Founded by the late Mr See Boon Tay in 1956 with a few close friends, the Company was incorporated under the name of Kian Joo Can Factory Limited on 18th March, 1958 with an authorised capital of RM500,000 and a paid-up capital of merely RM240,000. After a major restructuring exercise and takeovers of a number of smaller can companies, the Company went on to apply for listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) and Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES). The Company was later converted into a public company on 10th September 1984 and was listed on the KLSE on 16th November 1984, and on the SES the following year. The authorised and paid-up capital was subsequently increased to RM30 million and RM20 million respectively.