SYNOPSIS

All the while waste handling and management is the hottest topic of discussion by the authority and public in general. It is also actually the main concern and focus by the industry players. Conventionally the palm oil millers particularly for those with plantation background (mills owned by big plantation company) with big hectare of plantation area have less challenges compared to those commercial mills which have limited hectare of plantation land (in fact only industrial land with zero plantation land). At the same time, they are not only aiming for surviving but expanding rapidly and aggressively with latest holistic engineering approach in order to be more technically and commercially sustainable. This is more prudent and crucial particularly dealing with waste(s) that generated in the form of compliances and sustainability.  
The curiosity from the industry is: what sort of secret weapon they have? What sort of advancement and matured technologies they have owned and deployed so far that can support them continuously to move on, to run the industry daily, monthly and yearly with almost full utilizing rate without having much issue of waste handling and management? The waste(s) highlighted here refer to solid, liquid, gaseous waste(s) respectively.
In fact, most of the waste(s) have become marketed value products with increasing demand as days go on. The products that sold will generate extra revenue to the company. The amount of revenue is in fact getting more and more substantial in terms of percentage for overall contribution. As everybody has aware and agreed, palm oil mills cannot sustain commercially if solely rely only on key products conventionally which mainly refer to crude palm oil (CPO) and Palm Kernel (PK). What sort of potential tertiary commercial-scale plants that can be set up in the palm oil mill complex? Any challenges, any limitation, any constraints when marketing these tertiary products?  What are the appropriate involvements and participations of the governing bodies, contractors and potential technology providers that can be brought in to boost this industry in cohesive strength?
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SPEAKER’S PROFILE

Ir. Hor Kok Luen (P.Eng, PEPC, MIEM, First Grade Competent Steam Engineer, ASEAN Engineer, APEC Engineer, and International Professional Engineer) graduated from University of Science Malaysia (USM) in 2001. He is holding the Bachelor of Degree (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering. He has more than 18 years of working experience in the palm oil mill & related downstream industries, inclusive of biogas power plant and biomass plant. He has vast experience in palm oil mill design, mill upgrading and mill troubleshooting as well as palm oil waste handling & management. As holding the qualification as Competent First Grade Steam Engineer (JKKP, Malaysia), currently he is performing his professional service by taking the responsibility and challenges (overall mill operation)  for a well-established palm oil group of company which owns  100 tons per hour capacity palm oil mills, plantations and subsidiary plants, which aggressively embark involving in palm oil mill processing, long fiber plant, short fiber plant, organic waste water treatment plant design & management ,biomass power plant, biogas capturing plant, CHP plant and of course green energy generation for grid connection (Feed in tariff) besides islanded unit for in-house consumption. The speaker is a corporate member of The Institutions of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) in Mechanical Discipline. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer with Practicing Certificate (PEPC) with the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM). His registration number is C116782. He is a qualified ASEAN Engineer (AE), APEC Engineer and International Professional Engineer MY_E_00573. Currently he is the Deputy Chairman of Agricultural & Food Engineering Technical Division (AFETD), IEM.