Sime Darby Plantation in for better 2023

The plantation giant is optimistic its overall production would improve next year, supported by the arrival of more foreign workers, as well as the group’s ongoing efforts to digitalise, mechanise and automate operations to increase productivity, particularly in Malaysia.

PETALING JAYA: Sime Darby Plantation Bhd expects its fresh fruit bunch (FFB) production to be lower in 2022 than in the previous year due to the slow inflow of foreign workers into Malaysia.

However, the plantation giant is optimistic that its overall production would improve next year, supported by the arrival of more foreign workers, as well as the group’s ongoing efforts to digitalise, mechanise and automate operations to increase productivity, particularly in the country.