Palmex 2012 Expects To Sign US$85 Million Worth Of Contracts

Tuesday, May 15, 2012


KOTA KINABALU, May 14 (Bernama) -- Contracts worth about US$85 million is expected to be concluded during the 2012 Palm Oil Exhibition (Palmex) in Sandakan beginning May 23.

Sabah Industrial Development and Research Director Patrick Tan said more than 5,000 visitors are expected to throng the three-day exhibition to be opened by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman.

"The objective of the expo is to promote downstream and upstream processing activities in the state's oil palm sector," he told a press conference.

A one-day conference would also be held on May 24 in conjunction with the expo to discuss challenges and opportunities of tomorrow in the oil palm industry.

Further information on the exhibition and conference can be obtained via www.asiapalmoil.com.

-- BERNAMA

4 comments:

  1. Contracts worth about US$85 million is expected to be concluded during the 2012 Palm Oil Exhibition (Palmex) in Sandakan beginning May 23.

    Good to hear that there will be millions of USD worth of contracts will be signed during this Exhibition. Hope that it all goes smoothly.

    sabah-go-green.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  2. "The objective of the expo is to promote downstream and upstream processing activities in the state's oil palm sector,"

    Hopefully this Expo will help promote the oil palm industry processing activities to the 5,000 visitors that are expected to attend that day.

    sabah-go-green.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  3. A one-day conference would also be held on May 24 in conjunction with the expo to discuss challenges and opportunities of tomorrow in the oil palm industry.

    This conference will be able to create understanding from the public about the challenges and opportunities of the future of oil palm industry within the state.

    sabah-go-green.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  4. Sabah is the biggest oil palm producer in this country, so hopefully there will be more projects related to oil palm industry in the future for this state..

    ReplyDelete