Chandra Asri helps small businesses<\/p>\n
CILEGON, West Java(JP): PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Center,
\nIndonesia's largest producer of ethylene and propylene, has
\nclaimed to have established partnerships worth Rp 4.3 billion
\n(US$1.8 million) with local small businesses here.<\/p>\n
\"We've awarded contracts on cleaning services, transportation
\nand uniform tailoring for our workers to 10 local small
\nbusinesses,\" Winata Tedjakusuma of Chandra Asri told the press
\nhere over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Winata, who is in charge of the company's partnerships, said
\nthat currently, his company is trying to set up such a business-
\nlinkage with local small businesses for other services, such as
\ntransportation of its products and daily needs, as well as the
\nrecycling of its wastes.<\/p>\n
Chandra Asri, which became the subject of controversy early
\nlast year due to its request for tariff protection from the
\ngovernment, is jointly owned by Prajogo Pangestu, President
\nSoeharto's second son Bambang Trihatmodjo and three Japanese
\nfirms: Marubeni, Toyo Engineering and Showa Denko.<\/p>\n
The chemical plant has been in operation since last May, with
\na production capacity of 510,000 tons of ethylene, 240,000 tons
\nof propylene, 300,000 tons of polyethylene and 230,000 tons of
\npyrolysis gasoline.<\/p>\n
The chemical plant was granted tariff protection of 25 percent
\nfor both its ethylene and propylene products after nine months of
\noperation. (13)<\/p>",
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