Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is one of the Main Line Operators (MLO) in Indonesia, headquartered in Switzerland, which is the largest shipping line service. Usually PT Great Giant Pineapple (GGP) uses it to export canned pineapple products and Pineapple Juice Concentrate (PJC).

While at the company, MSC Managing Director Dhany Novianto and Owner Representative Jeremy Franc and the team were accompanied by PT GGP Sales & Marketing Managing Director Josep Lay, Great Giant Foods (GGF) Managing Director Wayan Ardana, Head of Processed Pine Plantation Directorate Imanudin, and Technical Advisor For Plantation and R&D Fauzan, Div. Head of Quality Assurance Ketut Isatriyanto, Factory Div. Head Halim Sunarto Jaya, Traffic Manager Maria Imawati.

Dhany Novianto said that his visit with the MSC staff was to see a complete picture of PT GGP’s business activities. He hopes that in the future a better and sustainable cooperation will be established. “Hopefully in the future there will be continuous cooperation, especially to support export activities for GGP products,” said Dhany.

On that occasion, PT GGP invited the MSC Team to see firsthand the pineapple fruit harvesting process, the pineapple canning process in the cannery to loading into containers at the loading dock, PT Great Giant Livestock, PT Bromelain Enzyme, and the fruit research location.

On behalf of MSC, Dhany Novianto would like to thank the management of PT GGP for welcoming and allowing them to see the production process directly at several points of the existing business units. “PT GGP is a big company, of course MSC will seriously support it, especially those related to its export activities,” closed Dhany.

Great Giant Foods (GGF) held the 2021 GGF Energy and Water Saving Awards. One of these activities was the Saving Energy and Water (SEW) campaign competition which started in March and ended in November 2021. Previously, the soaring Covid-19 pandemic had made the organizing committee pessimistic about the agenda. this could go according to plan.

The GGF Energy and Water Saving Awards 2021 will be held virtually and opened by GGF Managing Director Wayan Ardana on Tuesday, November 30, 2021. According to Wayan, there are two approaches that can be taken, the first is strategic, namely by using renewable energy that comes from waste treatment.
In another session, Arief Fatullah as the supervisor of the energy water saving activity emphasized that even in the midst of a pandemic and limited resources, this activity must still be carried out. “I’m sure it’s not a matter of appreciation, but this is a concern that exists within each of us.” said Arief Fatullah.

The winner of this year’s GGF Energy and Water Saving Awards 2021 for the Energy Saving category was won by LOB Plant (Reducing Electricity Usage Index in LOB Production Processes) as the first winner, Field Establishment PG 2 (Dozer Unit Transport Efficiency with Parking Unit Guard Activities) second place, and third place from Packing House Fresh Pineapple PG 4 (Savings on Electricity Usage Costs at Packing House Fresh Pineapple PG4).

As for the Water Saving category, the first place was won by Plant Maintenance PG 2 (Zero Waste of Foliar Activities & Herbicide Tank Unit BSC), followed by R&D Pineapple (Reuse of Dipping Solutions to Reduce the Frequency of Dipping WWTP Liquid Waste), and the third place went to Plant Maintenance PG 1 (Reducing Water Use in Plantation Group 1’s 3rd Forcing Activity).

Thank you to the management who have supported the activities of the Saving Energy and Water 2021 campaign, and the support of all Leaders at GGF so that the number of participants in this year’s campaign is more. “This year, apart from winning in the Energy and Water categories, the committee and the jury also gave appreciation for the best campaign category achieved by PPIC Support Factory (Reducing Losses of Water Usage in Factory Public Toilets),” said Head of the GGF Energy and Water Saving Competition Committee Rusman

The Great Giant Foods (BMG) Quality Month in 2021 was held again after last year’s postponement due to the Covid 19 pandemic. This year the BMG activity is the 14th year that it is held throughout the company’s quality activities. The opening of BMG activities was directly carried out at the Training Center Building by implementing strict health protocols.

BMG 2021 was officially opened by Managing Director of Great Giant Foods (GGF) Wayan Ardana virtually, on Tuesday, December 1, 2021. One of BMG’s activities is an online quality seminar. The seminar presented Dr. Indrawan Nugroho as CEO of Corporate Innovation Asia, with the theme “Winning the New Normal With Operation Excellence and Digital Transformation”.

In his speech, Wayan Ardana, said that BMG’s activities aim to maintain and maintain the consistency of the GGF quality system to form better human resources. “Thank you to all the leaders and employees involved in the BMG event and especially to friends who made projects, I give a very high appreciation,” said Wayan Ardana.

Wayan hopes that such a culture can be maintained, because the challenges of GGF in the future will also increase and be difficult. For that there is something that must be done, of course there is support from strong human resources, infrastructure, and top management.

In addition, Wayan also hopes that the implementation of BMG can run well and can show a sufficient contribution to the company, ranging from simple repairs to projects that provide good savings for the company’s operations.

“We cannot escape from continuous improvement because this is the foundation of the company and we are pioneers who are asked to share the same group with Gunung Sewu by colleagues in Jakarta. Of course, this is a matter of pride for us in Lampung,” concluded Wayan

Megou Pak University (UMP) Tulangbawang collaborated with PT Great Giant Pineapple (PT GGP) Terbanggi Besar, Central Lampung. The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was carried out on Tuesday 16 November 2021 at the PT GGP Training Center.

MoU number: 005/GGP-GR/XI/2021 was signed by both parties, namely the UMP Chancellor Dr. Triono, S. Sos, MIP and Drh. Welly Soegiono as the proxy of the directors of PT GGP represented by Ir. Ahmad Fauzan. The MoU contains education, research, community service and improving the quality of human resources as well as the implementation of independent learning on an independent campus.

Triono together with 11 ranks of UMP Deans and Lecturers hoped that in the future the two parties could synergize with each other. Lecturers and students need to be aware of it together to enter the world of work to create innovation for the community. “We’ll see later what can be collaborated between PT GGP and Megou Pak, for example the development of partnerships that have been running so far, such as cattle, banana partnerships and others,” explained Triono.

Meanwhile, Ir. Fauzan welcomed the signing of a joint MoU between PT GGP and UMP to build cooperation with a very beneficial goal in agriculture and the economy as a development of scientific disciplines for students.

It is hoped that the MoU is not just a mere formality but can be implemented properly, followed up and synergized with existing programs. At the end of the event, the group of rectors, deans and lecturers of UMP visited PT Great Giant Livestock (GGL) cattle fattening center, Banana packing house and saw pineapple harvesting activities in Plantation Group I.

The first harvest of cavendish bananas at the Mitra Nusantara Abadi Cooperative, Banjar Segah, Asahduren Village, Pekutatan District, as a form of partnership between PT Nusantara Segar Abadi (NSA) and farmers who are accommodated in the Mitra Nusantara Abadi Cooperative.

During the first harvest, Jembrana Regent I Nengah Tamba immediately attended the harvest on Wednesday, November 2, 2021. Jembrana Regent I Nengah Tamba after the first harvest of Cavendish bananas expressed his gratitude to PT NSA for being serious about empowering farmers in Jembrana to participate developing Cavendish bananas on less productive lands.

“I thank Mr. Welly Soegiono as a representative of PT NSA, who has succeeded in guiding banana farmers to successfully carry out this first harvest. From the beginning, our farmers have been given seeds for free, then planted them for 9 months and also assisted during the maintenance process, and most importantly the harvest has been purchased, it means that from upstream to downstream has been completed and of course that is what we really hope for, “said I Nengah Tamba.

The Regent of Tamba hopes that in the future more and more farmers in Jembrana will be involved in developing Cavendish banana horticulture. Meanwhile, Welly Soegiono, a representative from PT NSA, said that this was a form of empowering farmers’ lands in Jembrana.

“This is able to meet the needs of local bananas, especially in Bali, so they are no longer imported from Lampung. Moreover, it is also in accordance with the Bali Governor Regulation Number 99 of 2018 concerning the Utilization of Agricultural Products, Fisheries and Local Bali Industries.” close Welly.

Nyoman Sudana as the first farmer to develop Cavendish bananas in Jembrana and partnering with PT NSA said that he started to plant Cavendish bananas in collaboration with PT NSA about 10 months ago. “Interest in the development of Cavendish bananas, because in terms of harvest, within 10 months it can be harvested,” he said