DUMAI, Indonesia, September 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
- Sinar Mas Cepsa is a joint venture between Cepsa and Golden
Agri-Resources (GAR)
- EUR 300 million plant in Dumai,
Sumatra to produce fatty alcohols
and acids from sustainably-sourced palm kernel oil for the Asian,
Eastern and Western European markets
- The vegetable-based raw materials will be used to make hygiene
products, cosmetics, household cleaning goods, and more
Sinar Mas Cepsa inaugurated today its first oleochemicals plant
in Indonesia, which represents an
investment of EUR 300 million made
over 2 years. The plant will produce fatty alcohols from
sustainably-sourced palm kernel oil, a key ingredient in the
manufacture of everyday products such as household cleaning goods
and personal care products.
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Sinar Mas Cepsa is a wholly-owned joint venture between Cepsa, a
leading integrated energy company and world leader in the
production of linear alkylbenzene (LAB) used to make biodegradable
detergents, and Golden Agri-Resources, member of the Indonesian
consortium of Sinar Mas businesses
and the world's second largest vertically-integrated palm oil
company.
The plant's inauguration ceremony in Dumai, Sumatra was attended by officials and
dignitaries from the Indonesian Ministry of Industry.
The Dumai plant has an annual production capacity of 160,000
metric tonnes of fatty alcohol per year. Sales of the
vegetable-based alcohols will primarily focus on Asia. The plant will also service demand from
Sinar Mas Cepsa's surfactant plant in Germany, which serves markets in Eastern and
Western Europe.
The global market for fatty alcohols is predicted to reach 4.1
million metric tons by 2025, demonstrating a five-year compound
annual growth rate of 3.5%. The plant helps to consolidate Cepsa's
position in Asia following the
inauguration of its Shanghai plant
in 2015, which made it the world´s second largest producer of
phenol.
GAR's Lubuck Gaung refinery, certified by the Roundtable on
Sustainable Palm Oil and located nearby, supplies the plant with
sustainable, traceable palm kernel oil. The Dumai plant is also
fully self-sufficient.
For more information:
Cepsa - Communication
comunicacion@cepsa.com
+34 91 337 62 02 / 60 00
Ayesha Khan
Communications Team, GoldenAgri-Resources
ayesha.khan@cohnwolfe.com
+65 9783 1944
Wulan Suling
Head, Media & Events, PT SMART Tbk
wulang.suling@sinarmas-agri.com
+62 818 909 900
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SOURCE Cepsa