Asia Plantation Capital opens new, purpose-built Agarwood (gaharu) factory and research centre, located in Johor, Malaysia. The town of Seri Alam is now host to the state of the art facility that incorporates an Oud oil distillery, a wood chip processing centre, and a fragrance stick factory.

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Asia Plantation Capital opens agarwood processing factory in Malaysia

Mar 21, 2015. /Lesprom Network/. Asia Plantation Capital opens new, purpose-built Agarwood (gaharu) factory and research centre, located in Johor, Malaysia. The town of Seri Alam is now host to the state of the art facility that incorporates an Oud oil distillery, a wood chip processing centre, and a fragrance stick factory, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

As part of a forward supply agreement with China's largest retailer of fragrance sticks, a 300 tonne per annum production line is also being installed, and this will expand in due course to 600 tonnes per annum, to incorporate the company's other locations. The facility also houses a laboratory for perfumes and essential oils, APC inoculation systems production, and MSDS analysis systems.

"We are very excited to finally be able to take the wraps off our state of the art Agarwood factory," said Steve Watts, CEO of Asia Plantation Capital Berhad, in Kuala Lumpur. "We have spent several years reviewing the best all round strategic location, and are pleased to announce this expansion in Malaysia. It's a result of the country's stable business environment and forward thinking forestry and plantation departments at governmental level, that have led us to select Malaysia and Johor for this strategic factory expansion."

The factory is operational and open for business, with new production lines being commissioned in the coming months.