- Business
- PT Citra Borneo Utama Tbk (CBUT) engages in downstream palm oil processing, including refining, fractionation, kernel crushing, and trading of palm oil derivatives in Indonesia and internationally. The company produces refined bleached deodorized palm oil (RBDPO), refined bleached deodorized palm olein, refined bleached deodorized palm stearin, palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD), crude palm kernel oil (CPKO), and palm kernel expeller (PKE); its refinery in Tempenek, Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, operates at a capacity of 2,500 metric tons per day since 2018, with integrated fractionation and kernel-crushing facilities. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Kumai, Kotawaringin Barat, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, PT Citra Borneo Utama Tbk operates as a subsidiary of PT Citra Borneo Indah. In late 2023, its parent company PT Citra Borneo Indah executed a debt-to-equity swap with PT Sawit Sumbermas Sarana Tbk, transferring 1.64 billion CBUT shares representing 52.62% ownership, resulting in Sawit Sumbermas becoming the controlling shareholder and enabling direct processing of its crude palm oil through CBUT's facilities.