Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings
| Pulp and Paper | |
| Headquarters | Headquarters - Singapore, operations - Indonesia and China |
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Key people
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Chairman: Bey Soo Khiang; President: Praveen Singhavi |
| Products | Pulp and Paper |
| Website | aprilasia.com |
Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Limited, or APRIL, is a developer of fibre plantations and the owner of one of the world's largest pulp and paper mills with operations mainly in Indonesia and China. APRIL mainly produces bleached hardwood kraft pulp and uncoated, wood-free paper, including its PAPERONE brand of office paper. Founded in 1993, APRIL is managed by RGE and owned by Indonesian business man Sukanto Tanoto living in Singapore. RGE also manages companies in paper, palm oil, construction, and energy business sectors.
APRIL’s main pulp and paper subsidiary is Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper (RAPP). RAPP operates in Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. APRIL’s pulp and paper mill located at Pangkalan Kerinci in Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia is capable of producing up to 2.8 million tonnes of pulp and 1.15 million tonnes of paper per year. Beginning operation in 1995, Friends of the Earth called RAPP the biggest paper pulp mill in the world, with a capacity of 2 million tonnes per year.
In June 2015, APRIL became the first Indonesian forest company to receive the sustainable forest management certification from the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC). The company previously received PEFC Chain-of-Custody certification in 2010 for its manufacturing operations.
It was later accepted as an International Stakeholder member by PEFC in February 2016.
APRIL’s operations are also certified under OHSAS 18001 (Safety Management Systems), ISO 9001 (Quality Management Systems), and ISO 14001 (Environment Management Systems).
In 2013, APRIL established the Restorasi Ekosistem Riau (RER) project to restore, protect and manage 20,000 hectares of degraded peat forests. The eco-restoration area later expanded to 70,000 hectares in June 2015. The project is implemented in collaboration with Fauna and Flora International, The Nature Conservancy and social NGO Bidara. APRIL announced at COP21 a US$100 million investment over the course of 10 years focused on eco-restoration and conservation, in addition to doubling the eco-restoration area to 150,000 hectares.
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