#Technology
West Java offers clean energy, infrastructure to foreign investors
West Java has offered several investment opportunities in various sectors, most importantly in renewable energy, industrial estate development and infrastructure, to foreign investors.
Perma Plasindo focuses on developing e-filing technology
PT Perma Plasindo Tbk, which manufactures high quality office equipment under the brand Bantex, has set company strategy in 2022. Among the strategies are to increase its production capacity, strengthen its distribution network, provide timely and appropriate services, improve quality and maintain the company's management performance and develop e-filing technology.
PT Indonet Tbk seeks new vendors for EDGE 2 project
PT Indointernet Tbk (EDGE) - more popular as Indonet - is focusing on developing its second project EDGE 2 and finishing what is left of EDGE 1. Currently, the company is still selecting vendor related to the construction of EDGE 2. Indonet’s Capital Expenditure (Capex) in 2022 reached IDR2.8 trillion and the funds came from the company’s internal assets and loans from Bank Central Asia (BCA), the country’s biggest private lender.
Jasuindo pursues advancements in digitalization
Digitalization has become an important factor for businesses in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic and advancement technology in the new era. Printing company PT Jasuindo Tiga Perkasa Tbk is not excluding from facing problems in this advancement. The need for expansion for the company’s core machinery is important for their investment.
What if Elon Musk controls cyber, space?
Conventional discourse defines geopolitics as the projection and implementation of bargaining positions in international relations in terms of the geographical position of a country or region relative to other countries and regions (Ratzel, 1897; Kjellen 1917). It is in that context that the concept and doctrine of military superiority as a symbol of land control (Mackinder, 1904; Haushoffer (1941), sea (Mahan, 1890), and air (Doughet, Francis, 2020) gets its accentuation.
IBC develops Electric Vehicle ecosystem
Electric Vehicle (EV) battery holding company Indonesia Battery Corporation (IBC) is taking a close look to two foreign potential partners in developing EV upstream and downstream industries.
CROWDE: An agritech start-up seeking complete solution for Indonesian farmers
Yohanes Sugihtononugroho was a chilli farmer in the rural areas of Bogor regency, West Java, back in 2013. During his job as a farmer, he witnessed many difficulties of his fellow farmers, including the lack of access to financing. He remembered that some of his friends had to walk around 20 to 30 kilometers to find loan sharks who would lend them IDR2 million or IDR3 million.
Financial technology gains traction in Indonesia
Financial technology is developing well in Indonesian market. The fintech sector has been expanding in the past three to five years due to, among others, the COVID-19 pandemic, a colossal market, the penetration of internet and the increasing number of smartphone users as well as government support.
Israel seeks to invest, develop people-to-people relation with Indonesia
Vice-President of the Israel-Indonesia Chamber of Commerce Emanuel Shahaf told Indonesia Business Post that the business and economic relationship between Indonesia and Israel can be complementary, notably in the energy technology, agritech and medical sector.
Geothermal power plant projects offer investment opportunities to foreign players
State-owned geothermal company PT Geo Dipa Energi is offering investment opportunities to foreign investors and manufacturers, particularly to expand geothermal power plants at Dieng and Patuha concessions in Central Java and West Java, respectively.
Lucrative business in Indonesia’s gaming industry
There is a shifting trend and view toward video games nowadays. Video games had been viewed as a nerdy activity and often mocked. Video games are now an activity done and favored by many, specially the younger generations from Millennials to Gen Z.