KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- A national seminar devoted to theutilisation of oil palm trunk will be held from Dec 15-17 here.

Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) said in a statement the seminar woulddiscuss issues on the successful development of several commercialproducts made from oil palm biomass.

The theme of the seminar is "Development of Oil Palm Biomass Industry" andis organised by the National Oil Palm Tree Utilisation Committee and willfeature speakers from both the private and R&D sectors.

The aim of the seminar is to give an update on the current products andtechnologies available and to disucss issues and problems related to thecommercialisation and manufacturing of oil palm biomass.

The seminar, which is expected to attract about 300 participants, will beofficated by the Minister of Primary Industries Datuk Seri Dr Lim KengYaik.

-- BERNAMA