{"id":8088,"date":"2020-03-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rgei-2.hellopomelo.space\/uncategorized\/asia-pacific-rayon-inaugurated-by-president-joko-widodo\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T11:54:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T03:54:01","slug":"asia-pacific-rayon-inaugurated-by-president-joko-widodo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rgei-2.hellopomelo.space\/id\/corporate\/asia-pacific-rayon-inaugurated-by-president-joko-widodo\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Pacific Rayon Inaugurated by President Joko Widodo"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Joko Widodo inaugurated Indonesia’s largest integrated viscose rayon production facility<\/a> Asia Pacific Rayon (APR), boosting Indonesia\u2019s textile sector, economy and the government\u2019s \u201cMaking Indonesia 4.0\u201d industrial roadmap.<\/p>\n

Held on 21 Feb 2020, the historic occasion in Pangkalan Kerinci saw the esteemed President sign a plaque, in addition to performing a symbolic sealing and flagging off an export container carrying 10,190 tonnes of viscose rayon fibre for shipment to Turkey – one of many markets that include 14 other countries with key textile centres, such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Brazil, and various parts of Europe.<\/p>\n

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President Joko Widodo<\/a> walks the premises of Asia Pacific Rayon (APR), accompanied by RGE Founder and Chairman Sukanto Tanoto and RGE Director Anderson Tanoto. Image source from the President’s Instagram channel<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

APR\u2019s inauguration ceremony was also graced by the Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, Minister of Trade Agus Suparmanto, Governor of Riau Syamsuar, RGE Founder and Chairman Sukanto Tanoto<\/a>, and RGE Director Anderson Tanoto<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A Nation’s Boost: Indonesia’s Largest Integrated Viscose Producer\u00a0<\/h2>\n

An investment worth IDR 15 trillion (USD 1.1 billion), Asia Pacific Rayon\u2019s facility is co-located with pulp and paper producer APRIL Group\u2019s operations in Pangkalan Kerinci<\/a>, Riau, Sumatra. This allows APRIL\u2019s renewable plantation pulp to directly feed APR\u2019s viscose rayon production.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the inauguration, President Widodo welcomed APR\u2019s investment in the development of the national textile industry. He said the role of the private sector was influential in driving economic growth, alongside the stimulus provided by the Government, adding that “our garment industry should be greater than Vietnam. We already have our own raw materials here, such as viscose rayon, to support the industry.”<\/p>\n

APR’s inauguration presents an opportunity for value-added products like viscose rayon to be created in Indonesia. This will help reduce the nation\u2019s dependence on textile raw material imports. The first viscose rayon manufacturer in Indonesia to receive STeP certification from OEKO-TEX\u00ae<\/a>, APR is estimated to generate foreign exchange revenues exceeding IDR 1.77 trillion (USD 130 million) annually, while reducing dependence on imported raw materials by about IDR 2.01 trillion (USD 149 million) annually.<\/p>\n

Flying the #EverythingIndonesia<\/a> banner, APR\u2019s made-in-Indonesia viscose production will also provide a biodegradable alternative<\/a> to the resource-intensive, wasteful and waste-generating fast fashion model. Minister for Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said, “By optimising the availability and use of raw materials originating from Indonesia, we can boost the performance of our textile sector. This is just one of several steps we are taking to continue to improve the performance and competitiveness of the labour-intensive industry.”<\/p>\n