• Adamson, Gilfillan and Company began in 1867 as Gilfillan, Wood and Company. They became Adamson Gilfillan and Company in 1904 and Harper Gilfillan before WWII [G01]

• In 1886 Archie Charles Harper arrived in Selangor. He was its first European trader. He started the firm of A. C. Harper & Co. At the started he was an importer of horse feed. He retired in 1907 but the firm continued. Between 1930 and 1935, A. C. Harper & Co. and the Gilfillan group merged. The resulting firm was called Harper Gilfillan. The buisness activities spread form the base in Singapore throughout Malaysia and Brunei.

• From then on, the Malaysian-side of its business was carried out under the Ewart Land Development Company (1962) Limited from 1962 and subsequently known as Harper Gilfillan (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd on April 15 1966. History & background
  

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On the web:

• HARPERS How it Began - see page 7
• HARPER WIRA GROUP - History & background