User:Junjung Hermanto Sitorus/PT Tor Ganda

PT Tor Ganda is a national private company engaged in the palm oil plantation and processing industry. This company was founded by Sutan Raja Darianus Lungguk Sitorus (better known as D.L Sitorus) in 1979. PT Tor Ganda's main business activities include cultivating oil palm plants, harvesting fresh fruit bunches (FFB) of palm oil and processing them into crude palm oil (Crude). Palm Oil/CPO).

PT Tor Ganda Head Office is on Jl. Abdullah Lubis No. 26 Medan and has plantations spread across North Sumatra, Riau and Sulawesi.

== Plantation == Since 1979 PT Tor Ganda has managed 16 palm oil plantations and factories in several areas in North Sumatra and Riau to Sulawesi, including:


 * 1) North Sumatra: Sibisa Mangatur Gardens, Tahuan Ganda Gardens, Patogu Janji Gardens, Bukit Harapan I Gardens, Bukit Harapan II Gardens, Parsub Gardens, and Pangkatan Gardens.
 * 2) Riau : Rantau Kasai Gardens, Karya Perdana Gardens, East Tambusai Gardens, Batang Kumu Gardens, and Maju Bersama Gardens.
 * 3) Sulawesi : Wiwirano Gardens, Kolaka Gardens and Pasir Pangarayan Gardens

Production
Almost every PT Tor Ganda plantation has its own palm oil mill. The factory operates to process palm fruit harvested from plantations into crude palm oil. Apart from producing crude palm oil, PT Tor Ganda also processes palm kernel oil and palm kernel shells.

The PT Tor Ganda palm oil mill also has an important role in the economic cycle of communities around the plantation. This is because the PT Tor Ganda Factory receives palm oil harvested fruit from the community. So people don't need to worry when they want to sell their palm fruit harvest.

Controversy
The biggest controversy that PT Tor Ganda has ever faced is the issue of forest encroachment in the Padang Lawas area (Register 40) where D.L Sitorus carried out new encroachment in two locations by cutting down and burning forests, causing air pollution and smoke in the North Sumatra and Riau regions. and neighboring countries.