Established in 2005, Polindo Utama is a leading manufacturer of recycled polyester chips and PET flakes in Indonesia. The company’s highest standards in quality control ensures the utmost quality of its products and have therefore been utilised in a wide-range of industries including textiles and bottling as well as high-grade food packaging. With Indonesia’s abundance of natural resources, there is large potential for the creation of value-added, environmentally-friendly products that contribute to the reduction in micro-plastics pollution. Polindo Utama therefore stands at the forefront of the future progress of recycling plastic manufacturing in Indonesia; with many international clients utilising Polindo Utama’s manufacturing capacity to recycle their plastic waste as well as CSR initiatives to encourage better waste management within communities.
As a company under the Polindo Group — encompassing divisions in Recycling, Transport, Logistics and Packaging — Polindo Utama’s manufacturing division is therefore a vital component of the group’s recycling business; Polindo Utama has the capacity to produce 1500 metric tonnes of recycled PET flakes per month. As such, the company produces high-quality and fibre-grade PET flakes that have been utilised for primary packaging and textiles by a number of household brands in selected product lines, showcasing the extensive applications for recycled PET flakes. To support the production of its PET flakes, Polindo Utama provides an efficient logistic service whereby its fleet of trucks transport plastic waste to the company’s 23 recycling centres spread across Indonesia. These recycling centres are part of a streamlined supply chain management system implemented by Polindo Utama; the compiling, pressing, prewashing, and crushing of plastic bales are done at the centres. Ensuring compliance with the most stringent international standards has enabled the company to gain the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System Certification and thus has allowed the company to consistently meet the needs of customers in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Taiwan and China in addition to the domestic market.
Furthermore, Polindo Utama has expanded its manufacturing capabilities to produce recycled food-grade packaging for renowned local food and beverage chains. The company began producing plastic bottles and cups in 2017 through the utilisation of a mixture of recycled and virgin PET flakes. As a pioneer in this field in Indonesia, Polindo Utama focuses on a recycling process that meet the standards required by local and international regulations for food contact so as to provide superior protection to accommodate hot and cold beverages. Polindo Utama is thus well-positioned to serve companies looking for plastic supply in addition to plastic recycling chain management that can create new long-term business opportunities for recycling in Indonesia.
2005
Private
> 500
PET Flakes, Polyester Chips
Mitsubishi Chemicals Indonesia, Toray international Indonesia, Asia Pacific Fibres Tbk, Polychem Indonesia, Indorama Synthetics
Polindo Utama aims to make a global contribution to the environmental impact that the recycling of plastic brings. Playing an active role in Indonesia’s Scrap Plastic Association provides access to partners that share this vision and that adopts stringent quality control measures in their sorting process. Currently, the company imports raw materials from heavy plastic consuming markets such as Germany, France and the UK in Western Europe as well as those in Asia such as Japan.
Polindo Utama serves a far reaching network of international clients around the world through its extensive export network as well as serving domestic Indonesian customers. The company therefore meets the demands of Indonesia’s fast growing market as well as that of the USA, Western Europe and Northeast Asia. The company has also recently entered the Middle Eastern market such as the United Arab Emirates. For the future, Polindo Utama plans to strengthen its presence in its existing export markets as well as expand into new markets within North America and Europe.
While it remains a daunting issue to tackle, there are individuals, companies and organisations making a big difference to turn the tide on ocean plastic pollution and one such company is Polindo Utama who has been recognised as a ‘Hero of Recycling’.
Read MorePolindo Utama has been awarded the ISO 9001:2008 Management System certification by TUV Nord in the field of Recycling Plastic and Polyester Manufacture. This certification marks a key milestone not only for Polindo Utama but for the recycled plastic industry as a whole in Indonesia as the company is the first company in the sector to gain the certification.
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