Philippine International Dev., Inc.

The companys primary activity is in the processing and export of coconut products. Its export products consist of
crude coconut oil, refined bleached deodorized (rbd) coconut oil, cochin coconut oil and copra expeller cake.
In the period from 1998-2003, the company operated a Mazzoni continuous saponification plant using neutral oils as
raw material. In 2007 the oleo chemical plant became operational producing fatty acid derived soap noodle, different
cuts of fatty acids and refined glycerine. Locally, it markets it Washington brand of cooking oil, Datu laundry bars
and Viva detergent bars. The local sales comprises a very small portion of its total sales. Aside from its
manufacturing activities, it leases out commercial as well as warehouse spaces. Its export revenue for 2007 was
about $ 30 million.
The company was formed in 1959 and took over the physical faciliies of the then exisiting Wee Kun Coprax Industry
and Co., Inc. It is an all-Filipino owned corporation and has no ties with any foreign-owned companies.
Washington edible oil, Datu laundry bar and Viva detergent bars are registered products of the company. Its
copra crushing is rated at 375 metric tons per day. Its physical refinery is rated at 250 metric tons per day. Soap
making facilities are rated at about 100 metric tons per day. The fat splitting capacity
is 125 mt per day.

Services
Production Process and Capacities
1. Production Activities
For coconut oil and copra expeller cake copra, the dried coconut meat is physically
reduced in size and fed to cracking and flaking rollers which further reduces the size
of the copra particle and open up the oil bearing fibers. It is then heated up to about
90 deg. Centrigrade in a steam rotary dryer and then fed to expellers which
mechanically extracts the oil. The crude coconut oal emanating from the expellers is
pumped into a filter press where solid particles and impurities are filtered out. The
clear crude coconut oil is then pumped into storage tanks. The copra expeller cake
coming out of the expellers is cooled down to about 35 deg. Centrigrade in a vertical
cake cooler and conveyed to the copra cake storage warehouse. (see flow sheet)

For refined/cochin coconut oil crude coconut oil from the storage tanks is initially
degummed using citric acid and then dosed with a mixture of activated bleaching clay
and activated carbon. The mixture is heated up to about 100 deg. Centigrade and
filtered by means of pressure leaf filters. The filtered oil is further heated to about 250
deg. Centigrade and fed to the stripping column where the fatty acid is removed and
the oil is deodorized. The processed oil is then cooled down to about 50 deg.
Centrigrade, filtered by means of bag polishing filters and pumped to storage.

For fatty acids neutral oils such as coconut oil or palm oil is fed under pressure into
a fat splitter and under temperatures exceeding 250 deg. C split into fatty acids and
crude glycerine. The fatty acid stream is fed into fractionation and distillation columns

were different fatty acid cuts are derived. The crude glycerine is concentrated, treated and then distilled into refined
glycerine.

For soap noodle different fractions of fatty acids depending on market requirements are combined and reacted with
caustic soda to form liquid soap. This is then spray dried and extruded into soap noodle.

2. Machinery and Equipment

Oil Mill

3 units hammer mills

2 units cracking and flaking roll mills
2 units steam rotary dryers
15 units expellers
2 units pressureleaf filters
Oil Refinery
1 unit degumming tank
1 unit bleaching tank
3 units pressure leaf filters
1 unit stripping column / deodorizer
5 ufits of heat exchangers
1 unit thermal heater
Oleo Chemical Plant
1 unit hydrolyzer (fat splitting column)
1 unit light ends fractionation column
1 unit C12-14 fractionation column
1 unit C16-C18 distillation column
1 unit glycerine distillation column
1 unit high pressure reboiler
2 units of thermal oil heaters
2 units treatment tanks for sweet water
2 units plate and frame filters
Soap Noodle Plant
1 unit multi-headed proportioning pump
1 unit turbo mixer
1 unit reactor
1 unit spray dryer
1 unit soap noodle silo

3. Support Facilities

Sub-Contractors - NONE
Warehouses
1 unit copra warehouse 6000 sq.m.
1 unit copra expeller warehouse 1200 sq.m.
1 unit warehouse 1500 sq.m.
1 unit warehouse 3500 sq.m.
2 units steel storage tank of 2600 mt each
1 unit steel storage tank 1500 mt
1 unit steel storage tank 2500 mt
1 unit steel storage tank 2000 mt
1 unit steel storage tank 500 mt
2 units stainless storage tank 1000 mt
1 unit stainless storage tank 2700 mt
Power

Power is presently drawn from the NPC Mindanao grid thru the local cooperative. Monthly average
consumption is about 400,000 kw-hr. The company has standby generators with total capacity of about 4.5
MW.
Pier with 12.0 m draft and 86 m berth length capable to take in 40-50,000 mt DWT ocean going vessels.
Plant site 4 hectares located within the city proper along the seashore zoned for heavy industries.
The company employs about 100 regular workers. It operates its oil mill on 3 shifts of 8 hours each/day.
Raw Material Consumption
Copra
Activated bleaching clay
Activated carbon

History and Status of Operation

Operational since founding. At times when copra supply is low, operations would be curtailed. Normally it would
operate on an average 25 days a month, 12 months a year. Non-operation time is used for services and
maintenance of machinery.

Products
1. Coconut based products:
crude coconut oil
cochin coconut oil
refined, bleached, deodorized coconut oil
low color, low acid coconut oil
coconut fatty acid distillate
copra expeller cake
2. Distilled and fractionated fatty acids
3. Refined glycerine
4. Soap products:

soap base (soap noodles or soap chips) of varying oil blends

crude glycerin
Coconut based products are normally traded under rules set by NIOP (National Institute of Oilseeds Products
www.oilseed.org) or FOSFA International (Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats Association Ltd. www.fosfa.org).
Copra expeller cake is normally traded under GAFTA (Grain & Feed Trade Association www.gafta.com) rules.

Specifications of the products follow those set by the trading rules of the respective organizations.
Typically, the specifications set are as follows: (As per NIOP rules)

Coconut Oil-Crude
FFA (as lauric) (at time of shipment)

4% maximum

FFA (as lauric) (at time of shipment on FOB., Or at time of arrival

3% basis
on CIF)
M&I (at time of shipment) (combined)

1% maximum

M&I (at time of arrival CIF) (combined)

1% basic

Color (at time of shipment) (AOCS Method CC 13b-45)

100 Yellow, 15 Red

Maximum

Iodine Value

10 maximum

Cochin Type Coconut Oil

FFA (at time of shipment)

0.1% maximum

Color (at time of shipment) (AOCS Method CC 13b-45)

10 Yellow, 1 Red Maximum

M&I (combined)

NIL

RDB Coconut Oil (Company own specifications)

FFA (at time of shipment)

0.1% maximum

Color (at time of shipment) (AOCS Method CC 13b-45)

10 Yellow, 1 Red Maximum

M&I (combined)

NIL

Low Color, low acid coconut oil (Company own specifications)

FFA (at time of shipment)
1.5% to 2.0%
Color (at time of shipment)

5 Red, 40 Yellow maximum

M&I (combined)

1% maximum

Iodine Value

10 maximum

Saponification Value

about 250

Specifications may be changed to fit requirements of the customer

Coconut Fatty Acid Distillate (Company own specifications)

FFA (as lauric)

70% minimum

M&I (combined)

2% maximum

Saponification Value

about 250

Iodine Value

10 maximum

Copra Expeller Cake (Company own specifications)

Residual Oil Content

about 8%

Moisture

12% maximum

Ash content

2% maximum

Protein

about 18%

Distilled and Fractionated Fatty Acids

Distilled Fatty

Fractionated Fatty Acids

Acids
Code
Description

C8-18

CB12- C8-C10 Type C8-C10 Type C8-C10 Type

18
1
2
3

C12-C14

Coconu Coconu Caprylic/Capri Caprylic/Capri Caprylic/Capri Lauric/Myristi

t
t
c Blend
c Blend
c Blend
c Blend

Titre
Degree
Celsius

22-26

23-30

1-5

1-5

1-3

32-36

Unsap.
Matters

1.0

1.0

0 .5

1.0

1.0

1.0

Iodine
Value

7-12

6-15

max 0,5

max 1

max 1

max 1

Acid Value

261275

250260

354-365

355-367

360-373

267-275

Sap Value

261- 250276 261

354-366

355-368

360-374

267-276

0.5R 5Y

1.0R 10Y

0.5R 5Y

0.5R 2Y

Colour max
1.5R
Lovibond 5
1R 10Y
15Y
1/4"
Fatty Acid
Compositio
n%
C6

max 0,
5

0.5

C8

4-8

53-63

53-63

68-74

C10

5-10

<=1

35-45

35-45

26-32

max 2

C12

45-54

46-58

70-78

C14

15-21

18-24

22-28

C16

5-13

7-12

max 2

C18

max 4

2-6

C18-1

4-12

6-11

C18-2

max 3

1-3

Soap Noodle (soap base or soap chips) is normally made out of an oil/fat blend composed of refined, bleached
and deodorized (RBD) coconut oil and bleached, deodorized all beef tallow. Normally tallow composition could range
from 90% to 50% and correspondingly coconut oil composition could range from 10% to 50% of the fat blend. Other
combinations of fats and oils such as coconut and palm may also be used. Typically the specifications of the soap
base (soap noodles or soap chips) are as follows:

Free Alkali

nil (superfatted wtih RBD Coconut Oil)

Moisture

11.5% maximum

Glycerol

about 1%

Salt (NaCl)

about 0.7%

Total Fatty Matters

about 80%

Packing

in 25 kilos woven

Laminated plastic sacks preservatives

present

Specifications may be custom fitted to the requirements of the customer

Crude Glycerin derived from the purification and boiling of sweet water from the splitting of coconut oil. Nominally
concentrated to about 80%.