Aboitiz Group’s integrated agribusiness and food unit Pilmico Foods Corp. is now using the byproducts of rice husks as an alternative to bunker fuel in its feeds manufacturing plant.

In 2018, Pilmico started using a biomass boiler that utilized rice husks as an alternative to bunker fuel-fired unit for its feeds production process. The boiler generates steam to cook and sanitize the feeds by burning rice husks that are by-products of rice production sourced from partner rice mills.

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