Koperasi Ternyata Mampu Kembangkan Pabrik Kelapa Sawit

Indonesian Cooperative Ministry Support Palm Oil Mill in Aceh



KEMENTERIAN KOPERASI, Usaha Kecil dan Menengah (UKM) sukses mendukung dan membina Koperasi Prima Jasa di Desa Bayeun, Kecamatan Rantau Selamat, Kabupaten Aceh Timur, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, yang berhasil mengembangkan pabrik kelapa sawit untuk mengolah produksi 30 ton tandan buah segar (TBS) kelapa sawit per jam.

Asisten Deputi Urusan Penelitian UKM, Karimuddin mengatakan pabrik kelapa sawit di Bayeun tersebut merupakan usaha patungan dengan perusahaan swasta dari Medan, Sumatera Utara dengan komposisi saham saat ini 70% dan 30% dimiliki oleh Koperasi Prima Jasa, dengan pola kerjasama Build, Operation and Transfer (BOT).

Terlebih sejak dipimpin Hanafiah sebagai ketua koperasi maka Prima Jasa terus berkembang sebagai koperasi masa depan yang mengedepankan pengembangan bisnis untuk memberi keuntungan bagi anggota koperasi maupun stake holder.

"Koperasi Prima Jasa menjadi koperasi pertama yang berhasil mengembangkan pabrik kelapa sawit dalam skala industri di Indonesia, dengan memanfaatkan dana Rp3 miliar dari Lembaga Pengelola Dana Bergulir atau LPDB," kata Karimuddin. (Foto2: B2B/M. Achsan Atjo)

THE INDONESIAN COOPERATIVES and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) succeed supports, and fostering Prima Jasa Cooperative in Bayeun village in Rantau Selamat sub-district, East Aceh district of Aceh province succeeded in developing a palm oil mills with a production potential 30 tonnes of oil palm fresh fruit bunch per hour as an Indonesian official said.

Deputy Assistant for SMEs Research, Karimuddin said palm oil mill in Bayeun is a joint venture with private companies from Medan, North Sumatra with the composition of the current share of 70% and 30% owned by the Cooperative Prima Services, with cooperation pattern the Build, Operation and Transfer (BOT).

Especially since led Hanafi as chairman of the cooperative, the Prima Services continues to evolve as a cooperative which emphasizes future business development to benefit the cooperative members and stakeholders.

"Prima Jasa Cooperative became the first cooperative to develop palm oil mills with an industrial scale in Indonesia, utilizing government funding IDR 3 billion from Indonesian government," Karimuddin said. (Pictures of B2B/M. Achsan Atjo)