Building a Starch plant in Kabupaten Batu Bara, North- Sumatera, Indonesia

A Dutch manufacturer of equipment for the starch industry is developing a sustainable plant on Sumatra Indonesia together with international and local investors to extract starch from cassava roots. Customers are mainly Indonesian companies in the paper and food industry. The production will be as sustainable as possibly. By making use of the waste streams generated after processing of the cassava roots sufficient biogas can be generated for both power and thermal energy to power the entire plant. Waste water will be treated and used again in the production process which gives a significant reduction of production water. In addition to 112 direct jobs at the plant, approximately 12,000 local farmers will be contracted for the supply of cassava roots. This will enable farmers to increase their income significantly compared to current products such as palm oil.