Sabah’s Kunak Lipids to be Malaysia’s first large-scale palm oil waste tocotrienol producer

Deputy Plantations and Commodities Minister Datuk Chan Foong Hin (standing second right) witnessing the Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony between Kunak Lipids Sdn Bhd group managing director and chief executive officer Victor Ationg (seated second left) and BOCE Trade Service Company Ltd general manager, Qiu Rong Yu (seated second right).

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah-owned Sawit Kinabalu is set to be Malaysia's first large-scale producer of tocotrienol from palm oil waste.

Production is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2025, employing proprietary technology to extract tocotrienols from refined byproducts.