Mentawai One
24.5°C SIBERUT ISLAND

Manufacturing

Three manufacturing operations occupy the industrial core of the mainland district — each serving the programme directly while producing export-grade products for regional markets. None would be as commercially viable or environmentally credible if developed independently of the ecosystem around them.

270,000t/yr
HVO biofuel initial capacity
100,000units/yr
SYSTEM 3E modular buildings
400jobs
HVO plant direct employment
750jobs
Delta Aerospace direct employment
Biofuel

HVO Biofuel Production

HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) is a drop-in renewable fuel that can replace fossil diesel in road vehicles, marine vessels, and aircraft without modification to engines or infrastructure. The mainland facility is designed for an initial production capacity of 270,000 tonnes per year, with a pathway to expand to 500,000 tonnes as regional SAF demand grows. Feedstocks are sourced from sustainable waste streams: used cooking oil, agricultural residues, and palm processing by-products. Hydrotreatment processing uses green hydrogen produced on-site and heat from the geothermal system, achieving a carbon intensity reduction of 80–90% compared to conventional fossil diesel on a life-cycle basis. The HVO plant creates approximately 400 direct jobs.

Construction

SYSTEM 3E: Modular Construction

SYSTEM 3E is a perlite-based modular building system licensed from Poland — a proven construction technology that uses expanded perlite, a volcanic mineral with exceptional thermal insulation and fire resistance properties, as the primary structural and insulation medium. The Mentawai facility operates under exclusive licence for the Indonesian and Southeast Asian market, occupying 20 hectares of the manufacturing district. The facility is designed to produce up to 100,000 modular building units per year using locally available materials supplemented by process minerals from the brine valorisation plant. The most significant initial customer is the Mentawai One programme itself.

Aviation

Delta Aerospace: Seaplane Manufacturing

The seaplane manufacturing facility is operated as a joint venture between Jekta Switzerland SA and Delta Aerospace, establishing Indonesia's first dedicated amphibious aircraft production centre. The facility focuses on next-generation electric and hybrid-electric seaplanes — aircraft configurations purpose-designed for the island-to-island and coastal routes that define travel across the Indonesian archipelago, the Philippines, the Maldives, and the Caribbean. Aircraft produced here are operated here, creating a built-in development and certification environment. HVO biofuel produced on-site supplies the hybrid-electric test fleet. Approximately 750 direct jobs are created across manufacturing, avionics assembly, quality assurance, test operations, and after-sales service.

Manufacturing Integrated Into the Ecosystem

HVO biofuel supplies logistics. SYSTEM 3E supplies construction. Delta Aerospace supplies transport. Each manufacturing operation creates value for the others and for the wider programme.