INTRODUCTION

GHANA OIL PALM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED (GOPDC)

GOPDC is an integrated agro-industrial company specialized in the organic cultivation of oil palm, extraction of crude palm oil and palm kernel oil. GOPDC produces refined specialty oils for use by the food industry.

GOPDC was a state owned enterprise and was divested in 1995 with Siat Ghana Limited acquiring a majority stake in the new company. The Government of Ghana retained 20% of Shares in the company until December 2008.

GOPDC is currently owned by three institutional Shareholders: sa Siat nv of Belgium, SSNIT of Ghana and ATMF, with sa Siat nv holding the majority Shares.

Siat Ghana Limited has been liquidated. The Company now aims at being listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange.

  
 

GOPDC has about 21,000 hectares of oil palm plantations at its Kwae and Okumaning estates in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Of which, about 13,000 ha have been developed for about 7,000 outgrowers. In total, there are over 2,900,000 oil palm trees spread over a radius of 30 km, creating a direct or indirect income for above 50,000 people.

The processing facilities of the company comprise a 60 mt/h fresh fruit bunch palm oil mill, a 60 mt/day palm kernel mill and a 100 mt/day refinery and fractionation plant.

The company, employing 2,880 workers in the peak season, produces over 30,000 tons of palm oil and palm kernel oil per annum and has a storage capacity of about 21,000 tons both at Kwae and Tema (harbour).

The driving force behind the investments taking place at GOPDC is to create value for its produce. But any agro-industrial company is part of a community and cannot survive without social engagements. Therefore, GOPDC supports the communities it operates in, not only through the results from its business operations, but through investment in education, health and the environment which are essential factors in social development with the aim of improving living standards for the majority of the people. 

OUR VISION

Our vision is to assure that our business will be conducted in a more prosperous, safe and environmentally sustainable manner that will promote the wellbeing of our shareholders, employees, customers, community and the environment.