L'oreal building ‘largest factory’ in Jababeka

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 02/17/2011

Paris-based cosmetics giant L’Oreal says it is building a factory that will be the largest factory in the Jababeka industrial area in Cikarang, West Java. The company has allocated US$50 million for project construction.

PT L'Oreal Indonesia president director Jean-Christophe Letellier said Thursday in Jakarta that the factory was expected to have a production capacity of 300 million units per year as soon as it commenced operations, adding that capacity would expand to up to 500 million units by 2015.

He said 25 percent of the products would be targeted at the domestic market, while the rest would be exported.

“The construction began in October last year and is expected to be complete in October this year,” Letellier said, as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

The factory is being built on a 200-hectare area, he added.