Indonesia :: One and Only

Mustaqim Adamrah ,  The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta   |  Mon, 10/06/2008 9:58 AM  |  Business

Several local firms will conduct tests on Indonesian-brand vehicles before launching the models to tap the country’s car market, which is dominated by Japanese firms.

State-owned train manufacturer PT Industri Kereta Api (Inka) will produce a car under brand name Gea (a girl’s name in Indonesia), while Semarang State University (Unnes) is teaming up with local administrations to manufacture a car model named Arina.

An unnamed Serang-based company will also join in the race by producing a car called Tawon, which means “bee” in local dialect. (more…)

Pacitan, E Java (ANTARA News) – Indonesia`s textile and textile product exports in the first seven months of 2008 rose 6.17 percent to US$6.06 billion from US$5.71 billion in the same period last year, an Industry Ministry official said.

Textile and textile product exports contributed 22.38 percent of the country`s non-oil/non-gas exports and 14.45 percent of industrial product exports over the period, the ministry`s director of industrial and mining product exports, Hartojo Agus Tjahjono said here on Friday. (more…)

Zainal Effendi – detikSurabaya

Surabaya – Berawal dari keprihatinan dengan harga kedelai dan banyaknya home industri tempe yang gulung tikar, dua siswa SMP Kristen Petra III berhasil menciptakan alat fermentasi tempe. Alat ciptaan siswa SMP ini dapat mempersingkat waktu pembuatan tempe hanya menjadi 5 jam.

Alat fermentasi tempe ciptaan kedua siswa ini menyerupai box yang mempunyai pengatur temperatur suhu. Dengan begitu alat ini dapat mengefisienkan waktu pembuatan dengan meminimalisirkan waktu pembuatan tempe yang lamanya 36 jam. (more…)

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian state-owned miner, PT Aneka Tambang Tbk, is considering acquiring coal mines to diversify its operations and to meet growing energy needs for its nickel production, its president director said.

The company expects coal consumption to rise significantly when it completes a new power plant near its nickel mine in Pomalaa in Sulawesi island, Alwin Syah Loebis, Antam’s president director, told reporters. (more…)