Syngenta Encourages Utility of Pesticide Factory 60%: http://industri.bisnis.com/read/20171121/99/711314/syngenta-dorong-utilitas-pabrik-pestisida-60/21 November 2017 Global seed and pesticide producer, Syngenta, has set a pesticide plant utility target of up to 60% by 2018.
Head of Corporate Affairs Indonesia Johannis Midzon said, the Syngenta area in Gunung Putri is a Formulation, Filling and Packing (FF&P) area for Syngenta plant protection products with a total production capacity of 58 million liters per year with its main production being Herbicide, Gramoxone by 86 percent followed by insecticides and fungicides.
The factory utilities are still about 40% of the production capacity. In the first quarter of 2018, Syngenta will launch a new technology that is Herbicide for rice. Every year, Syngenta launches an average of 3 new technologies.
RI Has the Largest Pesticide Factory in Southeast Asia worth Rp.320 Billion: https://economy.okezone.com/read/2023/10/31/320/2911617/ri-punya-pabrik-pestisida-terbesar-di-asia-tenggara-rp320-miliar?page=2/31 October 2023 The construction of the first pesticide (carbamate) raw material factory in Indonesia was built in Serang, Banten by PT Delta Giri Wacana (DGW Group). Head of the Serang Regency Food and Agricultural Security Service (DKPP), Suhardjo said that the construction of the pesticide factory could boost the productivity of farmers in Serang.
Meanwhile, the Main Director of DGW Group, David Yaory said that this factory will later produce active pesticide ingredients such as methomyl. The initial investment is worth US$ 20 million or around Rp.320 billion for buildings and machinery, not including working capital. This factory will be the first in Indonesia, as well as the best in Southeast Asia and will make Indonesia a host in its own country to independently produce agricultural solution products so that the risk of dependence on raw materials from outside can be avoided.
