Oil palm mats

Wednesday, 03 May, 2023 07:36:46 PM

Oil palm mats

Ecomat is a highly refined eco-friendly product that is fully biodegradable. This high tech organic fibres(ecomat) is made from 100% oil palm residues or empty fruit bunches(efb).

Ecomat has been developed and refined to provide optimal porosity. This allows water uptake and moisture to be retained by the soil. These properties allow the roots to remain at a cooler temperature even in a hot weather.

The benefits of ecomat
1. To control weeds effectively Once applied, it will last for About 12 months before decompose. Saving in chemicals, labours and Equipments.

2. To retain soil moistures -advantage in hostile environments E. G hot, arid or sandy conditions. The best solution for desert area!

3. Protects plants from infestation -ecomat prevents beetles attack in Oil palm estate.

4. To prevent soil erosion Especially in a steep and poor soil Structure.

5. More efficient utilization of Fertilizers -losses of fertilizer due to heavy Rain or water 'run-off' are Minimised. Hence -optimal absorption for plants.

6. Provides soil nutrients(npk) -as an organic fertilizer.(0.75% N,2.03% p,2.03%mg).

7. Less labour intensive -due to less weeds and pests.

8. User-friendly -its compact(1mx1mx2cm), light(3.4kg) Flexible and easy to handle.

Ecomat is made from 100% palm fibre and is designed to assist plant growth in places where plant growth is extremely difficult due to bad soil conditions or lack of moisture.

Ecomat helps with the following: -
- moisture retention to assist plant growth during prolonged dry seasons
- reduction in the use of chemicals - eg weeds and insecticides.
- reduction on fertiliser - more efficient use of fertilise. Fertiliser concentration on mats and gradual release into soil improves optimal absorption for plants.
- prevent soil erosion on hill slopes by enabling plants to growth from Ecomat down to soil.

Ecomat is available in square form or in rolls for large area coverage such as hill slopes.

From our extensive tests, the Ecomat has been successful in preventing soil erosion in Malaysia, China and Australia.

Products:

1. Ecomat Size:3ft l x 3ft w x3/4in t (compact fibres like a mat). Weight:3.3kg/pcs. Packaging: Sell by pcs or mt (1mt=300pcs).
Usage: Best for all bigger Plants(above 3 ft) Which needs individual Attention, e. G; oil Palm, rubber, coconut, Cocoa, fruits trees -also as a prevention From soil erosion In steepland.
Users: Farmers, home, office and Hotels compound, Landscaping, golf course, Highways etc.

2. Ecofibre Size: Loose fibres
Packaging: Sell by mt
Usage: Best for small plants, Vegetables and flowers Which planted closer to Each other -also to be used as raw Material in eco-friendly Related products.
Users: Vegetables farmers, home, Horticulturist, nursury, Landscaping, city Council

3. Ecoliner Size:1 ft in diameter (round shape), flexible to Fix in any pot, vase or Container. Packaging: Sell by pieces or mt
Usage: Suitable for various Potted plants, nice for Hanging too.
Users: Flowers enthusiast, Indoors and outdoors.

Oil palm mats for Beijing Olympics
By STEPHEN THEN from The Star Online 2008

MIRI: Eco-friendly mats developed from discarded oil palm bunches will be used at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
China wants to use the mat, known as ecomat, to beautify and landscape Beijing for the Olympics.
“The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) and Ecofuture Bhd, the inventors of ecomat, are all excited about this prospect, as this is a golden opportunity for Malaysia to showcase our eco-friendly palm oil product to a global audience,” said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui.
ECOFUTURE BHD is an environmental conservation and technology based company which optimizes oil palm biomass such as empty fruit bunches (EFB) sourced from the Group’s milling operations. EFBs are then processed and recycled into value-added biodegradable products such as ECOFIBRE™, ECOMAT® and ECOPAK®... http://www.ecofuture.com.my/
He said Malaysia had earlier successfully created the ecomat from oil palm fruit waste capable of stopping desert sand from eating into fertile agriculture land in China.

Impressed with this product, China now wants to use the ecomat for environment protection, landscaping and beautification projects all over Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games.
“Ecomat is a product made in Malaysia by MPOB in joint venture with Ecofuture Bhd, a KL-based firm,” Chin said.
“Over the past four years, ecomat has undergone stringent testing in China. The Beijing Forestry Commission (BFC) used it in an experiment to retard the spread of desert sand.
“Extensive experiments were conducted in four desert regions surrounding Beijing and it was found that ecomat successfully stopped desert sand from eating into agriculture land. The ecomat has a special ability to retain moisture and protect the soil structure.
Chin, who is Miri MP, said the raw product for the ecomat was sourced from plantations in the peninsula.
“China is very excited about this product and wants to buy ecomat from us in bulk because it wants to protect its vast agriculture land from the desert,” said Chin, who visited Beijing and Shanghai last week to meet BFC officials.
“China has a vast expense of desert land and it is worried that because of fast penetration of desert sand into fertile farmland. It found ecomat to be very useful in halting this desert invasion.”
Chin said Malaysia had agreed to make BFC the sole distributor of ecomat in China.
There are plans to market the product to the Middle East and North Africa.
Chin said another Malaysian company, BioSweet Sdn Bhd, inked a deal with China National Offshore Oil Company (China’s third largest oil firm) to produce methyl-ester for making biodiesel in China.
A plant costing US$60mil (RM219.4mil) was to be set up in China to produce this green fuel using Malaysian palm oil, he said, adding that Malaysia would export more than 300,000 tonnes of palm oil to this plant annually.