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Dukung Local Sourcing, APR Selenggarakan Buyer Seller Meet

Buyer Seller Meet

Memilih dan menentukan material kain yang berkualitas menjadi salah satu tantangan yang kerap dihadapi desainer dan brand fashion di Indonesia. Akses yang terbatas untuk mendapatkan material terbaik dengan harga yang atraktif juga kerap menjadi problem, khususnya bagi para fashion start up. Padahal, banyak produsen benang dan kain yang mumpuni di dalam negeri untuk memenuhi kebutuhan […]

Viscose and More Viscose: Revisiting APR x JFW Collaboration

Viscose

Riau-based viscose rayon producer Asia Pacific Rayon, also known as APR, is bringing back its 2023 Jakarta Fashion Week collaborations to the Jakarta Fashion Hub (JFH). At the 2023 JFW, five local brands —BT Batik Trusmi, Everyday, Geulis, FREDERIKA, Oline Workrobe— got to try transforming APR’s biodegradable rayon fiber into 48 stunning looks, ranging from […]

Fashion Revolution Encourages Ethical Production, Purchase of Clothing

Fashion Revolution Indonesia returns for its second edition, highlighting the need for ethical and sustainable decisions in the clothes we wear, from yarn to garments. Held at the Jakarta Fashion Hub from Wednesday to Thursday, Fashion Revolution Indonesia was initiated by Asia Pacific Rayon (APR) and Closed Loop Fashion as part of the global Fashion […]

Menparekraf apresiasi kolaborasi majukan industri kreatif dan fesyen

Sandiaga Uno

“Saya berharap wastra Melayu dapat kembali berjaya bagi generasi muda” Menteri Pariwisata dan Ekonomi Kreatif Sandiaga Uno mengapresiasi upaya kolaboratif Melayu Merindu untuk memajukan industri kreatif dan fesyen dengan memaksimalkan potensi wastra nusantara, yang diyakini dapat menjadi daya tarik wisata bagi konsumen lokal maupun mancanegara. “Inovasi perlu terus dilakukan untuk menciptakan ekosistem ekonomi kreatif yang […]

Mengintip Semarak Fashion Revolution Week di Jakarta Fashion Hub

Siapa di sini yang selalu gercep setiap kali melihat katalog produk fashion favorit yang terbaru? Mix and match berbagai fashion items memang jadi hal yang menyenangkan bagi para fashion lovers. OOTD yang kekinian pasti bikin penampilan terlihat lebih stylish. Tapi, seberapa jauh sih kamu aware dengan apa yang terjadi dalam industri fashion? Di balik pakaian […]

Indonesian Textile Producer Collaborates with Asia Pacific Rayon to Launch Indonesia’s First Antimicrobial Rayon-Cotton Bath Towel

Wiska produces home textiles made with APR’s sustainable rayon fibre, in line with the trend towards sustainable textile fibre. Jakarta, 9 April 2021 – PT Wiska, a producer and exporter of home textiles, has launched its first retail label for towels and bathroom products made with blends of rayon-cotton, ‘Eco Pure S’. PT Wiska partnered […]

APR Collaborates with Local Brands to Build the ‘Everything Indonesia’ Spirit

Use of eco-friendly materials and collaboration with local brands designed to help further stimulate the domestic fashion industry in Indonesia Jakarta, 27 Maret 2021 – Sustainable rayon fiber producer Asia Pacific Rayon (APR) and three local brands recently  collaborated at a fashion show with the theme ‘Sustainably Modest’ at the Muslim Fashion Festival (Muffest) 2021 in  Jakarta. […]

Snapshot of Fashion Trends in 2021: Jakarta Fashion Hub Hosts Virtual Fashion Show and Shopping Events

Four fashion labels collaborated in their use of sustainable viscose-rayon fibres produced in Indonesia. Jakarta, 27 January 2021 – The Jakarta Fashion Hub (JFH) has kicked off 2021 with a virtual fashion show and virtual shopping event. The JFH, a collaborative space that brings together fashion and creativity, recently partnered with four well-known fashion labels: Purana, Interim […]

Creating Sustainable Value, From Plantation to Fashion

APR Releases Inaugural Sustainability Progress Report Jakarta, 16 November 2020 – Asia Pacific Rayon (APR) has released its inaugural Sustainability Progress Report covering the first 18 months of its operations from January 2019 to June 2020. Formally inaugurated by Indonesia President Joko Widodo in February 2020, APR is a vertically integrated operation from renewable fibre plantations to high-value textile manufacturing facilities, […]

Asia Pacific Rayon Wins Readiness INDI 4.0 Award from the Indonesian Ministry of Industry

Award based on APR’s role in driving technological advancement sin textile fibre manufacturing in Indonesia Jakarta, 25 November 2020 – Asia Pacific Rayon (APR) has won the Indonesian Industry 4.0 Readiness Index (INDI 4.0) award from the Ministry of Industry, for its support in transforming the textile fibre manufacturing industry in Indonesia. The awards recognize companies that have […]