- Business
- Lam Soon (Thailand) Public Company Limited manufactures and distributes palm oil products and related consumer goods in Thailand. The company produces cooking oils including palm, sunflower, canola, olive, soybean, corn, rice bran, coconut and blended varieties; margarine; shortening; specialty vegetable fats; bakery ingredients such as cocoa powder, chocolate compounds, pastry, flour, organic rice and salted or unsalted butter blends; canned, pouched or jarred tropical fruits and vegetables; frozen fruits and vegetables; fruit juices; canned coffee; beverages; wheat-based pasta including spaghetti, macaroni, fusilli and penne; seasonings; sauces; and household care products, marketed under brands such as Naturel, Zest Gold, Butter Cream, Pop Brand, Golden Leaf, Zest, Golden Jade, Moonlight and Yok Vegetable Oil. It operates a crushing mill with 45 tonnes per hour capacity in Trang province, a refinery with 700 tonnes per day capacity in Bangpoo Industrial Estate, and engages in oil palm plantations, crude palm oil and kernel oil processing, forest reserve land concessions and biogas electricity generation. Lam Soon (Thailand), founded in 1974 and listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in 1996, holds a 69.9% stake in United Palm Oil Industry Public Company Limited for plantations and milling, 98.76% in Universal Food Public Company Limited acquired in 2004 for processed foods under the UFC brand with factories in Lampang and Nakhon Pathom, and 97% indirect ownership via UFC in Union Frost Company Limited for frozen produce; headquarters are located at 64 Soi Bangna-Trad 25, Bangna, Bangkok. Recent developments include a 3.7% sales revenue increase to 8.0 billion baht in 2024, dividend approval for the 2024 fiscal year payable in April 2025, registration with Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization for a wastewater biogas project, and sustained operational focus amid stable financial reporting for quarters through June 2025.