July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Volkswagen AG, Europe’s largest automaker, will spend $140 million in the next two years to build its first factory in Indonesia, where economic growth is helping boost demand.The automaker plans to build a factory that can make 50,000 Touran multi-purpose vehicles a year,...

The slump in Indonesia’s exports and imports continued in May, although on a monthly basis imports of raw materials and capital goods now show signs that industrial activities are starting to pick up.

Quoting: biznewsFrom http://www.iesingapore.gov.sg/Coconut-based industry largely untapped I tapped a pair the other night.

The Indonesian Coconut Forum (FOKPI) has tied up with the Indonesian Institute of Science to conduct several pilot projects designed to diversify coconut-based products in the hope of developing the largely untapped industry.

With a plantation area of 1.6 million hectares and production capacity of 5.1 million tons per year, Indonesia’s Ministry of Industry has identified Riau as an ideal place to develop the country’s first downstream industry cluster for the palm oil industry.

Aker Solutions has officially opened its significantly modernized and expanded manufacturing facility for surface trees and wellheads in Batam, Indonesia. The expansion is part of Aker Solutions' long-term strategy to increase its presence in the rapidly growing oil and gas markets in the Asia...

Benget Besalicto Tnb., The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian forestry industry could see up to Rp 15 trillion (US$1.5 billion) in investments this year, of which Rp 6.1 trillion has already been realized, a senior Forestry Ministry official said Monday.

Ridwan Rusli, SingaporeThe sharp increase in crude oil and fuel prices between 2004 and 2008 ended abruptly when crude prices dropped from around US$140 per barrel to $40 as the global financial crisis took hold.

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Government was pushing to block foreign investment in cigarette industry, as the government is revising regulation on investment.After a meeting to discuss the regulation at the Industry Department on Wednesday Minister Fahmi Idris said “Cigarette industry is on the...

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said the country`s non-oil/non-gas exports in the January - May period dropped by 21.9 percent if compared with the same period a year earlier."The exports of animal and vegetable fat/oil group experienced a significant drop by 42.