Daily production of up to 1,440 m³at the new Jakarta AAC factory

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View of the AM factory premises with the AAC production building located in the metropolitan region of Jakarta

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View inside the newly erected production building with the plant equipment installed quite recently, too

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Silica sand together with water is ground to fine sand slurry in the ball mill

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Next station are the sand slurry tanks with a height of 8 m each

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The complete plant control system can be operated by just one worker

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The aerated concrete cake ferments in 19 reactor vessels in total, they are placed in a separate, heated area of the building

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Front view of the autoclaves during the test run

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General manager Andytio Dudiarto welcomes Masa area manager Rudolf Buyna (left) and BFT editor Silvio Schade (right) at the AM Tangarang factory

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PT Adiwisesa Mandiri Building Products Indonesia, located in the metropolitan region of Jakarta in the Indonesian island of Java, is manufacturing various products for the construction sector including tile adhesive and sealing compounds. Recently, the product range has been expanded by the production of AAC thanks to the latest production equipment from the German plant and machinery supplier Masa.

PT Adiwisesa Mandiri Building Products Indonesia (hereafter “AM” in short) is a subsidiary of the Jarum Group holding and was founded in the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta in 1988. The initial objective of the company was to introduce and market tile adhesive products to the construction industry for the Indonesian market. Their product range has expanded from tile adhesives and jointing materials to include chemical support products such as sealing compounds, waterproofing coatings, and bonding agents.

At the beginning of operations, AM was the sole importer of these products from...