Malang City Residents Turn Used Parts Into Creative Products

Hariyanto/Photo: Antara

MALANG - A resident of Malang City, East Java, Hariyanto (50) utilizes used spare parts or spare parts into a business opportunity by forming them into wall decorations and selling them to increase income. assembled and combined in such a way as to be used as wall decorations that are attractive and have economic value. "I really focus on the fence welding workshop. Meanwhile, to assemble these used parts, I only make a side job," he said in Malang, Saturday, March 19. Heriyanto said, he could not focus on his work due to an incident that occurred while working on an order in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra. The incident caused his left leg to be amputated in 2014. Currently, he is focusing on developing his welding workshop business for the fence and when he has free time or when orders are low, he fills it by making a number of wall hangings using these used spare parts. Hariyanto explained that the majority of the used parts were obtained from his friends who have a workshop business. The used spare parts that he usually uses include chains, spark plugs, carburetor covers, springs and a number of other spare parts. These parts are then assembled and glued using glue on wood or zinc media. Wall decorations made from used spare parts vary, such as tanks, motorbikes, locomotives and helicopters that are framed for wall decoration. "For an easy process, I cleaned these parts but didn't wash them. Then they glued them together using glue," said a resident of Jl Danau Rawa. Dizziness in the village of Sawojajar.

He added that in producing the wall hangings, he never planned the initial concept. All the ideas that he imagined were then immediately poured by matching each spare part to become an attractive shape. , currently being marketed using social media platforms and getting a pretty good response. His products are in demand by the market outside Java. For the price of his creative wall hangings, they are sold starting at Rp. 5,000 per unit for simple shapes, up to Rp. 700,000 per unit, depending on the level of difficulty and complexity at the time of manufacture. "Marketing through social media, and already selling to Makassar twice. The most expensive price is up to Rp. 700 thousand and the cheapest is Rp. 5,000," he said.