嘉吉在马来西亚扩展

source:Cargill Inc.

To meet growing customer demand for specialty fats, Cargill has started construction on a $35 million expansion of its production facility in Port Klang, Malaysia.

这是一项多年全球投资的第一步，预计将超过1亿美元，旨在显着扩大该公司在特种脂肪中的全球投资组合。

“特种脂肪由于其多功能性和功能非常受欢迎，”嘉吉全球可食用石油解决方案业务的总裁兼集团负责人詹妮弗·谢蒙塔（Jennifer Shomenta）说。“通过这项投资，我们将更好地支持客户的创新之旅，并配备了共同创建与其独特需求相符的量身定制解决方案所需的基础。”

At the Malaysian facility, Cargill will install dry palm fractionation capacity, enabling the production of a range of specialty fats for use in chocolates, coatings, fillings and compounds, spreads, bakery fats, and other applications. Cargill will also further upgrade its Malaysia Edible Oils R&D Center, enhancing lab equipment and pilot plants to align with the Port Klang facility’s new specialty fat capabilities.

The newly announced project comes on the heels of a nearly complete $20 million upgrade to the facility begun just one year prior, which enhanced the site’s production capacity and completed a first round of updates to its R&D capabilities.

综上所述，这两个克兰港项目是嘉吉期望的多次投资的第一个项目，分布在其全球特色脂肪生产工厂中。超过1亿美元的倡议将使嘉吉的特殊脂肪生产的最前沿，并拥有最先进的设施和可靠的端到端可持续供应链。

“All too often, brands must navigate complicated supply chains to procure their specialty fats, purchasing oil from one supplier, then shipping it to others for further processing,” Shomenta said. “Through our investments at Port Klang and across our global processing locations, we’ll eliminate those extra steps, giving customers the convenience of a single, trusted partner, all backed by Cargill’s technical expertise and global resources.”

The broad range of ingredients produced at Cargill’s Port Klang plant will play starring roles in the sensory profiles of many products, contributing to their improved taste, texture and mouthfeel. Derived from seed and tropical oils, specialty fats offer a wide range of attributes from heat resistance, a key benefit for confections sold in warmer climates, to quick meltdown for enhanced flavor release amongst other functional attributes.

这些成分也是改善迅速发展的肉类和乳制品替代品市场中客户稳定性，产品稳定性以及其他感官需求的关键。此外，嘉吉负责任地采购的棕榈油供应链将使该公司有可能提供由可持续棕榈油圆桌会议（RSPO）认证的隔离棕榈油制成的特种脂肪。

The Port Klang expansion is expected to be complete in late 2023, at which time Cargill will begin supplying finished specialty fats to customers throughout the Asia Pacific region, and semi-finished products to Cargill facilities in Europe, Middle East, Russia, South America and North America. This will enable the company to offer its expanded specialty fat range to customers in those regions as well, putting Cargill in a strong position to serve global and regional customers alike.

The investment also aligns with Cargill’s plans to expand its operational footprint across the Asia Pacific region. In 2021 alone, the company announced its intent to build a $200 million palm oil refinery in Indonesia and unveiled a new partnership with Nestle to support Indonesian cocoa farmers. Other investments in the region include support for sustainable coconut production through programs that engage smallholder farmers with training on good agricultural practices and develop community conservation commitments.