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Asia Plantation Capital Builds South East Asia’s Largest Agarwood Processing Factory in Malaysia

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Asia Plantation Capital is happy to reveal the opening of its brand-new, purpose-built Agarwood (gaharu) factory and research study centre, situated in Johor, Malaysia.

A simple 20 minutes drive from the Causeway connect to Singapore, the town of Seri Alam is now host to the cutting-edge center that integrates an Oud oil distillery, a wood chip processing centre, and a scent stick factory. Likewise located within the complex is a visitor centre, in addition to a wholesale factory store equipped with the ever-growing variety of Agarwood items produced by Asia Plantation Capital (APC).

Access to the business’s plantations in Thailand, India and Myanmar were essential aspects, as well as the business’s continuous factory growth in Shenzhen, China. Prepared Oud factories opening in the Middle East situated in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are being established by the business over the next 18 months.

The center is likewise tactically and easily situated in close distance to Singapore– a nation presently ranked as one of Asia’s greatest Agarwood import and export centres– with more than US$ 1.2 billion in approximated trade per year (according to main reports). This provides APC with a leading one-upmanship in regards to its access to a considerable market on its really ‘doorstep.’ This is an additional essential element of the planning and area of all the groups factories with China, Northern Asia and the Middle East in between them making up a considerable bulk of present world sell Agarwood items.

The factory has actually been geared up with the most recent heat exchange steam purification systems utilizing cleansed water, and a clean energy solar energy system is being set up to make sure optimal financial effectiveness. Sustainable, eco-friendly energy systems are used throughout.

As part of a forward supply arrangement with China’s biggest merchant of scent sticks, a 300 tonne per year assembly line is likewise being set up, and this will certainly broaden in due course to 600 tonnes per year, to include the business’s other areas. The center likewise houses a lab for fragrances and important oils, APC inoculation systems production, and MSDS analysis systems.

“We are extremely delighted to lastly have the ability to take the covers off our cutting-edge Agarwood factory,” stated Steve Watts, CEO of Asia Plantation Capital Berhad, in Kuala Lumpur. “We have actually invested a number of years evaluating the very best all round strategic place, and are happy to reveal this growth in Malaysia. It’s an outcome of the nation’s steady company environment and forward believing forestry and plantation departments at governmental level, that have actually led us to pick Malaysia and Johor for this strategic factory development.”.

This is part of an Asia-wide strategic factory and production growth, with a purification factory joint endeavor in China with Hua Lin Group– China’s biggest maker of Agarwood items – as well as strategic development in Thailand into wood chip production and incense production and prepared factories in the Middle East. These systems are not just being made use of by the group to expand our market share, however is likewise being provided to smaller sized growers and farmers throughout Asia, to help them in the growing and end processing of Agarwood into an important earnings. As providing systems and understanding, we are providing repaired ‘purchase backs’ on items made solely from our systems.

Watts went on to state, “The Agarwood plantation market, as we understand, is big and is continuing to grow quickly. The customer market is growing and developing at a quick rate, and customers are looking for items of regularly high quality with all the appropriate seals of credibility, sustainability and purity.

Watts concluded, “Our items now come solely with their own individual accreditations– consisting of those from CITES– together with EU Product Approvals, Product Safety Data Sheets, IFRA, Certificate of Origin, FDA approval, MSDS analyses, and Shariah Compliant status. Our items, in certain our oils and wood chips, are likewise separately graded by specialists in the field at Thailand’s Prince of Songkla University. By tactically running and having cutting-edge, eco-friendly mega factories, sustained by our own plantations and other smaller sized growers, we are now able to provide completion items that the marketplace in fact requires, in regards to consistency, cost and quality.”.

The factory is open and functional for company, with brand-new assembly line being commissioned in the coming months. The visitor centre will certainly be opening in April 2015, in addition to a wholesale factory store and Agarwood item display screen library.

Asia Plantation Capital: The Way Ahead for Investments in Today’s Market

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Asia Plantation Capital has actually been altering the face of alternative financial investments for both retail and institutional financiers, by offering handled forestry, farming, and plantation services for more than a years. After the monetary crisis of 2008 and the existing fall in oil costs, financiers are looking progressively into alternative funds that are steady, but supply high returns.

Forestry financial investments have actually just recently seen an uptick in interest from pension funds, personal equity financial investments, insurance coverage business and retail financiers, due to the long term horizons which in fact assist weather recessions much better than short-term financial investments. Compared with equities, bonds and realty, returns in forestry class possessions are affected by a totally various set of market and financial aspects. As such, it makes this possession class a perfect alternative financial investment for financiers aiming to diversify their profiles in order to secure themselves from market variations.

“Market news and aspects can trigger stock costs to drop,” stated Mr. John Berry – Business Development Director, Asia Plantation Capital – at the current Global Investment Expert Asia 2015 online forum. “But it can not stop a tree from growing. Forestry as a property acts as an extremely strong hedge versus other financial investments as provened by its history of impressive efficiency.”.
Mr Berry continued, “Cash circulation attributes of forestry financial investments are quite just like those of set earnings bonds that financiers need to purchase for a minimum duration prior to the financial investment grows. In this case, when the trees grow, they are all set for harvest. With excellent constant returns,” Mr Berry concluded, “forestry properties’ enhanced risk/reward qualities cause a more reliable, diversified profile.”.

Taking this view into account, sustainable forestry will certainly continue to be a strong and appealing carrying out financial investment chance for years to come.

About Asia Plantation Capital.
Quick truths:.
– US$ 600 million – incorporated value of possessions had and under management.
– US$ 53.5 million – turnover in the last fiscal year.
– US$ 100 million – turnover forecast for present fiscal year.
– 2,000,000 – Aquilaria trees today, on Agarwood plantations.

Asia Plantation Capital (APC) is the owner and operator of a varied variety of industrial plantation and farming companies throughout the Asia-Pacific area and around the world, and is part of the Asia Plantation Capital Group of associated business. Developed formally in 2008 (although running independently given that 2002) the group now has plantation and farming tasks on 4 continents, with functional jobs at numerous phases in Thailand, Malaysia, China, Laos, India, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Vietnam, North America and Europe.

Promoting using qualified and sustainable wood is the very best method of avoiding logging, securing biodiversity, and battling poverty in the tropical jungle areas. For the yacht sector (a significant user of teak) which pursues quality and which is currently associated with ecological efforts, this is likewise a method of guaranteeing that no wood from unlawful logging is utilized.

Fragrance Du Bois Praises Middle Eastern Women

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Fragrance Du Bois is honoured to identify the ladies who have actually made a favorable effect on society in the Middle East.

By sponsoring the Arab Woman Awards 2014 in the UAE – which is under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan – Fragrance Du Bois acknowledged the effort and dedication revealed by amazing people in company, the arts, sports, fashion, the media, federal government and charitable business. Fragrance Du Bois was happy to present charming Oud-based scents to a few of the females at the awards event, sealing the brand’s position as the leading scent for prominent people who assist to form today’s world.

“Fragrance Du Bois is privileged to be a part of the foremost awards that identify females of the Arab world who have not just motivated other females, however other people to be successful and satisfy their dreams, while likewise playing a favorable function in adding to the world in their picked fields,” stated Emma Henry – Director, Fragrance Du Bois Middle East.

“As a brand, we aim to offer the most amazing Oud based scents utilizing just superior components. Our collaboration with the Arab Woman Awards,” she concluded, “makes so much sense for us.”.

Gary Crates — CEO Europe, Asia Plantation Capital included, “We totally support the Arab Woman Awards, and we join them in commemorating the accomplishments of all the worthwhile laureates. At Asia Plantation Capital we pride ourselves on making a distinction, and raising awareness of the significance of sustainability and the have to take care of our environment.” He continued, “That the scents we have actually assisted to produce are now embellishing the ladies who are assisting to form the future of the Middle East manages us no little sense of pride.”.

Providing a hand put together choice of great scents to Dr. Shaikha Al Maskari, Fragrance Du Bois was happy to acknowledge her success in company, and her function in being a motivation to females who aim to prosper in the business world in the Middle East. Showing that the efficiency of a caring leadership design is not a misconception, Dr. Shaikha’s supporting design stimulates the type of commitment, dedication and commitment from her workers that is seen just hardly ever in other organisations.
Fragrance Du Bois’ Emma Henry was likewise kindlied to provide the sporting award to Ms. Khadijah Mohammed, who not just made history by ending up being the very first female weightlifter to stand for the Arabian Gulf Region at an Olympic Games (when she got London 2012), however likewise by being the very first female Emirati professional athlete ever to certify outright. Breaking through formerly developed frontiers, Ms. Mohammed is now blazing a trail in motivating females to take part in sports and make an effect in the global arena.

Previously in 2014, Fragrance Du Bois likewise sponsored the Arab Woman Awards in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Ms. Farah K Behbehani was an award recipient at the occasion in Kuwait, and as a freelance graphic designer specialising in print and editorial design (in addition to Arabic calligraphy), Fragrance Du Bois was happy that an honor must go to a person who is concentrated on how custom and culture can exist together with the contemporary world.

“Fragrance Du Bois is happy to be associated with females who influence the world to attain greater requirements. Whether by making contributions to charity, altering state of minds or opening doors, these are the individuals who make favorable modifications in the neighborhoods we live in,” she concluded, “and they are the individuals who Fragrance Du Bois will certainly constantly be excited to partner, in 2015 and beyond.”.

Asia Plantation Capital now working with China’s leading Agarwood industry experts

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Asia Plantation Capital has actually just recently broadened into mainland China. The country is presently considered to be the world’s biggest and fastest growing single market for Agarwood – or ‘Aloeswood’, as it is understood worldwide’s most populated country.

Growth
Phase among this growth has actually been a joint endeavor with China’s Hua Lin aloes Biological Engineering Co. Ltd., to set up and run an innovative Agarwood (Oud) oil purification factory, along with to handle an existing wood chip and incense production and product packaging factory.
The exclusive systems established by Asia Plantation Capital in Thailand– those that help with the extraction of constant and high quality Oud oil – will certainly be developed in a purpose-built factory of 30,000 ft ² in Dongguan, positioned in its own 100 acre Agarwood park, less than Thirty Minutes from the border with Hong Kong.

Custom
The Hua Lin aloes Biological Engineering Co. Ltd., has actually been producing incense and wood chip items from Agarwood for years. Part of the research study and growth programme started by the business was to source and efficiently deploy the very best and most sophisticated systems for Agarwood oil extraction, along with for the grading and production of high quality wood chips and carvings.

Sourcing
After 2 years of research study and having actually seen and examined numerous business, executives from Hua Lin aloes Biological Engineering Co. Ltd. and its Board of Directors chose to participate in a production collaboration for Oud oil in mainland China, making use of Asia Plantation Capital’s innovative systems. This is set to enter into the business’s ongoing financial investment in research study and advancement, and will certainly be completely handled and run by Asia Plantation Capital.

Relationship
Representative for Asia Plantation Capital and Chinese Intermediary Officer, Yan Peng, stated, “We are overjoyed and honoured that China’s Hua Lin Group has actually decided to deal with Asia Plantation Capital, and develop a brand-new joint endeavor company in establishing and broadening the production and Oud oil purification factory in China. This offers us a significant competitive benefit in reaching the Chinese market with our high quality Agarwood items, in addition to included export capacity from the factory to other markets around the globe. This permits us to take advantage of our experience with Hua Lin aloes Biological Engineering Co. Ltd., who have actually been producing incense and wood chips for several years.”.

When inquired about today’s market, Yan Peng stated, “Presently, China is reported to import, formally, more than 460 tonnes of Agarwood yearly, and now we at Asia Plantation Capital goal to attain a big portion of this market from our plantations in Thailand and Malaysia. We can now process the raw products produced on our plantations in Thailand and other nations in mainland China, making use of systems unique to Chinese markets.”.

Market.
Yang Peng continued, “Considered that just a little portion of the Agarwood sell China – and certainly all over the world – is really formally tape-recorded, the genuine figures and need might be even greater. Conservative quotes put the variety of retail stores in China offering Agarwood chips, biomass, medical items and oil, at over 5,000; with more than 400 in Beijing alone. Fujian province boasts roughly 1,200 Agarwood stores, and it looks as though that number might even be on the increase.”.

Knowledge.
As a more dedication to the Chinese market and broadening its exclusive understanding base internationally, Asia Plantation Capital is pleased to invite Dr Haofu Dai to its full-time Scientific Board of advisers.
Dr Dai is among China’s and the world’s foremost and most reputable authorities on Agarwood, and in specific innovative shot systems. He now signs up with Thailand’s Dr Pakamas Chetpattananondh and SKP Engineering on the business’s Scientific Board of advisers.

Dr Dai is likewise Deputy Director of the Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, and the Chinese Academy of Tropical and Agricultural Science– an organization committed to research study and advancement in the farming biosciences sector.

While at the Hainan Li Medical Resource Research study and Advancement Centre in China, Dr Dai invested more than One Decade of his medical research study programme checking out Agarwood and its numerous aspects. His research study consisted of comprehensive research of, and examination into the production and systems of domestic Agarwood production in China, along with in 10 other nations – consisting of Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand– all which presently host functional Asia Plantation Capital jobs.

Research study.
Throughout this time, Dr Dai improved and patented a special shot system, formerly made use of just in China, which triggers the entire tree to produce Agarwood resin in response to the presented infection. Asia Plantation Capital has actually performed comprehensive trials in Thailand and other markets, and is now embracing this system where conditions have actually shown to be propitious.
The trademarked system permits deep infections throughout the whole tree over a drawn-out length of time– even consisting of the roots. This significantly enhances the volume of useable and contaminated biomass within the tree for oil production, along with for the contaminated chips that produce constant, natural end product.
Advancement.

CEO of Asia Plantation Capital, Barry Rawlinson stated, “We are happy to be at the leading edge of consistent and enhancing research study and advancement into the very best and most effective systems to promote resin production within the trees. We are likewise dedicated to enhancements in purification, extraction and processing, to make sure that our final product correspond and of the greatest quality.”.
He continued, “This brand-new system established by Dr Dai is distinct, as it permits the trees to continue growing, and for the system to penetrate through the whole tree over a duration from in between 2 and 5 years. We mean to share this system with other growers and manufacturers on an ‘outgrowers’ programme, in which Asia Plantation Capital will certainly carry out to purchase back the contaminated trees as soon as maturity has actually been reached. This will certainly allow us to maximise our market share and manage the quality of end items obtained from the Agarwood tree, utilizing basic processing and purification systems connected to tested shot methods.

Message.
Dr Dai has actually been seen routinely on TELEVISION in China – appearing on both CCTV (China Central Tv) Channels 1 and 2, in addition to Channels 4 and 10 – where functions and documentaries on the significance of Agarwood and Aloeswood within Chinese society have actually remained in focus. Dr Dai’s commentary as a leading Chinese Academic specialising in Agarwood, has actually leant additionally weight and significance to a vital market in individuals’s Republic.

Later on this year Dr Dai will certainly be releasing a book entitled ‘The International Agarwood Market’, which will certainly supply a remarkable and trenchant understanding into the market. It’s a book that has actually been One Decade in the producing Dr Dai (in regards to both composing and research study), and will certainly consist of input from numerous of his prestigious scholastic partners.
Quality.

Current independent test results from its distilleries, released by Asia Plantation Capital, have actually revealed that their Oud oil is ranked as ‘A+’. This is of important significance for end user markets in medications, fragrances, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.

About Asia Plantation Capital.
Quick realities:.
US$ 600 million – integrated value of possessions possessed and under management.
US$ 53.5 million – turnover in the last fiscal year.
US$ 100 million – turnover forecast for present fiscal year.
2,000,000 – Aquilaria trees today, on Agarwood plantations.

Asia Plantation Capital (APC) is the owner and operator of a varied variety of business plantation and farming companies throughout the Asia-Pacific area and around the world, and is part of the Asia Plantation Capital Group of associated business. Developed formally in 2008 (although running independently given that 2002) the group now has plantation and farming jobs on 4 continents, with functional jobs at different phases in Thailand, Malaysia, China, Laos, India, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Vietnam, North America and Europe.
Promoting making use of sustainable and qualified wood is the very best method of avoiding logging, securing biodiversity, and  barrelling poverty in the tropical jungle areas. For the yacht sector (a significant user of teak) which pursues quality and which is currently associated with ecological efforts, this is likewise a method of guaranteeing that no wood from unlawful logging is utilized.

About Hua Lin aloes Biological Engineering Co Ltd
China’s Hua Lin aloes Biological Engineering Co Ltd. has actually been  producing Agarwood (aloeswood) items for more than Twenty Years, providing the Chinese domestic and export markets.
Dedicated to producing in an eco-friendly and environmentally sound way, Hua Lin is not just in a place to ensure the supply of Agarwood items to an ever broadening market, however can likewise guarantee end users of the high quality of its items. This has actually made it among the most relied on and searched for providers of Agarwood items to Southeast Asia and beyond.

Agarwood, and the Oud oil that is originated from it, is a significantly valuable product that has actually been made use of in a range of cultures for countless years. It has actually belonged in spiritual ceremonies, incense burning, and for the many health providing homes for which the magical compound has actually ended up being distinguished.

Today, Oud oil is among the most wanted  components in high-end scents, and has actually ended up being a vital element for numerous of the world’s elite perfumers. This remains in addition to its high need in the cosmetics and pharmaceutical markets.

At the extremely leading edge of innovative innovations in the production procedures for Agarwood, China’s Hua Lin aloes Biological Engineering Co Ltd. specialises in incorporated state-of-the-art business and item advancement. It is presently in partnership with the Chinese Academy of Forestry, Guangxi University, in addition to the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.

China’s Hua Lin aloes Biological Engineering Co Ltd. incorporates modern-day company practices and a business spirit, with a regard for the customs intrinsic in a compound that precedes civilisation. Entering into the specialist production arm for Asia Plantation Capital is another interesting advancement for the recognized and well appreciated business.

China’s Hua Lin aloes Biological Engineering Co Ltd. has actually been recognized by Asia Plantation Capital as an appropriate company partner, sharing as it does the core values of sustainability, business duty and ecological awareness, in addition to a persistent method to all financiers and stakeholders.

Asia Plantation Capital Provides Fragrance Du Bois with Pure Oud Oil For Launch Of Oud Amber Intense At The Singapore Grand Prix 2014

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Dynamic’, ‘interesting’, ‘climatic’; words typically utilized to explain the F1 night race in Singapore. Completely matching the atmosphere and matching is the freshly introduced Oud Amber Intense by Fragrance Du Bois, the main fragrance for the renowned Amber Lounge after-party in Singapore.

Showing the energy, enthusiasm and beauty that have actually ended up being associated with the race itself, Oud Amber Intense is a specifically developed scent for Sonia Irvine, the Founder of the Amber Lounge. Established by worldwide identified perfumer, Sandra Dziad, and based upon the innovative vision, individual tastes and business spirit of Sonia Irvine, Oud Amber Intense has a hot citrusy opening, with notes of bergamot, tangerine, black pepper and cinnamon. It is a scent that exhibits self-confidence and elegance.

Flowers, fruity wood notes of neroli, increased, blackcurrant and patchouli instill a warm heart, and are held together with an amber accord. The melange enraptures the senses, with a surface of musk and Fragrance Du Bois’ trademark 100 % pure, natural and sustainably sourced Oud– provided specifically from plantations handled by Asia Plantation Capital, and of the extremely greatest quality. The mix evokes the warm fresh breeze of the strange and attractive Orient– similar to a night celebration at the Singapore night race.

“I definitely like Oud Amber Intense by Fragrance Du Bois,” stated Sonia Irvine. I am particularly happy to have Oud Amber Intense as the main scent for the Amber Lounge at this year’s Singapore F1 night race, and to be introducing it today at Fragrance Du Bois’ very first principle store at the Fullerton Hotel.”.

Oud Amber Intense is the 3rd scent in a series that has actually been produced for the Amber Lounge in previous races. Oud Noir Intense, which exhibits threat, intrigue and night-time enjoyment, was the main fragrance for 2013’s F1 night race in Singapore. Sahraa Oud, with its sense of ideal stillness broken by unforeseeable shifts of racing winds throughout the Arabian Desert, was produced for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

“Fragrance is something that is extremely individual to each person,” states Nicola Parker, Brand Director at Fragrance Du Bois.”Nicola continues, “Another distinct element of our scents is that we make use of just 100 % sustainable, natural, pure Oud of the finest quality. Due to the fact that of the method in which Oud connects with various components, and likewise ‘settles’ on the person’s body in various methods, all our scents produce various fragrances from one individual to another.

Formally introducing Oud Amber Intense to the world, Sonia Irvine, enhanced the Fragrance Du Bois Concept Boutique at the Fullerton Hotel, Singapore, signing pamphlets that information and profile Oud Amber Intense. Visitors checking out the Amber Lounge at the night race in Singapore will certainly have the chance to experience Oud Amber Intense themselves, as Fragrance Du Bois will certainly have its personalised luxury scent trunk at the reception location, where they can sample different fragrances, as well as Oud Amber Intense itself.
Supporting a Cause.

Fragrance Du Bois is luxury with a conscience, and is dedicated to social and business obligation. As an outcome of Fragrance Du Bois’ dedication to making use of just sustainably sourced active ingredients, the scent has actually been backed by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.

With the sale of each scent, Fragrance Du Bois will certainly deal with its sustainable plantation partner, Asia Plantation Capital, to grow one Aquilaria tree– the source of the Oud oil in all Du Bois’ scents– and one teak tree, with the Plant Genetics Programme supported by the Thai Royal Family.