PT MAL was established on 2003 for the manufacturing and trading of wood chips. The main equipment and machinery was supplied by Andritz AG, a company of the Andritz Group which is a global market leader for customized plant, systems and services for the pulp and paper, hydropower, steel and other specialized industries (solid/liquid separation, feed and biofuel). The mill is complete with jetty infrastructure for export purposes and is designed to produce up to 700,000 bone dry tonnes of wood chips annually.

PT MAL sources its raw materials, i.e. plantation wood from a neighboring plantation under a yearly supply arrangement. Apart from lower procurement costs (as transportation costs are lower compared to supply from its own plantation), this arrangement provides flexibility to manage and reserve our forest wood supply for the future pulp mill.

Currently, our woodchip already sold to end buyers from Philippines, China, Korea, Taiwan and Indonesia.

The wood chip mill project epitomizes our technical and operational execution ability from inception to commercialization. The mill employs about 150 technical, support and administrative personnel to ensure efficient day to day running of the facility. Many of the employees were hired from the villages in the neighbouring vicinity of the mill, hence providing employment and income to the islanders.