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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Foreigners inquisitive about Paper-Waste Batik

Pekalongan:Batik made of paper waste, as well as cement wrap, aluminum foil and plastic, has attracted foreign customers. In Pekalongan, Central Java, batik manufacturers sell thousands of meters of their recycled batik material per month.


“The customers largely return from Singapore, Australia and a few components of Europe,” batik producer Harris Riadi told Tempo yesterday.


Harris said it had been turning into tougher to supply raw materials for the recycled batik as a result of its increasingly popularity.


Harris said he usually is invited to attend exhibitions overseas, particularly in Europe. This July, he can participate in an exceedingly one-month exhibition held at Harrods in London. He was appointed by the national export development establishment to represent Indonesian batik producers. “This is that the fifth event within the past 5 months,” he added.


The Pekalongan trade, Trade, Cooperatives and little to Medium Scale Business Units workplace chief, Selamet Prihantono, said that one positive side of the recycled batik was that it's not full of value will increase in raw materials.


“There are solely many producers in Pekalongan, that the trade solely employs many individuals,” Selamet added. He expects that standard batik producers can expand into recycled batik production. “We are able to offer coaching. The crafters have the talents, they solely want the need to make,” he said.

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