Yuh Chien Foong, Author at FKS Food and Agri

Employer of Choice

Yuh Chien Foong — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 18:24:00 +0000

29 March 2022

A survey conducted by Korn Ferry Indonesia and SWA Magazine to provide feedback and appreciation towards the best company to work in Indonesia. Employer of Choice is based on overall employee engagement and enablement score, while Pandemic Responses is based on how company maintain employee’s well-being and responding to the crisis. Total of 21 companies and 44,670 employees participated in the 2021 survey.

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FKS Giving Back to the Community

Yuh Chien Foong — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 02:04:00 +0000

15 September 2021

FKS Group believe that the involvement of our employees toward the Company’s social activities is key to realize one of our core values under FKS Way -“Caring”.

Through FKS Foundation, we collaborated with Menjadi Indonesia Pintar (MIP) -an organization which focus is in sharing knowledge and inspiring children, and initated “FKS Give Back to Community” program. The program is created as a platform for our employees to have a special opportunity to be involved directly with many underprivileged children around Jabodetabek area.
The program was launched in August and to date 2 batches have been conducted, with total reach of up tp 60 children in each session, and few more batches are expected to be done in the next couple of months period.

We hope the program can act not only as a means to help and inspire the underprivileged children, but also as a reminder to our employees and communities of how important it is to be compassionate and to care for others even more during pandemic.

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Indonesia’s First Flour Mills Using Renewable Energy Sources

Yuh Chien Foong — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 03:10:00 +0000

13 September 2021

FKS Group commits to support UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and having Goal #11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities as one of the main focuses; FKS Group, through Bungasari, is investing Solar Panel for their factory in Medan with the target to have the first phase done by early 2022.

This initiative leads Bungasari to be the First Flour mill in Indonesia to use Renewable Energy Sources, which is also aligned with the Government’s “Gerakan Nasional Sejuta Surya” campaign.

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Bungasari – New Flour Mills In Makassar and Medan

Yuh Chien Foong — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 02:52:00 +0000

17 December 2020

Bungasari Flour Mills Indonesia (BFMI) has officially opened the new flour milling facilities in Medan, Sumatera Utara, and Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Wednesday, 16 February 2020. The opening ceremony of the new facilities was held using the theme “Bungasari Horas-Ewako” where the shareholders and the board of directors from Indonesia, Japan, and Malaysia, together with their distributors and partners, attended the ceremony virtually.

With a total investment of 90 million USD on an 8.1 ha land area, BFMI proves its commitment to continuously expanding its production capacity to keep up with the ever-growing customer demand. President Director Bungasari Flour Mills Indonesia, Budianto Wijaya, also explained that one of the main purposes of developing both facilities is to ensure the continuous supply across Indonesia for good quality and affordable flour products.

The new facilities will enable more efficient supply chains to supply customers in North Sumatera and East Indonesia, where not many flour producers can serve large capacity demand in the region. With the passion and determination to continue reaching the customers all over Indonesia, both flour mills’ facilities equipped with the latest technology and machinery in the wheat processing system were ready to operate near the closing year of 2020.

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FKS Food’s Expansion

Yuh Chien Foong — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 13:13:00 +0000

6 November 2020

Having a strong foundation in Food and Agri industry especially in staple food for over 40 years in Indonesia, FKS Food has expanded its horizon to consumer branded food business through acquisition of PT Tiga Pilar Sejahtera Food. This move has not only extended our product offering but it is also an important step towards achieving our vision, which is to become a leading food company in Indonesia and to play a substantial role in developing the future of food industry in Indonesia.

As a result of the acquisition, FKS Food currently manage and own branded consumer food products such as Taro, Mie Kremezz, Gulas, Mie Ayam 2 Telor, Superior, Bihunku, and Bihun Tanum Jagung. FKS Food endeavor to produce food products with superior quality at affordable prices.

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Soft Launching of Sentral Grain Terminal 2

Yuh Chien Foong — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 03:26:00 +0000

24 June 2020

Sentral Grain Terminal (SGT), a subsidiary of FKS Logistics, together with Krakatau Bandar Samudera (KBS), a subsidiary of Krakatau Steel (Persero) Tbk, has held a soft launching of Sentral Grain Terminal 2 with its Integrated Warehouse (IWH) facilities on 23 June 2020 located at Cigading Port, Cilegon. The first phase has completed the construction of a storage facility (Flat Storage) with a capacity of 200,000 MT. The next phase will include constructing a vertical warehouse facility (Silo) with a minimum capacity of 70,000 MT, which will make the total capacity of 270,000 MT, making Sentral Grain Terminal 2 one of the largest in ASEAN.

IWH has the latest updated technology facilities in Indonesia. The 11.6-hectare transit warehouse will be connected directly to the Continuous Ship Unloader (CSU), operated by KBS, located at Pier 1 through a food grade conveyor belt. CSU is designed and programmed to serve cargo discharging such as soybean, corn, wheat & soybean meal. CSU’s discharge rate can reach 1,300 tons/hour or equal to 20,000 tons/day. The collaboration between two facilities is expected to increase the Company’s productivity and its customers.

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200,000 Rapid Test Kit for Indonesia

Yuh Chien Foong — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 02:53:00 +0000

16 April 2020

Through FKS Foundation, FKS Group is committed to support Indonesian Government in fighting and stopping the spread of Covid-19. FKS Group donated 200,000 units of certified rapid test kits and distributed it to key institutions in Indonesia such as the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, the National Disaster Management Agency and main public hospitals in Indonesia.

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#FKSCareKit for FKS Group Employees

Yuh Chien Foong — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 03:55:12 +0000

1 April 2020

During the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, our thoughts and concerns are for the wellbeing of employees. Besides prioritising workplace safety FKS Group also demonstrated the Group’s core values – FKS WAY which is Integrity, Caring and Commitment by distributing special FKSCareKit to our employees.

The FKSCareKit distribution was to appreciate, support and encourage our employees during this challenging times. In the FKSCareKit we provided health supplements such as vitamins, disposal masks, hand sanitisers and disinfectants that they can use daily in their homes.

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Bungasari’s Expansion in Medan

Yuh Chien Foong — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 06:37:00 +0000

14 October 2019

PT Bungasari Flour Mills Indonesia, a joint venture between FKS Food and Ingredients, Toyota Tsusho and Malayan Flour Mills. To marks its fifth year anniversary in Indonesia, Bungasari is expanding its operations in Medan, Sumatera.

The first phase of the new factory is expected to be completed by September 2022 and will be fully operational by 2024.

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Omegra Shipping, The First Asian Non-Clearing Member in EEX

Yuh Chien Foong — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 02:58:00 +0000

11 October 2019

Omegra Shipping is proud to announce its achievement to be the first Asian Non-Clearing Member in EEX (the European Energy Exchange).

“As an active bulk operator in an increasingly volatile market, Omegra Shipping frequently uses freight derivatives to manage exposure and express our market view. We welcome EEX for the depth of expertise and market information they provide and we are very pleased, therefore, to be the first Asian Non-Clearing Member to trade both freight futures and options through their exchange.” said Lukasz Ogryczak, Managing Director of Omegra Shipping.

EEX is a group of specialised companies providing market platforms for energy and commodity products across the globe. It focuses in energy, environmental freight, metals and agriculture. It is based in 17 worldwide locations and its part of Deutsche Borse Group.

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