PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2017

PREFORM PRODUCTION PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 06/17 www.petpla.net 17 Go with the flow. South East Asia Road Show PREFORM special Tour Sponsors: Quality over quantity by Alexander Büchler two years there have only been three pieces of preform equipment in the newly opened factory in East Java. In total, PT Indo Tirta Abadi process approximately 42,000 tonnes of PET and 3,500 tonnes of HDPE annually. As mentioned above, Indo Tirta Abadi’s motto is quality over quantity. Therefore, all products are packaged in clean rooms; preforms are pack- aged in clean rooms in class 100,000, while closures are packed in rooms in the higher 10,000 class as they are no longer rinsed at the bottling plant, as such they require a higher class. So as to keep emissions as low as pos- sible in the closure clean rooms, only one person works on the equipment, packing the closures into clean plastic bags. The products are then packed into cartons or boxes outside of this clean air zone. This is how Indo Tirta Abadi keeps its customers loyal. For Indo Tirta Abadi, this is a regular customer busi- ness. Indo Tirta Abadi strives to seek and pursue always a win-win solution with their customer. The company positions itself as packaging problem solver for its customers in Indone- sia, offering an extraordinarily wide range of preform, bottle and closure. Whether its customers need them for still water, CSD, aseptic or hotfill, they can choose from various weights and neck size classes. So far, Indo Tirta Abadi has not offered their product consisting of regrind nor recycled materials. “We only use virgin material. In this way we can guarantee that our products are high-quality. The quality of rPET in Indonesia is not consistent enough at the moment,” Arief explains. This is the company philosophy even when some convert- ers in Indonesia use certain percent- age of non-processed regrind material to supply to their customers in order to cut down cost and increase profit. The principle of business at Indo Tirta Abadi is that they would like to absolutely ensure that the products going to their customers always 100% comply with customer’s specifications and requirement and to meet total customer satisfaction. www.indotirtabadi.com PT Indo Tirta Abadi, Tangerang, Indonesia, January 22, 2017 We met: Mr Arief Dewanto Mrs Jennifer Ali The preform and closure manufacturer, PT Indo Tirta Abadi, based in Tangerang, does not base its operations on price, rather they focus on quality and solutions for their customers. As such, the company can count multinational corporations and large-scale national brands amongst their cli- entele. “These companies want the best quality at a fair price,” according to Mr Arief Dewanto, Commercial Direc- tor of PT Indo Tirta Abadi. Founded in 2003, PT Indo Tirta Abadi began producing water pre- forms on 16 cavity equipment and they began to supply Coca Cola Indonesia using their new 56 cavity system as early as 2006, a year which also saw the company beginning to sell preforms for hotfill products. The company has also blow-moulded bot- tles since 2007, with Pepsi Cola as their first client. The next logical step was to expand their production to caps and so in both 2015 and 2016 the company expanded their cap and preform departments to include new installations. Sacmi supplied the four seal installations while the 13 pre- form systems are made by Husky and most of their equipment is based at their main factory in Tangerang. For F.l.t.r.: Arief Dewanto in front of the well- travelled Editourmobile with Alexander Büchler Packing preforms in the clean room Seals have even higher hygiene require- ments here in the class 10,000 clean room.