Toyota sources plastic resin from Indonesia
TOYOTA MOTOR Manufacturing, the Indonesian arm of the Japanese carmaker, is sourcing polypropylene impact (PP) copolymer from the local market to produce plastic components for Vios and Yaris cars.
The resin is produced by Chandra Asri Petrochemical, the largest petrochemical maker in the country.
“This is a breakthrough for the petrochemical industry in Indonesia to further penetrate the automotive component sector, products for which it previously sourced from other countries,” Chandra Asri director Suryandi said during the launch of the resin partnership at the Sugity Creatives premises on Thursday.
The deal between Toyota and Chandra Asri will also benefit the local compounding and moulding industry, Suryandi said.
Hexa Indonesia will benefit, as it supplies powder additives and colour for the resin, as well as Sugity Creatives, which moulds resin into auto components, ranging from dashboards to door handles, rear-view-mirror casings and other car-interior parts made from plastic.
Chandra Asri plans to supply resin for other Toyota models, namely Fortuner and Innova. Previously, it supplied Daihatsu for its low-cost “green cars” and Honda cars and motorcycles.
The petrochemical giant plans to produce PP impact copolymer resin for 500,000 cars per year or 25,000 tonnes of resin, which equals 50 kilograms for each car.
Chandra Asri currently produces 480,000 tonnes of PP impact copolymer resin for various industries. It plans to increase production to 580,000 tonnes in the near future.
