BALIKPAPAN – In order to align theories in college with realities in the industrial world, the Plantation Management Study Program of the State Agricultural Polytechnic (Politani Samarinda) held an industrial visit to the Teritip Small Industry Center, Balikpapan, on Monday 25 May 2026. This field activity was attended by 3 second semester classes with a total of 90 students as an integral part of the practice of the Entrepreneurship Course. The main focus of this visit is to open students' insight into how plantation commodity products are downstreamed into processed products of high economic value such as amplang, shredded crab, tuna, barracuda and others, pempek, renginang, chips and others. The lecturer explained that this activity was designed to trigger an inventor and entrepreneurial spirit in students who started from agricultural and plantation commodities and became industrial products.
At the location, the students enthusiastically observed various aspects of industrial operations, such as the production process, seeing the transformation of raw materials from plantations into finished products that were ready to be marketed. Business Management Aspect: Study the supply chain, packaging and marketing strategies used by local industry players. Up to Innovation Opportunities Identifying gaps in other plantation commodities that have the potential to be developed with similar technology. The Teritip Small Industry Center warmly welcomed the arrival of the Samarinda Politani group. The industrial center management hopes that this synergy between academics and business actors can continue, and even open up opportunities for research collaboration in the future. Through this real practice, Samarinda Polytani Plantation Management students are expected to not only graduate as experts in the plantation sector, but also be ready to become young entrepreneurs who are able to create new jobs and advance the downstream plantation industry in East Kalimantan.
At the location, the students enthusiastically observed various aspects of industrial operations, such as the production process, seeing the transformation of raw materials from plantations into finished products that were ready to be marketed. Business Management Aspect: Study the supply chain, packaging and marketing strategies used by local industry players. Up to Innovation Opportunities Identifying gaps in other plantation commodities that have the potential to be developed with similar technology. The Teritip Small Industry Center warmly welcomed the arrival of the Samarinda Politani group. The industrial center management hopes that this synergy between academics and business actors can continue, and even open up opportunities for research collaboration in the future. Through this real practice, Samarinda Polytani Plantation Management students are expected to not only graduate as experts in the plantation sector, but also be ready to become young entrepreneurs who are able to create new jobs and advance the downstream plantation industry in East Kalimantan.
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