Astra completes Inalum contract

Astra completes Inalum contract

JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT Astra Graphia has completed
the first phase of a Rp 1.6 billion (about US$678,000) system
integration project for the Indonesian-Japanese smelting company,
PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminum (Inalum), in North Sumatra.

Astra stated yesterday that the contract, awarded in late
1995, was for a long-term information-technology system
integration project to link Inalum's offices in Kuala Tanjung,
North Sumatra, and Jakarta.

The project's first phase, completed last month, installed a
mainly Digital client-server system, Astra said.

"This system has been installed to migrate the applications
from the old mainframes to the new client server. The second
phase, set to start by mid-1997, will compose of new application
implementation for procurement, inventory and maintenance
management system.k

Astra Graphia director B.T. Lim said that Inalum's new
information technology system, based on Digital's latest 64-bit
technology solution, would let the company upgrade and optimize
its operations, "thereby promoting greater company
competitiveness locally and in the global marketplace".

Digital is a product supplied by PT Digital Astra Nusantara, a
joint venture between Digital Equipment Corporation of the United
States and Astra Graphia.

Inalum director Kimura said the system's integration was a
prerequisite for his company's growth.

The company, the country's biggest producer of aluminum, has
invested about $2 billion to develop the information technology
system and related infrastructure in North Sumatra.

Inalum produced 225,000 tons last year, about 160,000 tons
were exported. (icn)