Absolut Distillers Inc

In late 1980s, in a parcel of land situated in Brgy. Malaruhatan, in the town of Lian, Batangas, a small distillery was established in the midst of vast sugarcane fields and bordered in the north by the river of Lian. Antonio Tee Ten founded the distillery known as Century Distillery Corporation and was incorporated in 1987. It was in 1990 that Century Distillery Corporation became Absolut Chemicals Incorporated (ACI), and on that same year, became part of the Lucio Tan Group of Companies (LTGC). Following its inception, the ensuing years seemed better for Absolut. In 1992 and 1996, it acquired additional boilers from different plants to augment its production capability. Beside from the boilers, the first high density polyethylene lined lagoons in the alcohol industry were installed and put into operation in 1997. But behind these new additions one cannot mask the scene within its distillery operation; the prevailing condition of its distilling columns and most of its plant equip...