The Business Columns section of Indonesia Investments provides in-depth columns that exhibit an analysis regarding subjects that are both important for understanding the Indonesian business climate and have high news value in the current state of Indonesia's economy. As a whole these columns should provide the reader a thorough and detailed picture of multiple Indonesian business sectors and be a source of ideas or inspiration to invest - or not to invest - in specific sectors of the Indonesian economy.
Shares of Perusahaan Gas Negara, the largest natural gas transportation and distribution company in Indonesia, are showing spectacular growth in 2018. On Tuesday (23/01) the company's shares surged 8.91 percent to IDR 2,690 a piece. So far this year, its shares have grown a whopping 53.71 percent. What is the story behind this spectacular performance?
Indonesian ice cream producer Campina Ice Cream Industry targets to see a 10 percent year-on-year (y/y) increase in sales in 2018 supported by business expansion in the form of new products and rising ice cream consumption amid several big events that are staged in 2018. This year the company plans to launch up to six new ice cream products in an effort to lure consumers.
Indonesia's largest bread products manufacturer Nippon Indosari Corpindo plans to construct two new factories in 2018, a move that should translate to rising sales in the future. Cherie Theosarata, Head of Investor Relations at Nippon Indosari Corpindo, said the company will start building the two new factories in Gresik (East Java) and Lampung (South Sumatra) in the first quarter of 2018.
Consumer goods companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange are expected to experience two good years in 2018 and 2019 due to the presence of the "political years" (regional elections in 2018 followed by legislative and presidential elections in 2019). Traditionally, consumption rises amid these "parties of democracy" and therefore those consumer goods companies with strong brands are expected to see rising sales in this period.
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