Pabrik Kertas Indonesia

Pabrik Kertas Indonesia, commonly abbreviated as Pakerin or PT. Pakerin, is an Indonesian pulp, paper, and paperboard manufacturer headquartered in Surabaya, East Java. Its principal industrial development began in Bangun Village, Mojokerto Regency, roughly 38 kilometres southwest of Surabaya, where the company was established in 1977 by Njoo Soegiharto. The company emerged from two related industrial problems in Indonesia during the 1970s. Sugar mills generated large quantities of bagasse, much of which had limited use as fuel and therefore required costly disposal. At the same time, manufacturers of corrugated boxes and printed paper had to manage paper waste, rejected material, and trimming residues. Pakerin's founding concept was to convert these materials into pulp and paper, creating an industrial use for waste streams while serving a domestic market that depended heavily on imported industrial paper. Pakerin began with a bagasse pulping plant, a wastewater-treatment plant, and a paper machine producing duplex board. This initial configuration linked raw-material recovery, pulp production, environmental treatment, and paper manufacturing within one operation. The company's stated product scope later expanded to several grades of industrial paper and paperboard, including coated duplex, kraft liner, test liner, medium liner, core board, and grey board. These materials are used in applications such as offset printing, corrugated packaging, box manufacture, and paper-converting operations. A major expansion took place on 28 December 1985, when Pakerin expanded its factory with six paper mills. The installed capacity associated with this expansion was reported as 700,000 tonnes per year. The expansion marked a transition from a comparatively focused recycling and bagasse-pulping operation toward a larger integrated industrial-paper producer. In addition to paper and paperboard, Pakerin produces industrial chemicals listed in connection with its manufacturing activities. These include caustic soda, liquid chlorine, hydrochloric acid, and sodium hypochlorite. The available reference material does not provide detailed information about the company's current ownership structure, revenue, employee count, export footprint, senior management, corporate website, or later capacity changes. Accordingly, Pakerin is best described here as an Indonesian industrial manufacturer with a product portfolio serving paper, packaging, printing, and related chemical-processing markets.

Pabrik Kertas Indonesia was established in 1977 by Njoo Soegiharto in Bangun Village, Mojokerto Regency, East Java. Its origins lay in a practical raw-material and waste-management opportunity. During the 1970s, Indonesian sugar mills produced substantial quantities of bagasse, the fibrous residue left after sugarcane processing. Only part of this material could be consumed as fuel, leaving mills with disposal costs. Paper and corrugated-box factories faced a parallel problem because they generated rejected sheets, production waste, and paper trimmings. Njoo Soegiharto identified the possibility of using these residual materials as feedstock for pulp and paper production. The opportunity was strengthened by the fact that Indonesia imported much of its industrial paper at the time. Pakerin was therefore formed with both an environmental and industrial rationale: it could consume otherwise problematic waste while supplying paper products to a domestic market that had limited local production. The initial plant included a bagasse pulping facility, a wastewater-treatment plant, and a paper machine producing duplex board. This configuration gave the company a foundation in recovered-fibre processing and industrial paper manufacture. Wastewater treatment was part of the original plant arrangement, reflecting the process requirements of pulp and paper production. On 28 December 1985, Pakerin expanded its factory by adding six paper mills. The expansion was associated with an installed capacity of 700,000 tonnes per year and represented a significant scaling of the business. It broadened the company's role from an operation centred on bagasse pulping and duplex-board production into a larger paper-mill platform. The product range described for Pakerin includes coated duplex, kraft liner, test liner, medium liner, core board, and grey board. These grades serve packaging and printing-related uses, particularly offset printing and corrugated-box manufacture. The company is also associated with the production of caustic soda, liquid chlorine, hydrochloric acid, and sodium hypochlorite, chemicals used in industrial processing and potentially relevant to pulp, paper, water-treatment, and converting operations. Pakerin's headquarters are identified as Surabaya, while its principal early manufacturing location is in Mojokerto Regency. The available reference does not document subsequent ownership changes, public listing, international subsidiaries, detailed export markets, later product launches, or current executive appointments. It also does not provide verified financial figures or a confirmed current corporate website. The documented history therefore centres on the company's founding, its waste-to-paper production model, and its major 1985 mill expansion.

• 1985

  Expansion to six paper mills

  [1]Pabrik Kertas Indonesiaen.wikipedia.org

  On 28 December 1985, Pakerin expanded its factory with six paper mills and reported installed capacity of 700,000 tonnes per year.

• 1977

  Company established in Mojokerto Regency

  [1]Pabrik Kertas Indonesiaen.wikipedia.org

  Njoo Soegiharto established Pabrik Kertas Indonesia in Bangun Village, Mojokerto Regency, East Java, with a business model focused on using bagasse and paper-industry waste as raw material for pulp and paper.

• 1977

  Initial integrated production plant begins operations

  [1]Pabrik Kertas Indonesiaen.wikipedia.org

  The initial operation comprised a bagasse pulping plant, a wastewater-treatment plant, and a paper machine producing duplex board.

An Indonesian industrial-paper and paperboard producer built around the processing of bagasse and recovered paper materials for packaging, printing, and other industrial applications.

• Paperboard

  Coated Duplex

  Coated duplex is a multi-layer paperboard grade with a coated surface suited to printing and packaging applications. Pakerin lists it among its industrial paper and paperboard products, placing it within the company's offering for printed materials and converted packaging.

• Packaging paper

  Kraft Liner

  Kraft liner is a linerboard grade used as an outer or inner facing in corrugated packaging. It forms part of Pakerin's industrial-paper portfolio for box and packaging manufacturers.

• Packaging paper

  Test Liner

  Test liner is a paperboard liner material used in corrugated-board construction and packaging conversion. Pakerin identifies it as one of its paper grades serving industrial and box-making applications.

• Packaging paper

  Medium Liner

  Medium liner is a corrugating paper grade used as the fluted or structural middle layer of corrugated board. It is included in Pakerin's range for corrugated-box and related packaging production.

• Paperboard

  Core Board

  Core board is a heavier paperboard product used in the manufacture of cylindrical cores and other converted industrial-paper products. Pakerin lists it among its industrial paperboard grades.

• Paperboard

  Grey Board

  Grey board is a paperboard material commonly used for rigid packaging, backing, binding, and other converting applications. It is part of Pakerin's documented paperboard product range.

• Chemicals

  Industrial chemicals

  Pakerin is also described as producing caustic soda, liquid chlorine, hydrochloric acid, and sodium hypochlorite. The reference material identifies these chemicals as part of the company's output but does not provide separate brand names, specifications, or launch dates.

1. 1Pabrik Kertas Indonesiaen.wikipedia.org