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DIC Subsidiary in Indonesia Adopts PKS as Boiler Fuel

Company promotes full-scale shift from fossil to biomass fuels to reduce CO2 emissions.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

DIC announced that wholly owned subsidiary PT. DIC Graphics, based in Jakarta, Indonesia, launched an initiative in January 2018 aimed at replacing a portion of the coal used to fire boilers producing thermal energy for internal use at its Karawang Plant, a pigment production facility, with palm kernel shells (PKS).   A renewable fuel, PKS is attracting attention worldwide from the perspective of carbon neutrality because it offers an effective way to help limit CO2 emissions. Indonesia is the...

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