About us
Two women cofounders, whose educational backgrounds and experiences complement each other, established our company in 2019. Noryawati Mulyono, the director, holds her undergraduate degree from Chemistry ITB and her doctoral degree in food science IPB; both are top three universities in Indonesia, with 20 years of experience in food manufacturing companies, academia, and entrepreneurship. Her passion to stop plastic pollution, the root cause of floods in Jakarta every rainy season, drives her to transform the research idea into commercial scale. Since 2010, she has done persistent research in bioplastics. Her research is primarily focused on two main features. The first is the utilization of natural resources, which are abundant in Indonesia, sustainable, and free from the risk of famine and drought. The second requirement is that the product’s end-of-life must be environmentally friendly.
From 2019 to 2021, Biopac had Lie Tham Tjhun as chairwoman. She is the owner of a successful food manufacturing company in Indonesia. Due to the pandemic, she decided to retire in 2021 and hand over her position to Indrawati Mulyono, the elder sister of Noryawati Mulyono. She holds a degree in industrial engineering from Trisakti University and has gained work experience in diverse sectors like production planning and inventory control, prior to propelling her career as a fund manager. Supported by Dr. Asaf Kleopas Sugih, who has an educational background in Chemical Engineering with a Bachelor’s degree from ITB, Master’s and Doctorate degrees from the University of Groningen, and experience in research, teaching, and mentoring Chemical Engineering students at Universitas Katolik Parahyangan, Biopac excels in the fields of material innovation and the engineering of eco-friendly packaging production processes from seaweed, including plant layout, production capacity enhancement, and techno-economic studies of the seaweed processing industry. We are very grateful to have the right leaders at the right time.
Our Vision
“To be the first true biopackaging manufacturer and the leader in the circular packaging story that can extend across packaging variant formats.”
Our Product Value Proposition
User-friendly means that it is convenient. As food packaging, it comes in edible grade, making it safe to consume directly with the food inside. However, if you wish to dispose of it, you can do so on land, in a bin, a river, the sea, or even in the toilet. It will enrich soil nutrients and promptly dissolve in the water.
Our products are halal and animal-free, so they are safe for Muslims and vegans. And, for those who are allergic to certain foods, including nuts, seafood, and eggs, feel free to consume because our products have no allergic risk. Our products are also colorable, printable, heat sealable, and adjustable in thickness.
Home compostable means that it could be broken down naturally, you can just place our products in your home bin, along with fruit and vegetable waste. And even if you have plants, you just have to put our products in the soil and it can be a biofertilizer. Home compostable also means that every component and material used in our products could be degraded by living things, and most people interpret the living things as microbes. In other words, it means that our products could be degraded by indigenous microbes at natural temperature in the environment hence it will not pollute the environment.
Safe for animals, aquatic life and microbial diversity means that it will not entrap the animals, it is safe if being eaten, even more, the smallest portion of our products will not harm all living things, including the microbes.
Our products are sustainable from the materials, process, until the end of life. We use seaweed as raw material because it provides benefits than other terrestrial plant based materials, such as: fast to cultivation, does not need pesticide and fertilizer, does not need land for plantation, does not need water for irrigation, and grow synergistically with high protein fish.
We process the seaweed by environmentally friendly process, use less water than the mainstream of seaweed manufacturing company, and does not involve any hazardous chemicals. We produce no waste during biopackaging production process.
Then, the end of life of the biopac still has a value as biostimulant to promote the plant growth.
Our Impacts
Environmental Impact
Social Impact in Coastal Communities
CO2 REDUCTION
PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION
SEAWEED FARMERS EMPOWERMENT
FARMERS ADDITIONAL INCOME
Environmental Impact
CO2 REDUCTION
PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION
Social Impact in Coastal Communities
SEAWEED FARMERS EMPOWERMENT
FARMERS ADDITIONAL INCOME
Core Team
Noryawati Mulyono
Director
Experience in food additive mfg & university for 20y Hold 5 patents in bioplastic & capsule
Noryawati Mulyono
Director
Experience in food additive mfg & university for 20y Hold 5 patents in bioplastic & capsule
Asaf Kleopas Sugih
Technical Advisor
Passionate in research for designing the appropriate strategy for production scale up. Aligned with his education background since undergraduate, master and doctoral degree in chemical engineering.
Asaf Kleopas Sugih
Technical Advisor
Passionate in research for designing the appropriate strategy for production scale up. Aligned with his education background since undergraduate, master and doctoral degree in chemical engineering
Selda Shabrina
Business Development Advisor
Qualified accountant who hold prestigious position as Merger & Acquisition Manager at Bank Mandiri, with previous experience as business consultant and auditor.
Selda Shabrina
Business Development Advisor
Qualified accountant who hold prestigious position as Merger & Acquisition Manager at Bank Mandiri, with previous experience as business consultant and auditor.
Indrawati Mulyono
Chairwoman
Graduated as Industrial Engineer with work experience for more than 10 year in various manufacturing companies before advancing her career as investment manager.
Indrawati Mulyono
Chairwoman
Graduated as Industrial Engineer with work experience for more than 10 year in various manufacturing companies before advancing her career as investment manager.
Reo Francois, ST
Marketing
Experience as an International Marketing and Customer Relationship in various industries
Reo Francois, ST
Marketing
Experience as an International Marketing and Customer Relationship in various industries
Our business is beyond a solution for plastic waste problem. We are the true biopackaging manufacturer and the leader in the circular packaging story that can extend across packaging variant formats.
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PT Seaweedtama Biopac Indonesia
Palem Manis Raya Blok B/17 Gudang Sentra Prima Technopark Kel. Gandasari