Loders Croklaan to Extend Into Lauric Products at Rotterdam Refinery

Loders Croklaan have made it possible to produce enzymatic interesterification-product at large scale and economic price levels, making this sustainable and environmental friendly production method accessible to the main market.

20/07/09 Building activities at the site of IOI – Loders Croklaan Oils B.V. at the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam have achieved a new milestone by reaching the highest point of construction. At 44 meter, the staircase of the new refinery is outlining the height of the new production facility that is targeted to start production in the spring of 2010. The new refinery and extra storage capacity offer more flexibility and a wider range of products for our customers. Next to palm-based products, the range will be extended with lauric products, such as palm kernel oil, and mixtures. The new facility is equipped to produce large volumes of enzymatically interesterified products.

Until recently, enzymatic interesterification (EI) was only possible at small scale and far more expensive than chemical interesterification. EI-production uses less chemicals and generates less waste water compared to chemical interesterification, making it a more eco friendly process. Innovations by IOI – Loders Croklaan have made it possible to produce EI-product at large scale and economic price levels, making this sustainable and environmental friendly production method accessible to the main market.

Sustainability and green production methods are a main theme for founding RSPO member IOI – Loders Croklaan, who is amongst the first companies offering sustainable palm oil to the industry. The new facility in Rotterdam will be equipped to offer in time separately process sustainable palm oil, meeting the RSPO-requirements of the segregation method.

Loders Croklaan is a leading supplier of oils and fats, supplying to food manufacturers around the world. Loders Croklaan is part of the IOI Group, a leading Malaysian palm plantation company with various downstream activities and a fully integrated supply chain, from Tree to Customer. The IOI Group, being a founding member of the RSPO, the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil, is committed to full certification of all its plantations and is one of the first to offer certified sustainable palm oil.