Construction at Cargill’s Malaysia facility kicks off $100 M investment

Cargill to enable customer innovation, co-creation with expanded specialty fats portfolio

Cargill has recently started construction on a $35 million expansion of its production facility in Port Klang, Malaysia to meet growing customer demand for specialty fats. This is the first step in a multi-year, global investment expected to exceed $100 million aimed to significantly expand the company’s global portfolio in specialty fats.

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.

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.