Hexindo signs $5.4m deal

Hexindo signs $5.4m deal

JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed PT Hexindo Adiperkasa, a Hitachi
heavy equipment distributor company has secured a US$5.4 million
contract to supply heavy equipment to PT Wirakarya Sakti.

The company's president, Rustam Effendi, said on Saturday that
the contract would include the sale of 66 excavators and 800
hours training.

The excavators, which would be operated by Wirakarya, a member
of the Sinar Mas Group, in its forestry and agricultural projects
in Kuala Tngkai, Jambi, would be delivered beginning in January,
Rustam said.

"The Sinar Mas Group has been our major client for the
forestry and agriculture sector since 1994, with a total purchase
of 495 hydraulic excavators, cranes, wheel loaders and skidders,"
he said.

Previously, the company also signed deals with the Barito
Pacific Timber Group worth $1.8 million and with PT Musi Hutan
Persada worth $1.4 million. (06)