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Semeru“ Semeru” stands for “Semangat Eratex Baru”

meaning a “New spirit of Eratex”

Content GreetingsThe 10th edition of Semeru highlights Halal bihalal event, which is an annual family gathering of Eratex staff (workers and managers). The event gives an opportunity to the managers & supervisors to meet family members of their subordinates in a friendly environment, which helps in strengthening the working relationships. Other highlight of last quarter is the “Fishing competition” to celebrate 71st independence day of IndonesiaHappy Reading!!!!!!!!!!!

Editorial Team

Vol.10 - October 2016

Newsletter-Volume 10 - October 2016 1

Exercise & Leisure 2

Halal Bihalal 2

Independence day

celebration 4

Volleyball Tournament 6

Local Community Care 6

Blood Donation 6

Eid al-Adha Celebration 7

Environmental 8

Recycling Organic Waste

Program 8

Welfare/Safety/Trainings 9

Employee Protection

& Development Training 9

Pap Smear Program 10

Her Project Training 11

Fire & Evacuation Drill 12

Best Industry Practice 13

Halal Bihalal

Eratex believes that good communication and relations between workers and their

supervisors /managers are one of the essential requirements to build a strong Company

capable of providing quality products and services to customers. With this belief, the

CSR team organized annual Halal Bihalal event which is a family gathering function.

The event held on Sunday, 7th August 2015 inside factory premises. Workers along with

their families participated in this event and enjoyed various entertainment activities

such as singing, dancing, group band and fashion show parade. All the activities were

performed by workers and their children. The attraction of the event was enhanced by

100 lucky draw prizes which included Refrigerator, washing machine, LED Televisions

and much more. Overall it was a refreshing event for all the employees.


Exercise & Leisure



Indonesia celebrates its independence on 17th August. To celebrate this day, the women

committee & HER Project team of Eratex organized “Fishing competition” and other

several small competitions for employees and their families on Sunday, 28th August

2016 in the factory campus. The fishing competition was held on the bank of “umbul

river” which passes through the factory campus. In order to ensure a fair chance to

all participants, 3000 fishes were released in the river. 400 employees comprising

operators, supervisors & managers from all sections enthusiastically participated in

this competition. Thousand of other employees cheered for the participants. Fishing

competition was held for the first time in the factory and was much enjoyed by all.

Below are the snapshots of the winners from various categories

Independence Day Celebration

Winners of heaviest fish caught category

Winners of fastest fisher category


Winners of largest quantity of fish caught category

Eating crackers competition

During the day some other competitions were also organized for children:

1. Eating crackers competition

2. Bringing marbles with spoon competition

3. Inserting nail to bottle competition


Eratex along with Probolinggo Red Cross (PMI) continued its tradition of organizing a

blood donating camp in factory clinic once in 3 months. It was held on 10th September.

88 employees donated their blood in last such camp.

Blood Donation

Local Community Care

Volleyball is one of the favorite sports among majority of employees in the factory. A

volley ball tournament was also successfully held in Eratex in 2nd quarter of 2015. After

that tournament, best players were selected and Eratex women volley ball team was

formed naming it “Semeru”. A city level volley ball tournament was organized in last

quarter to celebrate the 657th anniversary of Probolinggo city. Eratex team participated

and won 3rd prize in the tournament. It was a proud moment for all Eratex employees

as Eratex team managed to get the position despite playing against professional volley

ball players of the city.

Eratex Women volley ball team – 3rd position in City Tournament


Eid al-Adha, is one of the most sacred Muslim festival celebrated worldwide. Muslim

celebrate this festival by doing Eid prayers and donating halal meat. Eratex celebrated

Eid Al-Adha on 14th September 2016, by distributing meat to the surrounding society,

orphanage, and old age homes. Management and workers also conducted Eid Prayer

in Baitul Mustaqim Mosque located in side factory premises.

Eid al-Adha Celebration


EnvironmentalRecycling Organic Waste Program

A waste segregation program was initiated in factory in second quarter of 2016

and as a result, the complete waste generated in factory is now segregated into

organic and non-organic waste. In 3rd quarter of 2016, Eratex, with the help of BLH,

Indonesia (Environmental department of Indonesia) initiated a project for recycling

of organic waste by converting it into organic fertilizer through decomposition

process with following simple steps:

a)Organic waste is stored in a drum and weighed.

b)It is mixed with goat excrement in the proportion of 1:3

c) The mix is stored for 2 weeks and it becomes an organic fertilizer after 2

weeks.

This organic fertilizer is used for plants and trees inside factory premises.

Using organic fertilizer is beneficial as compare to chemical fertilizer in

following ways:

•Organicfertilizershelpsinimprovingthestructureofthesoilwhich

increases soil’s ability to hold water and nutrients

•Withorganicfertilizersthere’slittletonoriskoftoxicbuildupsofchemicals

and salts that can be deadly to plants.

•Organicfertilizersarerenewable,biodegradable,sustainable,and

environmentally friendly


Female Employee Protection and Development Training

More than 90% of Eratex’s employees are female. Therefore, in order to increase

awareness about female worker protection and development, Eratex Women

Committee and HER project committee, along with the support of Probolinggo Labor

department, organized a seminar on female employee protection and development

in factory premises on Tuesday 9th August 2016. 50 female employees from various

departments (management representatives & employee representatives) and 60 Peer

educators (PEs) attended this seminar and gained in depth knowledge / training about

female worker protection and development in working environment. The seminar

covered various topics such as female employee role, female employee rights based

on the local regulation (The 1945 constitution article 27 and 28D, Act no. 13 year 2013

regarding employment and international regulation (ILO Convention no. 100, 111)

Welfare/Safety/Training


Pap Smear Program

As per survey of Indonesian health ministry, the cases of cervical cancer are on rise in

the country. An early detection of this disease can significantly help in full recovery. In

2015, Eratex was one of the first Companies in East Java, Indonesia to start checking

cervical and breast cancer for its female workers with the support of BPJS (Badan

Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial-Sosial Insurance Department].

In 2016 Eratex Women Committee and HER project committee, with the support of

Probolinggo BPJS organized a seminar on to bring awareness about pap smear to

bring awareness about in the factory premises on Tuesday 9th August. 100 female

employees and 40 Peer educators (PEs) attended this seminar and gained in depth

knowledge / training about pap smear.

Pap smear test helps in detecting any abnormality in cervical cells due to human

papilloma virus that may lead to cancer. During this event the Pap smear test was

also conducted on 134 married female employees and it was pleasant to know that no

employee was diagnosed with positive sign of cervical cancer.


HER Project committee continued with its initiatives aimed at improving the health of

the women employees. In last quarter, productive training sessions were organized to

cover the following key health awareness topics:

1. Nutrition

2.Refresher training about nutrition

3. HIV AIDS, reproduction health, and venereal diseases

The knowledge gained by trainees (PE) was adequately shared with 2,200 employees

of 2nd batch through scheduled day-to-day interactions.

HER Project Training


Conducting fire evacuation drills and first aid trainings is an important exercise in

Eratex. In last quarter, fire and evacuation drill was conducted for night shift

operations in plants & also in expatriates dormitory on 22nd July 2016. The timing

of complete evacuation from the building was less than 2 minutes which is a

satisfactory performance from safety point of view. Besides, a demonstration was

also given on various first aid techniques on how to handle the emergencies.

Evacuation & Fire drill


As per UNICEF report (source: (UNICEF)), HIV infection is increasing at an alarming

rate in Indonesia as in every 25 minutes one person in Indonesia gets infected by HIV

virus. One of the main reasons is lack of proper awareness about the disease as well

as about the precautionary measures.

Keeping in view, this HER Project committee of Eratex along with YBS (Yayasan Balita

Sehat)arranged a discussion session with HIV-AIDS patients from ODH (KDS Prolink)

Community. 40 Peer Educators of Eratex participated in this session to get in depth

knowledge about HIV-AIDS. One of the main purpose of direct interaction was to help

participants understand that HIV-AIDS patients should not be discriminated, as HIV-

AIDS is transmitted only by direct contact of body fluids and not by touching or inter-

acting with the patients.

Source: (n.d.). Retrieved April 2016, from UNICEF: http://www.unicef.org/indonesia/A4-_E_Issue_Brief_HIV_REV.pdf

Interactive session with HIV patients

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