In 2013, PT Perkebunan Nusantara X is ready to produce 200,000 tonnes of sugar by volume of premium quality with 40 percent of the total production target of 538,000 tonnes.

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In 2013, PT Perkebunan Nusantara X is ready to produce 200,000 tonnes of sugar by volume of premium quality with 40 percent of the total production target of 538,000 tonnes.





"We will use technology to produce sugar sulfitasi premium. Investment for each sugar mill around USD 5 billion with the addition of juice smoothing tools,"
- Director of PTPN X Subiyono

SOE is also a record with revenues in 2012 reached Rp 2.107 trillion and profit of Rp 417.1 billion. Revenue and profit in 2012 was a significant increase compared to the conditions of 2011.

Director PTPN X Subiyono in Jakarta, Wednesday (01/09/2012), said sales increased profits PTPN X. Profit in 2011 amounted to Rp 210.8 billion and profit of Rp 417.1 billion in 2012. SOE was also in 2012 produced 494,000 tonnes of sugar. Production has increased compared with 2011 of 447,000 tons of sugar.

PTPN X, said Subiyono, perform stock management, leaving about 34,000 tonnes of sugar was sold for supplies early 2013 before the milling season around April to May. In this way, the position of the sugar in the market so that prices can be controlled guaranteed.

SOE also produces molasses or molasses. In 2011 produced 310,167 tons of molasses. In 2012, production increased to 367,046 tonnes. Molasses is sold to be recycled as a raw material products such as food flavoring.

Other businesses in the areas of tobacco and hospitals. During 2012, total revenue reached Rp 2.107 trillion. So, said Subiyono, to maintain sales of its products, PTPN X seeks a relationship with the buyer synergies, including rewards to customers.

"We give our appreciation to loyal customers who buy sugar and molasses from PTPN X over the last three years," said Subiyono. One of the parameters that will be of premium quality sugar produced in 2013 is sugar level of whiteness to scale ICUMSA (International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis) below 100.

ICUMSA is a class standards of quality (grade) of sugar color is determined by a set of IU or International Units. Interval ICUMSA sugar from 45-4600 IU. The lower the ICUMSA, the brighter the color of sugar and sugar quality is generally better.

Subiyono added, it will optimize a number of sugar mills to produce sugar dimiliknya premium. Refiners (PG) is PG and PG boarding Ngadiredjo New in Kediri, PG Lestari its Nganjuk, PG Modjopanggoong in Tulungagung, Sidoarjo Kremboong PG and PG Gempolkrep in Mojokerto.

"We will use technology to produce sugar sulfitasi premium. Investment for each sugar mill around USD 5 billion with the addition of juice smoothing tools," he said.

Sulfitasi technology to be used less than the karbonatasi technology investment reached USD 25 billion for each PG. Some sugar producers with good quality in Indonesia is still using technology karbonatasi. "We innovate and want to prove that the technology can produce cheaper sulfitasi premium sugar with good quality. Production premium sugar one form change of approach from only production approach to consumer approach to increase production," said Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Sugar (Ikagi) them.

Change the orientation of production approach to consumer approach is also demonstrated through the implementation of programs programyang adds value for the customer, such as Customer Loyalty Award Gathering and where PTPN X appreciation for companies that have become loyal customers.