Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Industry Ministry commended the Textile and Textile Product (TPT) Industry that had managed to survive through the pandemic and even become the driver of national economic growth.

“This is a very good opportunity for business matching between machine business players and textile players, so that we can develop this textile ecosystem in an integrated manner together. Hopefully, the implementation of Indointertex and Inatex would run accordingly and successfully," acting director general of the chemical, pharmaceutical, and textile Industry at the Industry Ministry, Ignatius Warsito, stated at the international Textile and Textile Products (TPT) Industry Exhibition, Indo Intertex-Inatex 2022, as quoted from his statement received here on Wednesday.

Warsito remarked that as of July 2022, the leading commodity had recorded an export value of up to US$6.08 billion, or contributed 5.51 percent to the nation's total exports.

Warsito expects the Indointertex-Inatex 2022 event to further cement the government's agenda of Making Indonesia 4.0 by promoting transformation of the textile industry, thereby boosting the industry's competitiveness and making it highly innovative, so that it could compete and meet demands of the global market.

The Asia Pacific Rayon (APR) textile industry, along with Duniatex, Idola Selaras Abadi (ISA), Harapan Abadi Textile Indonesia (HATI), and Kabanatex, showcased various applications of rayon fiber products that support the transformation of Industry 4.0, including the latest technology garment materials ranging from yarn, printed fabrics, dyed fabrics, to the application of fashion products that use APR rayon fiber.

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"APR's participation in this exhibition is a form of our commitment in developing a sustainable textile industry in Indonesia as well as supporting economic recovery in the textile sector, which is the focus of the government after this pandemic," the director of APR, Basrie Kamba, remarked.

Kamba noted that APR also displayed recycled products made of Finex, an environmentally friendly recycled fiber, as well as products made of Lyocell, high-quality rayon fiber.

The APR rayon fiber was sourced from renewable, traceable, and easily biodegradable raw materials. He stated that his administration also had the Follow Our Fiber application that allowed customers to trace the origin of raw materials of the fabrics of their clothing.

APR's rayon fiber factory located in Pangkalan Kerinci has a production capacity of 300 thousand tons per year and exported its products to over 20 countries, including Turkey, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, the United States, and Egypt.

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