Carl Bek-Nielsen

United Plantations Berhad is engaged in the cultivation of oil palm and other plantation crops, including processing of their products. The Company operates in three segments: Plantations, Palm Oil Refining and Other Segments. The plantations segment carries on the business of oil palm and coconut cultivation and processing on its plantations in Peninsular Malaysia and Kalimantan, Indonesia. Under this segment, there is also a Research Centre providing improved planting material for its estates, as well as for the Malaysian agricultural sector in general. The palm oil refining segment in the business of palm oil processing, manufacturing of edible oils, fats, cocoa butter substitute and trading in crude palm oil and palm oil products. The other segments consists of bulking facilities, which carry on the business of handling and storage of vegetable oils and molasses and holding companies for subsidiaries in Indonesia, which are involved in marketing and trading of its products.