ABB ESI set to replace expatriate workers<\/p>\n
SURABAYA, East Java (JP): Swiss company Asea Brown Bovery
\n(ABB) will transfer most of its important management and
\noperation positions of its boiler manufacturer subsidiary PT ABB
\nEnergy Systems Indonesia (ABB ESI) to Indonesian workers.<\/p>\n
It also plans to strengthen ABB ESI's position as a leading
\npower equipment maker in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n
ABB ESI vice president director Thomas E. Matthews said here
\nWednesday that ABB would replace all expatriate workers at the
\nABB ESI with Indonesian workers over five years.<\/p>\n
\"I envisage that five years from now, it (ABB ESI) will be a
\ntotally Indonesian company with no expatriates,\" he said after a
\nceremony to receive the ISO 9001 certification from the U.S.
\ncertification company Hartford Steamboiler.<\/p>\n
\"The plans are in line with ABB's corporate vision 'Go
\nglobally, act locally',\" he said.<\/p>\n
The widely diversified ABB has over 1,000 companies in more
\nthan 100 countries with a total 215,000 workers.<\/p>\n
It owns a 80 percent stake in the ABB ESI, with the remaining
\n40 percent stake equally owned by PT PAL Indonesia and PT Barata
\nIndonesia, both state-owned companies under the Agency for
\nStrategic Industries' (BPIS) supervision.<\/p>\n
ABB ESI, previously known as ESI, was founded in 1986 with the
\nAmerican firm Combustion Engineering Inc. owning a 80 percent
\nstake. ABB acquired Combustion's shares in 1994.<\/p>\n
ABB ESI operates a boiler manufacturing plant in Ujung,
\nSurabaya with a production capacity of two boilers of 600
\nMegawatts (MW) per year.<\/p>\n
Matthews said ABB was not concerned about the company's
\nfuture once its operation and management was transferred to local
\nresources since \"we have Indonesian engineers who are very
\ntalented\".<\/p>\n
He said ABB was committed to sharing its latest technology
\nwith ABB ESI to make ABB ESI a leading power equipment maker in
\nSoutheast Asia.<\/p>\n
ABB currently operates a boiler manufacturing plant in India
\nfor the local market and plans to open one in China, leaving ABB
\nESI to supply the Southeast Asian market.<\/p>\n
\"ABB also plans to manufacture turbines at the ABB ESI
\nproduction facility in the near future,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Boiler and turbines are two main machines used at power
\nplants. Boilers are used to turn coal, oil and gas into steam,
\nwhich is subsequently converted into mechanical energy by
\nturbines. The mechanical energy produced by turbines is then
\nconverted into electricity by power generators.<\/p>\n
ABB ESI's boiler division general manager Djoko R. Soeroso
\nsaid the company controlled 50 percent of the domestic boiler
\nmarket and had exported boilers to Australia, Malaysia,
\nSingapore, China, Thailand and the Philippines.<\/p>\n
In Indonesia, ABB ESI's boilers have been and will be
\ninstalled at power plants in Sibolga (North Sumatra), Muara Tawar
\n(West Java), Suralaya (West Java), Tambak Lorok (Central Java),
\nGresik (East Java), Sengkang (South Sulawesi) and Paiton (East
\nJava), as well as the Texmaco's power plant in Karawang, West
\nJava and the Kodeco's power plant in Batulicin, South Kalimantan.<\/p>\n
The other boiler maker in Indonesia is Babcock Wilcock with a
\nfactory in Batam. (jsk)<\/p>",
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