Due To Rising Demand For Fastmoving Consumer Goods And Other Household Items Indonesian Investment In Corrugators Continues To Increase In The Past Year Indonesiarsquos Production Capacity Of Corrugated Paperboard Rose 12 And The Countryrsquos Total Annual Corrugated Industry Production Capacity Reached 5 Million Tons 2013 Was The Fourth Consecutive Year Of Doubledigit Growth For The Industryrsquos Production Capacity In Indonesialdquotoday There Are About 160 To 170 Corrugators Of Different Widths In Use In Indonesiardquo Said Kinardo Ang President Of The Indonesian Corrugated Cardboard Industries Association Picci And General Manager Of Pt Satyamitra Kemas Lestari Skl A Corrugated Board Manufacturing Company Ldquomost Recently Invested Corrugators Are Between 22 And 25 Meters In Width With Speeds Of 200mmin Or Higher That Includes The Mitsubishi And Isowa Corrugators As Well As Five More From The Chinese Mainlandrdquo About 60 Of Indonesiarsquos Corrugators Are In The Greater Jakarta Area In West Java 25 Are Installed In East Java 5 In Central Java And The Rest In Medan North Sumatra Palembang South Sumatra And Batam Near Singaporemost Corrugators In Indonesia Use Lightweight Paper The 125g Corrugated Paper That Was Formerly Standard Use Is Now Being Phased Out In Favor Of 112g Paper At The Same Time 200g Cardboard Has Been Reduced To 150 Grams Most Of The Resultant Paper Is Made From Locally Sourced Raw Materials Although Indonesia Has An Annual Production Capacity Of 5 Million Tons Corrugators Are Only Being Used To 60 To 70 Of Their Capacity Nevertheless Investments Are Still Being Injected Into Carton Plants And Corrugators In Indonesiaapart From Investing In New Corrugators Many Corrugated Box Manufacturers Have Invested In Postprint Production Lines Over The Past Few Years The Rise In Minimum Wage Has Forced More And More Corrugated Box Manufacturers To Upgrade And Automate Machinery Which In Turn Has Led To Greater Investment In Postprint Production Lines And Converting Equipment The Most Illustrative Example Of This Shift Is Of Corrugated Box Manufacturers Who Used To Engage 10 To 12 Laborers Along The Assembly Line As Levels Of Automation Have Increased So That Figure Has Dwindled To Just One Or Twocardboard Production Plants And Mainstream Corrugated Box Plants Pay Close Attention To Energy Costs And Look To Invest In Machines With Lower Energy Consumption Picci Has About 90 Members Who Are Corrugated Board And Corrugated Box Manufacturing Companies There Are Still About 500 Smaller Indonesian Cardboard Plants That Also Make Corrugated Boxes But Are Not Members Of The Associationin Indonesia Most Corrugated Packaging Is Used To Package Food Beverages Electrical Appliances And Electronics The Industry Is Very Optimistic About The Future Of The Rapidly Developing Indonesian Corrugated Board And Carton Manufacturing Industry The Belief Is That A New Round Of Sustained Growth Of The Corrugated Box Market Is On The Horizonthe 2014 Indonesia Corrugated Industry Summit Will Be Held At The Pullman Jakarta Central Park Hotel From September 22 To 24 This Summit Is Jointly Organized By Reed Exhibitions Organizer Of Sinocorrugated Events And The Picci As Part Of The Global Rollout Of Sinocorrugated The Summit Is Expected To Help Usher In A New Chapter In The Development Of Indonesiarsquos Corrugated Box Industryfor Full Version Please Click Httpsinocorrugatedcomennewsinfoindustrynewsaccuratedataandaccessiblelanguagedemystifying818
