Kertas Alquran APP Kualitas Ekspor Mampu Tahan 100 Tahun
Quran Paper APP has Export Quality could Last for 100 Years
Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Menteri Perindustrian Ms Hidayat mengatakan, Indonesia harus mengembangkan Quran Paper (QPP) atau kertas produksi dalam negeri yang digunakan untuk mencetak kitab suci Al-Quran dengan kekuatan hingga 100 tahun memiliki nilai ekspor yang harus terus dikembangkan.
"Indonesia harus terus mengembangkan produk-produk ekspor yang telah nilai tambah," katanya di Jakarta.
Pernyataan MS Hidayat terkait dengan wakaf 100 ribu mushaf Al-Qur´an Asian Pulp and Paper (APP) di bulan puasa sebagai bentuk tanggung jawab sosial kepada masyarakat di bulan Ramadan.
Menteri Perindustrian MS Hidayat mengatakan dirinya menyambut gembira wakaf Alquran tersebut.
"Membangun bangsa dalam berbagai aspek, termasuk dalam aspek mental dan spiritual, merupakan tanggung jawab bersama. Untuk itu, saya menghargai langkah APP untuk menyumbangkan mushaf Al-Qur´an sebagai bentuk tanggung jawab sosial," katanya.
Alquran yang diwakafkan oleh APP dicetak menggunakan kertas QPP yang dikembangkan APP melalui PT Indah Kiat Pulp and Paper di Tangerang, Banten.
Quran Paper ini diklaim memiliki tekstur dan kualitas cetak khusus yang ringan, halus serta kuat dan bisa bertahan selama 100 tahun dalam penggunaan normal.
Sekitar 80% hingga 90% dari produksi kertas ini diekspor, terutama ke negara-negara Timur Tengah seperti Mesir, Turki, Suriah dan Lebanon yang merupakan pusat percetakan Quran bagi dunia.
Director Corporate Affairs APP, Suhendra Wiriadinata mengatakan APP memang berinisiatif untuk menyumbangkan salinan Quran untuk membantu masyarakat yang membutuhkan.
Kementerian Agama memperkirakan bahwa kebutuhan itumencapai dua juta mushaf Alquran per tahun pada 2011.
Namun sampai saat ini, percetakan nasional baru bisa memenuhi kebutuhan sekitar 50 ribu hingga 60 ribu mushaf Alquran.
Jakarta (B2B) - Industry Minister Ms Hidayat said Indonesia had to develop its Quran Paper (QPP) because it had export quality and the Quran printed with the OPP could last for 100 years.
"Indonesia should continue to develop its export products which have added values," the minister said here on Sunday.
The minister made the remarks in connection with the donation of 100 thousand copies of the Quran by pulp producer Asian Pulp and Paper (APP) as a form of its social responsibility in the current fasting month.
Minister MS Hidayat said he hailed the company`s donation of 100 thousand copies of the Quran.
"Building the nation in various aspects, including in the mental and spiritual aspects, is a shared responsibility. Therefore, I appreciated the APP`s step to donate copies of the Quran as a form of its social responsibility," the minister said.
The copies of the Quran which were donated by the APP were printed using domestically produced QPP by PT Indah Kiat Pulp and Paper in Tangerang, Banten.
The Quran Paper is claimed to have a special print and texture quality which is light, soft, strong and could last for 100 years if the Quran is used in normal way.
About 80-90 percent of this paper production is exported, particularly to the Middle East countries, such as Egypt, Turkey, Syria and Lebanon which are centers of Quran printing for the world.
Corporate Affairs Director of APP Suhendra Wiriadinata said APP had the initiative to donate copies of the Quran to help people who needed them.
The Ministry of Religious Affairs predicted that the people needed some two million copies of the Quran in 2011.
But up to now, the national printing capacity of the Holy Book only reached about 50 thousand to 60 thousand copies.
