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1967	At the age of 17, Mr Sukanto Tanoto joins his family company, a small spare parts and services supplier.
1973	Mr. Tanoto establishes RGM (now known as RGE). Initial business is manufacturing plywood panels. Marks the transformation of Indonesia from a supplier of raw materials (logs) to a value-added processor.
1977	Forindo Pte Ltd established in Singapore to provide procurement and logistics services to support RGM operations.
1979	Develops its first palm oil plantation near Medan, laying the foundation for palm oil group Asian Agri and the resource-based company RGM is today.
1980	Enters property business, acquiring prime land areas in Medan and Jakarta
1979	Expanded palm oil operations in line with the Indonesian Government’s agricultural development policy of encouraging the private sector to invest in large scale development of palm oil plantations. This was later followed by incorporating the participation of transmigrant farmers – the PIR-Trans scheme – the first private company to be successful in the scheme.
1983	Engaged in philanthropy through various activities like building of schools. This was the beginning of the Tanoto family’s dedication to philanthropy, and laid the groundwork for the establishment of the Tanoto Foundation. RGM enters the dissolving pulp sector through the establishment of Indorayon and the beginning of construction of a mill at Porsea in North Sumatra.
1988	Indorayon begins operation.
1989	Asian Agri established to manage oil palm plantation operations.
1990	Indorayon is publicly listed in Jakarta and Surabaya.
1994	APRIL (Asia Pacific Resources International Ltd) is established to spearhead the Group's pulp and paper operations. Construction of an integrated pulp and paper mill begins at Kerinci, Riau.
1995	APRIL becomes the first Indonesian pulp and paper company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
1996	RGM International (RGMI) establishes administrative office in Singapore, marking the group's move from being an Indonesian company to a regional business.
1997-99	Asian financial crisis. While consolidating operations, RGMI takes opposite approach to prevailing advice and continues investing in Indonesia to lay the ground for future success.
1999	Civil disturbance due to Asian crisis causes Indorayon to cease operations. RAPP and its paper mills were certified to ISO 9002.
2001	The Tanoto Foundation established to provide assistance to the needy in the areas of education, poverty alleviation, healthcare and disaster relief.
2002	The group expands into the energy sector with the establishment of Pacific Oil & Gas. Sateri International established. Sateri (Jiangxi) Chemical Fibre Co. Ltd starts commercial production of cellulosic fibre in China. RGMI is now a global resources based company with manufacturing operations on two continents and sales and marketing offices on a third. APRIL's Riau mill reaches its designed capacity of 2 million tonnes of pulp per annum making it the fastest start-up in the history of the industry. RAPP was certified to ISO 9001.
2003	APRIL produces the first Sustainability Report published by an Indonesian company. Following delisting from the NY Stock Exchange, APRIL is privatized. Sateri International acquired Bahia Pulp and Copener in Brazil, adding an integrated specialty cellulose mill with fibre plantations to Sateri's operations. RGMI Representative Office established in Beijing. Re-opening of Indorayon under Toba Pulp Lestari (TPL). RAPP certified to ISO 14001.
2004	Sateri (Jiangxi) Chemical Fibre Co. Ltd starts commercial production of viscose fibre in China.

2005	APRIL acquires a controlling stake in Shandong Asia Pacific SSYMB Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd, the biggest integrated pulp and paperboard mill in Rizhao, Shandong, China. It was renamed as APRIL SSYMB. RGM Management (China) Co. Ltd established in Nanjing.
2006	APICAL established to manage downstream vegetable oil and biofuel processing and distribution operations on a global basis. APRIL reinforces its commitment to environment Becomes Corporate Partner with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for the Champions of the Earth Awards. Signs the UN Global Compact Awarded certification under Lembaga Ekolabel Indonesia (LEI) Sustainable Plantation Forest Management standards. Several projects started Pulp and mill expansion in Rizhao Forestry and pulp mill projects in Fujian Xiamen CCGT power plant LNG terminal and CCGT power plant projects in Rudong, Jiangsu Palm oil refinery in Longtan, Nanjing Expansion in Jiujiang cellulosic fibre plant
2007	APRIL invited to join renowned international organization. The Company becomes the first and only Indonesian company in the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
2008	RAPP’s Forestry Division certified by SmartWood (the Certification Body of the Rainforest Alliance) to the Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) Controlled Wood/Forest Management Standard. RAPP and its paper mill were certified by SmartWood to the Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) Chain of Custody and Controlled Wood Standards. Bahia Pulp’s Line 2 operations started in June. Asian Agri’s biodiesel plant in Dumai, Indonesia was commissioned. In China, RGMI won the “Top 10 Philanthropic Enterprise Award. APRIL won “Most Socially Responsible Enterprise Award.”
2009	From 9 September 2009, the Group is known as RGE, which stands for “Royal Golden Eagle”, to reflect the globalisation of its business groups, and diversity of industries spanning pulp and paper, specialty cellulose, agro industry and energy resources development.
2010	APRIL SSYMB pulp line expansion project finished and launched, increasing the mill's capacity to 1.5 millions adt/annum PO&G completes Rudong Receiving Terminal in a joint venture with Petro China in May PO&G completes Xiamen 800 MW CCGT second line in June, resulting in total of 1,600 MW capacity Sateri was successfully listed in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. PO&G successfully launches its second LNG Project in Jiangsu, in a joint venture with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and the Jiangsu Guoxin Investment Group in November.
2011	PO&G successfully launches its second LNG Project in Jiangsu, in a joint venture with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and the Jiangsu Guoxin Investment Group in November.