• Indonesian Textile Manufacturers in Focus: Sri Rejeki Isman

    There emerged rising competition on the textile market in the Asia-Pacific after wage growth occurred in the textile industries of China and Bangladesh. This situation should be positive for Indonesian textile and garment manufacturer Sri Rejeki Isman (Sritex) because rising production costs of foreign competitors improve the competitiveness of Sritex products.

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  • Indonesian Heavy Equipment Firms in Focus: United Tractors

    Sales of United Tractors, the largest distributor of heavy equipment in Indonesia and part of the Astra Group, continue to climb in 2017. In fact, the management of United Tractors now expects full-year 2017 sales to exceed their initial forecast. Sara Loebis, Corporate Secretary of United Tractors, said the company has therefore raised its forecast for full-year heavy equipment unit sales from 3,000 to 3,200 units.

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  • Investment Climate Indonesia: Lenzen Group Opts for Thailand

    It is worrying that of total foreign investment commitments in Indonesia, only about 50 percent becomes actual investment. The other half decides - after initially being interested - not to pursue investment in Indonesia. Although not in all cases, it is believed that Indonesia's difficult investment climate scares away part of the (potential) investment community, specifically bureaucracy (red tape) and the lack of sufficient hard and soft infrastructure.

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  • Indofood Sukses Makmur Expects Better Performance in H2-2017

    Indofood Sukses Makmur, one of Indonesia's largest food manufacturing companies, is optimistic that its corporate earnings will improve in the remainder of 2017 on the back of expansion plans as well as the optimization of both its performance and efficiency. In the first half of 2017 Indofood Sukses Makmur's sales rose by a modest 4.6 percent year-on-year to IDR 35.7 (approx. USD $2.7 billion).

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