Sampoerna expands plant<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): PT HM Sampoerna, a Surabaya-based cigarette
\nproducer listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange, is expanding its
\nfactory in Pandaan, East Java with a total investment of US$100
\nmillion.<\/p>\n
Herry Purnomo, marketing manager of the company's Jakarta
\nbranch, announced yesterday that the expansion is to meet
\nincreasing demand.<\/p>\n
\"Local market demand for clove cigarettes is increasing, and
\nSampoerna itself has enjoyed a 300 percent increase in sales
\nduring the last two quarters,\" Herry said during the launching of
\nits latest product, filter cigarettes.<\/p>\n
He said the company exports less than one percent of its
\nproduction of over 450,000 cigarettes per week.<\/p>\n
According to the company's president, Putera Sampoerna, the
\nfirst phase of the expansion was completed in 1988 with a total
\ninvestment of US$50 million, while the construction of the second
\nphase, now 40-percent completed, is expected to come on stream at
\nthe end of 1995.<\/p>\n
The company's cigarette factories, located in a number of
\nindustrial areas in Surabaya and nearby Pandaan, currently
\nprocess 50 tons of tobacco per day and 750,000 tons of clove per
\nmonth, or almost 70 percent of its full capacity. (rid)<\/p>",
"url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/sampoerna-expands-plant-1447893297",
"image": ""
},
"sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
"sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
}