R and D automobile industry lacks funding<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Research and development in the Indonesian
\nautomotive industry still lacks funding, says an automotive
\nengineering executive.<\/p>\n
The executive president of the Indonesian Society of
\nAutomotive Engineers (IATO), Hasiholan Sidabutar, said yesterday
\nthat the development of automotive engineering in the country
\nsuffered from limited facilities because of low auto sales.<\/p>\n
"Funding for research and development must come from sales
\nvolume, which is still rather low here," Sidabutar said.<\/p>\n
He said the knowledge and capacity of human resources was
\nadequate, but without sufficient funding, development of
\nautomotive engineering in the country would remain slow.<\/p>\n
IATO'S research and development advisor Djoko Suharto said
\nyesterday that developing an automotive industry needed hard work
\nand solid synergy.<\/p>\n
Djoko said there must be a combination of good business
\nmanagement, marketing, financing, technology and human resources.<\/p>\n
"If one of these is weak, the effort won't work," he said.<\/p>\n
Sidabutar said an obstacle facing the country's automotive
\nindustry was the slow market.<\/p>\n
The market determines the increase of local content in
\nautomobiles and the research and development of certain products,
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
He said the development of the auto industry should also
\nclosely follow technology in order to be able to compete in the
\nmarket. One of the most difficult things to keep up with was
\nengine technology, he said.<\/p>\n
IATO will host the ninth International Pacific Conference on
\nAutomotive Engineering in Bali from Nov. 16 to Nov. 21.<\/p>\n
The five-day conference will be attended by about 400 members
\nof the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) from Australia,
\nChina, Japan, Korea and the United States.<\/p>\n
The conference will adopt a theme of "the vehicle and the
\nenvironment", as part of the global trend to reduce pollution
\ncaused by automobiles.<\/p>\n
It will be opened by Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky
\nAriwibowo Nov. 17.<\/p>\n
Chairman of Mitsubishi Motors Corp Hirokazu Nakamura, BMW's
\ndirector of research and development Detlev Frank, and David
\nChang of General Motors' North American Operations development
\ncenter will deliver keynote speeches.<\/p>\n
IATO has some 300 members from the automotive industry,
\nacademia, the government and other related sectors. (das)<\/p>",
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