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Larissa Huda, Jakarta – A number of state-owned companies (SOEs) were pushing for the production of medical devices needed in handling the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – While a number of large manufacturing companies are adapting to the shifts in demand toward health equipment and basic necessities during the COVID-19 pandemi

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The executive directors and commissioners of 110 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) will not get receive their holiday bonuses (THR) for Idul Fitri holiday this yea

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The Industry Ministry has issued 11,172 operational and mobility permits (IOMKI) for companies nationwide that wish to operate during the government's large-s

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is set to evaluate the implementation of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) as many non-essential workplaces are still ignoring t

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta is on its 12th day of large-scale social restriction of PSBB.

Herman, Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Jakarta Manpower, Transmigration and Energy Agency on Thursday temporarily shut down 23 companies for violating the large-scale social restriction,

Riska Rahman and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Some 37,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have reported difficulties to the government, crying for help as government aid has y

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The government is working on reviewing businesses that are eligible to receive government aid as it receives reports from 37,000 small and medium enterprises (S

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Jakarta Manpower, Transmigration, and Energy Agency discovered that many companies were still operating during the period of the large-scale social restriction

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's factory production contracted by a record level in the first quarter of the year as a result of weak demand and disruption to the supply chain

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The Industry Ministry has reallocated Rp 113.15 billion (US$7.01 million) from its initial budget and is currently proposing a stimulus in a bid to salva

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Indonesian manufacturing output fell off a cliff in March as the government imposed stricter measures to contain the COVID-19, a survey has showed.

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Two-thirds of Indonesia's 142 state firms and around 800 subsidiaries and sister companies will be consolidated as the government focuses on "slimming down" to

Tabita Diela, Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – A plunge in the rupiah could leave Indonesian firms exposed to $4 billion in debt next year, after credit ratings agencies hit some companies th

Fadli, Batam – Riau Islands acting governor Isdianto has urged manufacturing companies operating in the Batam bonded zone in the province to temporarily shut down their factories to pr

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Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The insurance industry maintained its positive performance throughout last year despite a somewhat dire outlook following revelations of serious liquidity

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed his Cabinet members to increase the availability of raw materials for the steel and iron industry to sup

Prisma Ardianto, Jakarta – Indonesia now allows foreign investors to own more than 80 percent of shares in locally-listed insurance companies, loosening a rule that has for a long time

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Erick Thohir asserted he will not hesitate to liquidate insolvent SOEs that are just "camouflages".

Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir said he was surprised to learn that many SOE directors held more than one position at a time.

Jakarta – The government plans to revise a regulation and issue a ministerial decree to improve the performances of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), according to a minister.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the sectors of agriculture and aircraft and ship manufacturing, among other sectors, are on the brink of bankruptcy, acc

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir has discharged all the ministry's Echelon I officials in a restructuring effort to improve bureaucrat

Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir has demoted senior officials in his ministry and moved them to various posts in state-controlled firms as the minister seeks to

Jakarta (Bisnis) – Indonesian Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita is optimistic that Indonesia remains the preferred destination for the world's manufacturing industry as t

Asni Ovier, Jakarta – The recent debacle over hoe imports in Indonesia offers valuable lessons for the local industry to create greater efficiency and better cross-sector coordination.

Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – The IHS Markit report on the Indonesian manufacturing industry's Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) showed a dropping trend in the manufacturing industry's dem

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The central statistics agency, Statistics Indonesia or BPS, noted slowing production growths in large and medium manufacturing industries over the last two y

Out of 56 companies that relocated their production out of China between April 2018 and August 2019, only three went to India and two to Indonesia.

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 – 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 – 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 – 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