Joshua Walker – Commentators have warned that President Prabowo Subianto's national car program is at risk of repeating the failure of Tommy Soeharto's national car brand, Timor, in the

Jakarta – The national car is a recurring dream of the Indonesian government. Appearing in every regime, proposals for a national car end in uncertainty and then fade away.

Indah Handayani, Jakarta – State-owned fertilizer producer Pupuk Indonesia has begun construction of Indonesia's first ammonium nitrate-based NPK fertilizer plant in West Java, a projec

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – Senior Director of Business Performance and Asset Optimization of the Investment Management Agency Danantara Indonesia Bhimo Aryanto speaks out about the state-

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – Indonesia's bid to mass-produce cars of a homegrown brand in 2027 is "highly ambitious", experts say, noting that an electric vehicle (EV) model would require

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Indonesia's manufacturing sector continued to improve for the fourth month in a row, supported by strong domestic demand as exports declined to their weakest poi

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The Indonesian manufacturing sector has recorded an expanded Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) in November 2025 at the level of 53.3, according to the S

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – Deputy Director of PT Garuda Indonesia Tbk, Thomas Sugiarto Oentoro, said that the injection of Rp23.6 trillion in capital from Investment Management Agency Dan

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – Indonesia's upstream textile industry is experiencing a steep downturn, with the Association of Indonesian Fiber and Filament Yarn Producers (APSyFI) reporting

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Sovereign wealth fund Danantara aims to merge Indonesia's state-run construction engineering firms by the first quarter of 2026, according to a senior offi

Rahmad Nur, Akmalal Hamdhi, Heru Andriyanto, Morowali, Central Sulawesi – A privately operated airport inside one of the world's largest nickel-processing hubs has ignited a national de

Eka Jaya Saputra, Bekasi – A massive fire broke out at the TAK Textiles Indonesia factory on Jalan Hajar Mekar in North Cikarang, Bekasi Regency, West Java, early Tuesday while a work s

Amiadji Nur Kamil, Jakarta – Illegal imports constitute a significant challenge and concern for the domestic manufacturing sector.

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Indonesia's electric vehicle (EV) industry is accelerating rapidly, with total investments across electric buses, passenger EVs, and two- and three-wheelers reach

M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Indonesia produced 822,000 four-wheeled vehicles between January and September 2025, the Ministry of Industry reported.

Erta Darwati, Jakarta – Polychem Indonesia said it has permanently closed its polyester division after years of operational suspension and sustained losses, marking the end of one of it

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Sovereign wealth fund Danantara is forging ahead with its plan to greatly slash the number of Indonesia's state firms, with the agency's senior official ad

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – Indonesia's textile sector faces a critical challenge following the bankruptcy of PT Sri Rejeki Isman Textile (Sritex), Southeast Asia's largest textile manuf

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M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Deputy Minister of Industry Faisol Riza revealed a significant discrepancy between Indonesia's steel consumption and production.

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – Indonesia's flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia Tbk (GIAA) announced that the planned capital injection from the state-owned Investment Management Agency of Daya A

Zhulfakar, Jakarta – Local apparel manufacturers are suffering from a surge of secondhand clothing and cheap new fashion imports from China, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) M

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian government expects the downstream development of electric vehicle (EV) batteries, particularly those using nickel, to be realized within the next two ye

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A senior minister recently reconfirmed South Korean auto giant Hyundai's interest in backing Indonesia's national car plan, saying that the company was kee

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – PT Kimia Farma Tbk posted a current-year loss of Rp234.1 billion from January to September 2025.

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – PT Sepatu Bata Tbk (BATA) recorded a current year loss of Rp52.1 billion throughout January-September 2025.

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – Standard & Poor's Global Ratings (S&P), a global credit rating agency, reported that the Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) for Indonesian manufacturing

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – The Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) has warned that the surge of illegally imported second-hand clothing is inflicting serious d

Jakarta – South Korea's Hyundai Motor is interested in participating in Indonesia's plan to develop its own national car, the government said on Friday.

Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – Cigarette manufacturer Gudang Garam recorded a net profit of Rp 1.1 trillion ($66.2 million) in the January-September 2025 period, marking an 11.8 perce

Jakarta – One of the culminations of Prabowo Subianto's omon-omon, or empty words, is in the textile industry.

Septia Ryanthie, Jakarta – Several players in the national garment and textile industry have formed the Indonesian Garment and Textile Association (AGTI), which was officially launched

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The Ministry of Industry confirms that Indonesia's position is becoming stronger in the global textile and textile product (TPT) industry.

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita stated that 90 percent of the chlor-alkali plant (CAP) industry's salt needs in the country still r

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – Indonesia's Minister of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Maman Abdurrahman addresses the surge of imports entering Indonesia and disrupting th

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita stated that the manufacturing industry grew by 4.94 percent from the fourth quarter of 2024 to

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has allowed foreigners to take leadership roles at Indonesia's state-run enterprises, especially if they are up to the job.

Hendrik Yaputra – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has asked the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Nusantara Investment Authority (BPI Danantara) to downsize the state-owned enterprises (SO

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – The Minister of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Maman Abdurrahman, has sparked controversy by proposing that local entrepreneurs should produce

Deasy Pane – The timing could not be more critical.

Erta Darwati, Jakarta – Indonesia's sovereign investment arm, Danantara, will channel $1.84?billion (Rp?30.5?trillion) into national carrier Garuda Indonesia (GIAA) through a combinatio

Jakarta – When President Prabowo Subianto and the House of Representatives rushed the revision of the existing State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Law to provide a legal basis for the establi

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto expressed frustration over the management of state-owned enterprises (BUMN), criticizing directors and commissioners who

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – The drafting and synchronization team for the fourth revision of the State-Owned Enterprises (SOE/BUMN) Law has formally established a prohibition on ministers

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – The government and parliament have agreed to dissolve the State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Ministry, a landmark restructuring that shifts control of state assets

Ilham Oktafian, Muhammad Farhan, Jakarta – The Indonesian government and parliament agreed Thursday to dissolve the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), marking a major restructu

Hanif Musyaffa, Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – Erick Thohir has been officially sworn in as youth and sports minister (Menpora), replacing Dito Ariotedjo, marking his departure from

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – The Central Jakarta Commercial Court has officially declared bankruptcy against PT Sejahtera Bintang Abadi Textile Tbk (SBAT), Indonesian textile company based

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Industry reports that many factories are ceasing production due to the contraction of the manufacturing variable of the Industrial

Harso Kurniawan, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will end tax incentives for imported battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in completely built-up (CBU) form by the end of 2025.