The development of industrial estates in West Java, precisely in the Karawang area is inseparable from the support of infrastructure around the area. There are several industrial areas in the corridor of Bekasi Cikarang Karawang area, such as MM 2100,Jababeka,LIPPO, EJIP,Deltamas,Surya Cipta,KIIC and Karawang New Industry City. Karawang New Industry City (KNIC) is located near capital city of Indonesia and supported by a strong transportation network. Furthermore, there are several industries in the KNIC region such as construction industry, automotive industry, and FMCG industry.
To support the performance in industrial estates, several supporting facilities were developed in Karawang New Industry City area. Check out several of the supporting facilities owned by KNIC as below:
Power Supply
The first supporting facilities owned by Karawang New Industry City as an industrial estate in corridor of Bekasi,Cikarang,Karawang area is Power Supply. KNIC industrial estate is supported by PLN premium electricity services, several gas pipes were provided to meet the gas demand in Karawang New Industry City area.
Through operational cooperation with PLN, KNIC also supports government programs in the distribution of electricity in industrial areas located in the Bekasi and Karawang corridors.
Water Treatment Plant
The second supporting facilities owned by Karawang New Industry City as an industrial area is a Water Treatment Plant (WTP). It is a system or facility that functions to treat water from raw water quality to obtain the desired quality water treatment according to quality standards or ready for use. It is an important facility in the world that will produce clean and healthy water for consumption.
Usually this construction consists of 5 processes, namely: coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, and disinfection. KNIC provides water treatment plant in their area to treat water and residual production waste.
Cikarang Dry Port
The third supporting facilities for Karawang New Industry City area is Cikarang Dry Port access. It is the first and only Integrated Customs Service Area (KPPT) in Indonesia, which allows customs export-import activities to be completed within industrial estates around West Java. As an extension of the Tanjung Priok international port, Cikarang Dry Port has an IDJBK international port code.
Since constructed in 2011, Cikarang Dry Port has a capacity of up to 250,000 TEUs and comprehensive facilities such as warehousing and container depots. At the beginning of 2016, the Government established Cikarang Dry Port as one of the executors of the Bonded Logistics Center (PLB) in Indonesia.
Together with Indonesian Textile Association (API), Cikarang Dry Port developed a logistic center for cotton commodity. The dynamic development in the West Java industrial area can’t be separated from the increasingly open access from and to the area.
Access
Other supporting facilities owned by Karawang New Industry City as an industrial estate in West Java are its multiple access. Its strategic location near the capital is a plus point. Karawang also close to Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Soekarno-Hatta Airport and Tanjung Priok Port.
Meanwhile, the planned construction of Patimban Port infrastructure in Subang and Kertajati Airport in Majalengka, West Java, will accelerate the development of industrial estates in the areas of West Java, Bekasi and Karawang.
The two strategic infrastructures will also relate to toll road access so it will be able to facilitate the logistics channel of the industrial area in Karawang, West Java while at the same time encouraging regional economic growth.
Those are several supporting facilities of the Karawang New Industry City as an industrial estate in the corridor of Bekasi Cikarang Karawang besides other industrial estate such as MM 2100,Jababeka,LIPPO, EJIP,Deltamas,Surya Cipta,KIIC . All the facilities mentioned above are facilitated to support the performance of the industry in the region.
