Sime Darby Oils, ADVOC Partnership to Market Specialty Fats in MENA Region

Malaysia’s Sime Darby Oils (SDO) and Abu Dhabi Vegetable Oil Company (ADVOC) have announced a partnership to market oils and fats products in the middle East North Africa (MENA) region.  The companies are to operate in the region as a single sales and marketing team, focusing on basic and specialty fats  (including bakery fats, shortening, industrial margarines, spreads fats, dairy replacers, confectionery fats and cocoa butter substitutes and replacers). 

“The MENA region is a key growth market for SDO,” said Mohd Haris Mohd Arshad, SDO’s managing director.  “Partnering with ADVOC enables us to establish an on-the-ground presence through enhanced local market knowledge and capabilities, and open up opportunities for sustainable products and supply chain.”

UAE-based ADVOC supplies edible oils and fats in the MENA region with brands including Coroli, LiteLife and Sarola.  It operates an edible oil refinery and fractionation plant in Abu Dhabi.  SDO is a subsidiary if Sime Darby Plantation (SDP), one of the world’s largest oil palm plantation companies with an oil palm planted area of more than 600,000 hectares. It represents the downstream operations of SDP. It manages 11 refineries with total capacity of 3.8 million MT per year.