Shell Indonesia Doubles The Capacity Of Marunda's Lumpus Factory

Photo: Doc. Antara

JAKARTA - Shell Indonesia is expanding and doubling the capacity of the Marunda lubricants Oil Blending Plant (LOBP) in Bekasi to meet the growing demand for premium lubricant products in Indonesia.

The expansion of this factory is expected to produce 300 million liters of lubricant per year. Prior to expansion, LOBP Marunda had a production capacity of 136 million liters per year.

"Indonesia is the main growth market for Shell and our investment in expanding the LOBP plant in Marunda is a form of our trust in the Indonesian market," said Machteld De Haan, Shell Executive Vice President Global Lubricants in a press statement, quoted from Antara, Saturday 12 November.

"The lubricant is an important element that can encourage sustainable growth in Indonesia, and this factory expansion will strengthen our supply chain so that it can serve more consumers more quickly and sustainably," he said.

The new plant is backed by the application of various world-class technologies, such as cutting-edge blending equipment, high-speed charging machines, and Automatic Mobile Robot (AMR), a smart robotic system capable of lowering, placing, and compiling lubricant products from packaging charging machines to assist the loading process on trucks.

LOBP Marunda produces a variety of lubricant products including Shell Helix (car engine driver), Shell Advance (motor singer), Shell Rimula (heavy duty diesel player), Shell Spirax (transmission investigator), and other industrial lubricants.