Dialog to build and operate malic acid plant

PETALING JAYA: Dialog Group Bhd, via its indirect subsidiary Dialog Malic Acid Sdn Bhd, will build, own and operate a specialty chemical plant producing malic acid in Gebeng, Kuantan, Pahang.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, Dialog said the plant will be situated within the Integrated Chemical Site operated by BASF PETRONAS Chemicals Sdn Bhd.

“Dialog will undertake the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of the malic acid plant with a production capacity of about 12,000 tonnes per annum and an investment value of about US$80mil (RM375mil).”