Asia Pacific Rayon

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Asia Pacific Rayon
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Textile manufacturing
Parent Royal Golden Eagle
Website aprayon.com

Asia Pacific Rayon (APR) is one of the largest viscose-rayon producers in Asia, with annual capacity of 300,000 tons of viscose-rayon. [1] [2] [3] The company is based in Pangkalan Kerinci, Riau, Indonesia. The company produces renewable and biodegradable viscose-rayon, which is made from wood cellulose, and serves as an alternative to fossil-based synthetics in the textile industry. [4] It is one of Royal Golden Eagle's business groups. [5]

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APR is the largest integrated rayon factory in Indonesia. [6] [7] Most of its supply come from pulp and paper producer APRIL. [8] [9] It claims its "from plantation to fashion" integrated value chain supports the nation's "Making Indonesia 4.0" economic roadmap, which aims to boost competitiveness in, among many, five priority sectors: Food and drinks, automotive, textile, electronics, and chemicals. [10] [11]

The company produces viscose-rayon, commonly used in textile products. [12] [13] APR's products are exported to 14 countries including Brazil Turkey, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh various parts of Europe. [14]

In a collaboration with the International Chamber of Commerce and Singapore-based blockchain startup Perlin Net Group, APR on 9 April 2019 launched 'Follow Our Fibre', a blockchain project on viscose supply chain traceability. [15]

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