Suba Indah to operate corn plant

Suba Indah to operate corn plant

SINGAPORE: Publicly-listed PT Suba Indah will start running the first integrated corn processing factory in Indonesia in November to meet the growing needs of domestic consumers for corn-based ingredients and additives, the company's president, Teddy Tjokrosaputro, said Monday.

The factory, located in Cilegon, Banten province, in West Java, has a total investment of around US$90 million, he said.

According to Teddy, the Cilegon factory will be the biggest corn processing factory in Southeast Asia.

It will be able to process 1,000 metric tons of corn a day to produce corn starch, gluten meal and feed, corn oil, glucose syrup and maltodextrin, said Teddy.

The factory will be able to produce daily 670 tons of corn starch, 250 tons of corn feed and 30 tons of corn oil, he said.

The factory won't be producing corn flour, he said. -- Dow Jones