Apac invests in waste facility<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Textile company PT Apac Inti Corpora has
\ninvested Rp 10 billion (about US$1 million) in a waste management
\nand water treatment facility, a senior executive said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Apac director of finance Anas Bahfen said that about Rp 6.5
\nbillion was used to operate two waste water treatment units with
\na capacity of 2,200 cubic meters of liquid waste per day, and a
\nwater recycling unit with a capacity of 1,600 cubic meters of
\nwater per day.<\/p>\n
He said that the remaining Rp 3.5 billion would be used to
\nconstruct a facility to incinerate mud into sand.<\/p>\n
\"This final waste treatment unit will be operable in four to
\nfive months time,\" Anas was quoted by Antara as saying.<\/p>\n
The waste management and water treatment systems earned the
\ncompany the ISO 14001 certificate for an environmental management
\nsystem.<\/p>\n
The certificate was presented by the international
\ncertification agency Kema-IqNet on Friday and was witnessed by
\nState Minister for the Environment Nabiel Makarim.<\/p>\n
\"For us one of the factors ensuring the company's continuity
\nis a surrounding environment that is well looked after,\" Apac's
\npresident Benny Soetrisno said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Apac produces yarn, greige fabrics, finished fabrics, and
\ndenim.<\/p>\n
Last year the company had an output of 460,000 bales of yarn,
\n80 million meters of finished fabric, 54 million yards of denim,
\nand six million meters of greige fabric, Benny said.<\/p>\n
However, Apac feared losing about 30 percent of its total
\nexport volume to the United States, the company's major export
\nmarket, due to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11.<\/p>\n
\"We've had a lot of cancellations on confirmed orders, and
\nthere have been no new orders coming in,\" he said, explaining
\nthat increased port security at New Jersey had held up
\ndistribution and caused delivery delays.<\/p>\n
Benny said that to anticipate the slump in its U.S. market,
\nApac would increase export volumes to its 69 other export markets
\nand increase its domestic sales.<\/p>\n
In the light of recent developments, the company would also
\nmodify its targeted growth in sales for this year to only two
\npercent from the 10 percent predicted earlier in the year, he
\nsaid.(tnt)<\/p>",
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