Japfa Comfeed boost poultry business after disposing So Good

JAKARTA: PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk will boost poultry business following the sale of a unit, PT So Good Food, Kontan reported, quoting the Senior Vice President and Deputy Head of Corporate Finance Putut Djagiri.Japfa Comfeed disposed So Good Food, a frozen food manufacturer, to Malvolia Pte Ltd for US$100 million last May. The company will use the proceeds to add its capital expenditure.Japfa Comfeed finances its capital expenditure from bank loans and internal cash. It plans to build two poultry factories in Central Java worth IDR250 billion each, both scheduled to operate this year. The company targets to boost its production capacity by 15%.The capital expenditure will be used to finance other plans, including adding its egg incubators and increasing the henhouse capacity. Japfa Confeed also sets to strengthen its farm commercial up to 200 million chickens per year. (NOM)