Jakarta (Antara) – The West Java Manpower and Transmigration Agency revealed that from January 2018 until September 2019, a total of 188 textile and textile products industries have de

Karim Raslan – While industry can transform lives, create jobs and churn out vital products, we are becoming increasingly aware of the pollution and destruction it leaves in its wake.

Jakarta – The subdued textile and textile products industry is not impressed by the government policy to offer "jumbo" tax deductions as the industry considers that the safeguard polic

Jakarta – The country's manufacturing sector grew slower in June as indicated by a decline in the purchase manager index (PMI) to 50.6 from 51.06 in the previous month.

Jakarta – Japanese and Korean electronics companies Sharp Corp.

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – Key benchmark surveys on Indonesia's consumers and manufacturing sector have pointed to robust confidence among local buyers and businesses, which indicates high

Bernard Aw – The pace of Indonesia's manufacturing growth gained momentum in May, according to the latest PMI survey data, boding well for the economy in the second quarter after a dis

Karlis Salna and Harry Suhartono, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to open up more sectors to foreign investors and reboot its stringent labor laws to become a regional manufacturing powerhou

Jakarta – Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto sees brighter investment prospects in the manufacturing industry following April 17's general election as investors realize a number of p

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – The government is not buying arguments that the manufacturing sector is shrinking even though its percentage contribution to the economy has declined over t

Jakarta – GDP growth that has been hovering around 5 percent in recent years has become a tool for presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto to attack incumbent Jokowi "Jokowi" Widodo, w

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) released on Thursday a report on the performance of the manufacturing sector in the first quarter of 2019, reflected in the prompt manufacturing index (PM

Jakarta – The manufacturing industry saw growth in March, as indicated by an increase in the purchasing managers index (PMI) to 51.2, from 50.1 in the previous month, higher than the a

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – Since President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo assumed power in 2014, he has made infrastructure development one of his main programs, with many state-owned

Jakarta – Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto has welcomed growth in the manufacturing sector in January after stagnation in the previous month.

Vincent Lingga, Jakarta – Even under the most optimistic projections, Indonesia's economic growth in the next five years is unlikely to exceed 6 percent.

Jakarta – An association representing four industries, namely ceramic tile, glass, glove and oleochemical, have demanded that the government fulfill its promise to lower gas prices and

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government believes the manufacturing sector will be the new engine of economic growth for Indonesia and will, therefore, focus on its development

Jakarta – An analyst has said that the country needs to escape the stagnant growth in its manufacturing sector, which has made it heavily reliant on primary commodities, including in i

Jakarta – Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto has claimed that the contribution of the manufacturing sector to the country's gross domestic product (GDP), which is 20.5 percent, is hig

Jakarta – The manufacturing sector in Indonesia grew slower in November, as indicated by a decline in the purchasing managers' index (PMI), according to a Nikkei and IHS Markit report.

Jakarta – The manufacturing industry grew slower in October, indicated by the decline of Nikkei and IHS Markit's purchasing managers' index (PMI), which stood at 50.5, lower than the pr

Anton Hermansyah, Bogor, West Java – The government is aiming to strengthen the Indonesian manufacturing industry and secure big investment projects in the face of global uncertainty an

Jakarta – Expansion in the manufacturing sector has begun to slow down, as indicated by Indonesia's decline in the Nikkei and Markit Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) in June.

Jakarta – The government has prohibited state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from seeking new bank loans.

Jakarta – The government has issued Government Regulation No. 14/2018 on foreign ownership of insurance companies, setting a maximum foreign ownership of 80 percent.

Jakarta – Standard & Poor Global Ratings has said the debt to earnings before interest depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) ratios of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have been wors

Tokyo – The Nikkei Indonesia Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, or PMI, fell to 49.3 in December from 50.4 in November.

Jakarta – Indonesian Textile Association chairman Ade Sudrajat has said that the textile industry had to cut production in the first half of 2017 because of weak consumer purchasing power.

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The government's effort to lure textile manufacturers away from China to the archipelago is facing a rising threat from East African country Ethiopia, which is offering

Stefani Ribka, Surabaya – The manufacturing sector remains the biggest contributor to economic growth in Indonesia, Central Statistics Agency (BPS) data show.

Jakarta – Indonesia's manufacturing industry showed a marked improvement in March from a month earlier as companies scaled up production to meet new orders, the Nikkei Indonesia Manufacturing purch

Jakarta – Indonesia's manufacturing industry contracted in February amid a decline in new orders from abroad which led businesses to lower output, scale down production and cut back on employment,

Economic activity in East Timor is expanding at a "satisfactory" pace that is expected to continue in 2017, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a statement released on Monday in Washingto

Jakarta – Indonesia is likely to face a bumpy road ahead to boost its fisheries sector as banks are showing a reluctance to disburse loans to players in the industry, citing high risks and the sect

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Indonesian Textile Association (API) has urged local players in the industry to regularly upgrade their production facilities to maintain the competitiveness of the country

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – Local steel producers are calling on the government to provide a mechanism that will protect domestic players from unequal competition from overseas firms seeking market sl

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – After several years of weak manufacturing industry growth, the government hopes to spur the sector through a masterplan that will shift activities from Java and prioritize

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – Value-added products such as processed coffee beans, chocolate, cars and spare parts are enjoying higher demand worldwide compared to raw commodities, but Indonesia is bein

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Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's ambitious plan to develop various large-scale infrastructure projects across the archipelago over the next few years has provided opportuni

Jakarta – Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro has called on banks to be proactive in helping the manufacturing sector grow amid the economic slowdown by providing long-term financing.

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Ayomi Amindoni – Manufacturing was under pressure in the first quarter of 2016, with a 1.41 percent quarter-on-quarter (qoq) decline, according to the latest reading of the Central Statistics Agenc

Ayomi Amindoni – Indonesia has been listed as one of the world's top 10 manufacturers by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Khoirul Amin – Homegrown automotive component makers are still largely failing to cash in from Southeast Asia's biggest auto market, with regulations working against them and incoming foreign compo

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – The government needs to pay more attention to the service sector, which is constantly growing, as commodity prices slump and the manufacturing industry faces flat growth, ex

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – Indonesia has a great potential to become a hub for manufacturing industries but poor infrastructure and an unpleasant business climate remain the major challenges that the