“The factory of Iki Openono Sanajan Ora Nyugihi Nanging Nguripi” which if it is interpreted in Bahasa Indonesia “Become this factory although it does not make rich but live”, the sentence is a message written on the board in front of the entrance of the Sugar Plant (PG) Mojo from Kanjeng Gusti Prince Dukei Arya (KGPAA) Mangkunegara IV.
The message implies a message that has a meaning that the sugar industry should remain living, because the plant is not just a commercial entity that is profit-oriented but the manifestation of the welfare of society and the symbol of the independence of the nation.
Smoke blows out of chimney-cerobong and sound deru machine sounds from in Sugar Plant (PG) Mojo is characterized as a sugar mill time has started, it appears the atmosphere outside the truck queue plant looks full with a sugar pile before weighing and unloading process which will then be moved to the top of the lori.
People take water besides boarding message from KGPAA Mangkunegara IV in Sugar Plant (PG) Mojo, Sragen, Central Java.
The sugarcanned sugar on the lori before weighing in the Sugar Plant (PG) Mojo.
Before the sugar millennial season begins, PG. Mojo runs traditions to apply safety and smoothness during the giling period that has been inherited down-sowned namely Cembengan where this tradition is a celebration held to welcome the giling season of the sugar plant arrived including the performance of the skin and the folk market.
In one of the series of Cembengan there is a sugarcane manten tradition or a sugarcane bride whose blessing is worth a wedding by cheering a cup of friends around the factory, both of the sugars are named Bagus Damar Kaloka and Rara Honey Retno, which are both picked from a daily sugar plantation.
Once the usual activity occurs when entering the sugar mill time in the sugar industry area in Solo Raya. The Sugar Plant (PG) Mojo Sragen located in the center of Sragen city, Central Java was founded in 1883, became the only 12 sugar plants in Solo Raya area which still operates until now.
The cloud records the results of sugar production process into sugar in the Sugar Plant (PG) Mojo, Sragen.
The work observes crystallized nira into sugar crystals at Sugar Plant Fun Station (PG) Mojo.
According to the archive, the first owner of PG. Mojo is owned by Dutch origin entrepreneur named Williald Dogabert Van Nispen under the supervision of the Dutch Indian company N.V. Culcutre Masscavay Laure centered at Den Hag and Semarang. Until the time of post Independence of the Republic of Indonesia PG. Mojo was taken over the Government and currently under the management of PT. Sinergi Sugar Nusantara (SGN).
The sugar factories that have been jaya in the 19th century have the infrastructure of the sugar transporting train network, so also with PG. Mojo which has a railway line inside the factory area, it is used to transport the sugarcan wear the lori into the factory before it is done the production process that is set uniquely based on the name of the station carriage stop.
Plant sugar is one of the superior plantation commodities in Sragen region, especially in the northern part of the city. The existence of the Sugar Plant (PG) Mojo itself has already existed since the Dutch colonial era in its history has a great andil in improving economic growth in the northern region of Sragen whose soil is famous to dry and tandus.
Karyawan packs sugar into the sacks in Sugar Plant (PG) Mojo, Sragen, Central Java.
Karyawan appoints the sugar production in the Sugar Plant (PG) Mojo.
According to data, there is a raw material of sugar plant about 4,000s of hectares in the region of Sragen that is mostly located in the northern region. In the giling season of 2025 most of the breeding of farmers came to PG. Mojo and cooperated with the Indonesian People’s Farm Association (APTRI) Sragen with the system for results.
In the giling season of 2025 PG Mojo targeted able to realize a giling of 300.000 tons of tebu figures is higher than targeted by 277.000 tons of sugar with the realization of sugar production around 21.000 tons. This optimismism is not without reason given the realization of PG production. Mojo from recent years it has increased in 2023 they grind 180.000 tons of sugar with a production realization of 12,000 tons of sugar, then in the 2024 realization it rises significant to 265,000 tons with sugar production of 17.500 tons.
Mojo’s Sugar (PG) plant still lasts until now and has become part of the history of the success of the Indonesian nation’s sugar industry. This plant grows with sugarcan farmers, factory workers and sragen around Sragen, they care and maintain this factory with its accompanying tradition.
Tokoh pray in the sugarcand garden before the Caucastic tradition of the Friends of the Banaran Village, Sambung Macan, Sragen.
The work of hiding sugar into the truck to take to the Sugar Plant (PG) Mojo in the Jenar area, Sragen, Central Java.
Photo & text : Mohammad Ayudha
Author : Fanny Octavianus
Karyawan carries a sugarcane decorated when it comes to sugarcane friends on the Cembrengan tradition or welcomed the sugar millennials in the Sugar Plant (PG) Mojo.
Karyawan brought his son entering the sugarcane factory when the Cembrengan tradition or welcomed the sugar mill in the Sugar Plant (PG) Mojo.
Dalang played a ruwatan wayang in Gilingan Station when the Cembrengan tradition or welcomed sugar millennials in Sugar Plant (PG) Mojo, Sragen, Central Java.
Daytime atmosphere in Sugar Plant (PG) Mojo Sragen.
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