DIC CORPORATION OPENS WORLD-FIRST HACCP-COMPLIANT COATINGS PLANT IN INDONESIA

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 (Bernama) -- DIC Corporation, a chemical manufacturer and the core of the DIC Group, has established a new production facility for coatings suitable for direct food contact materials on the site of a plant belonging to PT DIC Graphics, a wholly owned subsidiary located in Jakarta, Indonesia.

This new facility is the first in the world operated by an inks manufacturer to be designed in compliance with the guiding principles of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP), according to DIC Corporation in a statement.

With an annual production target of 1,000 tonnes by fiscal year 2030 for markets in Asian countries, including the People’s Republic of China, and Oceania, the facility will help the DIC Group meet the rising demand for sustainable packaging.

To create a food safety management system that affirms the exceptional safety and quality required for direct food contact materials, the new production facility has been equipped with, among others, air showers, dusters with high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters and antibacterial flooring.

The new facility has also earned a certification of compliance with Indonesia’s halal regulations and is compliant with the World Health Organization’s good manufacturing practices (GMP) for guaranteeing that products such as food and pharmaceuticals meet requirements for quality and safety for their intended use.

The geopolitically strategic location of Indonesia ideally positions the new facility to serve as an export base for Asia and Oceania, as a result of which DIC is considering further facility expansion going forward.

DIC produces high-performance coatings that can be applied to film, paper and other substrates to impart the necessary performance features, enabling the creation of highly recyclable mono-material packaging, making it possible to develop and manufacture packaging that can be readily recycled.

The new production facility, the DIC Group’s first in Asia, outside of Japan, that is dedicated to producing coatings suitable for direct food contact materials, marks a major step toward strengthening the group’s competitiveness in the global market for sustainable packaging.

-- BERNAMA