Jakarta – Indonesia's key manufacturing sector indicator has climbed to a decade high last month as producers ramp up outputs following a rise in new orders while pausing downsizing the

Jakarta – The Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises has inaugurated Indonesia Battery Corporation or IBC, an electric battery holding company, paving the way for up to $22 billion partner

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor Company could produce up to 150,000 cars a year in Indonesia when its new factory operates at full capacity, an executive

Jakarta – Astra International, Indonesia's largest car distributor, has seen its car production picks up pace this year in line with rising demand, giving the company hope for a recover

Muawwan Daelami, Jakarta – Waskita Toll Road, or WTR, a subsidiary of state-controlled construction company Waskita Karya, has announced a plan to divest all of its 30 percent interest

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government needs to ramp up research and development (R&D) and develop human resources in the manufacturing industry, the business sector contribut

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Carmaker Hyundai Motor Asia-Pacific is planning to start manufacturing electric cars in West Java by 2022, as Indonesia plans to produce batteries for electric vehi

Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – Contemporary Amperex Technology, or CATL, a battery manufacturer from China, has decided to invest $5.1 billion to build a manufacturing plant for electric

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita has urged manufacturers that have obtained operational and mobility permits (IOMKI) to consistently provide the go

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Manufacturing activity declined further in October as manufacturers cut back on production and reduced workforce amid weak demand, showing further signs of

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Antara, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi asked his cabinet ministers to accelerate the development of the coal derivative industry in order to increase the added value of coal

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Factory activity in Indonesia showed signs of improvement in the third quarter after recording the deepest slump ever in the previous quarter, as the reope

Rangga Prakoso, Jakarta – Indonesia Asahan Aluminium, the state-owned mining holding company, has unveiled a $12 billion plan to create an integrated electric vehicle battery industry c

Jakarta – The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the Indonesian economy.

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Garment company PT Sejin Fashion Indonesia, a subsidiary of South Korean footwear manufacturer Parkland Co., Ltd., has made the decision to relocate its product

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Indonesian carmakers are looking at the export market to boost sales and increase factory utilization rates as the COVID-19 pandemic is projected to continue w

Jakarta – The Bekasi COVID-19 task force has reported that 869 factory workers have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the outbreak.

Adi Warsono (Contributor), Bekasi – As many as 369 employees of the Epson factory in the Ejib industrial area, South Cikarang, Bekasi Regency were confirmed positive for the coronavirus

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The Association of Indonesian Automotive Manufacturers (Gaikindo), which previously slashed its domestic car sales target by 40 percent to just 600,000 units t

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Around 50 percent of the country's construction companies have permanently shut down their businesses as of July, with small firms taking the biggest hit, amid

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Japanese automaker Daihatsu described in a simple chart how the two-month social restrictions in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak have sent national car s

Jakarta – The Jakarta Administration has decided to impose a full-scale PSBB social restrictions starting on Monday, September 14, in a bid to flatten the rising COVID-19 infection case

Jakarta – Industrial COVID-19 clusters discovered in the Bekasi and Karawang regencies of West Java reached 500 cases on Tuesday, prompting demands for increased testing and tracing.

Jakarta – The State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Ministry is limiting the number of expert staff members allowed on each SOEs' board of directors after finding that some staffers were paid h