At “The 5th Outstanding Corporate Innovator Indonesia Award 2019” (OCI Indonesia Award) with the theme “Competitive Edge: Accelerating Growth In Industry 4.0 Through Product Innovation”, Sambu Group won The Influential Product Innovation. Held on Shangri-La Hotel, Jakarta, June 17th, 2019, the event was held in collaboration with PPM Management, POMA (Product Development and Management Association) Indonesia, and SWA Magazine.This success is a testament to the Sambu Group for innovative activities that the company has been carrying out so far. And one of Sambu Group’s innovation is to giving an added value to the coconut itself. In spite of coconut milk and coconut oil as the trademark, Kara also present diversification of other processed coconut products through KARA Island. KARA Island is an outlet that representing a healthy coconut products.

At first, plant pest control carried in PT Riau Sakti United Plantations-Perkebunan used insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides, which are classified as pesticides. Thus PT Riau Sakti United Plantations-Perkebunan team tried to create a balance & natural ecosystem by abandoning the use of pesticides. PT Riau Sakti United Plantations-Perkebunan gradually reduced the use of chemicals, then the team began to switch into biological pest control by trying to breed the natural enemies of the caterpillar pests, namely Sicanus and eocanthecona. This efforts is one of the way our company try to maintain the balance of the existing ecosystem. We always putting forward out green steps as a manifestation of the company’s concern for environmental conservation.

Wonderful Indonesia Gastronomy Forum Diaspora Restaurants 2018 is an event held by the Ministry of Tourism that aims to support diaspora restaurants as the ‘face’ of Indonesian culinary and tourism. KARA Indonesia’s participation in this event was not only to introduce a variety of the latest innovative coconut processed products, such as KARA Coconut Cooking Oil, but also to meet directly with representatives of diaspora restaurants from various countries.

In 2018, Tetra Pak and Sambu Group collaboration “One Billion Packs”. More than 80% of the shipments were TCA 65 for a KARA products. This is inseparable from the Sambu Group’s efforts to provide high quality coconut supplies. Then followed by innovations developed for KARA products using packaging from Tetra Pak in the Sambu Group’s effort to expand its business.

It is undeniable that cooperation become one of the main keys for an organization is to achieve their success. Both cooperation between individuals, as well as with other organizations. Of coourse, we are very aware of this. Therefore, the Tay Juhana Foundation (TJF) always strives to create a dynamic working climate in teamwork development, and is always open to opportunities to collaborate with other parties. We make the efforts in order to realize TJF’s vision, especially in increasing national and event global food security, through the development of food crop agriculture on suboptimal land.