Banana stem crafts, Production Villages Popular Abroad

During these banana plants for most people just used the fruit and leaves. However, in the creative hands, banana plants can be used to craft high value and in great demand in international markets.

Banana plant stems it can be processed into unique products and quality crafts. Tukimin (50) proves that creativity in the process is capable of producing banana stem the rupiah's coffers and provide jobs for about 100 employees spread across several regions.

Since 1996, Tukimin actually pursue the world of woven fibers of the pandanus, water hyacinth and agel. However, new in 2008, the father who has also served as an urban village and the focus was shifted in developing handicrafts of banana. Found in his house which was in Tanggulangin, Nanggulan, Kulonprogo (5/2), initially switched to explain Tukimin banana craft because they want something different and new. "If I was still developing craft pandanus, agel, and water hyacinth I definitely will not go forward because of high product competition, so I switched to bananas that are still common for most people and abundant raw material", annotations Mr. Tukimin to bisnisUKM team.

Production of Popular Global Village By Tukimin countries, banana fiber is more subtle and soft when compared to other fiber materials. So that when processed to produce handicrafts, the results are also better quality. The production process is also not too complicated, banana dried first for 10 straight days in the sun. After that the fibers of the banana is untwisted. The results of the torsion fiber is woven to a wide range of craft products. Then do the finishing of products according to market demand.

Currently, Tukimin with CV. Indo Seagrassnya has approximately 250 kinds of handicraft products from banana bark. Assorted bags, rugs, boxes, baskets, and household furniture to be a flagship product whose production capacity is 1 container per month. The price offered per product are also varied, ranging from thousands to millions according to the type and size. Foreign markets was also welcomed pisangnnya craft products stems. Tukimin even recognize if the product is more in demand in the market mancagera than the local market. Countries in Europe, Hongkong, Japan became regular customers of products such banana.

Indo Seagrass currently have 6 relations firm that regularly supplies exporter of handicraft products stem (bark) banana out of the country. This makes Tukimin now has approximately 7 manufacturers built in Yogyakarta and Central Java to help meet the market demand is very high. "My ultimate goal could be to invite the community to work and produce with high spirit and creativity", said Mr. Tukimin of producers that he had built.

Production of Popular Global Village which states, In addition to the routine manufacture craft, the sidelines of a busy life as a headman, Mr. Tukimin also often asked to complete processing of a variety of craft training. Many of the students, SMEs are often asked the father was a trainer Tukimin processing of natural fiber materials. "I do not want to be stingy to share knowledge. Plagiarism or imitation of the design ideas are common in business. It just continues to lead me to remain creative and different, "he said.

Indo Seagrass is quite special, because it is recognized Mr. Tukimin far he is not actively marketing to run like most other businesses. All requests and orders are handled solely by Mr. Tukimin. However, although not actively marketing to run, increased demand for its products high. And now, in addition to the focus on craft production, Indo Seagrass also plans to improve the means of production facilities in order to meet the increasingly high market demands.