German firms hold expo<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): At least 35 companies from Germany, mostly
\nmanufacturers of analytical and laboratory equipment, are taking
\npart in a three-day exhibition, which opened yesterday at the
\nJakarta Convention Center.<\/p>\n
The exhibition, \"Analytical and Lab Equipment -- made in
\nGermany\", is being jointly held by the Association of German
\nPrecision Mechanical Industries in cooperation with the German-
\nIndonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and sponsored by the
\nGerman Federal Ministry of Economics and the Confederation of
\nGerman Trade Fair and Exhibition Industries.<\/p>\n
Peter Kind, the association's director, said yesterday that
\nthe exhibition would help increase business contacts and provide
\ninformation on German technology.<\/p>\n
He said that German exports of analytical and laboratory
\nequipment to Indonesia more than doubled to a value of about Rp
\n10 billion (US$2.8 million) in the last three years.<\/p>\n
Minister of Trade and Industry Tunky Ariwibowo, in his speech
\nat the opening ceremony, said that Indonesia's import of the
\nequipment increased by 19.6 percent to $427.9 million in 1996,
\nfrom $357.8 million in 1995. (08)<\/p>",
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