SMO Unveils Expansion Plan and CPKO Plant to Create New S-Curve

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SMO, or Samo Thong Group Public Company Limited, led by Mr. Kittipong Puangmala, Chief Executive Officer, along with APM executives, revealed its business plan to investors in Chiang Mai Province. The company reported total revenue of 3,518.55 million baht in the second quarter of 2026, an increase of 2.48% from the same period last year, and a net profit of 29.56 million baht. Meanwhile, the company increased production capacity at its Phanom branch from 75 tons to 150 tons of fresh palm fruit per hour, and its subsidiary, A.L. Palm Company Limited, from 60 tons to 75 tons per hour. This brings the group's total installed capacity up by 35.29% to 345 tons per hour from the previous 255 tons. Additionally, the company is investing in a palm kernel oil (CPKO) plant project with a capacity of 300 tons per day, and an Evaporator–Green Project for wastewater evaporation with a capacity of 400 cubic meters per day at the Phanom branch in Surat Thani Province, to create a New S-Curve and further develop the palm industry chain. It is expected that when the projects are fully operational, they will generate additional revenue of more than 1,000 million baht per year, catering to demand in the animal feed, oleochemical, food, cosmetics, and other industries.

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Subsidiary A.L. Palm increases production capacity from 60 to 75 tons per hour, part of group expansion.