The ARL Group of Companies (ARL) started with the formation of its holding company, ARL Associates Sdn. Bhd. (ARLA), in 1991. It is a 100% Malaysian Bumiputra controlled group of companies, initially involving itself in business 'turn around' development and new business ventures. From such humble beginnings, the Group has rapidly evolved into an innovative organization committed to excellence in all its business activities.

ARL's present expertise lies in their ability to develop and manage new projects, right from the conceptualization stage to arrangement of financing, construction and commissioning, and even up to the level of operations and maintenance. The establishment of ARL Tenaga Sdn. Bhd. (ARLT) and ARL Janakuasa Letrik Sdn. Bhd. (ARLJL) can see this, which is currently the mainstream business for ARL.

ARLT is a 50 MW Independent Power Plant in Kota Kinabalu and ARLJL provides the operations and maintenance services for the power plant. To date, ARLT has procured a 21-year Power Purchase Agreement with Sabah Electricity Sdn. Bhd. The power plant is currently in its seventh year of the Power Purchase Agreement.

ARL HomeComm Sdn. Bhd. (ARLHC) is the latest brainchild of ARL. ARLHC is a wholly owned subsidiary of ARLA, the holding company. ARLHC is a special purpose company, incorporated in 1996 to start work on a practical implementation of a Community Multimedia Networked Services business inside and outside the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) that will be made available to the public at affordable costs. It is also the company that controls and manages the operations and development of HomeComm.

The corporate philosophy of ARL is: ' Do things in Moderation, Don't profit on People's Misery and Customer is First'. This philosophy is applied fervently in all of ARL business dealings and transactions. This is because the Customer is the reason for our being, for he pays for our costs and our profits. If the Customer is successful, ARL is successful. ARL should be thankful to the Customer for giving ARL the opportunity to serve him. The Customer's satisfaction shall be the foundation of all ARL endeavors.