Sinar Mas Cepsa, a joint venture between Cepsa and Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), a subsidiary of the Indonesian Sinar Mas Consortium has inaugurated its first oleochemical plant in Indonesia, which has required an investment of €300 million in the last 2 years.
The plant will produce fatty alcohols from sustainable palm kernel oil, a key ingredient in the manufacture of everyday products such as household cleaning or personal care.
The opening ceremony of the plant in Dumai (Sumatra) was attended by representatives and senior figures of the Indonesian Government, such as the Minister of Industry.
The Dumai plant has an annual production capacity of 160,000 metric tonnes of fatty alcohol per year. Sales of vegetable-based alcohols, increasingly demanded as raw materials for personal care products and liquid detergents, to a greater extent than conventional petroleum products, will focus primarily on the Asian market. The plant will also supply raw material to the surfactant factory (detergent products) of Sinar Mas Cepsa in Germany, which supplies to European markets.
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