Chairperson of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani, visited PT Great Giant Pineapple (GGP), Terbanggi Besar, Central Lampung, in order to conduct a ceremony for the release of canned pineapple exports. The ceremony was marked by the breaking of a jug on a container truck that was ready to go to Panjang Harbor.
During this visit, the daughter of the 5th President of the Republic of Indonesia also visited a canned pineapple processing factory to see firsthand the process from upstream to downstream until the canned pineapple product entered the container ready for export.
In her speech, Puan said that the results of Indonesian local fruit products should not be inferior to products from abroad in all aspects, such as in terms of quality, packaging, and branding.
According to him, with the ability of local fruit to compete in the global market, the stability of Indonesia’s domestically produced fruit exports can be maintained in order to support the national economy.
“GGP is the largest pineapple exporting company in Indonesia and the world, in the form of canned pineapple packaging, juice, and concentrate. So, this needs to be continuously improved,” he said.
GGF’s Corporate Affairs Director, Welly Soegiono, who also accompanied the visit, explained that GGP’s export activities per year have reached 15-16 thousand containers.
Welly added that in its operations, GGP has adopted the latest technology to increase efficiency and effectiveness in every pineapple processing process, such as precision agriculture with the use of drones and the internet of things as well as egrowers, namely partner farmers. The company also has a good traceability system, because all processes (planting, harvesting, processing) are managed in an integrated manner.
“The company’s pineapple processing has been integrated between the plantation and the factory, including the factory that produces the cans. Thus, pineapples from the garden can be directly processed at the Cannery in fresh condition,” explained Welly.
