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Asia Plantation Capital Ready To Develop The Agarwood Industry In Malaysia

Speaking at the biotechnology conference ‘Bio Johor 2014’, Dr Panamas Chetpattananondh (a Partner Teacher from the Prince Songkla University in Thailand, and Head of the Scientific Board of advisers at Asia Plantation Capital) provided a plenary paper on the capacity for Agarwood in Malaysia. Specific significance was provided to the possibilities of using the innovative innovations established by Asia Plantation Capital, and the chances that might be produced in so doing.

With the value of Oud oil (that which originates from the specifically dealt with wood of the tree), being considerably greater than the value of gold (by an aspect of 1.5), the sustainable Agarwood market is well developed in Asia, with Asia Plantation Capital blazing a trail. The sustainable plantation business is now actively seeking to bring their innovative plantation systems to Malaysia.

“Gaharu (Agarwood) is not brand-new to the area and we see lots of chances for its development in Malaysia. As a leading business in plantation management, we make sure that our agarwood is gathered fairly and sustainably,” stated Steve Watts – Chief Executive Officer of Asia Plantation Capital Berhad – speaking at the Johor Biotech Conference. “Not just that,” he continued, “however we are among the few plantation business to have our items accredited by CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) which allows us to trade lawfully in Agarwood.”.

Asia Plantation Capital is the primary sponsor of the Bio Johor 2014 Biotechnology Conference and Exhibition. APC took pleasure in the very same advantage in 2013 at the very first International Scientific Symposium on Agarwood (ISSA) kept in Malaysia, which was arranged by Universiti Putra Malaysia.

Agarwood (or Gaharu, as it is more typically understood in Malaysia and Indonesia), originates from the Aquilaria tree – a types belonging to Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia. Exactly what makes Agarwood so extremely searched for is the rarity of the aromatic resin included within. It is produced just when the tree is influenced by a particular fungi (or, when it come to trees handled by Asia Plantation Capital, when dealt with in a certain method).

Oud oil and Oud wood chips have actually been an important part of Middle Eastern cultures for centuries, where it is not just made use of in scents, however likewise in the wood chips burned in houses as incense. In China, Agarwood sculptures prevail property artefacts, and putting on bracelets made from Agarwood beads is quick ending up being a popular trend, with current record costs at auction having actually been accomplished in China for Agarwood pieces.

Internationally, Oud is now a significant active ingredient in the fragrance and cosmetic market, and is made use of by practically all of the world’s leading, luxury scent brands. Asia Plantation Capital’s partner business, Fragrance Du Bois, just recently had among its fragrances shortlisted as a leading 10 finalist in the Art and Olfaction Awards (the scent market event kept in Los Angeles, USA) pairing up with and exceeding rivals from all over the world.

The health advantages of Agarwood have actually been well recorded, and have actually been a pillar of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for centuries. Agarwood is renowned to be useful in the treatment of digestion system conditions, the relief of spasms and discomfort, along with tightness in the chest, stomach discomfort, throwing up, diarrhoea and asthma.

Current research study has actually revealed that, possibly, Agarwood has much more medical advantages, with the oil having actually been discovered to have sedative results, while a part reveals guarantee for usage in the advancement of an anti-cancer drug. Antioxidant buildings have actually likewise been discovered in the extract of Agarwood leaves, which might likewise be utilized for the treatment of stomach problems and skin infections.

She continued, “The sustainable plantation of Agarwood trees might be extremely important to the Malaysian agriculture market. The Asia Plantation Capital Scientific Advisory Board is now working with academics throughout Asia to establish and produce pharmaceuticals from Agarwood for broader usage in standard medication.

All types of the Aquilaria tree are categorized under CITES as jeopardized types – due to prohibited and comprehensive gathering and logging for Oud oil. Asia Plantation Capital’s Oud oil and woodchip items are all legitimately accredited under the CITES contract, guaranteeing that the strictest legal and ethical requirements are maintained in the planting, gathering and growing of Agarwood and Oud oil.

Moving on, Asia Plantation Capital has strategies to check out more chances by obtaining plantations (or partnering existing plantation owners) to establish Agarwood in Malaysia. Over the last 10 years, Asia Plantation Capital has actually established innovative exclusive inoculation systems that have actually been carried out in Thailand, Cambodia and India (with shown outcomes) along with a brand-new, trademarked system which, over a longer timespan, will certainly promote resin production throughout the whole tree.

About Asia Plantation Capital.

Asia Plantation Capital is an owner and operator of a varied variety of office plantation and farming companies throughout the Asia-Pacific area, and internationally, is part of the Asia Plantation Capital Group of associated business. Developed formally in 2008 (although running independently because 2002) the group now has plantation and farming tasks on 4 continents with functional jobs at numerous phases in Thailand, Malaysia, China, Laos, India, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Mozambique, The Gambia, North America and Europe.

Promoting using qualified wood is the very best method of avoiding logging, consequently securing biodiversity and fighting poverty in the tropical jungle areas. For the yacht sector, which pursues quality and which is currently associated with ecological efforts, this is likewise a method of making sure that no wood from prohibited logging is made use of.

About Fragrance Du Bois.

Fragrance Du Bois is a specific niche luxury fragrance home working carefully with sustainable plantations inAsia, bringing amazing brand-new 100 % natural Oud oil based scents to special markets worldwide. Sustainably sourcing the finest basic materials around the world, dealing with French perfumers to produce a complete variety of items, as well as offering custom scent services, Fragrance Du Bois is individual luxury with a conscience. With unique scent lounges around the world, in Dubai, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, Fragrance Du Bois develops just the finest experience in custom perfumery.

Fragrance Du Bois recognises women who have made a positive int the Middle East.

Fragrance Du Bois is honoured to acknowledge the ladies who have actually made a favorable influence on society in the Middle East.

By sponsoring the Arab Woman Awards 2014 in the UAE – which is under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan – Fragrance Du Bois acknowledged the effort and dedication revealed by remarkable people in company, the arts, sports, fashion, the media, federal government and charitable business. Fragrance Du Bois was pleased to present splendid Oud-based scents to a few of the females at the awards event, sealing the brand’s position as the leading scent for prominent people who assist to form today’s world.

“Fragrance Du Bois is privileged to be a part of the foremost awards that identify ladies of the Arab world who have not just motivated other females, however other people to prosper and satisfy their dreams, while likewise playing a favorable function in adding to the world in their picked fields,” stated Emma Henry – Director, Fragrance Du Bois Middle East.

“As a brand, we make every effort to offer the most magnificent Oud based scents making use of just superior active ingredients. Our collaboration with the Arab Woman Awards,” she concluded, “makes so much sense for us.”.

Gary Crates — CEO Europe, Asia Plantation Capital included, “We completely support the Arab Woman Awards, and we join them in commemorating the accomplishments of all the deserving laureates. At Asia Plantation Capital we pride ourselves on making a distinction, and raising awareness of the significance of sustainability and the have to look after our environment.” He continued, “That the scents we have actually assisted to develop are now decorating the females who are assisting to form the future of the Middle East manages us no little sense of pride.”.

Providing a hand put together choice of great scents to Dr. Shaikha Al Maskari, Fragrance Du Bois was pleased to acknowledge her success in company, and her function in being a motivation to ladies who aim to prosper in the business world in the Middle East. Showing that the efficiency of a thoughtful leadership design is not a misconception, Dr. Shaikha’s supporting design stimulates the type of commitment, dedication and dedication from her staff members that is seen just seldom in other organisations.
Fragrance Du Bois’ Emma Henry was likewise kindlied to provide the sporting award to Ms. Khadijah Mohammed, who not just made history by ending up being the very first female weightlifter to stand for the Arabian Gulf Region at an Olympic Games (when she got London 2012), however likewise by being the very first female Emirati professional athlete ever to certify outright. Breaking through formerly developed frontiers, Ms. Mohammed is now blazing a trail in motivating females to take part in sports and make an effect in the global arena.

Previously in 2014, Fragrance Du Bois likewise sponsored the Arab Woman Awards in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Ms. Farah K Behbehani was an award recipient at the conference in Kuwait, and as a freelance graphic designer specialising in print and editorial design (in addition to Arabic calligraphy), Fragrance Du Bois was thrilled that a distinction ought to go to a person who is concentrated on how custom and culture can exist side-by-side with the modern-day world.

“Fragrance Du Bois is happy to be associated with females who influence the world to accomplish greater requirements. Whether by making contributions to charity, altering state of minds or opening doors, these are the individuals who make favorable modifications in the neighborhoods we live in,” she concluded, “and they are the individuals who Fragrance Du Bois will certainly constantly be excited to partner, in 2015 and beyond.”.

French and Oud Connection for the present age.

Sought after because the dawn of time; revered in Middle Eastern and Asian cultures; Oud has quick end up being the active ingredient of option worldwide’s unique scents.

Magical, enigmatic, and essential, Oud is drawn out from the extremely valued and quick vanishing Agarwood tree that is belonging to Southeast Asia and its environments. It has an amazing history and intricacy, and is now to be discovered in the shops and high-end branded shops whose names are redolent of Parisian Haute Couture and French finery.

Disciples of Oud are legion– especially amongst the coterie of the world’s Master Perfumers who value its amazing qualities and the depth it provides to a scent. To that group of cognoscenti, we can now include, rather all of a sudden, the Private Banker, Wealth Manager and Family Office.

The brand-new brand of fans is not always drawn to Oud for its practically legendary health-giving, wellness or perhaps aphrodisiacal qualities occasionally depicted in tv projects or in shiny periodicals together with the current fragrance du jour. Nor maybe for its superb fragrance and richness of olfactory structure. Exactly what’s promoting interest are difficult money, and the nourishing of ecological and sustainable consciences.

Considering that 2000, the trees from which Oud is gotten has actually been positioned on the CITES threatened types list, and their harvesting in the wild has actually been made unlawful. Need is pressing, and growing, and has actually added to the trees in the wild being collected to near termination due to their value in Chinese and Middle Eastern cultures, in addition to a myriad of other usages in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and scent markets and beyond.

Stocks remain in brief supply, while need is enhancing, and that just 7 in every 100 trees produce Oud, which even those 7 can just produce a small quantity of the wonderful oil, has actually caused an extraordinary denudation. It has actually likewise produced a distinct financial investment and sustainable company chance.

The option would seem a simple one to reach; plant more trees, await a couple of years, and get rich.

In fact, growing the trees and growing them is fairly simple. The secret lies in having the exclusive innovation, production, experience and competence systems through to final product distribution to turn a basic tree from a near useless softwood, into an oil that is valued at approximately US$ 50,000 per kilogramme.

In this circumstances, it is a carefully concealed (of significant value) and Asia Plantation Capital (APC) is among the few business who, over the last 10 years, have actually accomplished the apparently unlikely. Lots of business assert to have actually made the current and biggest clinical advancements, however just APC and a handful of smaller sized business and growers – numerous of whom work solely with the APC Group– have actually regularly produced outcomes that confirm their claims.

Backed up by all the pertinent accreditation and approvals, in addition to the necessary distribution network, Asia Plantation Capital has an exclusive ‘Soil to Oil to You’ company design that includes vertical combination in the whole supply chain, from seed proliferation, all the method through to informed customers purchasing retail items.

The Asia Plantation Capital Agroforestry Group has actually just recently been engaging with European and Middle Eastern based financial investment supervisors, funds, household workplaces and personal lenders to inform its distinct story.

Eyebrows were raised, interests stimulated, and interest signed up, with a number of groups seizing the day to visit the business’ plantations, factories and retail outlets in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, to see on their own exactly what all the buzz had to do with.

It was a buzz produced by the business and its jobs being bestowed with the “Best Forestry Asset Management Award 2014” by CFI Magazine, and being shortlisted as a finalist in the “World Sustainable Business Awards”, kept in Paris by Organic Monitor. And maybe it had something to do with more awards being gathered by fragrances produced by Fragrance Du Bois– among APC’s associated business, to which it provides the extraordinary, 100 % ensured natural, natural Oud oil.

“Having seen our possessions under management grow to US$ 600 million at the end of 2013,” stated Gary Crates – CEO Europe, “from financiers in the understand and our own investors in the Group’s plantation tasks in their nations, we discovered enhancing interest from institutional financiers, pension funds and household workplaces from more afield.”.

The huge distinction is that 95 % of our typical visitors are Asian, who comprehend first-hand the chances in the plantation sector. Seeing European Asset Managers and some from the Middle East was a brand-new experience for us, and plainly an outcome of the difficult work our groups throughout Asia have actually contributed to the business’s and plantations’ hidden success and development.”.

“Mister Vincent de Meaux, from Athos Patrimoine stated, “I need to state I have actually been taking a look at numerous chances in the plantation sector, and performing due diligence on behalf of customers for a variety of years on tasks and business. Prior to my visit, I was open minded, however possibly a little hesitant. The big scale of operations and skilled management and systems Asia Plantation Capital have actually established and put in location, total up to among the most remarkable total plantation company designs I have actually seen.”.

He went on, “Add to that their back-end processing and distribution through their own business’s retail outlets in Asia, the Middle East and Europe, produces a real, vertically incorporated and special sustainable company chance. It likewise resembles among the very best strategic hedge techniques I have actually seen in recent times. It’s not a surprise this business has actually currently attained a lot,” he concluded, “and the included perk for today’s world is that it is 100 % sustainable; the business even has ISO status for its carbon footprint.”.

Fragrance Industry Expert Simon French stated, “Having invested more years than I care to discuss at director level in a few of the world’s biggest scent and flavourings business, I can truthfully state that no component has actually caught the marketplace or certainly had such need as pure Oud. While numerous necessary oils have actually been effectively developed in artificial kind, and lots of business have actually produced artificial Oud-style active ingredients, the animalic nature of natural and pure Oud in fragrance is remarkable and distinct. Any perfumer or Nose will certainly verify; pure Oud is unmatchable and special in its capability to sustain, reinforce and extend the great scent experience.”.

The Group has actually opened, and is opening more luxury flagship stores in a few of the world’s most renowned places, to display its professional fragrance brand, Fragrance Du Bois. Strategies are afoot to partner numerous of the world’s leading scent homes to develop an international chain of specific niche retail outlets providing the most unique choice of great scents and bespoke developments for a critical customers. This will certainly make up an option from the supreme collection of 100 % natural Oud scents produced by an elite group of global perfumers.

With the scent market being just one of the several business applications for Oud and the Agarwood tree, business case is strong, sustainable, and nigh on alluring.

Pure Oud. Pure high-end. Born in nature and crafted in France, a really French Connection for the present age.

APC pleased to reveal the opening of its brand-new, purpose-built Agarwood factoy in Malaysia

Asia Plantation Capital is pleased to reveal the opening of its brand-new, purpose-built Agarwood (gaharu) factory and research study centre, situated in Johor, Malaysia.

A simple 20 minutes drive from the Causeway connect to Singapore, the town of Seri Alam is now host to the cutting-edge center that integrates an Oud oil distillery, a wood chip processing centre, and a scent stick factory. Likewise positioned within the complex is a visitor centre, together with a wholesale factory store equipped with the ever-growing variety of Agarwood items produced by Asia Plantation Capital (APC).

Access to the business’s plantations in Thailand, India and Myanmar were vital aspects, as well as the business’s continuous factory growth in Shenzhen, China. Prepared Oud factories opening in the Middle East situated in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are being established by the business over the next 18 months.

The center is likewise tactically and easily situated in close distance to Singapore– a nation presently ranked as one of Asia’s greatest Agarwood import and export centres– with more than US$ 1.2 billion in approximated trade per year (according to main reports). This provides APC with a leading one-upmanship in regards to its access to a substantial market on its really ‘doorstep.’ This is a future vital element of the planning and place of all the groups factories with China, Northern Asia and the Middle East in between them making up a considerable bulk of existing world sell Agarwood items.

The factory has actually been geared up with the current heat exchange steam purification systems utilizing cleansed water, and a clean energy solar energy system is being set up to make sure optimal financial performance. Sustainable, eco-friendly energy systems are used throughout.

As part of a forward supply contract with China’s biggest merchant of scent sticks, a 300 tonne per year assembly line is likewise being set up, and this will certainly broaden in due course to 600 tonnes per year, to integrate the business’s other places. The center likewise houses a lab for fragrances and important oils, APC inoculation systems production, and MSDS analysis systems.

“We are really delighted to lastly have the ability to take the covers off our cutting-edge Agarwood factory,” stated Steve Watts, CEO of Asia Plantation Capital Berhad, in Kuala Lumpur. “We have actually invested a number of years evaluating the very best all round strategic area, and are delighted to reveal this growth in Malaysia. It’s an outcome of the nation’s steady company environment and forward believing forestry and plantation departments at governmental level, that have actually led us to pick Malaysia and Johor for this strategic factory growth.”.

This is part of an Asia-wide strategic factory and production growth, with a purification factory joint endeavor in China with Hua Lin Group– China’s biggest producer of Agarwood items – as well as strategic development in Thailand into wood chip production and incense production and prepared factories in the Middle East. These systems are not just being made use of by the group to broaden our market share, however is likewise being provided to smaller sized growers and farmers throughout Asia, to aid them in the growing and end processing of Agarwood into an important earnings. As providing systems and understanding, we are providing taken care of ‘purchase backs’ on items made solely from our systems.

Watts went on to state, “The Agarwood plantation market, as we understand, is big and is continuing to grow quickly. The customer market is growing and progressing at a fast rate, and customers are looking for items of regularly high quality with all the appropriate seals of purity, credibility and sustainability.

Watts concluded, “Our items now come specifically with their own individual accreditations– consisting of those from CITES– in addition to EU Product Approvals, Product Safety Data Sheets, IFRA, Certificate of Origin, FDA approval, MSDS analyses, and Shariah Compliant status. Our items, in certain our oils and wood chips, are likewise separately graded by specialists in the field at Thailand’s Prince of Songkla University. By tactically running and possessing cutting-edge, eco-friendly mega factories, sustained by our own plantations and other smaller sized growers, we are now able to provide completion items that the marketplace in fact requires, in regards to quality, rate and consistency.”.

The factory is open and functional for company, with brand-new assembly line being commissioned in the coming months. The visitor centre will certainly be opening in April 2015, together with a wholesale factory store and Agarwood item display screen library.

Asia Plantation Capital Granted Shariah Compliance by the IBFIM

Worldwide acknowledged in the Islamic world as a leader in this field, IBFIM is signed up and accredited by the Securities Commission of Malaysia to supply Shariah regulative structures and suggestions, and its regulative board is comprised from a few of the leading banks in Malaysia. IBFIM’s approval hence clears the method for Asia Plantation Capital’s items to be marketed and offered in Malaysia and the worldwide markets as Islamic items that fulfills all requirements as set out under the laws of Islam.

Asia Plantation Capital Berhad revealed the achievement of Shariah compliance approval for its items by the IBFIM, previously referred to as the Islamic Banking and Finance Institute Malaysia, the advisory body for Shariah compliance on all matters relating to Islamic banking in Malaysia.

“These visits into our Board-of-Directors and Global Scientific Board of advisers shows our ongoing belief that Malaysia is and will certainly remain to be an essential market for our company. These professionals in their particular fields will certainly contribute exceptionally to our company, research study and capability to run effectively in Malaysia. I am quite anticipating working carefully with them to attain more for our customers in Malaysia and worldwide,” included Mr. Watts.

Asia Plantation Capital are hosting a series of occasions beginning on the 21st February at The Address Hotel at the Dubai Shopping center to describe their sustainable Oudh plantations’ and display their Oud Oil and items. The Address Hotel is likewise the place where their retail partner Fragrance Du Bois likewise have a concession in the Casal & Co store.

Selected to the International Scientific Advisory Board is Partner Teacher Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun Hashim, FIBMS, and International Islamic University Malaysia. Asia Plantation Capital has actually signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the university to help in the Teacher’s research studies into using Agarwood, Oud Oil and particularly in the locations of cancer research study which are currently showing extremely effective.

Asia Plantation Capital’s continued strong development in Malaysia has actually likewise seen the consultation of Dr. Kodi Isparan Kandasamy, Elder Vice President (AgBiotech), Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation as a Non-Executive Board Director of Asia Plantation Capital Berhad. Simultaneous with this visit, Dr. Kodi has actually likewise been selected to Asia Plantation Capital’s Worldwide Scientific Board of advisers.

“As part of Asia Plantation Capital’s objective to regard regional culture and incorporate into the marketplaces we are running in, getting this approval for Shariah compliance of our items has actually been extremely important for us,” stated Mr. Steve Watts, CEO, Asia Plantation Capital, and Malaysia. “This offers our consumers right here in Malaysia and from around the Islamic world, self-confidence that they are not just buying a sound item, however the guarantee that it is socially accountable and completely in accordance with their beliefs. With a growing number of individuals in this area and the Middle East aiming to alternative and sustainable financial investments that they can rely on and be associated with, this is a strong statement of Asia Plantation Capital’s intent to fulfill their requirements and our dedication to being socially accountable in every market,” continued Mr. Watts.