles card is equipped with a

Touch 'n Go The Touch 'n Go smart card is used by Malaysian toll expressway and highway operators as the sole electronic payment system (EPS). The credit card-sized smart card is made of plastic with Philips' MIFARE Classic microchip technology embedded i ...

feature. The PLUSMiles card can also be used for toll payments and other services such as major public transport services in the Klang Valley,

and parking facilities.

PLUSTrack

PLUSTrack is a prepaid electronic card for fleet subscribers. The PLUSTrack card program provides enhanced efficiency and better fleet monitoring for the fleet subscribers. Besides the ease of fleet toll payment, the program is packaged with an array of rewards and benefits.

PLUS Ronda

PLUS Ronda is the

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unit. It was established on 1 April 1990. On 17 October 1998, the unit was given to the

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auxiliary police Auxiliary police, also called special police, are usually the part-time reserves of a regular police force. They may be armed or unarmed. They may be unpaid volunteers or paid members of the police service with which they are affiliated. The po ...

power.

Scope of work

* Provides 24-hour assistance to breakdown and accident vehicles. * Provide towing services to the nearest safe place. * Report traffic flow. * Assist authorities during emergency * Monitor and inspect facilities condition at laybys and rest and service areas. * Implement auxiliary police authority.

PLUS Helicopter Services

PLUS Helicopter Services or PLUS Heli is the highway helicopter unit. It was established in 2010 and it is used for highway surveillance, air response team, emergency, search and rescue from the air. It is the only highway concessionary in the country to have the helicopter services. The first batch of Eurocopter EC120 Colibri helicopters was delivered in 2007.

Current inventory

References

External links

PLUS Malaysia Berhad

PLUS Helicopter Services Sdn Bhd

Teras Teknologi Sdn Bhd

PLUS Expressways mobile applications
on

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PLUS Malaysia Berhad corporate brochure

Plus Expressways Bhd
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