Thailand: RPC holds Grand Opening of Pure Bio-Diesel Plant

Rayong Purifier Public Company Limited (“the Company”) is very pleased to inform that Pure Bio-Diesel Company Limited (“PBC”), the 99.99% subsidiary of the Company, had held an official Grand Opening for its Bio Diesel Plant on June 12, 2009 after commercial trial run since January. The plant is located on 10 Rai of land in Tambon MapTaPhut, Rayong Province with an investment of 500 million Baht.The production capacity is 300,000 liters per day or 100,000 tons per year. The bio diesel (B100) will be blended with diesel oil to make biodiesel as per government policy. With this Pure Bio Diesel plant, the Company will benefit from integrated value chain jn diesel business. Raw material for this Pure Bio Diesel Plant mainly are domestic crude palm oil which helps increasing income to many Thai palm farmers. This plant uses advanced technology with international standard processes. The Product Quality meets all government specifications. This year Pure Bio Diesel Co., Ltd. plans to utilize more than 60 percent of its capacity and will increase in following years. The revenue from PBC will be consolidated into the Company and will increase overall profit of the Company. (June 24, 2009)