Domestic manufacturing industry in second quarter this year strengthened 4.79% compared to 4.30% in 2010, as the industry continues to grow

PT Nestle Indonesia is allocating US$ 3 billion or Rp 34 trillion to expand in the upstream and downstream cocoa sector in Indonesia this year

Two investors from Asia will build a smelter to process bauxite into aluminum in East Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan

Hewlett-Packard Company is planning to build a plant for producing recycled cartridge

Bottled water production in the first semester is projected to have reached 7.7 billion to 7.8 billion liters

Indonesia will use six export products such as CPO, fish, electronic devices, automotive components, apparel and footwear to enter the EU to implement free trade agreement

The national paper industry’s production and sales are projected to have grown by five percent in the first semester of 2011

Trade value of Indonesia and 10 countries of Middle East, under control of Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin Indonesia) at Middle East Committee, is targeted to soar 20%

Production of local heavy equipment until mid of this year had reached 3,400 units or more than a half of 2011’s production target by 6,000 units

The growth of the sheet glass industry is expected to remain unchanged in the first semester of 2011

The Industry Ministry projects the national cigarette production in the first semester of 2011 will decline by 8.6 percent to 122 billion cigarettes

In 2011, there is a projected 30 percent growth in the cable industry

Hundreds of Japanese small and medium industries will relocate their production centers to Indonesia as a result of high production costs in Japan

Malaysian Government has offered Indonesia to jointly develop a pharmaceutical industry by benefiting potencies of both countries

National cement industry grew 6% during the first half of 2011 as supported by the growth of cement market in Java and Sumatra particularly for property and infrastructure construction

Cooking oil producers are likely to lower their sale price by five percent to Rp 10,000 per liter in July 2011

Domestic footwear sales in the third quarter of 2011 is estimated to rise 25 to 30 percent from the second quarter

Lafarge, a cement company from France, will build a US$ 300 million cement plant in Langkat

A growing number of Korean companies are looking to move their regional headquarters to Jakarta

The sales of bread, bakery, and other similar products during the fasting month to go down by Rp 280 billion to Rp 286 billion