Polindo Utama produces a large selection of recycled PET flakes that compete with virgin PET flakes in terms of quality and variety alongside their environmentally-friendly advantages. The company’s high-quality PET flakes are increasingly in demand from the food and beverages industry for their low levels of impurities in addition to high intrinsic viscosity (IV) levels. Through Polindo Utama’s stringent measures in quality control, the company ensures the sorting and processing of high-quality PET flakes for a variety of applications.
The production process for high-quality PET flakes begins with a manual sorting process and sterilisation to remove impurities. The flakes undergo further testing at Polindo Utama’s in-house laboratory in order to identify different specifications that dictate the IV level. As such, high-quality PET flakes have higher tensile strength as well as melting point, making it ideal to be manufactured into food-contact applications; securing food safety in packaging for direct food contact is the most important aspect of recycled PET manufacturing for many of Polindo Utama’s blue-chip food and beverage clients. Furthermore, these unique features of high-quality PET flakes enable them to be utilised as important components of bottles for carbonated drinks, mineral water and edible oil as well as thermoformed products, in addition to cosmetics and personal care products. These diverse applications therefore require accurate and consistent quality for which lies the foundation of the company’s business operations.
Polindo Utama’s production of high-quality PET flakes demonstrates the company’s adherence to the utmost standards in decontamination and waste management. Moreover, with the food and beverage industry continuing to be the bedrock of Indonesia’s plastic sales and consumption, utilising recycled PET will grow in importance as Indonesia looks to address the major challenges surrounding plastic waste management. Polindo Utama’s capacity to manufacture high-quality PET flakes showcases the company’s responsiveness to global industry trends within the plastic and plastic product industry.