SERANG, Indonesia, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Friday officially inaugurated the second phase of investment in PT Lami Packaging Indonesia (LamiPak Indonesia), a leading provider of high-quality, environmentally friendly aseptic packaging products and solutions.
Located in Serang Regency, Banten Province, the plant is the first aseptic packaging factory in Indonesia, producing such packaging end-to-end. It is also the first overseas expansion of the LamiPak Group, headquartered in Kunshan, east China's Jiangsu Province.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, along with officials from ministries and institutions, regional leaders, and representatives of packaging associations.
"This aseptic packaging factory is built on 16.2 hectares of land with a building area of over 55,000 square meters. Equipped with world-class machinery, it is the most advanced factory ever built by LamiPak. Following the installation of the new production line, our total annual capacity has increased from 12 billion packs to 21 billion packs," said Anton Hui, country managing director of LamiPak Indonesia.
LamiPak Indonesia began commercial production in 2024 with an initial capacity of 12 billion packs per year, serving the needs of the entire food and beverage industry in Indonesia. The factory currently employs 450 people and also produces paper straws as a complementary product.
"We are also proud that about 40 percent of our workforce comes from the Banten province," he said.
Minister Hartarto told reporters that the presence of the facility is capable of supporting President Prabowo Subianto's ambitious free nutritious meal program, locally abbreviated as MBG, across the country.
"As long as the MBG program provides beverages, of course this can be very beneficial," he said after visiting the manufacturing facility.
Launched early this year, the MBG program is already operational across 38 provinces in Indonesia. It is one of Prabowo's key initiatives, aiming to enhance nutrition for children under five, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and schoolchildren up to high school level. ■
