Indonesia announces palm oil export ban

25-Apr-2022 - Indonesia, the world's largest producer of the coveted vegetable raw material, wants to combat shortages and rising prices in its own country with an export ban on palm oil. The export ban is to come into force next Thursday, President Joko Widodo announced late Friday evening. When the market in ...

Greenpeace criticises food company Mondelez over palm oil

13-Nov-2018 - On the third largest island in the world, Borneo, the habitat for orangutans is becoming smaller and smaller due to the palm oil industry. The environmental organization Greenpeace published a study on Tuesday according to which 70,000 hectares of rainforest on the island were cleared within two ...

SGS Indonesia Accredited for Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Certification

25-Jul-2016 - ASI has confirmed SGS Indonesia’s accreditation for RSPO Supply Chain Certification Systems (SCCS)and Principles & Criteria (P&C) for Sustainable Palm Oil Production certification. SGS Indonesia's accreditation to conduct Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification worldwide has ...

Indonesia: Sakatama decides for innovative small-format carton pack combiblocXSlim from SIG Combibloc

New packaging and more flexibility for beverage manufacturers

15-Mar-2016 - Indonesian company PT Sarana Karya Utama, known as Sakatama for short, has decided for the filling technology from SIG Combibloc, and installed a CFA1224-36 high-speed filling machine. With this machine, beverages can be filled in the small-format combiblocXSlim carton pack – a packaging ...