Indonesia goes for eco-friendly technologies

The Plastics & Rubber Indonesia, held at the Jakarta International Expo, Kemayoran on November 16-19, 2016, is Indonesia’s premier exhibition on plastics and rubber machinery, processing and materials, and manufacturing solutions. The event incorporated dedicated concurrent showcases on DrinkTech Indonesia, PlasPak Indonesia and Mould & Die Indonesia.

The exhibition was opened by the Director of Downstream Chemical Industry, the Ministry of Industry, Mr Teddy Sianturi. He conveyed his hope for the exhibition to increase the transaction and transfer of technologies between exhibitors and visitors across different countries. In particular, he cited the importance of advanced technologies that focus on environment-friendly and efficient production processes which can be applied by companies processing rubber and plastics products operating in Indonesia.  

The huge potential of the Indonesian packaging industry was stressed by Executive Director of the Indonesian Packaging Federation, Mr Henky Wibawa, who commented that the packaging industry in Indonesia is on its growth trajectory with about 60% of packaging applications on plastics. "Investing on packaging technology in Indonesia poses many opportunities, taking into consideration the vast market size." he said. "Currently, the consumption of plastics in Indonesia remains small when compared to other countries in Southeast Asia. Total consumption of plastics in Indonesia amounted to only 17 kilograms per capita, while Malaysia has reached 40 kilograms per capita. In that regards, there are a lot more scope for developments. Hence, the opportunities for growth are massive." he added.

Mr. Henky Wibawa, Executive Director, Indonesian Packaging Federation

Chairman of the Association of Indonesia Bottled Water Company, Mr Rachmat Hidayat said that the growth of the plastics industry is closely related to the food and beverage industry.

Plastics & Rubber Indonesia 2016, attracted 616 exhibiting companies from 30 countries/regions with 8 group pavilions from China, Germany, India, Italy, Korea, Singapore, Switzerland and Taiwan. In total, 12,244 visitors attended the event over 4 days.   

EXHIBITORS' FEEDBACK

Mr. Kamal Djemil

Automation & Inspection Systems Sales Manager

SACMI

Website: www.sacmi.it

Indonesia's growing packaging sector has attracted leading players like Sacmi, whose innovations have been serving the country's food and beverage packaging sector.   SACMI's presence at Plastics & Rubber Indonesia 2016 reflects the company's confidence in the Indonesian market whose growing packaging sector presents many opportunities.  Sacmi's productions lines have been well-received in Indonesia, according to Mr. Kamal Djemil, Automation & Inspection Systems Sales Manager. "Sacmi's strength lies in the  application of innovative technology meeting the needs of our customers that's why the company has a  well-established position not only in Asia but in many other countries."  

Sacmi offers  customers with both customized  machines and complete "turn-key" plants, and this covers a whole range of  packaging solutions covering everything from preform, container and cap to stretch-blowing, filling, labelling, packaging and finished product handling. "We are very optimistic of the Indonesian market and intend to further explore this market with our latest products, especially for the production of ceramics," Mr. Djemil added.   

Mr. Eko Wiji Novianto

Representative – New Machine Sales

PT Krones Machinery Indonesia

Website: www.krones.com

Krones AG offers complete factories and machine lines, as it serves as a one-stop shop undertaking planning , development and manufacturing of machines and complete lines for the fields of process, filling and packaging technology.  According to Mr. Eko Wiji Novianto, Representative of the Marketing Department of Krones Indonesia, Krones AG has a subsidiary in Indonesia. “We can offer complete sales support and technical services here in Indonesia. And as Krones has been well-known for its production machineries, the packaging systems for beverage that we are promoting here at the show cover from upstream to downstream  -  from bottling labelling to capping,” Mr. Novianto explained.

It is not the first time for Krones to exhibit at the Plastics and Rubber Indonesia and previous editions were interesting in terms of visitors’ response. Mr. Novianto expects demand for Krones products to grow given the recovery of the Indonesian market for packaging technologies. “In terms of growth for 2016, the fundamentals were uncertain in the first semester. But demand started to recover in the second semester and we expect higher demand for 2017; we expected 2017 to be better than in 2016 especially with the tax amnesty granted by the Indonesian government to encourage companies to start investing,” Mr. Novianto added.   

Mr. Patrice Papin

Area Sales Manager

Serac Asia Sdn Bhd

Website: www.serac-group.com

Serac is a French company offering machinery for packaging manufacturing, filling, capping, as well as turnkey lines. Mr. Patrice Papin, Area Sales Manager, is in charge of the ASEAN countries. “We can customize the machine for the customer based on specific requirements. At this exhibition, we promote our filling machine for milk and dairy products; and we also have our blowing machine and the other machines for the packaging industry given that the Indonesian packaging sector is a fast-growing market,” Mr. Papin said.

Aside from participating in Plastics and Rubber Indonesia, Serac has been actively exhibiting at major Asian trade shows, seeing that Asia remains a major market for packaging machinery. Serac has over 40 years of experience in machine manufacturing for bottle filling with liquid products and has more recently acquired expertise in food product filling in preformed cups   

Mr. Fabrizio Cottafava

Key Account Manager

R. Bardi s.r.l.

Website: www.r-bardi.com

R. Bardi is an Italian company specializing in packaging equipment for water in large bottles or containers – especially known in Indonesia as 5 gallon lines. “The company’s experience in  Indonesia goes way back in 2002 and we have installed 35 lines with aqua lines accounting for about 56% to 60%  while the remaining 40% are for private labels,” according to Mr. Fabrizio Cottafava, Key Account Manager of R.Bardi.

The positive response of visitors to R.Bardi’s products has encouraged the company to continuously participate in the Plastics and Rubber Indonesia. “We are very happy with the response as this event is an opportunity to reinforce our image or brand in the market and develop new potential market,” Mr. Cottafava explained. R.Bardi is also very much active in the Middle East and Russian markets, as well as in the European market. “Europe is a bit flat, but all other Asian countries are working progress. In Indonesia, we have a strong presence because we have the product that Indonesian beverage manufacturers are looking for. Five-gallon containers production is more profitable size and customers looking for efficient equipment to increase quality, hygiene and decrease significantly the cost of production can find them in R.Bardi products,” Mr. Cottafava added.   

Mr. Andreas Peretto

Sales Manager & Process Engineer

AMUT Group

Website: www.amutgroup.com

Amut Group supplies complete lines in six sectors - Extrusion, Thermoforming, Packaging Film, Recycling, Flexo Printing and Converting. “In this tradeshow, we exhibited our thermoforming lines for the production of cups and containers, and we are also demonstrating stretch casting technology based on the developments we showed at the K 2016 fair. That was a big issue now and we hope that the response in stretch film will be good in Indonesia, too. In Indonesia, demand for our thermoforming lines have been high, but for stretch casting technology, the demand for this line is bigger in Malaysia,” Sales Manager & Process Engineer, Mr. Andreas Peretto, said.

Caps and containers production lines from Amut are also in high demand in Indonesia.  Mr. Peretto explained further that Amut already opened a service center in 2015. It currently has a sales office in Jakarta and a service center in Surabaya so it is now well covered in Indonesia.    

Mr. David Chan

Managing Director-Asean Region

ARBURG Pte Ltd

Website:  www.arburg.com.sg

The Golden Electric series injection molding machines take center stage at Arburg’s exhibit. The Allrounder 470 E Golden Electric with a clamping force of 1,000 kN and a size 290 injection unit was demonstrated producing small parts boxes from PP. The cycle time is around twelve seconds and the molded part weighs 33.5 grams. A vertically-operating Multilift Select robotic system performs part handling.

"The Golden Electric series is ideal for the Indonesian market as this is designed to meet customer demand with regard to high-performance entry-level machines for the precise, production-efficient manufacture of complex molded parts," according to Mr. David Chan, Managing Director of the Arburg subsidiary in Singapore and responsible for the entire ASEAN region.  The Golden Electric series was launched in various major trade exhibitions in 2016 and in November, it was introduced via the Plastics and Rubber Indonesia.  “There is big demand for this kind of machine as in Indonesia only 50% are electric and the rest are hydraulic – demand is going up because of the energy saving target of manufacturers,” Mr. Chan explained.   

Ms. Sri Megawati

Marketing Communications Executive

Enviplast

Website: www.enviplast.co.id

ENVIPLAST® offers solutions to growing concerns to protect the environment due to the fact that its products has a sustainable lifecycle, from the bio-based raw materials, low cost process and production, to no necessity for end of life processing facilities, and finally back to nature in the form of CO2, H2O and biomass. According to Ms. Sri Megawati, Marketing Communications Executive, “ENVIPLAST bags are not plastic bags, even though it has the feel and look of plastics, and its manufacturing process are similar to conventional plastic bags.” As Ms. Megawati pointed out ENVIPLAST bags are biodegradable and can "disappear" with the help of macro- and micro-organism under natural condition, and can go to landfill directly. In contract, other available bioplastics can only biodegrade under industrial composting conditions and will not decompose when discarded into nature or buried into landfill.

The company’s factory is located in  Tangerang, about 45km from Jakarta. The factory has a total area of 50,000 sqm and currently has a production capacity of 6,000 metric tons per annum which can be extended to 30,000 metric tons per annum.

Mr. Jones Sitompul

Technical Service Representative

Gabler Thermoform

Website: http://gabler-luebeck.de

GABLER Thermoform is one of the leading suppliers of high-speed automatic thermoforming machines for packaging material, with which technical articles made of plastic sheets can also be produced.  In Indonesia, the bestseller is its watercup production machine. “Watercup products remain one of the biggest sectors in packaging industry and I would say that in Asean, Indonesia is a large market. As Gabler is a German company, we guarantee strong and rigid construction and design for our machines,” according to Mr. Jones Sitompul, Technical Service Representative.  

The company develops, designs, and manufactures thermoforming machines, handling systems and thermoforming accessories for the packaging industry. “The products are sold in markets around the world via our own global sales team or in cooperation with international sales partners,” Mr. Sitompul explained.  

Ms. Rianna Yenni Sinaga

Marketing Department Representative

Sentra Teknologi Polimer

Website: www.sentrapolimer.id

Sentra Teknologi Polimer (STP) is dedicated to be a competent partner to the polymer-related industries. It is a non-private organization aiming to improve the quality and broaden the scope of service by making available polymer testing to industries in Indonesia. According to Ms. Rianna Yenni Sinaga, Representative of the marketing department of STP, “STP helps customers solve their problems about their materials, especially for general products likes additives,  fillers and other raw materials. We also advise companies on the best equipment to use given their requirements and targets.”

STP team holds discussions with customers on their problems and on quality issues that could result from the use of certain raw materials, then makes recommendations to meet customers’ targets.  Customized training programs are also conducted, with topics covered including basic of polymer chemistry, and other topics focusing on plastic materials and their testing and applications.