Tunas Baru Lampung - We Produce and Export Affordable Palm Oil Derivatives

by Rudy P. SysAdmin at howtofindthemoney

Established in 1973, PT Tunas Baru Lampung Tbk ( “TBLA” ) is a member of company of Sungai Budi Group, a pioneer in Indonesia’s agricultural industry which was founded in 1947. TBLA was established from a desire to assist the country’s development and to capitalize on Indonesia’s competitive advantage in agriculture. Today, Sungai Budi Group is one of Indonesia’s largest manufacturers and distributors of agricultural based consumer products.

PT Tunas Baru Lampung Tbk began its operations in Lampung in the early 1970s, since then we have grown to become one of the largest and lowest cost vegetable cooking oil producers. PT. Tunas Baru Lampung Tbk was publicly listed in Jakarta Stock Exchange in 14 Feb 2000.

Another member company of the Sungai Budi Group is the publicity listed PT Budi Starch & Sweetener Tbk ( Previously PT Budi Acid Jaya Tbk), the largest and most fully integrated tapioca starch manufacturer in Indonesia.

PRODUCTS

Our edible oil and fats product are quickly gaining market share over the years, we have increased our production capacity in Lampung and South Sumatera , where we currently have a market share about 60 percent.

We also entered into new markets in 1996 in East java by acquiring a cooking oil refinery. We see this as our gateway to other Eastern Indonesia Markets such as Kalimantan, Bali, Lombok, Maluku, and Irian Jaya. Since this acquisition, we have improved the efficiency of our East Java refinery and expanded our production capacity in 1999.

We have also increased the production capacity of refinery and built the second CPO mill in Lampung from the proceeds of Iinitial Public Offering, in starting from year 2000. We are committed to increase our production and maintain the quality of our products. We plan to invest in new crude oil mills in our plantations in Lampung in the near future.

In addition to vegetable cooking oil, we also produce crude coconut oil, stearine, crude palm oil, pal kernel oil, other consumer products such as cream soap and laundry soap which utilize fatty acid, a by-product from CPO production.

Since many years ago, the Company has planned to enter into sugar business .This business will be an integrated business , from sugar cane plantation until sugar mill and sugar refinery.

Our Range of products are :

1. Palm Cooking Oil (PCA) / OLEIN

2. Soaps (Laundry, Bath, and Cream)

3. Palm Kernel Oil (PKO)

4. Crude Palm Oil (CPO)

5. Stearine

6. Palm Fatty Acid Distillate (PFAD)

7. Palm and Copra Chips / Expeller and Pellet

8. Sugar

9. Molases

10. FAME

11. Margarine