- CEO
- Martin Ignacio Paez Lorenzo
- Full Time Employees
- 339
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Agricultural commodities/Milling
- Address
- Makati City Philippines
- IPO Date
- Feb 11, 1987
- Business
- Central Azucarera de Tarlac, Inc. is a Philippines-based integrated agro-industrial corporation engaged in the manufacture, processing, and distribution of sugar, alcohol, and related by-products, as well as the provision of industrial property and utility services. Founded in 1927 and headquartered in Tarlac City, Philippines, the company operates as a subsidiary of CAT Resource & Asset Holdings, Inc. within the Luisita Agro-Industrial Complex. Central Azucarera de Tarlac, Inc. organizes its operations into two principal business segments: Sugar and By-Products, and Real Estate and Industrial Services. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of products and services, comprising raw cane sugar produced via industrial milling; refined white sugar processed in its integrated refinery; sugarcane molasses; ethanol and alcohol solutions including rectified spirits, absolute alcohol, and denatured alcohol for industrial, pharmaceutical, and beverage applications; premium aged craft spirits produced through its distillery operations under the Luisita Rum label; recovered industrial gases including liquid carbon dioxide; dried yeast for commercial feed and fermentation uses; industrial property leasing; and estate utility support including water distribution and wastewater treatment services. The company caters to a diverse client base of commercial food and beverage conglomerates, distilleries, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and institutional wholesalers across the Philippines, sourcing sugarcane throughout Central and Northern Luzon, including Tarlac, Pampanga, Bataan, Pangasinan, and Nueva Ecija. In recent operational developments, Central Azucarera de Tarlac, Inc. expanded its annual sugarcane milling throughput to over 509,000 metric tons, enhanced refinery capacity utilization and processing efficiency across its 50-hectare industrial complex, optimized commercial distribution for its specialty distillery lines, and executed major capital management initiatives, including the approval and distribution of substantial regular and special cash dividends to shareholders alongside continued investments in plant modernization and industrial sustainability programs.